Weather Summary and Rural News for Kansas City Area
Missouri weather outlook shows a mix of clouds and light snow in the north and central regions with warmer temperatures elsewhere. Lake and river stage readings from St Louis to Kansas City appear stable, while local births and hospital admissions are listed alongside police and sheriff reports of accidents, burglaries, and public safety updates.
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Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
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St, Louis
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Jefferson City
Hannibal
St. Louis
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Quincy
Melinda Deane Barr Born in Macon Baby Derby Winner
Mr and Mrs Michael Barr of Clarence announce the birth of a daughter Melinda Deane Barr nine pounds ten ounces on January 2 at Samaritan Hospital in Macon She has a brother Darren aged seven Grandparents are J B Kaufman of Mexico and Clinton Barr of Clarence Great grandmother Irene Kelly of Mexico Melinda Deane was Shelby County's first baby born and won the baby derby.
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Michael Barr
Clarence
Melinda Deane Barr
Samaritan Hospital
Macon
Darren
J.B. Kaufman
Mexico
Clinton Barr
Irene Kelly
Melinda Deane
Shelby County
For Sale Columns in The Ledger ng
Consumers are urged to consult The Ledger ng for sale columns where sellers meet buyers and both profit.
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Ledger Ng
Ford Analysis Voices on Soviet Angola Shift
Henry A. Kissinger will meet Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to probe whether Moscow sees a major shift in its Angola stance. White House aide Richard Cheney said U.S. officials were encouraged by the Soviet remark, while Moscow experts doubt a policy change. The Soviets accused China of backing apartheid backers in Angola. The Christian Science Monitor reports U.S. mercenary recruitment halted with Europe becoming the new center, though officials deny direct hiring.
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Anatoly Dobrynin
Angola
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Christian Science Monitor
Central Intelligence Agency
Ft. Benning
Europe
Israel rejects changes to UN peace plans in Security Council debate
Israel stated it will not acquiesce to any change in Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, urging the U S to honor a memorandum of agreement promising veto power. It opposed moving peace talks to the Council or other bodies, called for renewing the Geneva conference, and reiterated it will not negotiate with the PLO or attend Geneva if the PLO is invited.
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Israel
United States
U.S
Geneva
PLO
Birth of Susan Jane Ruse in Centralia
Mr and Mrs Charles Ruse of Centralia announce the birth of a daughter Susan Jane Ruse born today at 8:24 a.m. at Audraine Medical Center weighing seven pounds four ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Barnes of Mexico and Clyde Ruse of Mexico. Mr Ruse is a computer programmer with A B Chance in Centralia.
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Charles Ruse
Centralia
Susan Jane Ruse
Audraine Medical Center
Robert Barnes
Mexico
Clyde Ruse
Ruse
A. B. Chance
Arthur Baugh Rites Tuesday In Montgomery
Arthur Tony Baugh 34 of Brookfield formerly of Montgomery City died Sunday at University Medical Center in Columbia. Services 1 30 p m Tuesday at Montgomery City Christian Church with Rev Tom Smith officiating burial in Midway Cemetery near Middletown. Friends call Schlanker Funeral Home after 3 30 p m today. Survived by mother Irene Baugh of Brookfield wife Jean Finley Tammy daughter three brothers Teddy Don Harold three sisters Mary Lou Peery Rosalee Stuart Juanita Brochman eight uncles an aunt. Memorials to heart fund requested.
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Montgomery City
Arthur Tony Baugh
Brookfield
University Medical Center
Columbia
Montgomery City Christian Church
Tom Smith
Midway Cemetery
Middletown
Schlanker
Mr. Baugh
Irene Baugh
Jean Finley
Tammy
Teddy
Wellsville
Don
Harold
St. Charles
Mary Lou Peery
Rosalee Stuart
Danville
Iowa
Juanita Brochman
William Baugh
Heart Fund
Wellsville Woman Hattie Haislip Dies at 85
Mrs Hattie Mae Haislip 85 of Wellsville died Saturday at Audrain Medical Center Mexico at 2 p.m. Burial at Wellsville Cemetery with Rev Quenten Boyd officiating. Calling hours after 2:30 p.m. today at Myers Funeral Home. Born January 1 1891 in Jonesburg she was the widow of Charles Robert Haislip. Survived by three daughters two sons eight grandchildren three great grandchildren two great great grandchildren and several deceased relatives. A retired seamstress she was a Baptist Church member.
