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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1973
Page
9
Snow flurries and cold air dominate the forecast across Missouri and Kansas City with highs in the teens and 20s and lows near zero. Reports detail river stages and reservoir levels, hospital admissions, births, dismissals, legal actions, and local livestock market data with national market openings and weather outlooks for midweek.
Audrain County Sheriff Arthur Riley and Deputy Jim Littrell investigated a theft at the Martinsburg road district storage shed. About 15 gallons of gasoline were stolen after a lock was knocked off the tank during the weekend. The case remains under investigation.
A burglary linked to alleged electronic eavesdropping and document theft is set for a public trial. Prosecutors seek inferences on motives, including blackmail, while Judge Sirica presses for clarity on why intruders entered the Democratic headquarters and who funded or hired them.
New York stocks edged lower at midday with the Dow Jones 30 off 1.28 to 1,046.21 after Friday’s all time close of 1,047.49. NYSE advancers trailed decliners by a slim margin as most price moves were fractional. Slower block trades indicated institutional investors paused. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline traded 99,900 shares at 4454, the day’s most active issue.
In Stoke England a 55 year old pottery worker Demetrius Mykiura died after choking on a garlic clove kept in his mouth overnight to ward off vampires. A coroner's inquest heard a physician testify to the cause as asphyxia linked to his antivampire ritual. Police added his bedroom was littered with salt pepper and garlic as further precaution.
The inauguration featured Gov Hearnes and wife with about 200 on the heated main platform alongside Forrest C. Donnell and Sen. Eagleton. A parade with 20 military units and bands from Jefferson City and other towns highlighted the event, while John Ashcroft prepared to take the auditor oath.
White and brown English setter pup with collar and no tags answers to Christy. Lost about 142 miles west of Rush Hill. Call 581-4902 or 581-4306 for information.
Last rites for William D. Gibson 68 of 1104S Coal St were held at 3 20 p m at Arnold funeral home with Jim Randall and Rev Jerry Ostrom officiating Burial was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Gibson died Saturday at home from a heart condition He was born near Dallas Texas January 10 1906 and married Georgia E Flanagan in Ardmore Oklahoma November 28 1928 The couple lived in Mexico for two years after seven years in Laddonia prior to that in Lawton Oklahoma He was a member of Laddonia Christian Church Surviving are two daughters Mrs Al Badesse Mexico and Mrs Dean Hobbs Rush Hill A cousin Benny Gibson Congress Junction Arizona and an aunt Mrs Mabel Thomason California Pallbearers were O L Hobbs Charles Harris Charles Gorman Martin Maxwell Terry Baclesse and Harold Maxwell
Funeral services for John Samuel Chandaris 77 of Paris were held today at Agnew Funeral Home. He died Friday at Community Hospital in Moberly and is buried in Olney cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Naomi Phillips and Connstance Bradford, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His wife died in 1967.
Funeral services for Bruce Ridgeway aged 80 were held today at Arnold funeral home conducted by the Rev. George B. Wraith pastor of the First Christian Church. Burial followed in East Lawn Memorial Park with music by organist Mrs John Willer and pallbearers including George Powell Paul Love E S Hamilton Mexico George Ridgeway Vandalia James Holterman and Donald Holterman St Ann.
Services for Lloyd Earl Summers who died January 4 were held Sunday at the Fenton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Marvin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church Mexico officiating Burial followed in Centralia Cemetery with pallbearers Joe Bryson John Jesse Marvin Hombs George Jennings Lawrence Dawson and VJ Alberts named to serve
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Wisconsin officials may close bars with nude dancers. A Milwaukee court ruled officials must provide an adversary hearing before shutting such bars, while Wisconsin argues hearings during license proceedings suffice. The court had already ruled California bars may be shut for nude dancing, signaling potential limits or modifications.
Washington reports the Nixon administration authorized up to 250 million gallons of additional No. 2 fuel oil to ease shortages in several regions for the current winter season, via the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
Ben Clark Clayton 87 lifelong Boone County resident died at Campbell Nursing Home Centralia after months there Funeral services 1 p m Tuesday at Meador and Son Funeral Home Sturgeon Rev James Jones officiating Burial Perche Cemetery west of Sturgeon Visitation 2 p m today until service He survived by 4 squn Edward Clayton and many grandchildren and great nieces nephews He was a retired farmer and Sturgeon Road District employee and a Perche Church member
Supreme Court will hear spring arguments challenging FDA powers under 1962 drug amendments. Case centers on Lutrexin withdrawal by Hynson, Westcott and Dunning and FDA authority to keep unsafe or ineffective drugs off shelves. Also signals rulings on nude-dancer bar closures and government surveillance cases.
Residents faced a second major snow event in a week with four to six inches of new snow in many areas. Kansas City reported up to six inches as crews worked to restore power to thousands. over 95,000 customers were without service at the height of last week. State patrols warned roads across Missouri and Kansas remained ice and snow covered with hazardous driving conditions.
In Coventry England AP reports Jean Haynes a 22 year old auto plant worker who had been nearly deaf since birth says a single loud sneeze restored her hearing. Doctors believe head jerking sneezes unblocked a tube between middle ear and nose though she now struggles with sleep and noise.
Three people died from carbon monoxide in a University City home after a furnace malfunction. Victims were Henry Rose, 50, his wife River Lee Rose, 51, and Olan McCreary, 47. A fourth person, Mary Ann Deane, 30, survived and was hospitalized in serious condition. Police traced the deaths to a running car in an adjacent garage connected by a stairwell.
Philadelphia AP reports the city’s 18,000 public school teachers walked out for the second time in four months after talks failed to reach a contract. Local teachers union authorized the strike amid stalled negotiations, impacting schools across the city.
Moscow says Luna 21 is an unmanned mission aimed at advancing scientific studies of the moon and near lunar space. The item notes the Soviet Union launched the craft toward the moon today as part of its space program.
A U S flight leader misdirected five fighter bombers into an accidental strike on Da Nang Air Base. Ten Americans and one Vietnamese wounded. no deaths. Five aircraft lightly damaged and four fuel tanks destroyed. Bombs hit a sparsely populated western section. planes from Thailand bases and a carrier contributed to the incident.
The court held the REAs were not public utilities and the state tax commission lacked authority to tax the distributable product and its fines. The 1923 constitutional provision cited was removed in 1945, but the general assembly did not resolve the issue, and Wellborn noted there is no single test to define such corporations as public utilities. From 1938 to 1962 the attorney general issued opinions supporting rural cooperatives, while the tax commission claimed no taxing power over them.
The holdup began Sunday morning when three snipers fired on police and fire crews at the Howard Johnson Motel six blocks from the French Quarter. Two officers were killed, with a third deputy slain on the 15th floor corridor. Firefighters faced gunfire while containing arson fires as police staged a long standoff with snipers in the 18 story hotel.
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