Weather and notices mix report from Missouri town
Official 7:00 a.m readings show high 22 and low 16 with 7 a.m. temperature. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy tonight then mid to upper 40s Friday in Missouri with little measurable precipitation. Extended outlook through Monday shows warming trend with lows in teens to 30s and highs 40s to 60s north and south. Also includes lake levels, hospital admissions list, births, deaths, and police report noting a snow tire theft at The Western Store corner of Western and Monroe Streets.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Ozark
L. Mitchell White
C.P. James
Edward Smith
Ben Eastwood
Ruby Threlkeld
Parker Rodgers
Western
Monroe Sts
James Leite
Thom
Car and station break-in reports and highway crash summaries
The Daily Record notes a parked car fender damage on B. Jackson Street behind Audrain Medical Center and a break‑in attempt at Roy's DX Service Station on South Clark Street. Highway Patrol logs an I‑70 crash near MT 54 involving Deprato and Shelton with minor injuries, plus a three‑vehicle Route 1612 collision with no injuries. Police Court reports several fines for speeding and intoxicated driving, plus numerous overtime tickets. Missouri livestock and market data, stockyard receipts, and commodity quotes complete the record.
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B. Jackson St
Audrain Medical Center
Roy
S. Clark St
Highway Patrol
Leo Frederick Deprato
St. Charles
William Lee Shelton
Hutchinson
Kan
Deprato
Caprato
Shelton
John W. Rue
Highway
Sandra K. Brown
Montgomery City
Ralph G. Leonard Jr
Maziel R. Nichols
Montgomery
Nichols
Leonard
Billy Dean Bates
Ernest William Woods
Marvin Ray Goff
Carl M. Hoer
Larry Francis Pollard
Constance L. Moore
Centralia
Leslie Raymond Berry
James Martin Haerer
John B. Kribble
Stock market gains on 1972 outlook and Dow above 900
New York stocks rose as investors priced in a recovering economy and lower interest rates. The noon Dow Jones average gained 3.91 to 908.34 with advances outpacing declines on the NYSE. U.S. Steel fell 1 to 11½, Bethlehem Steel down 1.44 to 29, while other sectors mostly rose.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
U.S
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Horse Show Assn In Lawsuit Over Leadership
The Illinois-Missouri Horse Shows Association filed in St Louis County Circuit Court to restrain Floyd Gamble of Arnold from acting as president and to require return of the association’s electric timer, entry records, by laws and minutes. Gamble, elected in November, was not recognized after a December election and has refused to accept the second result or surrender key records. Judge Harry J Stussie ordered Gamble to show cause January 20 why he should not be restrained from acting contrary to the association’s wishes.
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Clayton, Mo
Floyd Gamble
Arnold
Ilinois-Missouri Horse Shows Association
St. Louis County
Gamble
Association
Harry J. Stussie
Mrs. Bertie Ridgeway Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held this morning at Arnold funeral home for Mrs. Bertie Ridgeway aged 93 of Coldwell Nursing Home. Mrs. John Willer played organ. Rev. Terry Moore of First Christian Church officiated with burial in Auxvasse Cemetery.
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Arnold Funeral Home
Bertie Ridgeway
Coldwell Nursing Home
John Willer
Terry Moore
First Christian Church
Auxvasse
Deputy Dies in Russian Roulette Incident
St. Clair County deputy sheriff John M. Rich, 41, of East St. Louis, was shot to death Wednesday night while playing Russian roulette with his service revolver. The incident occurred in St. Louis, Illinois, as police investigated the fatal accident.
Propeller Rips Baggage Cart At Municipal Airport
Frontier Airlines Convair 580 propeller struck a baggage cart as it taxied to the boarding area in Kansas City. Debris blasted into a waiting room and into a Holiday Inn room two blocks away. No injuries were reported. 15 passengers narrowly escaped harm.
