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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1971

Page

11

Weather forecast and readings for Missouri and Kansas City area

Official 7:00 am readings show last 24 hours high 88 and low 64 with 66 at 7 am. Zone 5 forecast partly cloudy today with highs mid to upper 80s. tonight and Thursday fair to partly cloudy with lows 64 to 70 and highs 88 to 92. Missouri outlooks show sunny to partly cloudy with thunderstorm chances, highs upper 80s to low 90s, cooler Sunday. River and lake stages listed for Kansas City and St Louis regions.

Missouri

Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Across Several Missouri Towns

Officials report admitted patients from Audrain Medical Center including Mrs. Pugh Mrs. Bock Junior Allen and others across Mexico Centralia Paris Martinsburg Sturgeon Auxvasse Wellsville High Hill and more. A new birth to Mr and Mrs Ronald L Adkisson in Centralia weighed six pounds seven ounces. Dismissals list numerous patients from multiple towns and two deaths noted at Mexico and Auxvasse. Police report Dwight J Rigsby cited for failing to stop at a red light on S Jefferson Street after a collision. further details follow.

Audrain Medical Center James O. Pugh Lena Jewell Bock Junior R. Allen Willis L. Davis Thelma Barnett Don Davis John D. Gilmore Thomas A. Griffin James M. Worthington Willie Quisenberry Mexico Tommy W. Turner Centralia Pansy J. Baker Clyde W. Waddell Montgomery City George L. Vanlandingham Beulah E. Sims Paris Frank C. Scott Des Moines Iowa Daniel W. McGuire Martinsburg Charles Briggs Sturgeon Edward Woods Auxvasse Raymond D. Kauble James Edward Ford Farber Kimberly L. Johnson Wellsville James E. Todisman High Hill Ronald L. Adkisson Adkisson Bud Todd C. Wilson Cecil Dodd Charles Rickard Robert Mackie Carlos Lee Ethel M. Sherwood Henry Muelebach James Slater James L. Ward Charles R. Martin Cynthia Kay Sharp Edward P. Long Joseph Mitchell Howard Pickerell Lake €. Wright Donald A. Gentry Earl Holcombe Greenville D.C Marvin Joe Stone Vandalia Ray Benjamin Thomas Rush Marilyn Lavinder Benton City Mary Lewis William London Robert W. Freeman Fulton Mayme Brown Dwight J. Rigsby Route 3 Dixon Rigsby S. Jefferson St

Mexico police report storage fee dispute at Gulf Station

Complainant David W. Jones of Indianapolis filed a complaint after Les Beasley of Beasley's Gulf Service Station charged him a $3 storage fee for keeping his car in the driveway while he used a public phone booth. Jones left Mexico after paying and may seek an attorney later.

Jackson and Jefferson Sts William R. Crews E. Promenade St David W. Jones Indianapolis Ind Mexico Les Beasley Beasley Gulf Service Station Clark St Jones Mr. Beasley

Bicycler Seeks 50-Pound Loss on 3000 Mile Ride

STATELINE Nevada AP report says Lillian Hargrove 45 hopes to shed 50 pounds by taking her two sons Scott 15 and Jerry 14 and daughter Lillian 12 on a 3000 mile bicycle trek to Massachusetts. She weighs 185 pounds and started from Stateline after her husband drove them up the Sierra.

Stateline Nev Lillian Hargrove Massachusetts Fair Oaks Calif Scott Jerry Lillian Curtis Sierra Hargrove

Market rebounds as Dow climbs 7.44 points on bargain hunt

Stock trading showed moderate activity with A.B. Chance Co. and others listed on OTC, while NYSE prices advanced led by Dow Jones up 7.44 to 881.86. Lockheed rose to 10% on news of a possible government loan guarantee to avert bankruptcy amid mixed metals, utilities, and steels.

New York Dow Jones New York Stock Exchange Dow Lockheed Aircraft Senate Banking Committee Lockheed

Five Arrested in Yablonski Slaying Case

The article details pleas and charges in the Yablonski murder case. Vealey and accomplices faced plea agreements with prosecutors dropping several federal and state counts in exchange for guilty pleas. Five people were arrested, including the Gillys and Huddleston, with bodies found January 5, 1970.

Sprague Vealey George E. Sweet Common Pleas Court Monongahela Yablonski Cleveland Gilly Martin Annette Silous Huddleston Huddleston la Follette Tenn Pennsylvania Ohio State Regional Correctional Institution Greensburg Gillys Yablonskis Kenneth Clarksville

Oklahoma Cuts Annual Mailing

The University of Oklahoma will not mail yearbooks to area high schools unless requested. Officials cite a first section with four letter words drug references riots and antiwar content including a photograph of a nude girl as not representative of campus activity.

Norman Okla University of Oklahoma Paul Massgad

John Sprock of Auxvasse Dies at 78

John J. Sprock 78 a longtime High Ridge native and veteran of World War I died today at Audrain Hospital Auxvasse. He was a retired farmer who lived in Fenton and Auxvasse and was married 53 years to Clara Sprock. He leaves two sons four daughters 20 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St Pauls Catholic Church in Fenton with burial near Affton. The body is at Fieser funeral home in Fenton with a guard service planned by Fenton American Legion Post.

