Weather and Local News Summary from The Daily Record
The Daily Record reports official 7:00 am weather readings with yesterday's highs and lows, plus precipitation totals and sun times. Forecasts for Missouri and region call for clearing and colder tonight, rain ending in the Bootheel, then statewide sunny, cold Saturday, and extended cold followed by a warmer trend with possible showers late Monday into Tuesday. River stages are listed for several stations, and the hospital column notes recent admissions and newborns in various towns including Mexico and Centralia. Died: Joseph Ryland Rodes in Mexico.
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Missouri
Bootheel
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Cape Girardeau
Police Reports and Court Actions in Mexico and Nearby Areas
Police report a windshield shot out at 915 Michigan St. Hoover found damage to his car at Mexico Vocational-Technical School. A missing six month oldCollie dog with no collar reported by Dean Iriedli of Centralia. Multiple local gun, hunting, and driving fines listed in Magistrate Court. Missouri Livestock Market data and national stockyard cattle, hog, and sheep prices included along with Chicago and MO state grain figures.
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Kenneth Hoover
Michigan St
Hoover
Mexico Vocational-Technical School
Dean Iriedli
Centralia
Mexico
Sircuit
Michael Lee Smith
Edward Seigfreid
Runge
David McCann
Montgomery County
Paul Richard Hillen
David Lee Harris
Eugene Matthew Jones
St. Louis
Clarence W. Syler
Florissant
Albert W. Lanvermeier
Wentzville
David G. Newman
Warrenton
James Wesley Ballew
Ballwin
Birth announced for Joseph Robert Bradley in Centratia
A son, Joseph Robert, was born to Mr and Mrs Robert H Bradley of Centratia Route 1 at Audrain Medical Center at 10 44 p m yesterday. The baby weighed nine pounds two ounces. Father is a farmer. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Wayne Bradley of Mexico Route 1 and Mrs Marshall Baker of Mexico Route 5. Fill Your Wants from Want Ads.
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Audrain Medical Center
Patrick McCarty
Fred Ruse
John Hatfield
Paul R. Heidbreider
Howard Weakly
Charles D. Howdeshell
Arnold H. Graf
Paul T. Fletcher
Amy M. Hogan
Gary Lee Francis
Lonnie Read
Mexico
Floyd
Ash
Montgomery City
Howard D. Erwin
Zelpha V. Picklow
Wellsville
Donald G. Rangsdale
Holli
James D. Terry
Farber
Terry
Robert H. Bradley
Centralia
Charles Newland
Elsie Rogers
Glenn Hendrix
Donald Bewkes Jr
Judy Woolridge
Alva Benskin
Verle Payne
William K. Hollingsworth
Lovie Brett
John Brinker
Elmer R. Jacobsmeyer
Lena Hall
John G. Daughenbaugh
Frances F. Hurett
Dean Roberts
Hallsville
Irving Wuellner
Middletown
Theresa Maupin
Michale L. Vogt
Vandalla
William L. Gregg
Santa Fe
Louis Deane Eisele
Joseph Ryland Rodes
Joseph Robert
Centratia
Bradley
Wayne Bradley
Marshall Baker
Cambodia air operations expand amid Vietnam war shifts
The Nixon administration widens the term for air activity into air combat and logistics to support ground forces in Cambodia. Pentagon officials say heavier air power is aimed at thwarting North Vietnamese sanctuaries and routes, enabling faster U.S. troop withdrawals, while Senate opponents push for hearings as reports of raids grow.
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Nixon
Cambodia
Congress
U.S
Senate
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Strikers Work To Pay Welfare In Britain
Hundreds of Britain's striking postal workers briefly returned to their jobs to pay weekly pensions and family allowances to mothers and elderly recipients. Union leaders rejected a post office arbitration appeal as the strike entered its third day.
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London
Britain
Post Office
Home From Center Mrs Richard Shamblin Recovers At Home
Mrs Richard Shamblin has recovered sufficiently from major surgery at Audrain Medical Center to return home at 1501 North Washington Street after a four week hospitalization.
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Richard Shamblin
Audrain Medical Center
N. Washington St
Stock Market Outlook Persists as Dow Rises
New York trading remained strong with the Dow Jones average up 4.24 to 858.98 at noon. Advances outnumbered declines by over 2 to 1 as the AP 60-stock average gained 1.6 to 301.4. Aircraft and airlines slipped while steels motors utilities chemicals and oils advanced. Notable Big Board movers included Sperry Rand up to 26 percent Texaco to 34 44 Teledyne to 27 American Telephone to 52 and Saxon Industries to 23 54.
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Ralston Purina
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Sperry Rand
Texaco
Teledyne
American Telephone
Saxon Industries
Lawrence Peters, Paris, Dies at 61
Lawrence Peters of Paris, 61, died at Woodland Hospital in Moberly at 2 a m. He was a Monroe County farmer born October 12, 1908. Survived by wife Anna Mae Forsythe, mother, son Larry, daughter Mrs Sam Bried, two sisters, nine grandchildren, and nine additional relatives in Paris Carrollton and area. Funeral arrangements pending at Agnew Funeral Home Paris.
