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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1975

Page

9

Weather and hospital notices mix from Ledgerland area

Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours highs in the 40s and lows around 30 with a chance of light snow tonight and Tuesday. Missouri forecasts call for increasing cloudiness, warmer today in the 40s to 50s, rain tonight and mild Tuesday, with a cooler midweek. Lake and river stations list levels above normal at several Ozarks lakes and St Louis area gauges. Audrain Medical Center reports multiple admissions and recent births and dismissals across several local towns.

Ledgerland Missouri Lakes Kansas City Lake of the Ozarks Pomme de Terre Stockton Bull Shoals Table Rock Beaver T. Louis Boonville Jefferson City Hermann Hannibal St. Louis Cape Girardeau Quincy

Died and Public Safety Notes In Missouri Town

The Daily Record lists numerous deaths and obituaries for Mrs. Janie Strack and Miss Louise Collens among others, plus a long Public Safety Report detailing summonses for following too closely, multiple vehicle accidents with injuries, theft of a bicycle, and highway patrol incidents near Mexico, Montgomery City, Fulton, and Audrain Medical Center. Also covered are magistrate and circuit court actions, a marriage license application, and Missouri Livestock Market results.

Beverly Ann Richardson W. Pearson Jr Richardson Lenard Schmidt Montgomery City Herman H. Crews E. Promenade Clark Tea Randy Stegman Fairground Henry William Diehl W. Love Promenade Jefferson Streets Elizabeth Williams S. Missouri EB. Jackson Street Audraine Medical Center Barbara Sunderland E. Love Highway Patrol Flossie Y. Hickman Mexico Audrain Medical Center Highway 15 Kevin J. Bosley Anthony J. Merline Callaway Memorial Hospital Fulton Randy G. Winter E.E. Winter S. Coal St John W. Mealy New Bloomfield Pamela J. Hoeker Mealy

Market Reports From National Stock Yards And Chicago Futures

National Stockyards data show 6 000 hogs 2 000 cattle and 150 sheep for Tuesday with hog receipts at 7 500 and prices slipping for butchers and sows. cattle and sheep markets mixed with steers heifers cows and lambs given varying gains and losses. Chicago futures roll lower on wheat corn oats and soybeans while IBM wins antitrust relief sending markets higher in New York trading.

Missouri Livestock Market Center Dept. of Agr MNS Roger Parker National Stockyards Choice Chicago (Ap Chicago Board of Trade Chicago—Board of Trade

Missouri lawmakers push death penalty and ERA debates

The House and Senate wrestle over a death penalty bill with six to eleven murder types and a three judge panel review. Rep Harold Volkmer warns of an initiative if blocked. Missouri last executed in 1965. Education funding formula reform and no fault auto insurance advance in committees. ERA ratification efforts open in both chambers as five more states are needed.

House Senate Harold Volkmer Missouri House Education Committee House Insurance Committee Senate Insurance Committee House Judiciary Committee Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee

Railroad Strike Shuts Parts of C and O and Flint Pickets

About 300 Local 1775 IBEW members walked out at C&O in Grand Rapids with pickets outside Chessie properties in Flint. effect on Detroit Chicago New Buffalo and Flint service discussed. A Louisville & Nashville supervisor noted 16 pickets in Nashville and a wider shutdown was anticipated.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers C&o Grand Rapids Chessie System Flint Fafuiadt Detroit Chicago New Buffalo Louisville & Nashville Railroad Nashville

Sturgeon Alspach 79 dies at Boone County Hospital

STURGEON Brown Alspach 79 of Sturgeon died Saturday at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after a brief illness. Services were held at Meadow and Son Funeral Chapel with Rev. G A Galloway officiating. Burial in Centralia Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Masonic services conducted earlier. Survived by daughter Thelma Esteppe, two granddaughters, nine great grandchildren. one sister and two brothers preceded him. He was a retired farmer and longtime church member.

