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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1972
Page
9
Readouts show forecast for Zone 5 fair tonight with lows mid 50s and highs in 80s Saturday, Missouri outlook cooler Sunday to Tuesday with 80s and 60s and possible rain Monday. City and county data include river stages, police reports, births, marriages, arrests, and livestock market figures.
Floods reached 26.5 feet above stage in Richmond area with city and state offices closed. Agnes lashed Lake Erie shoreline and caused heavy rains, floods, and mudslides across Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Virginia. Evacuations surged in Elmira Harrisburg Wilkes Barre and Isleton while federal and state agencies mobilized.
Jefferson City Missouri announces 833 miles of the 1147 mile interstate system completed with 46 more miles expected open by year end. Of the remainder 92 miles are under construction likely not finished this year 47 miles are dual lane but not up to standards and final 129 miles have approved locations. Since August 1956 over 1.5 billion dollars has been spent on I 70 near St Charles and the statewide system.
Middletown resident Mrs Lena Brown age 64 died early Thursday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Myers Funeral Home with the Rev Hugh Ash officiating. Burial at Fairmount Cemetery in Middletown. Calling hours start after 9 a.m. Saturday. She was born October 7, 1907 in South Missouri. Survived by a niece two nephews and a sister-in-law.
Mrs. Dennis Mayer 41 of Columbia died at Boone County Hospital after months of illness. Services were held at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Fr. David Mayer officiating and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Born Wanda Murray in Mexico, she attended Mexico schools and was a daughter of Robert Murray of California and Leta Winingear of Centralia. Surviving are son Gary Robison of Sturgeon and daughters Kimberly Robison of Sturgeon and Denise Ann Mayer at home. An aunt is Mrs. William Claywell of Mexico.
Liberty Missouri AP reports the Missouri Presbyterian Church U.S. and United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. join with the Synod of Kansas United Presbyterian Church to form the Synod of Mid-America headquartered in Kansas City. Merger targets 176,000 members with offices to close in Jefferson City and Topeka. Rob Rodisch elected Synod executive and Mark Andrew associate executive.
Frank Pilla of rural New Florence was injured on his farm about 9 a.m. He became pinned between two wagons and suffered a crushed chest and other injuries. He was taken to Audrain Medical Center in Mexico and later transferred to Boone County Hospital.
A Hutchinson patient peahen sat 20 days on a nest with a pea cock nearby. She finally left the nest and revealed she had been trying to hatch a discarded light bulb, mistaking it for an egg. Mrs C H Bailey reported the curious scene in Hutchinson Kansas.
Edwin C. Grace, who had applied unsuccessfully for a security guard job at Key Personnel, is named by Camden County Prosecutor A. Donald Bigley as the man behind a Wednesday shooting spree. Six men died and six were wounded. Grace was in critical condition at Cherry Hill Hospital. He reportedly obtained two sawed off .22 rifles prior to the attack.
Georgia doctor Dr. Robert B. Greenblatt says a once a month oral contraceptive is 90 to 95 percent effective and could aid illiterate populations. The pill, taken at full moon each month, reduces daily dosing and may take about a decade to gain FDA approval.
Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri reports 51st Missile Maintenance Squadron drivers totaling one million miles without an accident. In the last year 101 vehicles from pickups to transporter-erectors hauled missiles for maintenance teams across the Minuteman complex spanning much of western Missouri.
Miss Sheila R. Brown of Mexico earned Dean's List honors at Lindenwood Colleges St. Charles for the final semester of 1971 72, recognizing outstanding scholarship with a 3 5 grade average. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs L N Brown and a 1969 Mexico High School graduate.
Across the Lebanon Israel frontier heavy shelling continued overnight with both sides accusing the other of initiating fire. Lebanon reported casualties in Dibbine and Majdal Islim as villages were damaged. Israel alleged Katyusha rockets from Lebanon and shelling of Golan heights positions, with a 36 minute air overflight cited by Beirut. Foreign ministers and ambassadors were summoned for protests.
In Belfast and Londonderry tensions rise as the IRA announces a cease-fire to take effect Monday night but violence continues. Provisional leaders spar with truce critics while Protestant and Catholic factions react, and British troops engage gunmen in southwest Belfast. The Belfast Volunteers reject the cease-fire, warning against leadership sellouts amid ongoing conflict.
Chrysler Corp announces recall of 56,471 1972 Plymouth Furies with bumper guards for possible defective bumper jacks. Repair and official notices follow to ensure safety and compliance.
North Vietnamese forces pressed new assaults on South Vietnam north of Hue and near the A Shau Valley as U S B 52s pounded the front. South Vietnamese and U S reports tallied dozens of enemy kills and several tanks destroyed while claiming U S air power rained 250 strikes across North Vietnam.
The weekly U S Command report lists eight Americans killed in action last week and 18 dead from nonhostile causes with 11 missing. seven wounded. It notes nonhostile deaths reached a high in 12 weeks of the North Vietnamese offensive. Overall tolls since the start of the offensive include 46 790 Americans killed in action 303 145 wounded and 10 212 nonhostile deaths. South Vietnamese losses reach 146 506 killed in action with large Vietnamese body counts also reported.
The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education says colleges should reform for student and societal benefit, not to silence protests. A 1969-70 poll of 70,000 undergrads, 30,000 grads, and 60,000 faculty shows general satisfaction despite specific complaints.
Miami AP reports Ameritas, tagged by police as a Cuban revolutionary group, centers the DNC break in probe. Nine men tied to Ameritas stationery are in custody or sought for questioning as bond cuts occur for four suspects. District judge lowers bonds. Ameritas real estate firm ties noted. president Suarez disavows DNC links.
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