Weather synopsis and forecast for Ledgerland and Missouri
Official 7 am readings show last 24 hours highs near 86 and lows near 84 with a 2.03 inch month to date precipitation. Ledgerland forecasts mix of partly cloudy skies tonight, thundershowers possible Sunday, and 30 percent rain chance. Missouri outlook warm with highs in the 90s, chances of thundershowers tonight and Sunday, then showers possible Monday with daytime highs in the 90s.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Hospital admissions and dismissals list and local deaths
Admissions reported by Audrain Medical Center include Laura N. McCoy Pearl Peglow Cynthia K Sharp and others from Mexico Jowett Brower Van Alla Gwendola Walters Wellsville Randy Wieberg Martinsburg William E Tully Perry Turner L Parrish Paris and newborn daughter of Tim Howard Wellsville Dismissals cover many residents from across the area. Deaths listed are Veda C Love 83 Lula Mae Ausmus 90 Ida Mae Butler 67 Wilfred G Bikel 61 Thad Harold Marshall 74 Tom Haley 54.
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Audrain Medical Center
Laura N. McCoy
Pearl Peglow
Cynthia K. Sharp
Mexico
Jowett F. Brower
van Alla
Gwendola M. Walters
Wellsville
Randy Wieberg
Martinsburg
William E. Tully
Perry
Turner L. Parrish
Paris
Tim Howard
Lee Eckley
Joseph Young
Kenneth Mantle
Russell Fierge
Juanita Dye
Vickie
Veda C. Love
Lula Mae Ausmus
Ida Mae Butler
Wilfred G. Bikel
Thad Harold Marshall
Tom Haley
Public safety and court notices from local records
Police logs report multiple minor incidents including car collisions in parking lots involving Homer Webster of Laddonia and Lola Gardner of Seminary Street. A door pane broken at Lola Gardner’s home was reported, and Joseph Belcher noted a collision with a parked car on Khoury League Field lot. Raymond Roberts and two others injured in a late night crash on S Jefferson, car towed, then Roberts reported gunfire damage. Magistrate Court records show several speeding fines, a few driving violations, and a marriage license between Michael Spurlock and Alice Hatfield. Probate notes name Joe Sydenstricker executor for Arthur M. Smith estate with staged bequests to Odd Fellows and churches. Other Montgomery Court entries include fishing, speeding, and other traffic penalties with numerous names and towns listed.
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Homer Webster
Laddonia
John Misenhelter
Ringo
Hoffman
IGA
Lola Gardner
Seminary
Joseph W. Belcher
West
Belcher
Raymond Earl Roberts
Steve Green
Steve Mills
Centralia
S. Jefferson
Roberts
Hardin School
Monroe and
Clark
Markets Wrap From Yesterday’s Grain and Stock Trades
Yesterday's cash grain prices show soybeans 6.55, wheat 1.92, corn 1.80, milo 2.40 with quotes from MIA and Fowles' Grain Co. OTC trading lists Banc shares at 24 25 percent, Mercantile 30 31, Wetterau 17 18. NYSE closes include Robbie Brooks 4 1 2 percent, Combustion Eng 58, Dresser 44 44, Emerson Electric 34, Interco 4, Kaiser Aluminum 36, Panhandle Eastern 50, Ralston Purina 15, US Gypsum 24 26, Wal Mart 14. Dow Jones Friday 923 42.
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MIA
Mexico
Fowles’ Grain Co
Laddonia
Commerce Bancshares
Mercantile Bank Corp
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser
New Energy Department May Begin Operations This Summer
Washington AP reports the Cabinet level Energy Department could operate soon but not set natural gas prices. A compromise bill cleared by the committee would establish the agency and an independent five member Energy Regulatory Commission to regulate gas prices, with Senate and House approval needed before sending to the President. The panel expects the department to function in August.
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Washington
Department of Energy
Carter
Senate
House of
Fivemember
Energy Regulatory Commission
Lula Mae Ausmus 90 dies in Centralia after fall
Lula Mae Ausmus 90 of Centralia dies Friday at Audrain Medical Center where she had been since Saturday. Born February 27 1887 in Hamilton she married Joseph J Ausmus who died in 1970. She organized church circles and held multiple Masonic and civic roles. Survived by son Reginald and two grandsons. Services at United Methodist Church Centralia Sunday 2 pm and Trinity Methodist Brookfield Monday 2 pm. Burial Rose Hill Brookfield. Family to receive friends at Fenton Funeral Coupe.
