Weather and public notices from Missouri brief
Weather forecast for Missouri predicts clear to partly cloudy conditions with warm humidity and scattered storms through Sunday, plus an extended outlook with highs in the 60s to 90s and scattered thundershowers. A hospital report lists admissions, births, and discharges from Audrain Medical Center, plus local marriage license applications and a public safety incident summary involving two-car collision with minor damage and a reported bicycle theft.
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Missouri
Donald Henry Magnus
Mexico
Jo Ann Tratchel
Rush Hill
Larry Arthu Girard
Lucy Kay Reed
Vandalis
Alvin Dale Freeman
Lola Mae Riechers
Kevin Nichols
Curtis
Santon
Dianne Smith
Hazel
James Jaybath Coats
Kentucky
Sig Scharthi
Jefferson
PSD
Theft and break-ins reported across town and court actions
Kenneth George reported tool box and belt stolen from his Kent Road home and a Mexico Car Wash on Liberty Street was burglarized. John Owens found a break in at Plunkett Park Pool with a water testing unit stolen and towels left behind. Sheriff reports include a woman released after investigation into her husband shooting, and several magistrate court cases with guilty pleas, fines, and bond details. Also noted are yesterday’s cash grain, murder conspiracy dismissal for James Calvert, and senior luncheon menus with stock and market updates.
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Kenneth George
Kent Rd
Mexico
E. Liberty
John Owens
PSD
Plunkett Park Pool
Mower Accident Hurts Eight-Year-Old Girl In Curryville
Wilma Eicher eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Eicher of Curryville was rushed to University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia after a mower accident. Tri County Ambulance brought her to Mexico then transferred at 6 20 p m to Audrain Medical Center Emergency ambulance which took her to Columbia. One leg was partially amputated and the other severely lacerated.
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Wilma Eicher
Paul Eicher
Curryville
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Tri-County
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Margaux Hemingway Weds in Paris in Civil Ceremony
Margaux Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, wed film producer Errol Wetson in a civil ceremony at a Paris town hall near the Louvre. She describes her wedding dress as impressionistic and romantic while noting a private detail about old and borrowed items.
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Paris
Margaux Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Errol Wetson
Louvre Museum
Miss Hemingway
America
Girl Scout Camp Bus Schedule Changes
Camp Silver Meadows near Columbia updates the second session bus plan. Trips depart Jaycee Shelter in Roberts Green Memorial Park at 8:30 a.m. and return by 5 p.m. Lunch arrangements vary by day and campers must bring a cup for drinks.
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Camp
Silver Meadows
Columbia
Jaycee
Roberts
Green Memorial Park
Tom Davis
Kris Craddock
Davis
Jess B Beshears Dies At 87 In Laddonia
Jess B Beshears, 87, of rural Laddonia, died at 5 a m at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after a stroke and long illness since January. Services set for 2 p m Monday at Christian Church. burial in Center Cemetery. Survived by wife Nannie Kraft Beshears, a son Buzz, two daughters Ida Miller and Thelma Bell, 17 grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and two half brothers Sibert Hill and Clayton Hill.
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Laddonia
Jess
Beshears
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Christian Church
Robert Hodkins
Center
Wilkey-Blenhoff Funeral Home
Mr. Beshears
Nannie Kraft
Buzz Beshears
Wellsville
Flemon
Ida Katherine) Miller
Montgomery City
Thelma Sue Bell
Sibert Hill
Clayton Hill
Seattle
Wash
Robert Ray Dies After Brief Illness
Robert Ray 82, of Tri County Nursing Home formerly of Mexico and Laddonia, died at Audrain Medical Center after a brief illness. Funeral services pending at Precht Pickering. burial Elmwood Cemetery. Born May 26, 1893. survived by wife Leta Wainscott, five children, 14 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, two brothers. preceded by daughter Helen Ray.
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Robert Ray
Tri-County
Mexico
Laddonia
Audrain Medical Center
Precht- Pickering
Elmwood Cemetery
William H
Elizabeth C. Watkins Ray
Frances Snook
Leta Wainscott
Laddonta
Audraine
Estil
Alice) Hinson
Billy J. Ray
Columbia
Fiorenze
Elizabeth) Ackmann
Kemmeth R. Ray
Florissant
Clarence E. Ray
Vandalia
Fall Fatal To Montgomery 4 Year Old
Montgomery City four year old Danny Ray Smith died Friday after a fall under a log fractured his skull. He died at Dr. Donald Shoup's office in Wellsville. Born August 3, 1970, son of Lester E. and Sandra Kay Carpenter Smith. Survived by parents, one sister Diane 11, one brother David 8, grandfather Leslie Smith of Wellsville, grandmother Phyllis Sheets of New Florence. Funeral today at 2 p.m. Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Stoddard officiating. Burial Sunrise Memorial Gardens north of Montgomery City.
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Montgomery City
Danny Ray Smith
Donald Shoup
Wellsville
Lester E
Sandra Kay Carpenter Smith
Diane
David
Leslie Smith
Phyllis Sheets
New Florence
Schlanker Funeral Home
Robert Stoddard
Sunrise Memorial Gardens
Girl For Warrington Born At Audrain Medical Center
An eight pound six ounce daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ross L Warrington of Laddonia at 1 55 p m Friday at Audrain Medical Center Mr Warrington is employed at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Ross L. Warrington
Laddonia
Audrain Medical Center
Warrington
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Man Arrested After Highway Chase In Ransom Abduction Case
Alfred Wayne King, 27, of St Louis, linked to a $300000 kidnapping of Mrs George J Helein Jr from a bank president wife, was chased by Kentucky troopers for 15 miles at up to 100 mph before being captured near Hopkinsville. He faced Missouri return on charges as authorities pursued kidnapping and extortion allegations.
