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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1972

Page

9

Weather Summary and Local Hospital Notices

Official 7:00 a.m. readings show highs near 51 and a low around 32 with a forecast for a cooler, windy night and partly cloudy skies. Extended outlook through Friday calls for showers and much colder temperatures, with highs in the 20s to 60s across north and south regions and lows in the teens to 40s. Audrain Medical Center reports multiple admissions and births in the Mexico area, with several discharged patients listed.

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Died Alpha Hayes and Kyle Scholl noted in Wellsville

The Daily Record lists deaths at 310 S. 3rd Wellsville with Mrs Alpha P Hayes age 78 and Kyle P Scholl age 91 noted, followed by bath and police reports. Fire and highway patrol summaries detail incidents in Wellsville and surrounding areas, including a stove fire, vehicle crashes, and a broken dispenser.

Mary Robinett Paris Alpha P. Hayes S. 3Rd Wellsville Kyle P. Scholl

Stock Market Edges Down as Mixed Signals Rise

New York AP reports stock prices eased in fair volume with the Dow Jones 60 off 5.72 to 904.65 at noon. Early trading showed a mild advantage for advances, but by midday decliners led. Traders cite selective buying and profit taking as two opposing forces despite favorable economic news and a December unemployment uptick.

New York New York Stock Exchange

Man seeks speedy trial in armed bank robbery case

Clarence Haynes, jailed in a June 1970 armed robbery of Laddonia State Bank, files a mandamus petition against Missouri asking for a fair and speedy trial or dismissal. He argues federal imprisonment does not bar a speedy trial.

Circuit Court Clarence Haynes Laddonia State Bank Missouri

Wilkinson’s stance on capital punishment and reforms

Wilkinson discusses capital punishment and reform during Missouri parole debates. He questions lone-actor narratives, notes Lloyd Anderson’s 1965 gas chamber execution as the last in Missouri, and urges prison system improvements including a high security facility. He plans consulting work with the American Correctional Association.

Martin Luther King, Jr Wilkinson Ray Missouri Fred Wilkinson American Correctional Association

Era Of License Ending Says Agnew In New Jersey

Vice President Spiro Agnew said the era of permissiveness of the 1960s is ending and warned against leftists and apologists. He spoke to a Masonic group in Collingswood New Jersey where he predicted a death knell to the era of license and forecast a strong year economically amid applause.

Collingswood N.J Spiro T. Agnew Agnew Midat

Teenagers Return Last 500 Cash

Two teenagers in Raytown Missouri found a wallet with 559 dollars and turned it over to police. The wallet owner Billy H Trotter a service station operator near a parking lot rewarded the youths for honesty with 50 dollars to Michael W Zubreck age 13 and 25 dollars to Shane A McCrey age 14. Both live in Raytown.

Kansas City Raytown Billy H. Trotter Michael W. Zubreck Trotter Shane A. McCrey

Kyle Scholl Rites To Be On Wednesday

Kyle P. Scholl 91 of Wellsville dies at Audrain Medical Center. Retired custodian at Wellsville Elementary, born November 8 1880 in Callaway County. Survived by wife Effie, daughter Darlene Morris, relatives in Mexico Centralia and Wellsville. funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Arnold Funeral Home. Burial Eastlawn Memorial Park. Visitation Monday and Tuesday 7-9 p.m.

Wellsville Kyle P. Scholl Audrain Medical Center Mr. Scholl Wellaville Callaway County Joseph Jennie Berry Scholl Effie Coll Mexico School Union Baptist Church Odd Fellows Lodge Glen Darlene) Morris James Scholl Centralia Mike Morris Russell Bud) Cox Santa Fe Gloria Ruby) McCord A.W Sue) Williams Price Irene) Davis

Mrs. Pearl Hayes Dies in Wellsville

Mrs. Pearl Hayes 77 of Wellsville died Sunday at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev. David Fulbright officiating. Burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Visitation 7-8 p.m. at Myers. Born Feb 8 1894 in Kahoka to T Walter and Mary Walter Beall. Member of Wellsville Christian Church. Survivors: daughter Mrs. Clela Blackmore of Columbia, two grandsons, one great grandson. Husband Oral Hayes died Jan 19 1969.

Wellsville Pearl Hayes Audrain Medical Center Myers Funeral Home David Fulbright Wellsville Cemetery Hayes Kahoka T. Walter Mary Walter Beall Wellsville Christian Church Clela Blackmore Columbia Oral Hayes

Mrs. Dave McGee Dies in California

Mrs. Dave McGee 90 died December 30 at Elk Grove Convalescent Hospital California. Funeral January 4 in Long Beach with burial Westminster Memorial Park. Born January 19 1881 she was daughter of John T Reading and Belle Carter Reading of Curryville. She married Dave McGee March 26 1902. they ran a Spencerburg store and later a poultry farm north of Curryville. Survived by son J T McGee of Sacramento four sisters and three brothers.

