Weather Summary and Public Safety from Mexico MO
A mixed weather brief shows historically high 34 and low 23 inches with a 26 degree reading at 7 am. Forecasters predict colder conditions with light snow this evening and early tonight, then clearing. Friday brings partly sunny skies and highs near 30s. Missouri outlooks warmer today, possible light snow late today, then cooler tonight. Public safety notes include several traffic incidents on Route 54 and Route 1, multiple injuries reported, plus a burglary investigation at a home and a 4-H center, with juveniles later apprehended. Local court actions include eight city cases with fines totaling $460 and a petition to dissolve a marriage in probate court.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Public Safety
Martha Sweezer
E. Bolivar
Glen
West Plaza Shell
W. Monroe
Monroe
Western
Highway Patrol
William E. Cox
Mexico
Thomas Ray Motley
Thompson
Cox
Motley
Edina M. Miller
Ernest Lee Miller
Highway 54
Vandiver Village
Raymond E. Taylor
Gregory F. Hendricks
New Florence
Taylor
Miller
Hendricks
Thomas P. Whyte
Montgomery City
Audrain Medical Center
Highway 19
James R. Gregory
Whyte
Roy Cecil Garrett
Fulton
Joseph Allen Zerr
Hermann
Lou
Walter McCowan
4-H Center
Route D
McCowan
Market Reports and Commodity Prices In flux
Market reports show hogs and sows mixed with higher openings in barrows and gilts. Grain futures opened sharply higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with corn wheat and soybeans advancing, while livestock receipts at National Stockyards reflect firm hog prices and steady cows and lambs.
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MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Pillsbury
Auxvasse
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
National
Chicago—Board of Trade
Cash Grain Chicago
Unruh Charged With Drunken Driving in California
Sacramento AP report states Unruh faces a drunken driving charge after CHP officers in the Bay Area stopped a vehicle. Detailing incident details are sparse but note an arrest by California Highway Patrol.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Highway Patrol
Leslie Freyer Dies at 56 in Laddonia
Leslie J. Freyer Jr 56 of Laddonia dies after a heart attack. funeral at Laddonia Christian Church with Rev. Bob Hodkins officiating. Burial in Laddonia Cemetery. Survived by Mildred Nichols wife a son Leslie John Freyer III a daughter Suellen Freyer a brother and four sisters. He was a WWII veteran and active in local church and cooperative boards. Memorials to Laddonia Christian Church.
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Laddonia
Leslie J. Freyer Jr
Laddonia Christian Church
Bob Hodkins
Blenhoff Funeral Home
Freyer
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Charles
Mona) Vandaveer
Ballwin
Fred
Grace) Johnston
Botts
Frances) Cauthorn
Walter
Susie) Koelsch
Esparto
Calif
Consolidated Electric Cooperative Board
County Highway Commission
Laddonla Christian Church
Rites Held In Georgia For Mrs Hannah Hannah
Graveside services for Mrs Dot Atkinson Hannah 93 mother of Homer R Hannah Jr of Mexico were held at 3 p m Friday in Madison city cemetery Georgia Rev Jack E Summers officiated Silk Funeral Home in charge Mrs Hannah widow of cotton broker Homer Richmond Hannah Sr died in an Athens hospital Survivors include her son a sister a granddaughter two grandsons two nieces two nephews and a predeceased son Memorials may be sent to Madison Methodist Church where she was a member.
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Dot Atkinson Hannah
Homer R. Hannah Jr
Mexico
City
Madison
Jack E. Summers
Silk Funeral Home
Hannah
Homer Richmond Hannah Sr
Athens
Maud A. Hart
Jerry Meyers
Pacific
Jim Hannah
Waukegan
Ill
Everett R. Hannah Jr
Kirkwood
Carrol Hart
Atlanta
Howard Brandon
Bill
Butler Atkinson
Everett R. Hannah
Madison Methodist Church
Services Today for Mrs Fair in Centralia
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Centralia for Mrs Maryin Fair 50 who died Tuesday at Boone County Hospital Columbia Rev Larry Etherton and Rev Weldon Forman officiated organist Mrs Cameron Pulliam vocalists Mrs Weldon Forman and Mrs Boyd Brown. Burial followed in Centralia Cemetery with nephews Earl Cannon Gary Jones Glen Jones Dame Fair Johnny James and Robert Foster as pallbearers honorary pallbearers included Tommy Johns Veasie Miller Laula Hubert Maurice Barker Richard Barker J R Sims Joe Younger Earl Nelson L W Angell J W Stone and Lloyd Overton. Fenton Funeral Home directed arrangements. In Columbia Hospital Clarence Pep Hildebrand of Benton City is a patient at Columbia Regional Hospital awaiting surgery in room 330.