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Wellsville
Hattie Mae Haislip
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Baptist Church
Quenten Boyd
Myers Funeral Home
Martha McCann Smith
Charles Robert Haislip
Alta G. Pulley
Irene Gallo
St. Louis
Nadine Tillman
Mrs. Clara Wieberg Dies In Jeff City
Clara Wieberg 81 of Argyle died December 27 in a Jefferson City Hospital. She was born October 12, 1894, at St Thomas, married to Henry Wieberg who died in 1971, and was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Argyle. Surviving are two sons David and Gene, four daughters, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. burial was in the parish cemetery after services led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ralph Katz.
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Clara Wieberg
Argyle
Jefferson City
Francis
James Wieberg
Wieberg
St. Thomas
Conrad
Christine Schauwecker Stuckenschneider
Henry Wieberg
Jackson Rites Are Tomorrow
Funeral services for Herbert Franklin Jackson Sr. 57 of 719 Trinity are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev. C A Trotter officiating. Burial will be in Elm wood Cemetery.
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Herbert Franklin Jackson Sr
Trinity
Precht-Pickering
C. A. Trotter
Elmwood Cemetery
Deaths claim two Vandalia Montgomery residents
Ex Montgomery City native Maude Lucille Peery aged 72 of Vandalia dies at home. Services planned at Waters Funeral Home with burial in Laddonia Cemetery. In St Charles County, 23 year old Hauke of St Charles dies at St Joseph Hospital ruled death by own action following work injuries, after being found unconscious by his father and revived at scene. The body to Schlanker Funeral Home.
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Maude Lucille Peery
N. Mapie St
Waters Funeral Home
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Robert Snyder Dies At 63 In Fulton
Robert L. Snyder 63, longtime Fulton resident and Santa Fe native, died Saturday at Callaway Memorial Hospital. He worked as a semi retired auto supplies salesman for T H Auto Supply in Mexico. He was born Sept 4, 1912, in Santa Fe, married Myrtle Kelley in 1951, with no children. Surviving are wife Myrtle, sister Twila Clement of Santa Fe, nephew Wesley Snyder of Mexico, and a great niece. Funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday Maupin Funeral Home Fulton, conducted by Lynn Hixon. Burial in Santa Fe Cemetery. Funeral home after 4 p.m. today.
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Robert L. Snyder
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Grace Camplin Snyder
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Twila Clement
Wesley Snyder
Maupin
Lynn Hixon
Olive Street Church
John D Boyle rites held at Perry
Funeral services for John D Boyle 67 of Perry were held at 10 a.m. at St William Catholic Church Perry. The Rev Vince Linnebur officiated with burial at St Pauls Cemetery northeast of Perry. He died at 2 30 a.m Saturday at the state hospital in Fulton after a long illness. He was born Sept 4 1908 on a farm northeast of Perry where he lived all his life. He was a son of the late Austin and Margaret Hayes Boyle. Surviving are a brother Redmond Boyle of Perry two sisters Miss Mary Margaret Boyle of Perry and Mrs Anna Kate Morris of Eureka a niece and several great nieces and nephews. He was a member of the VFW of Louisiana and St William Church. A prayer service was held Sunday evening at the Wiskey Pallbearers were J T Billy Joe Tommy and Kenny Wayne Moss Ed O Conner and Courtney Leonard.
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John D. Boyle
St. William Catholic Church
Vince Linnebur
St. Paul's
Boyle
State Hospital
Fulton
Veterans Hospital
Columbia
Austin
Margaret Hayes Boyle
Redmond Boyle
Mary Margaret Boyle
Anna Kate Morris
Eureka
VFW of
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St. William Church
Wiskey Funeral Home
J. T
Billy Joe
Tommy
Kenny Wayne Moss
Ed O'Conner
Courtney Leonard
Herbert O. Young Dies Near Fayette at 77
Herbert O. Young, 77, farmer south of Fayette and uncle of Mrs. George P. Adams of Mexico, died Saturday after a long illness. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at Ashland Christian Church near the farm on Highway 240. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Hazel, three sons, two daughters, three sisters including Mrs. Loyd John of Auxgasse, Mrs. A.T. Innes, and Mrs. John Coutts of Fayette, and 17
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Fayette
George P. Adams
Mexico
Ashland Christian Church
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Auxgasse
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John Coutts
Ralph Gaw of Laddonia dies at 65
Ralph Gaw, 65, of Laddonia, died at 7 56 am today at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico where he had been a patient since December 25. He is survived by his wife Edith.