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Kansas City
Frontier Airlines
Richards Road
Holiday Inn
R. T. Hunter
Webster Groves
Frontier
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Ark
K. R. Cook
Parker Rodgers Dies Rites Friday
Parker Rodgers 67 of Columbia dies at home after a 42 year university extension service career. He retired December 31. Born April 4 1904 in Montgomery County he leaves wife Cleta Null Rodgers daughter Amy of Los Angeles two sons William T Tampa and John P Rodgers III Chillicothe four grandchildren a sister Helen Davis St Louis three brothers Paul and Franklin Bellflower and Ben Grand Forks N D Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church burial 2:30 p.m. Friday Bellflower Cemetery
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Columbia
John Parker Rodgers
Bellflower
University of Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Montgomery County
John Parker
Anna Laura Clare Rodgers
Cleta Null Rodgers
Amy
Los Angeles
William T
Tampa
John P. Rodgers III
Chillicothe
Ben Eastwood Rites To Be Held Friday
Funeral services for Benjamin Russell Eastwood 59 will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Wilkey Bienhoff Funeral Home Laddonia. He died en route to University Medical Center in Columbia after a recent open heart surgery. Survivors include his wife Maxine, mother, two daughters Debbie Maxwell and Glenda Eastwood, three sons Robert Jerry and Donald, and three grandchildren. Burial in Laddonia Cemetery.
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Laddonia
Wilkey-Bienhoff
Benjamin Russell Eastwood
University Medical Center
Columbia
Eastwood
Rush Hill
John Blass
Mr. Eastwood
Mokane
Ansel Turner
Julia Meyerette Eastwood
Maxine Pearl Sampson
Mexico
John
Debbie) Maxwell
Glenda Eastwood
Kirksville
Robert
Jacksonville
Fla
Jerry
Donald
Springfield
Edward Smith Dies Rites Saturday at Second Christian Church
Edward Smith 74 died Monday in Fulton hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Second Christian Church with Rev. Clarence Stevens officiating. Burial in Southside Cemetery. Visitation Friday 7-8 p.m. at Green Funeral Home. Born Auxvasse Aug 15 1898 to James and Maggie Smith. Lived in Fulton since 1923. Retired from Harbison Walker Refractories after 40 years. Survived by wife Mary daughter Edith Shelby of New York City grandson Michael sister Mrs Cecil Scott Los Angeles two brothers Sumner Seaside and Roy Joliet uncle Richard Branham Auxvasse and many nieces and nephews.
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Fulton
Edward Smith
Second Christian Church
Clarence Stevens
Southside
Green Funeral Home
Mr. Smith
Auxvasse
James
Maggie Smith
Harbison Walker Refractories
Mary
Edith Shelby
New York City
Michael
Cecil Scott
Los Angeles
Sumner Smith
Seaside
Calif
Roy Smith
Joliet
Richard Branham
Mrs. Ruby Threlkeld of Paris Dies
Paris resident Mrs. Ruby Threlkeld 77 died at 4 30 a m today at Woodland s Hospital in Moberly after years of illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Agnew funeral home. She had lived under care at Maple Lawn Lodge in Moberly and was born October 27 1894 in Monroe County to Wood and Settle Brown. She married William A. Threlkeld in 1916 who preceded her in death. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are her son Charles, daughter Mrs. Jim Sullivan, four grandchildren, and sister Mrs. Eva Barnes.
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Paris
Ruby Threlkeld
Woodlands Hospital
Moberly
Agnew Funeral Home
Threlkeld
Maple Lawn Lodge
Monroe
Matthews Rites Tomorrow At 2 0 0
Funeral services for E W Matthews 75 of Martinsburg will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Community Church of Martinsburg with the Rev John Blass officiating. Burial will follow in Wellsville Cemetery. Arnold funeral home of Martinsburg in charge of arrangements. Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Martinsburg
E.W. Matthews
John Blass
Wellsville
Arnold Funeral Home
Wearing Cross Puts Soldier Into Stockade
Pvt. James Stephen Cleghorn, 22, of Huntsville Alabama, was sentenced to four months in the stockade after a court martial at Fort Sam Houston for disobeying orders to remove or conceal a silver cross worn on a chain. He called the cross an expression of conscientious resistance and noted Army approval of his conscientious objector status and pending honorable discharge.