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Paris
Lawrence Peters
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
Peters
Monroe County
Clarence
Leota Sanders Peters
Anna Mae Forsythe
Larry
Carrollton
Sam Bried
Orville Riley
Paul Wood
Mrs Annie Davis Dies At Hospital In Paris
Mrs Annie Davis 4 of Paris died at 10 p m Thursday at St Elizabeths Hospital Hannibal after weeks as patient She was born in Monroe County November 11 1886 daughter of Andrew and Trivila Tanner McGee She married Bruce Davis in October 1909 He died March 1969 She had lived with Mrs Pauline Schwantes in Paris Survived by two daughters Mrs Gentry Featherstone and Mrs Pat Threlkeld a son Reginald and a brother Carey McGee Several grandchildren and great grandchildren Also preceded in death by two sons and a daughter Funeral services are pending at Agnew funeral home in Paris
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Paris
Annie Davis
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Hannibal
Monroe County
Andrew
Trivila Tanner McGee
Bruce Davis
Davis
Gentry Featherstone
Pat Threlkeld
Liberty
Reginald
Vandalia
Carey McGee
Mexico
Agnew Funeral Home
Services For Mrs Myrtle Atwell This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Atwell were set for today at Arnold funeral home with the Rev Marvin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be at Beaver Dam Cemetery. Music provided by organist Mrs George Kaen and vocalist Mrs John M Conner. Pallbearers include grandsons Kenneth McQuarry Gordon Groves Eddie Boyd Robert Richard Jones and nephews Ernest Harvey Russell Harvey.
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Myrtle Atwell
Arnold Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Beaver Dam Cemetery
George Kaen
John M. Conner
Kenneth McQuarry
Gordon Groves
Eddie Boyd
Robert Richard Jones
Ernest Harvey
Russell Harvey
Mrs Cochran Rites Here On Saturday
Josephine Cochran 54 of Phoenix Arizona dies after surgery in Maricopa General Hospital born July 21 1916 in Guthrie Oklahoma daughter of O Paul James and Marjorie B Ford James funeral at Precht Pickering in Mexico Saturday at 3 40 p m Rev Jeff Marsh officiates burial Elmwood Cemetery visitation at 3 p m memorials to United Methodist Church. Survived by mother six siblings including Frederick Harold Charles and Marjorie James with many nieces and nephews. A brother and father preceded her in death.
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Josephine Cochran
Phoenix
Ariz
Precht Pickering Funeral Home
Jeff Marsh
Mexico
Marjorie B. Ford James
Cochran
Guthrie
Okla
Methodist Church
Frederick James
Snider
Harold James
Charles James
Marjorie James
James
Miss James
Mrs Effie Surls Dies At 95 In Wellsville
Mrs Effie Leota Surls 95 died at her home 407 Lehnen Street Wellsville. Funeral 2 p m Saturday Myers Funeral Home Wellsville burial in Fairmount Cemetery Middletown. Visitation after 7 tonight. Born April 5 1875 Pike County daughter of Joseph and Ellen Parsons member of Baptist Church. Survived by three sons Earle Paul David all of Wellsville Truxton Old Monroe and Olney a daughter Edith a mother Ernest Parsons New Hartford 12 grandchildren one great grandchild and one great great grandchild.
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Wellsville
Effie Leota Surls
Lehnen St
Myers Funeral Home
Fairmount Cemetery
Middletown
Surls
Pike County
Joseph Parsons
Ellen Haywood Parsons
The
Baptist Church
Earle
Truxton
Paul
David
Old Monroe
Edith Surls
Olney
Ernest Parsons
New Hartford
Morris Service This Afternoon
Clara Morris of Laddonia a former Mexican were to be held this afternoon at Precht Pickering funeral home. The Rev Gordon Campbell Presbyterian minister of Perry was to officiate and burial was to be in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs Bonnie Berrey organist. Walter Klusman Joe Teague Edward Lee Roth Bob Berrey Dan Erdel and Emil Erdel.
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Clara Morris
Laddonia
Precht- Pickering Funeral Home
Gordon Campbell
Perry
Elmwood Cemetery
Bonnie Berrey
Walter Klusman
Joe Teague
Edward Lee Roth
Bob Berrey
Dan Erdel
Emil Erdel
Duffen Rites Saturday at 1 30 PM
Last rites for Emil Duffen will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Precht Pickering funeral home. The Rev George B Wraith will conduct. Burial will be in Benton City Cemetery with organ music by Mrs George Keen. Pallbearers: Wallace Duffen Floyd Duffen August Duffen Jr Walter Duffen Morris T Crews C W Caldwell.