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Ralph Gaw
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Waters Funeral Home
Edith
Mrs. Fred Niederschulte Dies. Funeral Held in Mexico
Funeral services were conducted today for Dora Niederschulte 85 of 1411 W Monroe Mexico at 1030 am at Precht Pickering Funeral Home. Rev J C Montgomery Mexico United Methodist Church officiated with organist Ruth Koen. Pallbearers included John Lamberson Glenwood Whittaker Jerry Robinson Gilbert Berry Ralph Howd and Hume Smith. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Fred (Dora) Niederschulte
W. Monroe
Mexico
Precht- Pickering
J. C. Montgomery
Mexico United
Mrs William Pomroy Admitted To University Medical Center
Mrs William Pomroy of Mexico was admitted today to University Medical Center in Columbia Room 618 West for unspecified medical care.
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William Pomroy
Mexico
University Medical Center
Columbia
West
Wilhites Welcome Daughter at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Charles J Wilhite of Wellsville welcome a daughter born Saturday at 4 07 p m weighing six pounds five ounces at the Audrain Medical Center The father is employed by Wellsville Feed and Grain Co in Wellsville
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Charles J. Wilhite
Wellsville
Audrain Medical Center
Wilhite
Wellsville Feed and Grain Co
Ambulance Breakdown Forces Urgent Substation Use
Audrain Medical Center reports its emergency ambulance is out of service for several days after breaking down Saturday night while transporting a newborn to Columbia. A leased vehicle is now equipped for emergencies and will be used. A new motor was installed last summer. A film on Carl Jung screens tonight at 8 p.m. in St. Matthew's parish hall, inviting the public. Dr Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, influenced modern theologians and authored Modern Man in Search of a Soul.
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Audrain Medical Center
Columbia
Carl Jung
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Dr. Jung
Snow Likely As Missouri Feels Cold Front Through Midweek
The National Weather Service warns of a cold air mass moving in by Wednesday with a chance of snow. Temperatures will drop over the three day stretch from teens to the 20s with lows near zero in the north and in the teens in the south. Predawn readings ranged from nine degrees in St. Louis to 21 at St. Joseph. Sunday’s highs reached from 16 in Kirksville to 29 in West Plains.
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Curtis couple welcome daughter at Audrain Medical Center
Curtises have a girl born Sunday at 8 14 a m weighing seven pounds 13 ounces at Audrain Medical Center. Mrs Curtis is the mother and Mr Curtis, of Centralia, is employed by Consolidated Electric Co op in Mexico.
Joneses Welcome Daughter Born at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Dennis H Jones of Curryville are parents of a daughter born Saturday at 11 16 p m at Audrain Medical Center The baby is welcomed by a family with Mr Jones employed by Town send Tree Service in Troy.
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Curryville
Audrain Medical Center
Jones
Townsend Tree Service
Troy
Bank Robberies Rise Across US At Record Pace
FBI officials report bank robberies in fiscal year 1975 rose 50 percent from the prior year with no clear decline by June 30. Loot averages climbed to 4653 in 1973 and 3598 in 1974, while many banks embrace suburban locations and reduced fortification. Authorities stress improved security measures amid a crime rate higher than the national average.
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Washington
FBI
Benjamin H. Cooke
Clyde E. Whitson
Cooke
Whitson
Baby Burned 3 As Sunday Fire Destroys Home
In Montgomery City an infant aged six months suffered second and third degree burns to the face and arms when a wood stove explosion ignited a two story frame home owned by Mrs. Juanita Stevenson at 408 East 4th Street. The fire killed the house by Sunday afternoon, with the child taken to Audrain Medical Center and police escorted through town.
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Glennon Lauer
Juanita Stevenson
E. 4Th St
Elfanta Stevenson
Audrain Medical Center
Robert Mahaney
Elm St
Sheriff's
Mexico Police
Kennedy Says He Will Not Run For President in 1976
Rose Kennedy fears political pressure could push her son Edward into a presidential bid. He says the fears are groundless and he will keep his promise to stay out of the 1976 race, despite family and party considerations. He loves his mother and remains firm in his earlier stance.
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Bobby
Kennedy
Danforth Asked To Define Lobbyist
Missouri Attorney General John Danforth was asked by State Senator Paul Bradshaw to define who qualifies as a lobbyist under the new lobbying registration and reporting law. The question centers on whether a state employee acting as a private citizen who asks a legislator to vote for a bill that could benefit the employee falls under the definition. The law took effect Sept. 24, covering state officials for the first time in a decade of regulation.
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Missouri
John Danforth
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
General Assembly
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