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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1973

Page

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Weather and Market Briefs From Local Turfs

Readouts show seven a.m. weather figures for zone 5 with cold, partly cloudy forecast and light snow chances. Missouri area forecasts predict subfreezing lows and 20s highs through Sunday and a very cold extended look into Wednesday. Audrain Medical Center lists admitted and discharged patients in multiple towns with two newborns noted around 8:41 a.m. and 1:05 a.m. today. Deaths include Lloyd Summers, W. D. Gibson, and Fred Moehner.

Missouri

Optimists Hear White on China at Mexico meeting

Robert M. White II spoke with slides about his China trip to 52 Optimist Club of Mexico members and wives at the Monterey breakfast. David M. Wilkinson introduced him and presented a speaker’s plaque. Guests included Tom Wells John Cline and Dave Kemp. Next Saturday John Blass discusses the Sheltered Workshop program. An Optimist board meeting is set for 7:30 Monday.

Robert M. White II China Optimist Club of Mexico Monterey David M. Wilkinson Tom Wells John Cline Dave Kemp John Blass Optimist Board

Want Ads Offer Choice

Reading Chronicle readers find a playful classified item about a yellow double pawed cat named Morris causing a boy to sneeze. The ad offers Morris for 1000 dollars or free to a good home, and hints at another ad about Ted the 14 year old son allergy to the cat.

Reading Mass Reading Chronicle Morris Ted

Public safety round up from The Daily Record

Summons issued to Richard C. Shamblin for failure to yield in a minor collision with James M. Chrystal. Accident on Holt Street and Green Boulevard at 8 18 a m. Minor vehicle damage. Court fines listed for several traffic and liquor related offenses including DWI and minor possession.

Richard C. Shamblin Bourne St James M. Chrystal E. Breckenridge St Shamblin Holt St Chrystal Green Boulevard

Court Rules COs Entitled To Education Benefits

A federal judge ruled that conscientious objectors who complete two years of alternative service are entitled to the same educational benefits as military veterans. The decision, by U.S. District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity, nullified VA policy denying benefits to objectors not on active duty. The class action by William R. Robinson argued the VA violated rights by withholding funds for legal studies.

Boston U.S. District Court W. Arthur Garrity Veterans Administration Garrity William R. Robinson Fairfax Robinson Virginia Draft Board Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

Nixon seeks end to war as talks resume with conditions

President discusses wage price controls and department streamlining while space for questions narrows. He cites three core issues: prisoner return, Vietnam's self-determination, and cease fire supervision. GOP support grows for push to end war as antiwar groups plan Inauguration Day protests with candlelight marches and a mass rally.

Nixon Ronald Ziegler South Vietnam House Senate North Vietnam Hanoi United States National Peace Action Coalition People's Coalition For Peace and Justice Arlington Cemetery Washington Monument

Audrain Pork Groups Win State Awards

Audrain Pork Producers Assn and the Porkettes won state honors at a two day meeting banquet at the Ramada Inn in Columbia. Jeff Rudasill was named outstanding 4-H swine producer in Missouri. The Porkettes earned outstanding county chapter in pork promotion. Morris Fort led the state membership drive. Mrs. Robert Fort elected vice president of the Porkettes. Attendees included J D and Jeff Rudasill, Dale dunt, William H. Talley, and the Forts of Martinsburg.

Audrain Pork Producers Assn Porkettes Ramada Inn Columbia Jeff Rudasill Missouri Morris Fort Robert Fort J.D Dale Dunt Pork Producers William H. Talley Martinsburg

Kinnett Named Manager at Wal-Mart Mexico Store

J L Kinnett formerly assistant manager at Motherly Wal-Mart Discount for 15 months becomes manager of the Mexico store. He succeeds Leo Sisco who moves to Brownsville Tennessee as manager. Kinnett, from Lebanon, has four years with the company, is married to Joyce and they have son Jimmy. They attend First Christian Church and live at 1215 Pollock Road.

J. L. Kinnett Wal-Mart Discount Mexico Mr. Kinnett Leo Sisco Brownsville Jimmy First Christian Church Pollock Road

Two Billion More Needed For Year’s War Costs

The Pentagon says an extra 2 billion dollars may be needed this fiscal year to fund the air war over Indochina raising the total for fiscal 1973 to about 8 billion. At least 250 million is linked to aircraft lost over North Vietnam during intensified raids. Congress funding is uncertain as peace talks resume and Democrats threaten to cut off Vietnam funding without a settlement.

Washington Indochina Pentagon Defense Department North Vietnam White House Paris Melvin R. Laird Congress United States Hanoi-Haiphong

Miss Elaine Silverstein Recovering After Surgery

Elaine Silverstein of 60 Woodlawn Ave. is recovering from surgery at Audrain Medical Center. Her cousin Mrs. Sylvan Agarstein, who has been with her, has returned home to Clayton.

