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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1972
Page
9
Zone 5 forecast partly cloudy with showers possible tonight and Tuesday. Missouri outlook warm with highs in the 80s and 90s, lows 60s to 70s. Audrain records include river and lake stages, hospital admissions, births, deaths, marriages, police and highway reports, plus regional stock market notes and crop futures.
Kathryn Renee Toul was born May 31 at the Audrain Medical Center weighing 10 pounds 3 ounces. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Toul of Rush Hill and sister to Karen age 4 and Greg age 2. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E T Smith Jr of Mexico.
New York stocks fell broadly with slow trading. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 6.32 to 955.07 at midday. On the New York Stock Exchange declines outpaced advances nearly two to one, with American Airlines at 49 3/4, down 1 3/4 as the most active issue amid airline weakness.
Mail Rates continued from Page 1 details 22 cent and 11 cent rates with a push to implement third-class bulk rates immediately. The impact remains unclear as the Postal Service board of governors can overrule the commission by a unanimous vote to set rates sufficient to cover mail movement costs.
Mrs Beulah Grace Wilson 83 of Jefferson City died at Still Hospital. Funeral services were held at Agnew Funeral Home Paris with Rev David Fischer officiating. Burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband Emmett Wilson son Aubrey Wilson of Mexico daughter Thena Costello of Jefferson City sister Pauline Mitchell of Holliday and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs Margaret Laird, formerly of Montgomery City, died this morning in Kansas City. Funeral arrangements are pending at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City. She leaves a daughter, Mrs Jewell Lee of Kansas City.
A daylight rocket strike on Cambodia's Defense Ministry in Phnom Penh killed three and wounded ten, while rockets near President Lon Nol's villa killed three girls and wounded one. The attack marked the capital's first daytime raid in over two years of war as workers fled in fear.
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley assumed the Alabama chief executive role today after Gov. George C. Wallace was hospitalized. Beasley said he regretted the necessity and would coordinate with the governor's office during the holiday as he acts until Wallace returns.
Funeral services for 89 year old Mrs. Addie Carthrae will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City. Rev. Thomas Smith of the First Christian Church will conduct. Burial will follow in Montgomery City Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home with visitation tonight from 7 to 9.
Mexico First Presbyterian Church began its week-long Vacation Bible School with 80 attendees. Mrs H Peter Ekern, the Bible School superintendent, led 15 helpers supervising kindergarten through sixth graders from 3 to 11:30 a.m. daily.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Clark 69 Benton City were held this morning at Arnold Funeral Home. The Rev Delbert Admire officiated with organist Mrs. John Willer. Pallbearers were Larry Jerman William K Snow Harley Harmon Arnold Cox Larry Adams and Bob Lavinder. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Salt Lake City AP report notes explorer Jacques Cousteau and hockey star Phil Esposito, along with Rev Mother Wad dies Li Detroit, named in The American Academy of Achievement 1972 Salute to Excellence. Academy founder Brian Blaine Reynolds says 50 people will be cited at the July 8 Salt Palace banquet.
Mr and Mrs Richard Lee Kaiser of Dallas Texas announce the birth of their second son David Lee Kaiser born Sunday at 430 am in Dallas He weighed 614 and is a brother of Richard Mark 5 The father works at Space Communications of Dallas Grandparents are Irene Kaiser Mexico Lee Kaiser Mountain View Mo and Mr and Mrs N L Dilworth Sidney Ohio
Squires Carl 8 died unexpectedly Saturday in Amarillo Texas while attending a Kraft Foods Convention. He lived in Albuquerque for the past year and previously served as Centralia mayor and alderman. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Meador and Son with burial in Centralia. He was born May 6 1914 and survived by his wife Dorothy Lane Squires a son and a daughter two siblings and several relatives. He worked for A B Chance Co 1939 to 1951 and Kraft Foods from 1951 moving to Albuquerque in 1961. He was active in the First Christian Church Kiwanis and Elks.
Mrs Burry Ann Barber 86 died at Tri-County Nursing Home Vandalia at 5 a m. She was born December 16 1885 in Pike County a daughter of George and Liza Pruitt. She married William Riley Barber in 1905 and survived by husband two sons William Guy and Harold Ray Barber of Vandalia Glen Barber of Smithville four daughters Eva Barber Helen Cannady Lula Vanhoedering Lucille Buckowski. The family lived in Louisiana before moving to Vandalia eight years ago. She was a longtime member of the Christian Church. Funeral 1 p m Wednesday Waters Funeral Home Vandalia Rev Glenn Vernon officiating burial Riverview Cemetery Louisiana. Friends may call after 6 p m today.
Miss Ruth Campbell 73 of Montgomery City died Sunday at Avdrain Medical Center in Mexico. Services set for 3 30 p m Tuesday at Baker Funeral Home New Florence with Rev Thomas Smith officiating. burial in New Florence Cemetery. Born October 20 1898 in New Florence she was daughter of the late Robert and Eliza Denton Campbell and belonged to Montgomery City Christian Church. Survived by a niece Mrs Earl Houser of Hermann. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
Mrs Sadie Maude Sloan 91 of Paris died 2:15 p.m. Saturday at Sears Boarding Home where she had lived for years burial at Walnut Grove and funeral Tuesday at Agnew Funeral Home Rev David Fischer of the Christian Church officiating She was born January 13 1881 in Monroe County daughter of Walter Bonsall and his wife She lived in Paris long and was a member of Paris Christian Church Surviving are two daughters Elinor Carpenter Shawnee Kansas Pauline Sims Houston Texas a granddaughter Alex Culbertson Santa Fe and four great grandchildren.
Arthur C. Appling 68 retired barber and lifelong Montgomery City resident died at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Rites Wednesday at Sechlanker Funeral Home by Rev. Robert Hester with burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. Survived by his wife Meta Lee, a daughter Frances Worland, two grandchildren Rick and Tracy, a son-in-law Ike Worland, and a brother Burton of Oregon. Preceded by a daughter Dorothy Lou, a brother Elliott, and sister Frances Appling Brooks.
Miss Ida Marie Schaper 84 of rural Middletown died Sunday at her home. She and her sisters ran a stock and grain farm. Born September 18, 1888 in Lincoln County to Charles Sanford Schaper and Annie Bruning Schaper. Survived by three sisters. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Waters Funeral Home Vandalia with Rev. Paul Powell, burial Wright City Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. tonight.
Ronald Earl Ketcham 35 of Independence Missouri formerly of Mexico will be laid to rest Sunday afternoon at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home. The Rev Robert R Collins officiated with burial in LaPlata Cemetery LaPlanta Missouri. Pallbearers include Jack Burkey Woodrow Bealmer Carl Ludlam John A Hardin J Sidney Schanbacher Sr and J Sidney Schanbacher Jr all of Mexico and nearby towns.
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt announced a 47 million dollar German Marshall Plan Memorial Fund to finance joint American European studies and research. The fund is an independent American foundation and honors George C. Marshall at Harvard during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Marshall Plan. Brandt praised Nixon’s Soviet accord and the four power Berlin agreement as advances toward security and cooperation.
U S military sources said a new naval unit will hunt submarines off Vietnam within a week. Navy aircraft from carriers in the Tonkin Gulf continued bombing river routes and other North Vietnamese transport systems. A Marine F4 Phantom was lost near Phu My with two crewmen killed. South Vietnamese officials reported North Vietnamese forces cleared from Kontum except for a 1000 square yard area near the city. Fighting raged near Fire Base Bastogne by Hue and near An Loc north of Saigon.
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