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Centralia
Lula Mae Ausmus
Audrain Medical Center
Ausmus
Hamilton
Caleb C
Martha O'Neill Cotter
Laclede
Joseph J. Ausmus
White Shrine of
Chillicothe
Missouri Federated Women’s Club
Missouri
Mid-Week Club
Reginald E. Ausmus Sr
Reginald E. Ausmus Jr
Diamond Bar
Calif
James
Former Area Resident Dies in Madison
Former Madison resident Mrs. J. Tom Haley 55 died Friday in Amarillo Texas. Graveside rites will be at Sunset Hill Cemetery Madison at 2 p.m. Monday. She was born Faye L Hill in Moberly daughter of Frank and a Wellsville mother. She lived in Amarillo 16 years. Visitation Sunday 3 p.m. at Thompson Macklee Funeral Home Madison.
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Madison
Sunset Hill
J. Tom Haley
Amarillo
Texas
10Th Avenue United Methodist Church
Faye L
Billie) Hill
Moberly
Frank Hill
Wellsville
Aubrey Hill
Thompson Macklee
Deaths W G Eikel Of Rhineland Dies At 61
Wilfred G Eikel 61 of Rhineland died Friday at Hermann Area Hospital after a 10 day stay. He worked for the MET Railroad and will be buried in Liberty Baptist Cemetery Big Spring. Survived by wife Ruby Maddox, seven children, father, five brothers, three sisters, and 10 grandchildren. American Legion Post No 147 to conduct services. Born October 3 1915 in Americus. Funeral arrangements at Toedtemann Grosse Funeral Home.
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Hermann
Wilfred G. Eikel
Rhineland
Hermann Area
MET Railroad
Toedtemann-Grosse
Armin Klemme
Liberty Baptist Cemetery
Big Spring
American Legion Post No. 147
Mr. Eikel
Americus
Joseph
Blanche Metzler Eikel
Ruby Maddox
William
Alice) Little
Mexico
Harvey Eikel
Denver
Colo
Vernon Eikel
Martinsburg
Stanley Eikel
Dale
Charlene) Lackman
Rochelle
Rodney Eikel
Quinten Eikel
Kansas City
Valerian
Sidney Eikel
Joe Eikel
Raytown
Dennis Eikel
Independence
Edwin
Cyrilla) Korman
Long Beach
Calif
Raymond
Margaret) Willenbrink
Augusta
Sidney
Vivian) Thompson
Portland
Lloyd
Helwig Rites This Afternoon
Services for Elmer Louis Helwig aged 84 formerly of 729 S Western were to be held this afternoon at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev Lawrence Holaschuh officiating Pallbearers included Tom Talley Jr Wiley Talley Homer Webster Bernard Steinman Vernon Helwig Mexico and Terry Helwig Buried in Elmwood Cemetery
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Elmer Louis Helwig
S. Western
Precht- Pickering
Lawrence Holaschuh
Tom Talley Jr
Wiley Talley
Homer Webster
Bernard Steinman
Vernon Helwig
Mexico
Terry Helwig
St. Louis
Elmwood Cemetery
Centralian To Speak At Sunday Church Program
The Second Baptist Church Training Union invites the public to a 7 p.m. Sunday program at the church. Miss Melinda Williams of Centralia will be the guest speaker with Mrs. Alice Tolson in charge of the program.
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The
Second Baptist Church Training Union
Melinda Williams
Centralia
Alice Tolson
Art Carney Ordered to pay $500 weekly alimony
New York AP reports actor Art Carney must pay Barbara Carney five hundred dollars weekly as temporary support while divorce proceedings continue. The state Supreme Court justice issued the order, directing the actor to provide support during the separation.
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Art Carney
New York
Supreme Court
Barbara
Thad Marshall of Montgomery Dies at 74
Thad Harold Marshall 74 of Montgomery City died Friday in Topeka Kansas after an extended illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Schlanker Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery. He served as a Santa Fe locomotive engineer and was a World War I veteran. He leaves son Frank Marshall and son Thade Marshall, daughter Virginia Rockland, a stepdaughter Judith Henness, a stepson Don Cummings, eight grandchildren, and his wife Opal Pitts Marshall. Memorials to the heart fund are requested.
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Montgomery City
Thad Harold Marshall
Schlanker
Tom Smith
Bethel Methodist Church
Marshall
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Memorial
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Winfield
Robert
Sophronia Marshall
Opal Pitts
Frank Marshall
Morganstown
Ind
Thade. Marshall
Conroe
Tex
Virginia Rockland
Don
Serpents Find Miami New Eden
Miami Serpentarium founder Bill Haas says pythons boas and anacondas are escaping from South Dade homes and thriving along the Everglades edge. Exotic snakes now appear in residential areas as one eight foot python was lassoed by police in a Miami yard while two brothers watched. Haas notes pythons pose no human threat but prey on rats mice rabbits and cats.
