Overcharge Probe Hits Power Firm Audit in Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri AP. Kansas City Power and Light Co faces allegations of billing errors totaling at least 32 million in the past year through automatic fuel adjustment charges on hydroelectric power from the Southwest Power Authority. PSC General Counsel Leland Curtis says charges exceed fuel costs and should end now. Utility says charges align with rate schedules. The complaint ties to a $30.5 million rate increase case and may trigger reviews of other Missouri utilities, starting with Union Electric Co. of St. Louis, with hearings set to begin Feb. 17 and possibly expire April 15.
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Jefferson City
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Missouri Public Service 2 Commission
PSC
Leland Curtis
Southwest Power Authority
Curtis
Arthur Doyle
Doyle
Missouri
Union Electric Co
St. Louis
Commission
A. Robert Pierce
Pierce
Evening Tech Class Sign Up At Mexico Area Voc Tech
Two adult classes enroll this Monday at 7 p.m. at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School along with 22 other skilled classes. Basic industrial electricity taught by B D Nelson covers volts amperes ohms watts circuits drawings magnetism electromagnetism DC motors and controls with testing and schematics. Residential wiring taught by Bob Beamer covers codes load calculation wire types and sizes fuses breakers and home heating. Each course meets one night per week for 15 weeks with fees 20 and 25 dollars plus books respectively.
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Mexico Area
Bureau of Standards
Bob Beamer
Theft Of Doctor Drugs Under Investigation In Centralia
Centralia police investigate burglary at Dr. William Bradley's office with theft of a small quantity of drugs from the laboratory. The office door was secured at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, checked at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, then found unlocked with a missing doorknob at 4:30 a.m. A window was broken to access the laboratory.
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Centralia
Sthi
Centralia Police Department
William Bradley
Probe Misgrading of Wheat Shipment
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department investigates a $6 million corn shipment misgraded aboard the Polish supertanker Rosy II in New Orleans. Sen. Dick Clark cites foreign material and 10,000 cubic feet of corn dirt as evidence of intentional misgrading. Inspectors plan to review the Bayside grain elevator at Reserve and the vessel location as Cook Industries faces potential board actions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Orleans
Dick Clark
Poland
Senate Agriculture Committee
Clark
Diona
Les Malone
USDA
Rosy II
Malone
Mississippi River
Cook Industries
David Galliart
Kansas
Memphis
Bayside
Destrehan Board of Trade, Inc
Expect 1000 To Honor Symington
In Columbia Missouri more than 1 000 people are expected Saturday night for Sen Stuart Symingtons retirement dinner called Salute to Senator Symington to raise funds for Missouri Democratic Party executive director Mick Buehler said about 1 100 tickets were sold 85 pay 15 each main speaker Sen Hubert H Humphrey and Symington have served 21 years in the Senate and Symington will not seek re election next year potential successors include U S Rep James Symington Jerry Litton and former Gov Warren E Hearnes with Litton declaring a Feb 22 announcement and Hearnes set to appear at the event.
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Columbia
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Senator Symington
Mick Buehler
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Symington
Senate
Missouri Democrat
Humphrey
U S
James Symington
St. Louis County
Jerry Litton
Chillcothe
Litton
Demo Win Not Sure Says Strauss
Democratic National Chairman Robert F. Strauss told a New Orleans meeting that the 11 candidate field shows strength for the party and would not trade their lineup for Ford or Reagan. GOP leaders voiced unity fears but Reagan backer John Sears pledged unity, while Ford backer Callaway predicted wins in New Hampshire Florida and Illinois.
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Eric Newhouse
Associated Press
Robert F. Strauss
Ford
Strauss
Association of State Democratic
New Orleans
Ronald Reagan
Chicago
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Reagan
Callaway
New Hampshire
Florida
Illinois
America
Gerald Ford
John Sears
Barry Goldwater
Mary Louise Smith
GOP
High-Priced Parts Raise Car Insurance
Missouri motorists face higher auto insurance premiums as crash parts costs surge. Five largest insurers including State Farm MFA Allstate Farmers and American Family report rate hikes despite only modest increases in accidents. Parts like fenders bumpers and grills up 61 percent over five years with 1974 up 33 percent.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Bob Maddox
Automobile
Insurame
State Farm Mutual
MFA
Allstate
Farmers Insurance Co
American Family Mutual
Maddox
Don Dugan
State Farm
Dugan
Don Dulle
Jefferson Bond and Frame Works, Inc
Dulle
Department of Public Safety
Three youths held in Audrain incident with felonious intent
Ralph Williams 20 of 608 B Bolivar and James Johnson 17 of East Breckenridge St are jailed in Audrain County on charges tied to a Jan 12 attack on a 14 year old girl. A third juvenile is in secure detention as officers continue the investigation. Mrs P L Ingebritson recuperates at home after Audrain Medical Center hospitalization.