Elaine Silverstein Woodlawn Ave Audrain Medical Center Sylvan Agarstein Clayton

Market Close and Grain Prices Report in 1971 Era

Over the counter bid and ask percentages for A B Chance Commerce Bancshares Wetterau, NYSE closes for Bobble Brooks Dresser Interco Kaiser Panhandle Ralston US Gypsum WalMart, and grain prices for soybeans hard and soft wheat corn and mile. Bond audit details state and agency reforms including personnel, prison industries, and park board expenditures. concerns on welfare, water resources, and revenue office compliance.

A. B. Chance Commerce Bancshares Wetterau New York Stock Exchange Bobble Brooks Dresser Industries Interco Kaiser Aluminum Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Ralston Purina WalMart Bond Law Enforcement Assistance Council State Senate Law Enforcement Advisory Council Water Resources Board State Park Board the Park Board Park Board Clean Water Commission St. James St. Louis Department of Revenue

Ban On Long Hair Sparks Legislation Bid

California Assemblyman John Burton, barred from a fancy restaurant for hair length, plans a bill to bar liquor license holders from denying service over hair. He says the hair barely crosses his collar and cites his elderly father needing the place. The incident centered on a bar policy against serving long-haired men.

San Francisco California John Burton Burton

Fred Moehner Dies at 84 Rites Tuesday

Fred Moehner 84, longtime Callaway County resident, died Friday at Jonesburg Nursing Home. Funeral services held Tuesday at Fey Funeral Home in St Louis County with burial at St John's United Church of Christ Cemetery. He was born August 22, 1888, near St. Louis and married Rose Schaper in 1912. survived by wife and their son Edgar.

Montgomery City Fred Moehner Callaway County Jonesburg Schlanker Funeral Home Fey Funeral Home St. Louis County St. John’s Mattesse St. Louis Rose Schaper Edgar

Runge name ties and variants spark kinship question

The article notes that Andy Runge, an attorney from Mexico, and Omer Runge, a Jefferson City building supplies dealer, share a surname but are not kin. It adds pronunciation differences with the local Runge rhyming with Sponge and the Jefferson City Runge pronounced RUN-gy.

Andy Runge Mexico Omer Runge Jefferson City General Services Division State

Passengers Accept New Airport Security Checks

The Associated Press reports that federal anti hijacking measures requiring carry-on inspections and traveler screening began Friday. Passengers largely approve of the security steps, despite longer lines, valuing safety over brief delays as airlines create sterile zones and use electronic wands and gate checks.

Associated Press Federal Aviation Administration Havana Morris Kirsch Miami Miami International Richard Kaase Philadelhia Albany, N.Y

Homer Long Rites Held at Vandalia Church

Funeral services for Homer A. Long aged 88, a retired Vandalia contractor and carpenter, were conducted at 2:30 p.m. at the Christian Church with Rev. Fields officiating. Burial followed in Vandalia cemetery. Waters Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.

Vandalia Homer A. Long The Christian Church Fields Waters Funeral Home

Summers Rites To Be On Sunday

Summers 48 of Green Ridge Mo died at Veterans Administration Hospital Kansas City after a brief illness. He served in the Marine Corps in World War II and the Air Force retiring as technical sergeant in 1968. Survived by wife Norma Ruth Perkins four daughters and a granddaughter two brothers and in laws. Funeral Sunday at Fenton Funeral Home Centralia at 2 p.m. with burial in Centralia Cemetery. Visitation after 4 p.m. today.

Centralia Lloyd — Earl Summers Green Ridge Veterans Administration Hospital Kansas City Huntsville Merle and Mary Elizabeth Cross Summers Norma Ruth Perkins Atlanta Marine Corps Air Force Whiteman Afb Sedalia Charlotte) Cooper Larry Linda) Hill Theresa Ann Summers Sandra Lynn Summers Rebecca Lynn Cooper Carl N. Summers Mexico

Dockers Won't Unload Australians in Ports Blockade

In New York AP report seven ships carrying Australian goods are tied up at six U.S. ports from Boston to Tampa as American longshoremen retaliate for an Australian boycott over the Hanoi Haiphong bombing. The ILA says six Australian registry or Australian-flag ships refuse unloads. a Cap Villa no scheduled to be picked up in San Francisco.

New York U.S Boston Tampa Fla Hanoi Haiphong North Vietnam Australia New Labor Party International Longshoremen’s Association Afl-Cio ILA Cap Vilano San Francisco

Stolen Greyhound Bus Tied to Butler Charge

St. Marys County police report Charles H. Butler 22 of Baltimore charged with possession of stolen property after a Greyhound bus stolen Thursday night from Baltimore Bus Terminal was found Friday stuck in mud on Jacksonburg road near Blairstown New Jersey. Butler waived extradition and was returned to Maryland by car.

Blairstown N.J Charles H. Butler Baltimore Jacksonburg Road Butler Maryland

Honolulu Nudist Waiters Draw Crowd at Dunes Nightclub

Honolulu nightclub owner Jack Crone unveils nude waiters at the Dunes seeking to revive interest in topless and bottomless acts. At a luncheon showing 350 attendees, the mix of nude female dancers and new nude waiters drew mixed reactions from women in attendance.