Auxvasse John J. Rock Route 1 Ted Audrain Hospital Mr. Sprock High Ridge Fenton Clara American Legion Post 400 St. Paul’s Catholic Church John I Eugene Laddonia Charles Gansner Victor Hill Edward Asleman Frank Zimmerly Redbud

Willis Services To Be Thursday

Funeral services for Henry Willis 74 who died Monday at Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at Harper Chapel Methodist Church in Montgomery City Rev Homer Steinhardt will officiate burial will follow in Montgomery City Cemetery Friends may call at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City Willis a retired railroad worker was born March 23 1897 in Montgomery City a son of James and Harriet Robbs Willis He was a member of Harper Chapel Church His wife Nina died in 1969 Survivors include one granddaughter Mrs Adelia Parker two grandsons Kenny Brookin and Darin Parker two sisters Mrs Frances Miller and Mrs Katie Johnson and three sisters and a brother died earlier

Montgomery City Henry Willis St. Louis Harper Chapel Methodist Church Homer Steinhardt Schlanker Funeral Home Mr. Willis James Harriet Robbs Willis Harper Chapel Nina Adelia Parker Kenny Brookin Darin Parker Frances Miller Katie Johnson

Montgomery Bar Clinic Arranged

Montgomery City urges persons over 15 with hearing problems to contact Montgomery County nursing service for a visit by a mobile audiological testing unit. The unit provided by vocational rehabilitation will be in the area soon. call 564-2495 to arrange services.

Montgomery City Montgomery County Nursing Service

Winter’s Dead At Nome Buried

Nome Alaska undertaker Bobby Morse said the town will bury all its winter dead by Thursday as permafrost slows digging. Of 17 bodies, twelve have been buried so far and five remain to be interred by Thursday afternoon after break-up time in the North Country.

Nome Alaska Bobby Morse North Country Morse

San Diego Bids For 1972 Republican National Convention

A joint San Diego committee of city and county officials and the GOP agreed to a 1.5 million bid to host the 1972 Republican National Convention. Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke said the bid greatly improves San Diego's chances after a two hour closed session.

San Diego Calif GOP Ed Reinecke

Laddonia Area Development Plans Centennial Meeting

The Laddonia Area Development Corporation will hold a general meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Laddonia area headquarters. The public is invited to attend as plans for the centennial are outlined. A committee report and an up to date finance report will be presented.

Laddonia Laddonia Area Development Corporation Laddonia Area

Rex Johnson Reports SCS Work To Mexico Kiwanis

Rex Johnson, district conservationist for the U S Soil Service, spoke to the Mexico Kiwanis Club on the service s shift from rural to urban work since 1964, noting 95 counties with soil and water districts, Audrain included. He cited a 1967 Audrain office that became a major county unit, Missouri s Soil Service employing 308 statewide on a 3.3 million budget, and 1400 farm visits with 112 requests for help in Audrain last year, plus flood control, terracing and grass waterways projects.

Rex Johnson U.S. Soil Service Mexico Missouri Soil Service Johnson Audrain County

Seale Witness Sentenced to Life

George Sams Jr. received a life sentence after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the 1969 slaying of Alex Rackley, a New York Black Panther. Sams testified that Bobby Seale ordered the killing. Seale and Ericka Huggins were later cleared of capital charges after a hung jury aborted the trial.

New Haven, Conn George Sams Jr Connecticut Black Panther Bobby G. Seale Sams Alex Rackley New York Seale Ericka Huggins Superior Court Harold M. Mulvey

Water games on tap Friday at Plunkett Park event

Playground supervisor Fuemmeler invites children to a Friday water balloon games event at Plunkett Park starting at 1 pm with activities including volleyball and keep away Stationed lunch from noon to 1 pm features a sack lunch picnic for attendees.

Fuemmeler Plunkett Park

North Vietnamese drive off rescue craft after marsh fighting

North Vietnamese troops repelled medic al rescue helicopters as Cambodian forces tried to extract wounded near the Vihear Suor marshes east of Phnom Penh. The Cambodians reported about 20 government soldiers wounded and 33 enemy bodies on the field. U S. and South Vietnamese forces reported ongoing attacks around Fire Base Fuller near the DMZ and a large ammo dump at Quang Tri was destroyed in blasts. The day included congressional and defense department briefings on sensitive Vietnam study material and document classification.

Saigon Vihear Suor Phnom Penh U.S. Command U.S Demilitarized Zone Quang Tri Fuller Dmz Vietnam

To Show New Rooms In White House

First Lady Pat Nixon invites the Committee for the Preservation of the White House to a luncheon at the White House to view two refurbished rooms the ground floor diplomatic reception room and the Vermeil room housing a silver gilt collection. President Nixon will go to Indianapolis to dedicate a plaque at his mother's birthplace and attend a Purdue University retirement dinner. Mrs Zigmon Thomas returns from St Louis where her daughter Mrs Lewis J Hizer is recovering from surgery at Jewish Hospital.

Washington Pat Nixon Committee For the Preservation White House Nixon Indianapolis Purdue University Zigmon Thomas St. Louis Lewis J. Hizer Jewish Hospital

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