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Ralph Williams
B. Bolivar
James Johnson
East Breckenridge St
Audrain County
Federal Jobless Payments Halved
Jefferson City Missouri AP reports a new federal law cuts in half the supplemental unemployment payments. Geoffrey McCarron, director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Rebeations, says Missourians get 13 weeks of benefits under the program instead of 26. Effective Jan 4, payments depend on prior receipts and the 13 week unemployment rate.
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Jefferson City
Geoffrey McCarron
Department of Labor and Industrial
Mrs. Thelma Tipton Cowan of Auxvasse Dies at 75
Thelma Tipton Cowan 75 of Auxvasse died Friday at a Columbia hospital after moving from Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church with burial in the church yard. Visitation after 4 p.m. today at Maupin Funeral Home. Born Feb 26 1900, she was a nurse in Ft Collins in 1916 and worked at Callaway Memorial Hospital Fulton 1930-1938. Married Oct 14 1936 to John F. Cowan. moved to Auxvasse in 1939. Survivors: son John Byron Cowan of Monett, three sisters, and three grandchildren.
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Auxvasse
Thelma Tipton Cowan
Columbia Hospital
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Auxvasse Presbyterian Church
James Williams
Maupin Funeral Home
Alfonso and
Boone Scholl Tipton
Hardin College
Ft. Collins
Colo
Callaway Memorial Hospital
Fulton
John F. Cowan
Mrs. Thomas Rodgers Dies In St. Louis
Mrs. Ruth Ann Rodgers 45 of Webster Groves died Friday at St John Mercy Hospital St Louis County after months of illness. Services Monday 9 am at Annunciation Church Webster Groves burial in St Marys Cemetery Montgomery City Graveside service 11 15 am. Rosary 7 pm at Mittelberg Gerber Funeral Home Webster Groves. Born July 6 1930 in Montgomery County she married July 6 1957. Survived by father John Farnen husband John F a sister Claire Benney Helen Farnen an aunt Mrs Gilbert Prost.
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Montgomery City
Thomas
Ruth Ann) Rodgers
Webster Groves
St. John’s Mercy Hospital
St. Louis County
Annunciation Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Mittelberg-Gerber
West Lockwood
Rodgers
Montgomery County
John Farnen
Bernice Prost Farnen
Mr. Rodgers
John F
Donald
Claire) Benney
Helen Farnen
St. Louis
Gilbert Prost
State Fails To Convict Arbeiter
Joseph Arbeiter, 26, found not guilty in Kansas City of murder and sodomy related to a 1974 nightclub incident in Herculaneum Missouri. Woman could not identify the assailant due to a ski mask. Arbeiter had prior youth-era convictions overturned. Also: Mrs Delano Lewis returns home after treatments at Boone County Hospital.
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Kansas City
Joseph Arbeiter
Herculaneum
Arbeiter
Louis Hasty
Hasty
South St. Louis
Delano
Joyce) Lewis
Buchanan
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Missouri Weather and Local Reports Summary
Missouri weather outlook shows clear to partly cloudy and cold with highs around 40. Nighttime lows reach teens to mid 20s, with warmer skies Sunday and a chance of rain after dark. Extended near mid week brings mixed rain chances, mild Monday and cooler conditions by midweek. St Louis river stages listed. hospital notices include multiple admissions and dismissals. deaths, marriages license applications noted.
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Missouri
Public safety and patrol report updates
Debbie Nichols reported a stolen eight track tape player valued at 50 from her car parked at A P Green Refractories. Joyce Kamper reported an attempted theft of a citizen band radio from a car at the same lot. George E Folta escaped injury when his southbound pickup left Highway 19 northwest of Wellsville, striking signs. no arrest. Firefighters fought a fireplace fire at Frank Durham’s Vandiver Village home. ceiling tile damaged, no water or smoke damage. Magistrate Court bound over four cases, with multiple speeding charges and other offenses. several trials set for Feb 13. Prices for grains and stocks listed. Dow Jones close at 929.63.
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Debbie Nichols
Route 2
A.P. Greenefractories Co
Joyce Kamper
Auxvasse
Citizens Band
A.P. Pega
Highway Patrol
George E. Folta
Wellsville
Highway 19
Wellaville
Folta
Little Dixie
Frank Durham
Vandiver Village
Richard Womack
Four Teens Die In Small Car Collision
Four teens, three from Iowa and one from Nebraska, die in a head on crash with a tractor trailer on U S 71 four miles north of Maryville Missouri at 1 20 a m. All were 15. The car allegedly crossed the center line striking the truck. The truck driver from California and two cab passengers were hospitalized with minor or non serious injuries.
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Maryville
Towa
Nebraska
Missouri Highway Patrol
Wesley G. Hoppe
Farnam
Neb
Janet L. Hawk
Des Moines
Iowa
Stephen M. Purnell
Glenwood
Thomas E. McAlexander
Council Bluffs
Here
U. S. 71
California
St. Francis Hospital
Hoppe
Mexico Ledger Postal Rates and Publication Details
Mexico Ledger notices the newspaper’s publication schedule and price structure. It lists mailing rates by region including Missouri Audrain and neighboring counties, out-of-state, and military APO. It also notes office hours and location at 300 North Washington Street in Mexico Missouri.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
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