Weather brief from Missouri and Kansas City area
Fortie 7:00 am reading shows last 24 hours highs 95, lows 73, humidity high. Forecast fair to partly cloudy with warm, humid nights and Friday highs 87 to 95, lows 65 to 73. Chance of measurable precipitation tonight 20 percent, Friday 10 percent. Extended outlook through Monday near normal temps with possible thundershowers. Includes river, lake, and city weather notes and local hospital marshalling.
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Fortie
Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozark
Mexico Police Court Fines Total Over One Thousand Dollars
A Mexico Police Court session assessed 1244.75 in fines. Bonds totaling 107,560 each were forfeited by Harry Nichols and Charles Munford for driving while intoxicated. Several others were fined for window peeping, fighting, and other charges. Magistrate court also listed numerous speeding and driving violations with varied bonds forfeited. Probate, circuit, and magistrate actions included a habeas corpus writ about custody of three minors and a divorce suit, plus other court entries and local market notes.
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Mexico
Harry R. Nichols
William Wayne Bare
Randall Allen Monsen
James Clyde Roberts
Centraliate
Joann Roberts
Cathy Jo
Kenneth Earl
Nancy Ann Roberts
Audrain Circuit Court
Mr. Roberts
Larney Barnes
Frank Conley
Linda Maupin Wyble
J. Rockne Calhoun
Centralia
Roger Wayne Wyble
Market reports and livestock prices from Mexico Missouri and Chicago
The Mexico Missouri Ledger lists cattle and hog prices with range bids for feeder cattle, sows, bulls, and vealers, while Chicago and New York market notes cover corn futures, soybeans, oats, wheat, and several stock quotes. Stocks drift lower as investors weigh political events and Paris talks amid mixed commodity signals.
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U.S
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Reservation Rule On All Park Houses
Mexico Park Board votes to require reservations for Lakeview Park and Robert S. Green Memorial Park shelters effective immediately. First come, first served backups replaced by reservation cards. call City Manager Neil Nielsen to book. Lakeview seats 30 40, Green Park 100 120, Plunkett Park 150. Don Decker presided. plans for Fairgrounds Park and spectator events discussed.
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Mexico Park
Atta
Lakeview Park
Robert S. Green Memorial Park
Neil Nielsen
Green Park
Lawrence
Plunkett Park
Don Decker
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Fairgrounds
Blackwell Campaign Aide Denies Petition Charge
Hillsboro Missouri AP campaign aide for State Sen Earl R Blackwell disputes a charge that he withdrew petitions for a constitutional tax amendment for political reasons Teasdale candidate for governor nomination says Blackwell delayed filing to leverage issue Davis denies claims saying Teasdale is on the defensive and seeking political gain A correction notes Walmart ad pricing error for a redwood lawn furniture set
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Hillsboro, MO
Earl R. Blackwell
Blackwell
Joseph Teasdale
Kansas City
Teasdale
William H. Davis
Davis
Candy Hunt at Hardin Park Details
A candy hunt for children will be held at Hardin Park at 10 a.m. Friday. Miss Liz Carter, in charge of the park's recreation activities, said children should bring a small bag for collecting the hidden candy.
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Hardin Park
Liz Carter
Correction: Sugar deal at Hoffmans IGA in Ledger
In Wednesday's Ledger Hoffmans IGA ad the sugar pounds line was incomplete. It should read 10 pounds 99c with a $5 or more purchase excluding coupon items.
McGovern Tops Party Vote As Kennedy and Humphrey Faffed
In late night returns McGovern led with 1 064.95 votes while Henry M Jackson Wallace and Chisholm trailed in the tally. Kennedy Humphrey Muskie and Mondale followed as McGovern spoke by phone to Kennedy Humphrey and Muskie and Jackson pledged support. Chisholm the first black woman nominated for president spoke from the suite with family and aides nearby.
