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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1973
Page
9
Weather forecast for Zone 5 and Missouri mixed with showers and cooler trend through Sunday. Lake of the Ozarks stage and Pomme de Terre levels noted. Medical center admissions list numerous local names. Public safety reported minor car damage from a braking incident and attempted windshield wiper theft. Court fines list multiple defendants for speeding and intoxication in Montgomery County.
Secretary of State William Rogers sails for Paris to sign a Vietnam peace pact with North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong, with cease fire set for 7 p.m. EST Saturday. Kissinger explains two ceremonies due to non recognition between South Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Indonesia, Canada, Poland and Hungary commit ICC contingents to supervise the truce.
About 1500 drivers face a Jan 31 deadline to buy 1973 city auto stickers. Don Bolli, public safety chief, warns strict enforcement starts Feb 1. Stickers available at City Clerk Mrs Sheryl Ligon’s office 8 am to 5 pm. 4320 new stickers issued to date, versus 5800 purchased last year, leaving a busy three days for purchases.
Prisoners page reports ongoing negotiations between U S and North Vietnamese officials on mine sweeping and navigational charts. Pentagon chief says 23 000 U S troops will be withdrawn daily under Operation Countdown with about 11 000 out by day 30 and the rest in the following 30 days.
New York stocks slump with the Dow at 998.80 at noon, the first dip below 1000 since last November. The NYSE shows 913 decliners to 385 gainers among 1,654 issues traded as brokers cite a tripling of the 1972 U S trade deficit despite the dollar devaluation as a serious investor concern.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration plans a 268.7 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year with a 12 billion dollar deficit. Senate Leader Mansfield says current year deficit is 25 billion and 74 percent of outlays are uncontrollable. Pentagon funding rises to about 79 billion due to salaries and a larger volunteer army.
Eva Sue Roberts 72 of Sturgeon died at home after a heart condition. Funeral services at Sturgeon Baptist Church Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Hillegoss and Rev. Halbrook. burial at Mount Horeb Cemetery. Survived by husband, son John Ernest Roberts, grandson Scott Edward Roberts, sister Lucille Lonksen, brothers Harold Phillippe and Claude Phillippe. Remains available after 7 p.m. at Fenton Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Martinsburg for the Williamsburg child who died Tuesday at University Medical Center after being given alcohol and malt liquor. Boone County authorities suspect rat poisoning, awaiting autopsy results. Burial will be in Yucatan Cemetery near Readsville. The child, born March 6 1964, was the daughter of Joe and Mary Mahaney Brown.
Des Moines Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu wrestles with second and third graders over naming the ladybug Iowa’s state bug. Students argued its pest control value while Neu warned debates could mock the legislature. Arkansas meanwhile approves a honey bee as its state insect amid floor buzzing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Heiser were held this afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Marvin Jones pastor of Friendship Baptist Church. Interment was in Laddonia Cemetery with music by organist Mrs. John W. Willer. Pallbearers included grandsons J. R. Yager Kenneth Cox Joe Morris and Gary Jennings from this area and Kenneth Saylor Richard Saylor from Mendota Illinois.
Relatives from several cities attended the funeral of George T. Robertson at Arnold funeral home. Among mourners were Lt. Col. and Mrs. David H. Robertson and son Jim of Jefferson City, Kent Rowland of Warrenton, Rev. and Mrs. William Bensberg and Mrs. E. M. Rowland of Marshall, Mrs. Glen Y. Shipley of Baltimore, Md., William G. M. Robertson of Alexandria, Va., and Mrs. Lloyd Cook of Boonville.
Audrain county officials announce a rise in CCC loan interest from 3.5 to 5.5 percent for all 1973 crops and any extended prior loans. The change, intended to reflect borrowing costs, follows a plan to call in old loans at maturity with limited extensions.
Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama had a 45 minute operation to improve abdominal drainage after a bullet injured his spinal cord in the May assassination attempt. The surgery was described as successful with no complications and Wallace in satisfactory condition by his surgeon.
New York AP reports major networks will carry taped and live coverage of the Vietnam accords signing in Paris. NBC and CBS begin at 9 am with midmorning programs. ABC coverage runs 9 30 to 10 90 am EST, featuring live satellite updates.
Testimony details a $65,000 cash display by Senator Long to his son in law and daughter in 1968 as part of a worldwide trip with his secretary. An estate attorney disclosed knowledge of a life policy while a 1971 financial statement valued Long's net worth over $2 million and a $109000 annual income. The testimony links lavish lifestyle to Mrs Long and notes Dunlop named to run Long’s companies after his death on November 6 at Brookhill mansion with 28 rooms and seven fireplaces.
In South Vietnam a large rocket attack hit Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon killing two American servicemen and about 400 North and South Vietnamese. The strike prompted the heaviest U.S. air offensive in eight months as fighting intensified across the region. A Marine air wing commander noted the war's ongoing status after the base attack that killed a security guard and another serviceman several hours earlier.
Joe Frank Deimeke was arrested at his Thompson home and released on 1500 bond on a charge of attempting to corrupt a witness. Prosecutors say he sought to induce Charlotte McCoy to commit perjury in the Utterback case, linking to a Mexico police finding. Utterback had pleaded guilty to subornation of perjury and was sentenced to three years.
Gov. Bond appoints William J. Raftery as commissioner of administration after the Senate refused to confirm Robert L. James for the post. Raftery heads the division of accounting, and Bond will supervise the office until a director is named. Also notes two state highway patrol veterans, Lt. Col. George E. Phipps and Capt. F. W. Shadwell, retiring after over 60 years combined service.
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