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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1972
Page
10
Official 7 am readings cover highs, lows, and temperatures with forecast glaze warnings for today into tonight. Ice potential continues into Friday with snow possible north and warmer by Monday, while Missouri river stages and lake gauges show varied levels across Kansas City, St. Louis, and surrounding areas.
Audrain Medical Center reported the admission of Mrs Dorral Saltzman Miss Nancy Ollis and others from multiple towns including Mexico Bellflower Vandalia Shelbina and Centralia with a son born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Stowers at 8 21 p m weighing 8 1 2 pounds Dismissals followed for several locals and area residents. The Police Court and Circuit Court processes involve fines bonds and rulings on various cases across Montgomery and surrounding counties.
The Nixon report notes a mild recession with year end prospects for 1972 showing rising output and lower unemployment. It forecasts reduced inflation and a stronger U.S. position globally, with most major goods and services except housing expected to fare better than in 1971.
A correction notes that Jergens Lotion was misdescribed as in a dispenser bottle and Costello’s Frozen Dessert limit is two instead of one.
Stock market activity reported for January 27 1972 with over the counter bids for A B Chance Commerce Bancshares and Wetterau and NYSE closings for Bobbie Brooks Dresser Kaiser Panhandle Ralston Purina US Gypsum and other names. The noon Dow rose 5.94 to 895.09 as market breadth favored advances amid December economic indicator gains.
A 14 year old boy, David Boicourt, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Mason of 701 Baker Street, began to breathe before responders arrived after a sudden illness at 5 45 am. Firemen did not use a resuscitator and he was admitted to Audrain Medical Center by a Precht Pickering ambulance in satisfactory condition.
A hijacker expert in parachuting and flying seized a Mohawk Airlines plane, demanded a parachute and ransom, ordered diversions toward Pittsfield then Poughkeepsie, prepared a four door Ford with police access, and fled after landing at 3 21 a m. The incident echoes the D B Cooper hijacking from Thanksgiving Eve.
AP reports gospel singer Mahalia Jackson died today at Little Company of Mary Hospital Evergreen Park after a heart seizure. Born near New Orleans she rose from washerwoman to international fame with marquee gigs from Carnegie Hall to European capitals. She died in semiconscious state with no friends or admirers at bedside.
Amos Anderson 67 a retired groceryman died Wednesday at his Wellsville home after a long illness. Born April 26 1904 in Randolph County he was a son of Julius and Martha Anderson. He belonged to the Odd Fellows Lodge and United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Marie Noel a son Don Anderson two grandchildren three brothers and a sister. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday Myers Funeral Home Wellsville Rev Clarence Smith. Burial Wellsville Cemetery. Body at Myers Funeral Home with viewing 7 to 8 30 p.m. Saturday.
Cicero McGee 85 a retired railroad section crew worker died suddenly at the DeOrnellas boarding home Funeral services will be Friday at Agnew Funeral Home conducted by Rev John H Vandling burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery Visitation is tonight at the funeral home He is survived by a daughter Mrs Paul Hawkins and a son Robert L McGee both of Paris a sister Mrs Mae Johnson of Madison His son S Sgt J T McGee was killed in World War II
Mrs. Nola Belle Fitzgerald, 91, died at her home near Middletown at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Myers funeral home. Buried at Pew Cemetery. She was born July 2, 1880 near Middletown, daughter of Lucian and his wife. She leaves a daughter Dessie Weeks and a son Roy Fitzgerald, both of Middletown, plus three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Clyde English 65 of Jonesburg died Tuesday at University Medical Center in Columbia. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday at Harding funeral home Jonesburg burial in Jonesburg Cemetery. Visitation after 11 a m Friday. Born Sept 11 1906 in St Louis to Edward and Esther Hubbard English. Survived by wife Alice nine children Junior English and Nora Mae Gillett Melvin English Rosa Margaret Shirley Carol Glenda and Donald English all of Jonesburg and Montgomery City personnel.
Mr and Mrs Bill Sims of Princeton Missouri welcomed their first child a son born at Memorial Hospital Trenton at 115 am weighing 611 pounds naming him William Shane Sims Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Gail Sims of Thompson and Mr and Mrs Jim Rongey of Princeton
Soviet steel mills outproduced United States mills in 1971 for the first time, says Meyer Bernstein of the United Steelworkers International Affairs Division. Soviet output reached about 132.8 million tons while U.S. production was around 120 million tons, with the gap widening after last summer's strike and a longer term push to raise Soviet steel output.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said North Vietnam demands a Communist government in South Vietnam and the United States cannot accept it. He added that enemy envoys at the Paris peace talks have not rejected President Nixon's eight point plan, and he is encouraged by talk of a negotiated settlement.
In Vietnam the U S Command reported five American soldiers wounded by a pressure type booby trap on patrol less than a mile from their 196th Infantry Brigade headquarters ten miles south of Da Nang. The South Vietnamese command said 107 enemy troops were killed nationwide in the latest fighting surge and a U S district adviser was killed in the Mekong Delta on Tuesday.
Mexico earns a Distinguished Achievement Award in the 1971 National Clean Up Contest for civic improvement efforts. Farber receives honorable mention in the under 25 000 population class as hundreds of cities competed. A plaque will be sent to the clean up chairman for display.
WASHINGTON AP Chairman George H. Mahon of the House Appropriations Committee told administration witnesses the country may have to raise taxes if spending keeps widening federal deficits. He pressed George P. Shultz on a binding spending ceiling as hearings opened on Nixon's 246.3 billion budget. Shultz agreed the fiscal situation is tight and supported a legal cap on spending by Congress and the White House.
Mexico High School senior Chuck Worstell will describe his five week European trip with a People to People group at the Rotary Club noon meeting. He will illustrate the talk with slides and is noted as an all state Bulldog linebacker and most valuable player from last fall.
Cline outlined goals and achievements of the Mexico Chamber of Commerce, thanking retiring directors and introducing Allen Carriere as the new executive vice president. Ollis recalled major openings like Wal-Mart and Kroger boosting economic potential, noted membership growth, and highlighted tourism efforts and legislative activity.
President Nixon announced the resignation of Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans and named Peter G. Peterson as his successor. Stans will assist in the re election campaign, while Peter Flanigan moves from presidential assistant to Peterson’s former role on the Council of International Economic Policy. Peterson, 45, formerly of Bell and Howell, was praised as a young, successful executive.
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