Vandalia Dave McGee Elk Grove Calif Long Beach Westminster Memorial Park Curryville McGee Mt. Air Church J.T. McGee Sacramento W. F. Reading J. Renny Reading Paul Reading Middletown C. C. Craig H. C. Enslen Frankford G. S

Henry Dowell Services Held

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. for Henry Dowell 49 of Route 2 Mexico with Rev. Adrian L. McKay officiating at Midway Christian Church. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers hailed from Mexico and Auxvasse, with honorary pallbearers from Paris and Centralia.

Henry Dowell Route 2 Mexico Adrian L. McKay Midway Christian Church Elmwood Cemetery Harvey Turner Centralia Tom Hanna Lewis Wilson Jr Keith Dowell Mary Beth Jones Harold Wilson Gayle Ridgeway Martin Dowell Harold Vanlandingham J.W. Dowell

SRO crowd packs Liberty Theater for Lassie Come Home

Sunday afternoon at the Liberty Theater drew a full balcony for Lassie Come Home. Earlier, at the South Jefferson Street building once Jay's Foodliner, water flooded from doors as Bill Hutchinson blamed a broken sprinkler system for the flood.

Liberty Theater Lassie Jefferson St Jay’s Foodliner Bill Hutchinson

Dockers pay fight tests Pay Board limits

Washington AP report says the Pay Board may struggle to veto a 32.6 percent three year raise for 45,000 dock workers as East Coast and Gulf Coast ILA members push for a pattern-setting settlement. Aerospace workers faced a tougher battle with a 12 percent first year raise debated by the board.

Washington United Auto Workers Leonard Woodcock Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association Maine Virginia ILA East Gulf Coast

Moxley Sr. 77 Dies in Rothville Missouri

W L Moxley Sr of Rothville Missouri dies at 77 after a period of ill health. He was a retired railroad employee. Leopard Funeral Home Mendon Missouri reports funeral services Tuesday at 2 PM at Rothville United Methodist Church with burial in Rothville Cemetery.

W.L. Moxley Sr Rothville Kermit Head Mexico

St Louis Road Plan Aims to Cut City Maintenance Costs

Chief engineer Robert N. Hunter says manned streets with highway signs used by motorists are not state highway system and won't be maintained by the state unless a cooperative agreement is possible with St Louis or other cities. Mayor A J Cervantes to seek aid. legislature to consider a state maintenance bill as the Highway Commission requests 450 million dollars for the new fiscal year, with about 60 percent from federal highway funds. The commission also plans 470 miles of new highway construction, down from prior years.

St. Louis Robert N. Hunter A. J. Cervantes Highway Commission

Insurance Price Rule Is Changed

The Price Commission said insurance firms may not raise the profit portion of premiums by more than 2.5 percent annually. The rule allows freedom to profit from investments but limits policy premium income. It applies to all non life insurance, with life insurance exempted. Detailed regulations appear in the Federal Register. The commission recently approved a 22 percent increase in health insurance rates for federal employees, down from 34.1 percent.

Washington The Price Commission Federal Register Cost of Living Council Commission

Second daughter born to Sherri and David Potter

Sherri Lynn Potter, the couple's second daughter, was born Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis County. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and has a sister, Deborah Dawn, 3. Grandparents on the Potter side are Mr. and Mrs. George Potter of Harrisburg. Mrs. Potter, formerly Bonnie Young, is daughter of Everett Young of Mexico, Missouri. Mr. Potter works for Peat, Marwick and Mitchell in St. Louis.

David Potter Bridgeton Sherri Lynn Potter St. Mary's Hospital St. Louis County Deborah Dawn Potter Bonnie Young Everett Young Route 1 Mexico Peat, Marwick and Mitchell St. Louis George Potter Harrisburg

Car Accelerates Through Garage Wall in Mexico Incident

Mrs. Geneva L. Minks lives at 226 E Boulevard and was treated for bruises after a car mounted a motor mount failure caused it to accelerate through her garage door and wall. The vehicle struck a tree in the yard near a neighboring house, with the rear wall carried atop the Chrysler.

Mexico Geneva L. Minks E. Boulevard Audrain Medical Center

Jaycees To Gather Here Next Month

More than 300 Jaycees wives and guests are expected in Mexico for the winter meeting of Missouri Jaycee Region Two. Theme It’s A Happening. Attending clubs include Kirksville Hannibal Macon Bowling Green Auxvasse Elsberry Laddonia Troy Clarence Kahoka Knox County LaPlata Lancaster Monroe City Palmyra Paris Perry Shelbina Unique of Moberly. Clair Elsberry will address the dinner. Robert Peak and Bill Williams named local organizers.

