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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
5
The TIP program in Tampa has drawn 2,930 calls in under six months. Anonymous informants, paid $100 to $500 for tips leading to convictions, have helped arrest 37 people and convict three. About 262 suspects are being watched while $7,900 in rewards has been contributed by local sponsors.
In Rockville Maryland fleas and lice disrupt Montgomery County court operations as fumigation fails. Howard Smith, circuit court clerk, notes repeated intrusions while a juror asks to speak to the judge by note. the judge quips that the jury informs him they are “a little lousy around here.”
David Cassidy, 21, star of the Partridge Family, canceled several appearances to undergo gall bladder surgery. A spokesman said he entered a hospital Monday for the operation and follow up with a surgeon. Cassidy is the son of actor Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones's stepson.
Personal News of Paris reports on 4 H sheep judging at Shobe Gilbert farm with top under 14 judges Teresa Sudsberry Brad Anderson Phillip Saunders David Wilt and George Bright and over 14 leaders Mac Wilt Brad Houston Mary Beth Jones Diane Sheerman Nellie Johnson Debbie Shoemeyer and Ted Harrison. Monroe County sections Huckleberry Hall picnic and several community gatherings are noted including church groups, Masonic services for Hugh Tanzey, and local civic meetings.
Bowling Green prominent businessman and former mayor Willard B Middleton Sr was named presiding judge of Pike County Court by Gov Warren Hearnes to fill the late Judge William H Smiths unexpired term. Middleton and his wife, a former teacher and superintendent, have one son Willard Jr of Hannibal.
Personal notes from Wellsville and nearby areas record staff changes at University and Bayless, home purchases on South Second Street, and visits across Missouri and beyond. Families Known include the Whiteheads, Clithero, Goodman, Wenger, Tate, Debo, Weiss, Pease, Shoup, Leet, Harris, McClain, and others with trips to St. Louis, Ladue, Lake of the Ozarks, and Bennett Springs.
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