Sturgeon Brown Alspach Boone County Hospital Columbia Meadow and Son Funeral G. A. Galloway Sturgeon United Methodist Church Centralia Edgar Bradley W.M. Fenton Casey Haux Loyd Jennings Carl Miller Kenneth Nichols Ben Owings Marion Ritchie P.m Mr. Alspach Boone County Isaac Cordelia Gallup Alspach Mamie Cleo Winn Union Methodist Church Rigel Auxvasse Andrew Moses Briggs Callaway Memorial Hospital Fulton St. Peters Catholic Church Bob Chenoweth Guardian Angel Cemetery Brinktown Thomas Patrick Timothy James Donald Briggs Robert Briggs Mr. Briggs van Cleve Thomas Jefferson Catherine Agnes Birmingham Briggs Rosa Montague St. Brendan's Catholic Church Mexico Walter E. Briggs Creve Coeur

Mrs. George Strack 89 Rites Tuesday

Mrs. Janie R. Strack 89 of Montgomery City died at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after a year of illness. Services at Schlanker Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Bellflower Cemetery. Memorials to Bellflower Cemetery. Survived by daughter Ber niece Berger, son Herbert Strack, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, sister and two brothers. Husband George Strack died in 1957.

Audrain Medical Center Today Afsaruddin Ahmed Ralph R. Nelson Flossie V. Hickman LW. Bergthold Robert L. Armstrong Annie J. Bledsoe Marion R. Munford Ella Huckabey Jewell Sidney Jason M. Jones Roland QO. Frey Jr Larry Weber Lewis Sharp Ruben Bell Elmer L. Loyd Jerry Schrameck Mitchell Allen Joseph H. Bruns David E. Cloven Harold Monk Mexico Eva Barre William Turner Auxvasse Robert W. Jones Montgomery City Richard A. Covert Madison Karl H. Benn Vandalia John V. Powell Stanley J. Fadler Frank C. Wilson Willard Shaw Cathy J. Bird Janie R. Strack Bellflower Audrain Medical Center Schlanker Funeral Robert Hester United Methodist- Presbyterian Church Strack Montgomery County Henry Ww Caroline Schowengerdt Kamp R.V Berniece) Berger Middletown Herbert Strack Mrs. Strack

Harley Eisele Dies In St. Louis

Harley B. Eisele 46 of St. Louis died unexpectedly Saturday. He was married to Betty J. Whipple formerly of near Montgomery City. Graveside services will be held at Bethel Cemetery west of Montgomery City Tuesday at 10 15 a m with Rev. Robert Hester officiating. Schlanker Funeral Home is in charge. Surviving are his wife and three children Harley Jr Diane and Dale.

Montgomery City Harley B. Eisele St. Louis Bethel Cemetery Robert Hester United Methodist-Presbyterian Church Schlanker Funeral Home Mr. Lhisele Harley Jr Diane Dale

Alexander Threlkeld Dies at 85 in Paris

Alexander Threlkeld 85 of rural Paris died Sunday at his home after ill health. He was a retired farmer born November 15, 1889 in Monroe County. Survived by wife Sadie Austin of Paris, son James, sister Mrs. Ernest Hardwick, four grandchildren, one great grandchild. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond Roberson at Salem Cemetery. He was a Salem Baptist Church deacon.

Paris Alexander Threlkeld Threlkeld Agnew Funeral Home Raymond Roberson Salem Monroe County Thomas Nannie Lou Adams Threlkeld Sadie Austin James Ernest Hardwick Threlkell Salem Baptist Church

Westminster Youth Is Found Dead

Fulton reports the death of Westminster College senior James Robert Barrow 20 from New Berlin Wisconsin, ruled accidental after autopsy shows blunt force head injury from a probable fall. Students searching for him found the body in a wooded campus center stream path.

Fulton Westminster College George Gammel James Robert Barrow New Berlin Wis

Longtime Monroe Coroner Dies At 73

Russell Wilson 73 Monroe County coroner for over 30 years died unexpectedly at St Elizabeths Hospital in Hannibal He co owned Wilson Funeral Home with his brother and led Monroe Citys oldest continuously operated business Funeral services at Wilson Funeral Home with burial at St Jude s Cemetery Visitation prior to service He was born June 19 1901 married Hazel Davis in Paris 1924 and is survived by his wife and brother Leslie Also a longtime member of the Monroe City Baptist Church Masonic Lodge and the Shrine

Monroe Russell Wilson Monroe County Tessie Wilson Funeral Home Monroe City St. Elizabeth's Hospital Hannibal J.D. Stewart Marvin J. Pitney St. Jude's Cemetery Fire Department William H Enola Burditt Wilson Hazel Davis Paris Leslie

Levi says jury bugging was a mistake at hearing

Edward H. Levi testified during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination as attorney general that a 1954 55 jury room bugging project funded by the Ford Foundation was a mistake. He noted the eavesdropping had judge approval and aimed to study juror understanding, though the project was later criticized.