Mexico Missouri Kirksville Hannibal Macon Bowling Green Auxvasse Elsberry Laddonia Troy Clarence Kahoka Knox County LaPlata Lancaster Monroe City Palmyra Paris Perry Shelbina Unique Moberly Clair Elsberry Missouri Jaycees Robert Peak Mexico Club Bob Riley U.S. Jaycee Bill Williams Jack Creason

Court To Hear Immigration Ban Appeal

Supreme Court agreed to decide if the government violated the First Amendment by barring foreign citizens who advocate communism or a totalitarian dictatorship. A New York panel ruled sections of the 1952 act unconstitutional and the high court will review later this term. The case originated with Dr. Ernest Mandel, a Belgian Marxist invited to speak on U.S. campuses.

Washington Supreme Court United States Federal District Court New York High Court Atty John N. Mitchell William P. Rogers Ernest E. Mandel U.S Mandel Communist Party Democratic Party Colorado Florida Federal Communications Commission

New College Generation Seeks Change Campus Protests Grow

The article surveys student attitudes across campuses as activism expands beyond protests to voting, governance, and off campus living. It notes cynicism and determination, shifts in tactics, voter registration gains at Texas and Indiana universities, and increased student influence in university governance amid quieter presidential interest.

Diamond George McGovern Diane Weil Stanford Wisconsin Higgins Kent State Joann Schulte Southeast Asia Irene Eintracht Students For A Democratic Society Harvard Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein SDS Herrnstein Psy Jeffery Mayersohn University of Texas Texas Austin Bloomington Ind Indiana University Francis X. McCloskey University Law School Tom McKean Junta

Kenneth Patchen, Poet, Dies At 60

Kenneth Patchen, noted American poet, died at 60 in Palo Alto California. The AP report says he passed Saturday at his home from a heart attack after years of back pain and illness.

Palo Alto Calif Kenneth Patchen

Aid aid options discussed on Bangladesh recognition

The Bangalese White House said today it is weighing ways to channel humanitarian aid into South Asia while giving no thought to formally recognizing the new government of Bangladesh.

Washington White House South Asia Bangladesh

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Harold J. Marshall Elva L. Gibbs Roy J. Althiser James Price Jennings Charles E. Marquette Betty J. Wilson Herbert B. Cawthorn Annie D. Cawthorn Michael J. Bauer Bessie J. Whitehouse Neema C. Allen Sadie M. Maylee Harry E. Todd Charles F. Abbott Charles Perkey Carl Myers Joe R. Shelton James Henderson Frank N. Snyder Marie D. Dunlap Bellflower Elmer H. Hass New Florence Howard C. Jesse Frances B. Wheat Howard Chandler Jesse Cates Grace H. Bosworth Joe Marlow Marvin H. Grotewiel Gerald Schmidt Bob D. Grace Montgomery City Trannie H. Camp Iva M. Hawkinson Center Robert S. Hickman Harold Branstetter Chester D. Galloway Mark L. Thompson Thompson Larry K. Etherton Route 3 James L. Pine Charles Wren Jr Jefferson B. Peters Harry Johnson Elmer G. Kribble Gene Bell William Miller Lucian E. Bird Lendell W. Branham Joseph Stowers Howard Barker Harold J. Cranmer Robert Stephen George Katie Leonard Walter Smith Richard Harrison Eulaie Love Oliver H. Wehlewald Joseph C. Kruse Robert C. Rodgers Billy D. Friday Carl Dishman Lewis W. Arnold Harry Bare Richard T. Louis Boonville Jefferson City the Daily Record BATHS Charles Ellis James Kyle Scholl James Oak Lane Derby W. Monroe St Robert Franklin Allen Bolivar St Allen Washington and Promenade Sts South Jefferson St Bolivar Coal 119 E Eddie Parker Sheila Daffron Mary Jane Scott Rosebud St the Ledger Highway Patrol Rhineland Delbert Allen Theissen Hermann Franklin Russe Short Short Theissen Hermann Area Hospital University Medical Center Molino James Forest Covington Carl Clement Wenneman Covington Highway 15 Route E Wendell C. Dingman Jesse Orville Cates Dingman William Allen Duckworth Norfolk & Western Duckworth Missouri Livestock Center MO. Depart OF AG National Stockyards Ill Chicago (Ap Chicago Chicago Board of Trade California Jaycees Martinsburg Robert Bailey Berkeley Paul Ginsberg
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