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San Antonio
Tex
Alabama
James Stephen Cleghorn
Huntsville
Ala
Cleghorn
Ft. Sam Houston
Army
Dallas
Bradley named superintendent of St. Louis State School and Hospital
Dr. William B. Bradley is appointed new superintendent of the St. Louis State School and Hospital, effective immediately, according to acting director Dr. Harold P. Robb of the Division of Mental Health.
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Jefferson City, Mo
William B. Bradley
St. Louis State School and Hospital
Harold P. Robb
Division of Mental Health
Teamster Quizzed On Roy Williams
A Teamsters Union official testified before a grand jury in Kansas City after immunity was granted by Judge Elmo Hunter. Sherman Starks, recording secretary of Local No. 41, answered questions about possible federal violations including embezzlement tied to local leadership and a $20,000 unauthorized bonus in 1967 involving Roy Lee Williams. Starks previously invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Kansas City
Teamsters Union
Elmo Hunter
Hunter
Sherman Starks
Local No. 41
Starks
Michael A. DeFeo
Organized Crime
DeFeo
John C. Emerson
Strike Force
Roy Lee
Finan- Williams
Cing
Kenneth J. Rothman
Clayton
Teamsters
Public Defender
Missouri
Drunken Driver Proves It in Courthouse Stunt
Fred Lakins a 31 year old Monterey liquor salesman drove to Van Nuys to answer a drunken driving charge. He reportedly sped across 100 feet of courthouse lawn forcing two women to jump to safety and then bumped the front steps. Lakins, previously arrested in San Fernando for drunken driving, was booked again for investigation of motoring under the influence.
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Los Angeles
Fred Lakins
Monterey
van Nuys
William Rossiter
Lakins
Rossiter
Penguins Housed as Indy Freezes in Unseasonably Cold
In Indianapolis, penguins at the city zoo were moved to shelter as temperatures dropped to five degrees. The birds are Humboldt penguins from Peru, not Antarctic species, according to a zoo spokesman.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Indianapolis Zoo
Peru
Antarctica
Shootout Ends With Deaths as Couple Flees Across States
A 19 year old woman Marilyn Dobrolewski held in custody after a multi state gun battle left her male companion Irving R. Hogg and two Delaware state troopers Ronald L. Carey and David C. Yarrington dead. The chase began with a motel holdup near Wilmington Delaware and continued through Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware with firearms recovered from the couple’s car.
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Media
Marilyn Dobrolewski
Toledo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Centreville
Irving R. Hogg
Delaware
Ronald L. Carey
David C. Yarrington
Wilmington
Del
Carey
Yarrington
Hogg
Maryland
Church Hill
FBI
Chester
Correction in Hoffmans Market ad
In Wednesdays Ledger the Rhodes bread dough price was printed as 1 lb loaf 35 cents but should read 2 loaves for 35 cents. The shellout green beans and spinach was shown as 5 203 cans 98 cents and should be ac.
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Rhodes
Do You Want High School Diploma Enrollment Night
Enrollment for High School Equivalency and Basic Adult Education begins at 7:00 Tuesday night January 11 at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Classes teach reading writing speaking listening mathematics social science physical science and spelling with no fee. Reservations via 581-5684.
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Mexico Area
ROTC Unit to be Established at Southeast Missouri State College
CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo AP an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit will be established at Southeast Missouri State College in September The unit will be one of 10 new ROTC programs and student participation will be voluntary The decision followed a survey conducted last year and came through the office of Senator Stuart Symington.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Southeast Missouri State College
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Air Force
Southeast Missouri
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