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Miami
Bill Haas
Miami Serpentarium
Pablo Rodriguez
Huberto
Haas
Classified dog ad reformulates beaten car joke
A Piedmont Alabama classified item parodies a 1966 Cadillac listing by noting many failures and suggesting an ownerless dog needs a leash to drag it away. The humorous copy highlights nonworking features and a $600 asking price, reflecting a playful take in the week’s edition.
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Piedmont
Ala
Piedmont Journal
Cadillac
Charismatics Rally For Christ In KC
AP report from Kansas City covers the first national ecumenical charismatic conference drawing about 45,000 Protestants Roman Catholics and Pentecostals. Leaders including Ruth Stapleton Leon Suenens and J O Patterson praise unity revival and gifts of the Spirit as 10 million charismatic Christians exist today.
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George W. Cornell
Kansas City
Carter
Arrowhead Stadium
Jesus
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Leon Joseph Cardinal
Suennens
Malines-Brussels
Belgium
J.O. Patterson
Memphis
Jerusalem
Episcopal Presiding
John M. Altin
Pick Politicoes As Top Liars
A survey from Western Washington State College departs with results placing politicians at the top of the list of likely liars among 60 students. Following politicians, children under six, then adults aged 40 to 60, psychologists, high school teachers and medical doctors were named as frequent fibbers. the most honest groups were college teachers, those over 70, scientists, elementary teachers and clergymen.
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Bellingham
Wash
B.L. Kintz
Western Washington State College
Four Men Assassinated in Elevator in Park Ridge
Four men found bloody bodies in a Park Ridge elevator were killed in a professional, highly coordinated assassination. Victims Joseph LaRose 35 John F Vische 32 Donald Marchbanks 53 and Malcolm I Russell 36 were from the Chicago area. Investigators say they were lured into the elevator by someone they knew and trusted. Police declined motive speculation.
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Park Ridges
Chicago
Rocco Rinaldi
Chicago Police Department
Death of Bridgeton teen linked to four other murders
Police investigate if the slaying of 15-year-old Patricia Bequette is connected to four earlier deaths of young women in the St. Louis area. The cases span May to July, with victims aged 15 to 20, involving strangulation, drowning, and puncture wounds. Authorities compare evidence at Major Case Squad.
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Bridgeton
St. Louis Area
Donald Steinman
Mary Katherine LaForest
Richmond Heights
Webster Groves
Debbie Childis
St. Louis
Barnhart
Jefferson County
Velda Joy Rumfelt
Phyllis Jones
Hillsboro
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Armentrout
Ella Stephens
Sidney Hickey
C. Ray Parrish
Russell G. Miller
Thompson
Milley Silvey
William C. Silvey
Sharon Riddle
Louise H. Anderson
Auxvasge
Eddie McDermit
James Clifton Hamilton
William Lilburn Wolfolk
Jerry Wayne Kompfel
James C. Buford
Michael Lee Spurlock
South Bend
Alice Joy Hatfield
Joe Sydenstricker
Arthur M. Smith
Salt River Christian Church
Montgomery
Charles Joerding
St. Jennings
Carl W. Winship
Jennings
Edward Charles Klott
Randolph Gene Scott
New Florence
Kenneth Joseph Henke
John Kenneth Langford
New Haven
Rosa Gertrude Johnson
Ethel Lee Taylor
Robert Edward Vespa, Jr
West de Moines
Iowa
Marilyn Jean Huber
Jefferson City
Charles Jennings
Jonesburg
Curtis Clyde White
Ross
William Edward Crippen
Fenton
Paul Wayne Korman
John Joseph Orr
Dorothy Sue Case
Robert Richard Ryther Jr
Harvey Wilford Lionberger
Middletown
Gerard Travis
John W. Vanderwerken
Beeny Carol McAnulty
St. Peters
Roland Ray Cox
St. Charles
Harry Ransom Hadley
Joseph Abraham Hodge
Wright City
Sally Porter
Hawk Point
Della Marie Strauss
Bellflower
Sat Stuart Duane Foley
Ernest Clifford Jett
Eugene Carter Hansbrough
Poplar Bluff
Elizabeth Moore
Walter Russell Bacon II
Belleville
Ill
Charles Edward Taylor
Omaha
Neb
Edmund Stanley Reiman
Schiller Park
Aron Alie Guidry
New Orleans
Christopher Robert Young
Warrenton
James Edward Pitts
Detroit
Mich
George Michael Armstrong
Pamela Jean Watts
Energy Department
Ledger
Richard Vance
W. G. Eikel
Helwig
Thad Marshall
Serpents
New Eden
Charismatics
Rally For Christ
Politicoes
Christopher Reeve
Superman
Brooklyn
Lower Manhattan
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