Missouri Weather and Local Notices Digest
Daily records and forecast for Missouri with highs 88 to 95 and warm humid conditions through Sunday. Extended outlook shows upper 70s to low 80s north and low to mid 80s south with slight chances of showers Monday and Wednesday. precipitation totals and sunrise sunset noted. Includes births, marriages, deaths, and fire and police reports from various locales such as Paris Mexico Vandalia Laddonia Wellsville and Sturgeon.
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Missouri
Local Mexico MO Police Report June 1971 Mix
The Mexico Missouri Ledger reports a string of local incidents including a left side scratch on a Ford Falcon at Vogue Beauty Shop, railroad car break in with fuses and torpedoes, two-car rear collision on E Liberty St, a failure to keep lookout summons, a dog bite on S Olive St, tires stolen from a Shell station, and a Highway Patrol recount of a two-vehicle accident near Monterey Motel. Also noted are Baysinger corner's gravel- related skid and daily stock market summaries for A B Chance, Commerce Bancshares, Wetterau, Robbie Brooks, Dresser Industries, Interco, Kaiser Aluminum, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, Ralston Purina, and U S Gypsum.
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Baldwin
Vogue
W. Monroe St
Tom Usnick
Tripoli St
Elmwood Cemetery
Usnick
Francis W. Schuck
Route 3
Mexico
Delbert Admire
Quantico Rd
Admire
Schuck
E. Liberty St
Frank C. Beechum
Rawlings St
Cynthia Lou Stevenson
Route 1
Larry Peck
Webster St
S. Olive St
Bill Woodruff
S. Olive
Robert Millard
Shell
East Liberty St
Highway 54
Monterey
Tony Ray Dunavant
Charlotte Louise Taylor
Dunavant
Josephine Johnson
Laddonia
Audrain Medical Center
Baysinger Corner
Johnson
Audrain County
A. B. Chance Co
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
U. S
U.S
Washington and Nation in Early 1970s News Snapshot
AP dispatches span Nixon White House Rose Garden wedding plans for Nixon and Edward Finch to a hijacked airliner incident over Chicago with gunfire and a deputy marshal escorting, Alcatraz occupation ending by federal marshals, Mitchell cites surveillance power, housing for the poor debate, single-member district reapportionment, Indochina withdrawal delay concerns, black policemen fraternal groups fear urban youth job shortages amid summer disruptions.
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Washington
Kcia Nixon
Edward Finch
Cox
White House
New York
North Vietnam
Anhhicago
U.S
A E Adams Dies At Paris Rites Sunday
Albert Edwin Adams 75 died Friday at his niece's Paris home of a heart attack. Born March 19, 1896 in Mexico, he was a World War I veteran and bachelor. Survived by a sister, Mrs. T. L. Colligan, of St. Louis, and nieces and nephews. Graveside services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico, with Rev. John Henry Vanlandingham officiating.
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Paris
Albert Edwin Adams
Margaret Stanko
Mexico
James W
Lydia Music Adams
T. L. Colligan
St. Louis
William and
Earl Browning
Elmwood Cemetery
John Henry Vanlandingham
Perry Roberts Rites Sunday
Perry Roberts Jr 81 of Centralia dies Thursday at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after a two day stay He was born Sept 5 1889 son of Willis and Annie Roberts A retired Centralia Post Office employee He married Iris Boyd who died in 1964 He was elder emeritus of Centralia Christian Church and an Odd Fellows member Survivors include two sons Perry Roberts Jr and Glenn Roberts two daughters Evelyn Fox and Margaret Roberts seven grandchildren and a great grandchild A brother J O Roberts of New Franklin survives along with three sisters and three children Funeral services will be 3 pm Sunday at First Christian Church with Rev Donald Mattson officiating Burial in Centralia Cemetery Friends may call at Ballew Pickering funeral home Centralia after 2 pm Saturday until time for service.
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Centralia
Perry Roberts Jr
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Mr. Roberts
Willis Roberts
Annie Walker Roberts
First Christian Church
Donald Mattson
Centralia Cemetery
Friends
Ballew-Pickering
Miss Wraith Undergoes Emergency Surgery in Florida
Miss Marcia Wraith daughter of Rev and Mrs George B Wraith had emergency ap pendectomy in Santa Rosa Beach Florida last week. She is convalescing at Col and Mrs Norman A Ferguson home where she sat for two weeks of grandchildren. She expected home in early LY.
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Marcia Wraith
George B. Wraith
Santa Rosa Beach
Fla
Col
Norman A. Ferguson
Miss Wraith
Mexico teen undergoes emergency appendectomy
Keith Benskin a recent Mexico High School graduate underwent an emergency appendectomy at Audrain Medical Center on Monday. He is the son of Mrs. Wilma Benskin and had been employed by the State Highway Department.