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Emil Duffen
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
George B. Wraith
First Christian Church
Benton City
George Keen
Wallace Duffen
Floyd Duffen
August Duffen Jr
Walter Duffen
Morris T. Crews
C. W. Caldwell
No Executions In Pennsylvania Under Shapp Rule
Pennsylvania Governor Milton J. Shapp signaled no executions during his term and backed a directive by outgoing Attorney General Fred Speaker that effectively abolishes the death penalty. Shapp and his counsel aligned with the ruling in the transition to a new Democratic administration.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Fred Speaker
Pay Checks Voided by Date Error in Wisconsin
More than 26 000 Wisconsin state employees received checks dated January 21 1970 with a void imprint. Officials blamed a human error in the computer system and advised cashing as honored. Reprinting would have cost about 3000 dollars.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Environmental policy plan would require advance impact reports
The Council on Environmental Quality proposed requiring federal agencies to disclose environmental impact statements 15 days before hearings and 90 days before effecting actions. The move aims to bring public scrutiny to proposed actions and legislative proposals, building on court orders that favored impact statements.
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Washington
Council On Environmental Quality
Associated Press
Council
Congress
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Russell E. Train
House
Subcommittee On Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
Dingell
Nixon to visit Russell kin in Winder Georgia
President Nixon will fly to Winder Georgia on Saturday to pay personal respects to the family of Senator Richard B. Russell, the Senate dean who died Thursday. He will travel alone on Air Force One, returning the same day, and does not plan to attend funeral services but may reference the late Georgian at White House church services Sunday.
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Washington
Nixon
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Senate
White House
Russell
Winder
Air Force
Ronald L. Ziegler
France Nuclear Chiefs Plane Crash Kills Top Leaders
Paris AP reports a Nord 262 crash in central France killed thirteen top nuclear weapons experts plus eight others, including AEC executives and defense officials. France-Soir rebuked authorities for letting many key figures travel on the same plane during a routine inspection to Pierrelatte.
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Paris
France
France-Soir
de Frappe
Jacques Mabile
Atomic Energy Commission
Edouard Billion
Defense Ministry
Jean la Bussilere
AEC
Georges’ Tirole
Robert
Mt. Gerbier du Jone
Aubenas
Pair finds love after leg losses in California wedding
Sal Termine and Dee Alimo met after both suffered leg injuries in Vietnam and Florida. He, an Army sergeant wounded in 1969, mailed cheerful notes. she was injured by a boat propeller in 1970. They wed on January 14 and plan new lives in California. They urge others with handicaps to act, not dwell.
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Fort Lauderdale
Sal
Dee
Palomar College
San Marcos
Termine
Battle on Oil Slick Gains Ground in Bay
San Francisco reports four days of round the clock cleanup as upper hand in oil spill fight emerges. Coast Guard aerial survey finds most slicks cleared from San Francisco Bay though vast oil remains offshore as 1000 plus workers and volunteers rake, skim, and salvage. Standard Oil California estimates 936000 gallons recovered by Thursday. three mile slick off Thornton Beach prompts ongoing operations and hopes for two more weeks of cleanup.
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San Francisco
The
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean
Oil Company
Standard Oil Co
California
Thornton Beach
Golden Gate
Standard Oil
Hijacked Ethiopian DC3 Lands in Khartoum
Beirut airport officials reported an Ethiopian DC3 with 23 aboard was hijacked at gunpoint and diverted to land in Khartoum Sudan. The plane landed safely and Beirut officials received word at noon confirming the landing.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Khartoum
Sudan
Closer to Rail Strike Settlement Reported
President C L Dennis of the AFL CIO Brotherhood of Railway Clerks said the nationwide wage dispute may be near a settlement. He told 300 clerks he would return to bargaining as Congress pauses a March 1 deadline after a one day strike. Other unions in the dispute include UTU, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, and Hotel and Restaurant Employees.
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Washington
C. L. Dennis
Aflcio Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Dennis
Congress
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Firemen Rescue Susan Hayward From Ninth Floor Fire
Firefighters rescued actress Susan Hayward from a ninth floor condominium in Fort Lauderdale after a living room chair ignited a blaze that trapped her on a balcony. She was pulled out uninjured despite smoke and heavy damage to the apartment.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Susan Hayward
Miss Hayward
Ken Nation
Ship Fire Off Sardinia Leaves Crew Missing At Night
The 83,882 ton American tanker Universe Patriot caught fire after an explosion off Sardinia during the night. Sixteen of the 39 crew are missing. Two ships picked up the German captain and 16 crew members early today. Later, six more were rescued.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Congress Can't Get Started on New House Rules
The 92nd Congress opened with promise but collapsed into disputes over funding and rules. Speaker Carl Albert urged progress while Republicans protested a Democratic caucus move that would bar $1.5 million in committee funds, leaving the session in disarray and adjournment without adopting rules.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
D-Oklaw
Capitol Hill
Albert
GOP
Budget details voiced by Missouri revenue chief Schaffner
Jefferson City AP James Schaffner director of revenue presented his 1971 72 budget to the House Appropriations Committee noting a 15 million rise from last year’s level to 115.8 million and detailing items as recommended by the governor He defended a 17000 mail handling machine as a practical work tool and said staff additions would focus on data processing while stressing merit system considerations and reform efforts led by the Little Hoover commission with Dr Arthur Mallroy as new Education Commissioner leading the opening hearings.
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Jefferson City
James Schaffner
House Appropriations Committee
Schaffner
Missouri
Appropriations
E.J
Lucky) Cantrell
D-Overland
Harold Volkmer
Cannibal
Little Hoover
Arthur L. Mallroy
Education
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