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Hopkinsville
St. Louis
Missouri
Kentucky Highway Patrol
Alfred Wayne King
Here
King
George J. Helein Jr
South Side National Bank
Helein
St. Yeo Circuit
Prosecuting Attorney Osborne Witnesses Marijuana Bill Signing
Audrain County prosecutor Thomas I. Osborne attended in Jefferson City as the governor signed a bill expanding the legal definition of marijuana to include all forms of the substance. Osborne serves as president of the state association of prosecuting attorneys.
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Thomas I. Osborne
Audrain County
Jefferson City
State Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
New Jobs Bill Recrafted For President Approval
Washington AP reports a revised jobs measure sent to the White House would restore about half of earlier vetoed funds. It funds over 2 billion for public service jobs college work study youth conservation corps and rural water and sewer grants with 1.6 billion for public service positions. Senate approves extended unemployment benefits to 65 weeks for Toulouse workers, tied to a 42 000 tax credit for homes started before June 19. House Democrats vow to push an override of a vetoed home buyer support package despite anticipated presidential veto.
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Washington
White House
House
Youth Conservation Corps
Ford
Senate
House Democrats
Almigjor
Carl Albert
D-Oklaw
Eight pound five ounce son born at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Harold Christian of Vandalia are the parents. The baby weighed eight pounds five ounces and arrived at 4 48 a m Friday. Mr Christian works for Burlington Northern Railroad.
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Harold Christian
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Christian
Burlington Northern Railroad
Louis' Lunch Claims First Hamburger Sales
Louis' Lunch in New Haven closes to make way for a nine story medical complex after decades as a landmark tied to the origin story of the hamburger. Kenneth Lassen, heir to Louis Lassen, says his grandfather invented the burger in 1917 and served it in a 12 by 18 foot shop that catered to Yale students and local businessmen. The redevelopment agency plans vacating the site by July 2 and may store the building for up to 60 days while Lassen seeks a new location.
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New Haven
Yale University
Temple
George Streets
Lassen
Louis
Meadow Street
Lassens
Frances Barnes In Boone Hospital Stable After Brain Hemorrhage
Frances Barnes of 603 N. Clark Sr. is listed in stable condition at Boone County Hospital in Columbia after a brain hemorrhage. She was admitted Thursday evening and is in the intensive care unit on the third floor. She is the mother of Bob Barnes, 19, who drowned June 7 near Rush Hill in an old clay pit northeast of Mexico.
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Wits
Frances Barnes
N. Clark Sr
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Barnes
Bob Barnes
Mexico
Rush Hill
Wheat scab and leaf blotch threaten Audrain wheat crop
Farmers report wheat scab, the same disease seen last year, causing premature ripening and pale spikelets with grayish kernels. Septoria Leaf Blotch turns leaves brown, shrivels kernels, and may force early ripening. Seed treatment helps control scab, with some fields showing less damage where treated.
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Pean Eeam
Virgil B. Williams
Tiffanie L. Tipson
John J. DiBlasi
Richard C. Baker
Vera Lauer
Arch B. Hays
Jess Beshears
Addie C. Maddox
Glen Miller
Auxvasse
Charlea’ Simmerman
Joseph A. Robinson
Julie Lynn Houseworth
Centrada
Clyde R. Smith
Orlan R. Kastien
John E. Gerdeman
Robert W. Ray
Vandalla
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Fulton
Glenn Snell
Thompson
Marvin J. Kahmke
St. Peters
Harry Stuart
Benton City
Albert Folta Jr
iStorm
Kenneth D. Dissithian
Thomas Usnick Jr
Bernard DeBondt
Danny Dole
Wilford Snarr
Richard Baker
Gary Vines
Cecil Haggard
Carol Harris
Robin Waggoner
Robert Worley
Nannie Dickerson
Byron Duncan
Centralia
Henry Cope
Martinsburg
Roger Slater
Mary Lou Whalen
James Bradley
Harvey Moore
Kingdom City
J. W. Cragen
Frankford
Sara Feldeworth
Henry Cupp
Carl D. Dry
Benton
Stanley Bowlby
High Hill
John Keighley
Floyd Haislip
George Asher
William Morris
Leroy Rothove
Sylvester Gilbert
Jess B. Beshears
Bert Ray
the Daily Record
Phyllis Nalley
Robert
Jomie
Beverly Sue Wiecken
Duane Cruzan
Kenneth R. Wiecken
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Sue Wiecken
Eddie Lee Gibbs
Howard Edward Wainscott
Wallace H. Reinke
Market Report
MPA
Fowles Grain Co
James H. Calvert
U.S
H. Kenneth Wangelin
Calvert
Victor G. Null
Ronald Calvert
Null
East St. Louis, 1
Calverts
Garfield Community Center
Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
Margaux
Gloria Bunker
Los Angeles
Sally Struthers
Miss Struthers
Archie Bunker
Gloria
Tandem Productions
Sna
Montgomery
Osborne
FBI
Bookmobile
Audrain County Library
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Maple Grove Methodist Church
Fox
Oak Crest Court
Ladonia
Farber
Littleby Methodist Church
Lafayette Circle
Garfield Center
Kroehler
Kelly
Kelly’s
Elly
Stratolounger
Highway
Mexico, Missouri
Kingscourt
Boone Hospital
Little Dixie Drive-In
Clint Eastwood
Showtime
Caen
Family Entertainment
Walt Disney
Purviss
James Tawley
Disney
Aressen
Walt Orsay Products
Ben Ameraanaa
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