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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
2
The 7:00 a.m. official readings report a high of 82 and a low of 63 in the last 24 hours with 66 degrees at 7 a.m. Year ago today the high was 94 and the low 68. Month to date precipitation is .29 inches, normal July is 3.21 inches. Year to date is 16.99 inches, normal to August 23.09 inches. Sunset today is 8:38 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow is 5:53 a.m.
Cloudy tonight with lows in the mid 60s. Sunday brings a 20 percent thunderstorm chance and highs in the 80s. Missouri shows a chance of thunderstorms in the southeast today with partly cloudy elsewhere and cooler conditions. Highs today in the low to mid 80s. Tonight partly cloudy with a mid 60s low. Sunday again a thunderstorm risk with highs in the 80s. Extended outlook through Monday to Wednesday predicts partly cloudy skies, humidity, and periods of showers and thunderstorms with highs in the low to mid 90s.
Admission notes show Mrs. Gerald W. Alexander Miss Melissa Dowell Roger L. Martien and others across Mexico Stoutsville Auxvasse Vandalia Montgomery City with births to Michael Be Kauble and William Mackey, plus dismissals including Mary Ellen Goslin, Edward Ruebling and Barbara Sims. Deaths listed: Dixie Belle Jones 90 and Russell E. Duffy 89.
A series of public safety briefs note minor damage after an Aldi's parking lot backing accident involving Rev. William Duncan. Other incidents include a fence damage report, a summons for failure to keep a proper lookout after a three vehicle crash on East Liberty Street, an unidentified pickup striking a struck car and leaving the scene, and a church lawn damage discovery. Additional items include a theft of 347 dollars from Miller Tire Co., a broken window at Garfield School, a motorcycle car collision, a three vehicle highway crash east of Mexico, a kitchen grease fire at Evel Belcher's home, plus court actions in magistrate and circuit courts including a minor liquor charge and a bad check case as well as a dissolution petition.
YESTERDAYS CASH GRAIN lists Soybeans at 6.15, wheat 1.91, corn 1.95, milo 2.50 with MFA and Fowles Grain Co. prices. OTC trading shows Commerce Banc 24 25, Mercantile Bank 31 31, Wetterau 17 18. NYSE closes include Robbie Brooks 5, Combustion Eng 61, Dresser 4574, Emerson Electric 35, Interco 39, Kaiser Aluminum 36, Panhandle 48, Ralston Purina 14, US Gypsum 23/25, Wal Mart 14. Dow Jones Friday close 907.99.
A five year old St Louis woman formerly linked to an international heroin smuggling case is sought by police and federal agents as one of three people charged with operating an interstate prostitution ring. Pat Rich also known as Patricia Eckert is accused of transporting women for prostitution and conspiracy. Ann Frazier of Chicago is named in the indictment after her Thursday arrest.
Birth announcements record a son for Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Kauble of Farber at Audrain Medical Center. Melissa Dawn weighs eight pounds, 15 ounces for Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Kilbourn of Centra lia. Separately, Lloyd Pelton of Granite City faces charges tied to a prostitution conspiracy with Mrs. Rich and others, involving trips to Chicago, Reno, and Winnemucca. Kathleen Waggoner, a 19-year-old St. Louis woman, pleads innocent to false statements to the grand jury amid the indictments. aliases listed include Pat Rich and Pat Atkins.
The death of Stanley D Shine a seven year old boy from Blue Springs was ruled an accidental drowning after his body was recovered Friday from Updike Lake near Odessa Lafayette County coroner Dr William Dc LaHue led the preliminary probe. The incident occurred Thursday night when Shine apparently drowned in the private lake about five miles northeast of Odessa.
Russell Emmett Duffy 89 longtime Montgomery City resident died at 8 30 a m at Heritage House Centralia after years of ill health He retired in 1963 as president of the Montgomery County Bank He is survived by wife Marion Sugg two children Ruth Huff of Camarillo Calif and Vernon Duffy of Mexico three grandchildren and three sisters Burial is Rhineland Cemetery Funeral services 2 p m Monday Schlanker Funeral Home Visitation after 7 p m Sunday
Federal officials broaden fire hazard probe across 37 federal prisons after the Maury County Tennessee jail fire killed 34 inmates and the Danbury Connecticut blaze killed five. Wardens ordered to file detailed evacuation, extinguisher, and inmate instruction plans by July 17, with a Denver conference to review safety. A Board of Inquiry continues the Danbury investigation.
Jefferson City Mo AP Gov Joseph Teasdale urged creation of a special citizen commission to break the legislative deadlock over a new state prison. House Speaker Kenneth Rothman warned a riot risk without movement, while acknowledging no Senate commitment to any panel’s recommendations amid a split over prison type and location.
The FDA asks holders to stop using promotional McDonald’s glasses while tests assess lead levels in decals. Massachusetts tests showed lead content up to 18 times state limits, prompting a nationwide pause and regional reviews. McDonald’s and Owens-Illinois deny hazards. tests extend to other glassware with EPA aid.
An elderly man and woman perished in a Friday fire that swept a two story stone and frame building in midtown Kansas City. Victims believed over 75 years old, identities held pending family notification. Mrs James H Newbrough of Route 1 Centralia reported hospitalized in Columbia with room 1010.
A gunman seized a Continental Trailways bus near Anderson and terrorized 16 aboard for 342 hours before surrendering in Roberta Georgia. Ricky Ricardo Brown 21 of Chester South Carolina was arrested and jailed in Macon on kidnapping charges. The driver and 14 passengers returned to Atlanta while 24 year old Margaret Cooper was treated for nerves after Brown claimed he planned to kill his wife and children.
Springfield based Progressive Farmers Association faced sharp critique from Judge Jack C. Jones who called the case the worst mis management seen. Creditors heard that PFA filed for bankruptcy May 13 with few assets to satisfy investors and creditors. A civil suit aims to recover part of an estimated $11 million loss. Testimony traced $4 million in sales commissions, with about $1 million to four men. FMA, once tied to PFA, cost about $3 million and was bankrupt May 4 after separation in 1976.
City County Health Unit outlines programs for next week featuring a Thursday conference on food and nutrition benefits for women infants and children by appointment from 9 a.m. to noon. A Friday blood pressure check is open to all from 9 a.m. to noon without appointment.
Five lawsuits totaling 77 million dollars accuse ULH&P of negligence in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed 164 people on May 28 in Covington Kentucky. The filing adds to a growing case load now at 15 suits and almost 400 million dollars in damages.
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