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Henry M. Jackson
Humphrey
Wallace
Shirley Chisholm
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Rep
Wilbur
Mills
Arkansas
Muskie
Kennedy
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Eugene JJ. McCarthy
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
McGovern
Jackson
Chisholm
McGovern kicks off coast-to-coast bid for Nixon ouster
McGovern addressed a national audience pledging a coast-to-coast campaign to remove Nixon. Wallace stayed apart at his hotel as McGovern backers cheered in the hall. Campaign manager Charles Snider said chances of a 1972 third-party run appeared stronger by the minute, while Texas delegate Dolph Briscoe cited Wallace’s denial of any third party plan. Union leaders, notably I W Abel of the United Steel Workers, resisted McGovern’s nomination push, remaining a major holdout.
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Nixon
Wallace
McGovern
Charles Snider
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
McGovern volunteers rally as victory cheers erupt
Ribicott warned McGovern could win the nomination while denouncing his labor record but praised a coming victory for the Democratic ticket. About 260 volunteers at the senator’s hotel cheered as his total topped the threshold with calls to beat Nixon, while Mrs McGovern watched and smiled.
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Ribicott
Democratic Party
Senator's
Dr Goodrich Named Bishop of Missouri in Methodist Church
The Rev Dr Robert Goodrich of Dallas was elected bishop and assigned to Missouri replacing Bishop Eugene Frank who led Missouri since 1956. Delegates at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference will confirm the assignment and consider his transfer option to Little Rock.
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Missouri
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Dallas
Goodrich
Eugene Frank
Little Rock
Arkansas
J.C. Montgomery
Mexico United
Kansas
Don Holter
St. Paul School of Theology
Kansas City
Nebraska
Finish Crutchfield
Tulsa
Louisiana
First United Methodist Church
Dr Goodrich offered Texas roots and media reach noted
Dr Goodrich, a 63 year old Texas native famed for the Methodist Protestant Hour, has 6,000 members and degrees from Birmingham-Southern, SMU, and Centenary. Dr Frank leaves St. Louis after 12 years as bishop of Missouri to move to Little Rock, elected 16 years ago while ministering at First Methodist Church of Topeka.
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Texas
Methodist Protestant Hour
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Centenary College
Shreveport
Frank
St. Louis
Little Rock
Missouri
Ministef First Methodist Church
Topeka
Hijackers’ ransoms fail as planes forced to return
Two hijackers freed 111 passengers after nine hours on a Philadelphia International Airport runway in a heat ordeal. The gun on the first plane was empty and ransom talks dragged on. A second hijacker, Melvin Martin Fisher of Norman Oklahoma, released 51 passengers after obtaining a ransom at Will Rogers World Airport.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia International
FBI
Tom Herring
St. Louis
St Louis Woman Killed on I 70 in Fulton
Pear Mitchell, 39, of St. Louis, died in a Wednesday crash on Interstate 70 north of Fulton. Her car skidded into a drainage ditch. Four passengers were seriously injured.
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Pear Mitchell
St. Louis
Fulton
Highway Patrol
Truman Now In Good Condition
Kansas City AP reports Research Medical Center said former President Harry Truman showed slight overnight improvement and described his condition as good. The brief update notes no new complications and cites continued monitoring by doctors.
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Kansas City
Research Medical Center
Harry Truman
Five-Inch Rain Record Hits Northwest Arkansas
Heavy thundershowers dumped up to five inches of rain on parts of Northwest Arkansas early today flooding highways and causing local disruption.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Mr and Mrs Hine Hospitalized in Illinois
Mr and Mrs Willard E Hine of Jacksonville Illinois former Mexico residents are recovering from heart attacks at Passavant Hospital in Jacksonville They were managers of Saffords Shoe Store from 1945 to 1969 and are in rooms 218 and 220
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Jacksonville
Mexico
Passavant Hospital
Hine
Safford’s
Nixon No Comment After McGovern Convention Telecast
President Nixon watched part of the televised Democratic convention that nominated Senator George McGovern but did not follow it closely. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler said Nixon had no immediate comment.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
George McGovern
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Wallace Faces Tough Choices After Convention
Wallace, confined to a wheelchair and in financial trouble, weighs political paths as the Democratic National Convention ends. His campaign may pursue a third party or a conservative regroup in 1976 if Democrats collapse, while fundraising and debt pressure grow. He also endures lengthy physical therapy and debates a possible special session amid fears of Republican gains in Alabama.
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Fla
George Corley Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Charles S. Snider
Snider
George McGovern
Nixon
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