Honolulu Jack Crone Dunes United States Crone Cione

Tebbe couple welcomed a son at Audrain Medical Center

Mr and Mrs Virgil C Tebbe of 406 W Walsh Vandalia welcomed a seven pound two ounce son born at 8 42 am Friday at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Tebbe is employed by Kroger Co.

Audrain Medical Center Charles H. Nichols Carl W. Mahaney Jr Charles Edward Groves Kenneth Groves Addie Field Brenda Berger Mary Frances Hardwick Juanita Dye Martha E. Miller John W. Cooper Pauline C. Craddock David A. Smith Mexico Marvin L. Sparks Shelbina James F. Lewis Centralia Irene Branham Paris Alfred Whelan Benton City Virgil C. Tebbs Vandalia George L. Jackson Mary E. Klusman William M. Lambert Tammy M. Thompson Fred J. Ruse Clarence Harris Adah Samuelson James EE. Shouse Margaret V. Jones Nelton Borcherding Lewis Hill Patricia A. Crow Lena A. Baude Wellsville Phillip T. Williams Bellflower Leslie Rogers Auxvasse C. David Branstetter Laddonia Frances Bannister Madison Ruth Grooms Truxton Jolene Ann Harris Melinda L. Sweezer Vernon Moore Pamela S. Morris Frank Paxson Martinsburg Wallace Bruce Ridgeway Virgil C. Tebbe W. Walsh St Tebbe Kroger Co

Thalidomide parents offered 47 million trust fund

London AP report says Distillers Co offers a 47 million dollar 10 year trust fund plus 11 752 dollars per child to 342 British Thalidomide affected children and 62 others. Some parents fear means testing will determine payouts, harming fair compensation.

London Distillers Co Distillers London Exchange David Mason Mason Washington U.S Ralph Nader Joseph Hourie Rosemary

Bond appoints Valier Legislative Counsel in Missouri

Charles D. Valier, former St. Louis Republican state representative, is named legislative counsel to Governor Bond. Gov. Bond’s chief of administration Robert L. James also announced five division heads to lead general services budget management systems construction and design accounting.

Jefferson City Charles D. Valier St. Louis Christopher Bond Robert L. James Omar Runge Division of General Services Mark L. Edelman Charles A. Shaffer John A. Cooper William J. Raftery James Edelman U. S. Office of Management and Budget Planning Research Corp U. S. Information Agency Washington, D. C Oberlin College Shaffer State Auditor's Office Washington University St. Louis University Cooper University of Missouri Florida Atlantic University Delray Beach Fla Raftery Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co Oklahoma City Lincoln University Charles E. Sill Osteopathic Hospital House of Representatives Valier Valier and Roach Missouri House New York University

Fulton to vote February 6 on city sales tax

Fulton voters will decide February 6 on a one percent city sales tax. City officials say funds would hire an administrative assistant to the Mayor to supervise departments, support streets and bridges, recreation, and improvements, with aims to lower property taxes and cut personal property taxes except for motor vehicles.

Fulton

Canadians Deplore U S War Actions in Hanoi Haiphong

In Ottawa the House of Commons easily approved a resolution deploring the U S bombing of the Hanoi Haiphong area and urging abstention from further north Vietnam air raids. Former PM John Diefenbaker opposed the move, while Mitchell Sharp led the measure with NDP backing to support Trudeau.

Ottawa Canada House of Commons U.S Hanoi- Haiphong America North Vietnam John Diefenbaker Commons Mitchell Sharp New Democratic Party Pierre Eliott Trudeau

Fractures Ribs In Fall At Home On Clark Street

Mrs. Jewell Null fractured three ribs in a fall at her home at 403 South Clark Street Tuesday night. She was taken to Audrain Medical Center and is recovering satisfactorily.

Jewell Null S. Clark St Audrain Medical Center

New Classes Added At Mexico Tech

Mexico Area Vocational Technical School announces enrollment for 22 skilled classes starting Monday night January 15 at 7 00. Courses include Industrial Sewing Instrumentation Livestock and Swine Care Refresher for RNs Supervisory and Foremanship Training II with varied schedules and fees. Adults may reserve by calling 581 8684. CORRECTION In Friday's retirement notice the names of Mr and Mrs Robert L Sewell and Mr and Mrs Darrell Flick were misidentified.

Mexico Area Sam Rundell Leeds-Northrup Company Nona Young James Carter J. E H. Sewell Robert L. Sewell Darrell Flick Mexico

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Lloyd Earl Summers W. D. Gibson the Daily Record Renich H. Orr Steven Douglas Brewer Victor Lee Griffith David A. Snyder Charles W. Fox Cos Audrain J.L. Kinnett Wal-Mart Sotrdey Homer Tebbes Valier Bond Sharp Mexico Tech Ue Sig Shore Production Liberty Trrilly Gene Jack Albertson
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