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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
4
Official 7 00 a m readings show last 24 hours high 85 and low 64 degrees Temperature at 7 a m is 68 Year ago today high 83 low 50 Weekend high 84 low 66 Precipitation totals Month to date 37 inches Normal for June 4 74 inches Year to date 13 31 inches Normal to July 1 19 88 inches Sunset 8 39 p m Sunrise 5 44 a m
A Missouri weather update predicts a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday with 30 to 40 percent chances and highs near 80. Flash flood watch remains in effect for extreme southwest Missouri. River levels and lake stage readings from Kansas City to Cape Girardeau are listed, with several sites showing above or below normal levels. Admissions and dismissals reported by Audrain Medical Center are included along with births and obituaries for local residents.
Michael J. Reznick of 1301 N. Kentucky received a summons for failing to keep his vehicle under control after a 7 14 a m Saturday crash with William A. Winterbower of Route 1 at Liberty Street and Green Boulevard. Minor damage to Reznicek and more to Winterbower.
Slaughter hogs 200-270 bid ranges at Mo. Market Center with steady to higher prices for several classes. hogs 210-240 at 45.00-45.50, sows up 1.00-1.50. cattle slaughter steady to mixed with steers 37.70-38.30, heifers 36.00-36.50, cows 21.75-23.80. sheep Friday slaughter lambs 49.00-53.80, feeder lambs 32.75-45.25, ewes 10.00-15.25. national cattle and hog totals and Chicago Board futures shown.
The New York market showed a narrow mixed tone with the Dow down 0.42 to 920.03 after earlier fractional gains, while the NYSE composite rose 0.07 to 54.71 and the AMEX index gained 0.24 to 117.19. Volume reached 10.33 million in two hours as gains led by large blocks.
Congress readies renewed clashes over abortion and busing as the Senate shapes its domestic spending priority list while the Foreign Relations Committee opens hearings on President Carter's plan to withdraw U S troops from Korea. Senate panels, including the CIA briefing by Adm Turner, and the Appropriations Committee, will review Labor Health Education and Welfare funding and HUD among others.
Centralia resident Alpha Pearl Forsee 73 died at Greenwood Rest Home. Born March 21, 1904 in Columbia, she was married to William Forsee in 1922. Surviving are two sons, five daughters, two sisters, 15 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Fenton Funeral Chapel with Parkview Church officiating. burial Glendale Memorial Gardens. Visitation after 2 p.m. today.
William Dwight Guthrie 75 of Paris died at 3 20 p m Sunday at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after a long illness. He was a retired appliance dealer with 32 years in Paris and owned Paris Plumbing and Heating Co. Services 2 p m Tuesday Agnew Funeral Home Rev Michael Crouch burial Walnut Grove Cemetery. Born October 31 1901 in Monroe County, he was son of Maud R and Ada Halley Guthrie. He married Nancy Yager August 2 1935, who survives, along with brother John Ewell Guthrie of Sikeston and sisters Ethel Van Doren of Bridgton and Mary Margaret Crotty of Peoria Ill.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby W. McCord of 107 Bourne were conducted at Arnold's Funeral Home at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Frank Park officiating. John Willer played the organ, and pallbearers included Mike Deedle Bill Druger Ray Durham J.W. McColl Arthur Riley and Mike Smashey. Burial followed at Eastlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Francis Milton Scholl, 61, of Shamrock, died at a Fulton hospital. He had been ill since June 1. Services planned at Maupin Funeral Home Auxvasse with burial in Liberty Cemetery north of Shamrock. Born March 5, 1916, he was a farmer lifelong. Survived by brothers Dewey Scholl Kansas City and Harry Scholl Fulton, and sisters Mary Anthes Kansas City Dorothy Arnold Topeka Kan and Josephine Scholl Auxvasse.
The Associated Press reports eleven people died in Missouri traffic accidents over the weekend. Among the victims is a West Plains man killed in a car-train crash Sunday in his hometown.
In Lahore and across Pakistan the prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto revived claims that the United States meddles in Pakistani politics. He cited CIA funding allegations and suggested a new chapter in relations, as his party faced election turmoil and deadly protests.
In Kentucky the Ku Klux Klan plans a Junior Klan program for white children ages 8 to 18 to study what its leaders call truth about race and history. Sherman Adams says the class teaches Klancraft and distorts public schooling, while Adams and 10 others await trial for a February mobile home raid involving burglary and assault charges.
Dave Kiefer an 18 year old freshman from Overland plans to attend a St Louis area junior college next fall after trying to start a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Columbia Missouri He estimated 700 Klan members in Missouri and 50 in Columbia The Missouri Student Association passed a resolution opposing such groups and Kiefer said he sent documentation to Klan headquarters but denied it caused him to leave campus
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Arnold's Funeral Home for Mrs. Lutie Hendrix of 711 East Jackson. James Randall of the Love Street Christian Church officiated. Pallbearers were Harold Hendrix Jack Hendrix Don Hale Hillis Brewer Dick Coil and Charles Thompson. Burial followed at Auxvasse Cemetery.
Four people drowned over the weekend in Missouri waters including two Tulsa men, while a 16 year old boy died in Kansas. The incidents highlight dangerous conditions on state waterways and prompt safety warnings from local authorities.
James L. Willis aged 32 was named head of the Associated Press bureau in Jefferson City succeeding Terry Ganey who resigned to join the St. Louis Post Dispatch as Jefferson City correspondent Willis a Kansas City native and University of Missouri graduate joined AP in 1972 and moved to Bismarck in 1973 as legislative and government writer for the AP
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