Washington Edward H. Levi Senate Judiciary Committee Levi William B. Saxbe Justice Department Ford University of Chicago Roman I. Hruska U.S. District Court Wichita Kan Ford Foundation Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Judiciary Committee Sharp

Remarkable double-ended egg found on Cornish cross flock

A farmer, Mrs. Robert Denham of Route 11 southeast of Mexico, reported a four yolked egg that appears as if two eggs were welded at the ends. The strange specimen measured 8 inches around the long axis and 4 inches at the middle seam, following three prior similar finds from the same flock.

Robert Denham Mexico

Abortion Ban Invalid Under Court Action

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling upholding a Minnesota 20 week abortion ban with health and life exceptions. It declined review of a Massachusetts hospital abortion regulation and considered other actions including oil reserve dominion, North Dakota reapportionment, and federal overtime rule extensions. The court also refused to review Liddy’s conviction and kept Virginia voting rights exemption denial.

Washington Supreme Court Minnesota Massachusetts Atlantic U. S North Dakota G. Gordon Liddy Virginia

Rockefeller says CIA spying on Americans will be proven

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller leads an eight member panel probing CIA abuses in the United States. He says the commission will pursue findings to identify who ordered the operations and how extensive they were, potentially reaching top officials. A Senate committee is set to broaden the inquiry across up to 60 agencies and may subpoena former President Nixon if needed, with a target completion by September.

Washington Nelson A. Rockefeller CIA Rockefeller Thas United States CBS Jos Deblef Senate FBI U.S Commission William F. Colby Colby Richard Ober Ober National Security Council Senate Committee Howard H. Baker Jr Gop Rawubers Richard M. Nixon Baker Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson White House ABC Nixon

Sadat Seeks French Arms For Egypt

In Paris President Anwar Sadat arrived seeking French weapons and diplomatic help in the Middle East. He met President Giscard d Estaing and hoped for planes tanks and missiles while urging a European peacemaking role and faster Kissinger pressure. Arab sources noted Sadat’s push to offset Soviet limits and pursue a possible arms deal though unlikely this visit.

Paris Anwar Sadat Egypt Sadat Orly Valery Giscard d’Estaing Giscard d'Estaing Ahmed Kamal el Badri France Soviet Union Giscard d’Estaing Israel Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger Abba Eban Kremlin Moscow Beirut Middle East Hafez Assad Syria Damascus Golan Heights Lebanon

Moratorium Sought on Palestinian Raids from Lebanon

Beirut reports Lebanon seeks a three month pause on Palestinian raids from south Lebanon and asks Libya for French missiles as relief from Israeli air attacks. Al Shaab says PLO ordered guerrillas out of populated areas within 15 days, while Lebanon pursues a Cairo defense ministers conference for a joint Arab plan.

Beirut Lebanon Israel Libya al Shaab al Bayrak Yasir Arafat Palestine Liberation Organization Cairo Zohair Mohsen PLQ Marjayoun PLO

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Richard Batterson Vernon Marietta Jeanet Hake Lizzie Willingham Ellen Hassler Lisa Hroemser Robert Phillips Bent Wallen Larry Bradley Ward Irvin Gerald Barlow Judith Pickle Marvin Adams Robert Breid Conrad Harrison Wilson Wifcot Storke Gange the Daily Record Louise Collens Minnie McFadin Harley B. Hisele Janie .R. Strack Frank Neal Stark Phillip Louis Iman Sandra Gale Jones John B. Chapman Billy D. Carter Stanley Marvin Mohr David Ray Cox Elroy Franklin Thompson Ronald Eugene Smith Dwight Merritt Losteher Minneapolis Minn Dorsey Earl McCoy Kermit Wilkerson Auxvasse Edward RR. Bradley Ralph Dean Shoemaker James Reinhard Benjamin Langenbach Florence W. Langenbach Mr. Langenbach van Matre James Howard Saylor Deloris Ann Saylor Market Report New York International Business Machines Corp New York Stock Exchange Wall Street IBM Telex Corp American Stock Exchange Telex Securities and Exchange Commission Stoke Ds Andrew M. Briggs George Strack Harley Eisele Shopcraft Federation IBEW Westminster Youth James O. Eastland D-Miss Rocky
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