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Keith Benskin
Mexico High School
Audrain Medical Center
Wilma Benskin
State Highway Department
Tragedy as car with nine sinks in Mississippi River
Chester Illinois reports a station wagon carrying nine children plunged from a hill into the Mississippi River. Six-year-old Tammy Clark and Debbie Canady were found in the wreckage. Donna Phillips and Tammy Canady were rescued. Mrs. Clark and several children remain missing or in critical condition. Witness Ned Carlton described the fatal plunge and efforts to aid drowning victims.
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Chester, Ill
Charles Clark
Chester
Clark
Tammy Clark
Debbie Canady
Norma Clark
Becky Clark
Cindy Clark
Robin Phillips
Becky Roberts
Donna Phillips
Tammy Canady
Illinois
Park Boulevard
Trindigh
South Chester
Ned Carlton
Carlton Boat and Motor Co
Chester Memorial Hospital
Phillips
St. Louis
Mrs Bertha Strange Dies at 78 in Sturgeon
Bertha Strange, 78, of Sturgeon, died at 6 04 a.m. today at Audrain Medical Center. Survived by a daughter, Mrs Edward Roberts, and other relatives in the area.
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Saudrain Medical Center
Elburn Polk
Condaway
George J. Ray Sr
Mellie Jane Carter
Jack H. Wilson
Andrew Crum Jr
Sam Maylee
Kathlee D. Benskin
Edward F. Newell
Wexico
Stanley A. Korpal
Vandalia
Kenneth J. Robnett Sr
Laddonia
Hazel M. Porter
Fred Arens
Wellsville
Bertha Alice Strange
Sturgeon
James Griffiths
Par- Ser
Howard Wills
Centralia
William M. Kemp
Martins Burg
Earlavid Dawson
Paris
Dawson
Ragsfale
Bertha Strange
Audrain Medical Center
Edward Roberts
Former Mexicoan Mrs. Anna Swartz Dies in Arkansas
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna McClure Swantz were held June 3 in McGehee Arkansas with interment at Maple Hill Cemetery Helena. Born June 13 1898 in Mexico, she married Derrick L. Swantz in 1921. She leaves two sons Derrick of Denver and William of Memphis a sister Elizabeth McClure and a brother David McClure who died in 1970.
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Anna McClure Swantz
Dyer
McGehee
Ark
Maple Hill
Helena
Swantz
Mexico
Derrick L. Swantz
Clay McClure
Methodist Church
Derrick Swantz
Denver
Colo
William Swantz
Memphis
Barbara Hutton Hospitalized in Los Angeles Ambu lance Move
Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton, 58, was taken by ambulance to an unknown Los Angeles hospital after arriving from London for treatment of a fractured thigh bone. An attendant said she was being taken to a hospital, with an unidentified nurse present, after a flight from Rome where she reportedly broke her femur by tripping on a carpet.
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Los Angeles
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
London
Miss Hutton
Rome
Hughes See Harm In Viet Delay Stirs Senate Debate
Iowa Democrat Hughes warned Indochina delay harms the United States as troops handover to South Vietnam grows. He argued more time abroad raises illegitimate births and narcotics cases, urging the McGovern Hatfield amendment to cut war funding. Senate votes set for next week with uncertain House action and a split public polling picture.
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Washington
Harold E. Hughes
U.S
Indochina
Iowa
Senate
United States
Hughes
House
Associated Press
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Nixon
South Vietnam
Mexico Ledger Classified Rates and Office Hours
The Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule with holidays, page address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65265, and pricing for subscriptions by carrier, mail in Audrain and nearby counties, other Missouri counties, and out of state. Rates vary by duration and military members receive a monthly rate. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Harriman Defends Vietnam Policy Amid Subcommittee Clash
Heated debate erupted as Harriman’s Vietnam remarks were challenged by Rep Frelinghuysen and Rep Buchanan. Frelinghuysen accused Harriman of seeking a neutralist overthrow, Harriman denied the charge, while Buchanan claimed Harriman misrepresented the Nixon administration. The exchange centered on whether the South Vietnamese government could survive U.S. withdrawal or collapse.
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Harriman
Vietnam
Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen
R-N.j
Frelinghuysen
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Nixon
Buchanan
U.S
Trading Halts In STP Stock
A consumer magazine’s claim that STP, an automobile oil additive, is mainly an oil thickener halted trading on the American Stock Exchange. The stock never opened after a Friday rush, closing down 4 percent at 53 percent the prior day as reports spread that STP thickens oil by 50 percent when hot and could void new car warranties.
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New York
American Stock Exchange
STP Corp
Consumer
Kids Become Sleuths In Carmel Summer Venture
Four youngsters in Carmel Indiana bypassed baby sitting and lawn care to offer detective services. The Mad Foursome left hand printed notes promising free help unless cases are too hard. They list contact persons Susan Doeppers Carl Lake Richard and Allen Miller and set hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for one to two week investigations.
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Carmel
Ind
Indianapolis
Susan Doeppers
Carl Lake
Richard and
Allen Miller
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