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Centralia
First Baptist Church
Maryin Fair
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Larry Etherton
Weldon Forman
Cameron Pulliam
Boyd Brown
Centralia Cemetery
Earl Cannon
Gary
Glen Jones
Dame Fair
Johnny James
Robert Foster
Tommy Johns
Veasie Miller
Laula Hubert
Maurice
Richard Barker
J.R. Sims
Joe Younger
Earl Nelson
L.W. Angell
J. W. Stone
Lloyd Overton
Fenton Funeral Home
Singer Olivia Newton-John Injured After Horse Incident
LOS ANGELES AP Singer Olivia Newton-John was thrown from a horse and is resting at home as she recovers, a spokesman said. The incident occurred in a private setting with the singer receiving precautionary care and monitoring.
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Los Angeles
Olivia Newton-John
Jury hears final arguments in Epperson murder trial
Judge Reinhard continued instructions as prosecutors and defense counsel clashed over circumstantial evidence and the three murders. Osborne urged first degree murder with life imprisonment. Bear urged multiple inferences and reasonable doubt, while both sides argued over the defendant’s conduct and possible third parties before the rebuttal closed at 3:38.
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Reinhard
Paris
Thomas I. Osborne
Missouri
Mc Osborne
Tam
Richard
Mr. Osborne
Mr. Bear
Russell Epperson
Viola Fern Epperson
Viola Fern
Bear
Perry Mason
Osborne
Epperson
Fern
Columbia
Mexico
Nixon to Testify in Halperin Wiretap Case Deposition
Former President Richard Nixon is to give a deposition in Morton Halperin's civil suit alleging warrantless wiretaps. Halperin seeks damages of 500 dollars per day for about 21 months in 1969 70, arguing taps violated Fourth Amendment rights.
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San Clemente
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
National Security Council
Morton Halperin
Halperin
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
NSC
Center For National Security Studies
Washington
Heaviest toll reported in Lebanese war drives
Beir ut Lebanon rights driven fronts attack two Palestinian refugee camps, seeking control of highways to Mt Lebanon as authorities report the war's 24 hour toll the highest yet. Official tallies show more than 8,800 killed and over 26,600 wounded in the nine month conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon
Husband Faces Murder Charge in Missouri Case
Michael Lenna, 22, charged with capital murder after Tina Lenna was found dead in a bathtub at her Richmond Heights parents’ home on December 12. Lenna was arrested next day in Columbia, Missouri. If convicted, he faces mandatory execution under Missouri law.
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Clayton, Mo
Michael Lenna
Tina
Lenna
St. Louis County
Richmond Heights
Beverly Wolff
Ter
Alicia Wolff
Lenza
Columbia
Missouri
Mexico Chamber Honors Local Figures At 1975 Banquet
The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce honored John Erdel of Erdel and Sons Hardware and other community leaders for civic and agricultural achievement. Recipients included Jim and Judy Dye for the Jaycees, Mr Wilfley for long service, and Mrs Hattie Wood for chamber and county duties. Rex Johnson became president for 1976 with plans for quarterly meetings and a soils and crops conference.
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Erdel Company
John Erdel
Erdel and Sons Hardware
Rush Hill
Pete Erdel
Erdel and Sons Hardware Co
Audrain County
Rush HI
Mexico
Civic Club
Jim Dye
Judy
Jaycees
Jaycee
Mexico Area
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Europe
Wilfleys
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Audrain Medical Center
Hattie Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Audrain
Nelson Eens
Rex Johnson
William S. Lowe
Kenneth McCue
Warren McIntyre
Charles Stribling II
Everett &. van Matre
Robert Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Desiroy
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Pep) Hildebrand
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