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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1977
Page
9
The 7:00 am readings report last 24 hours high 87 low 69 and current 70. Historical note shows year ago highs 82 lows 66. Saturday’s data lists high 90 low 68 with 0.57 inches precipitation. Month to date 2.86 and year to date 16.00 inches. normals 4.74 and 19.88. Sun sets 8:40 pm. sun rises 5:46 am.
Forecasts show warm humid days through Tuesday with isolated thundershowers and highs near 90. River levels and weather summaries listed for several Missouri towns. Admissions, discharges, and tributes at Audrain Medical Center include numerous names and recent births. Death notices record Floyd Price Stuart and others with ages.
Denise Hoffman reported a $5 theft from multiple rooms Friday morning. Juveniles threw soda cans at a car near Courtney Day Care Saturday. Margaret Hord reported a $23 purse theft Saturday. A juvenile was taken into custody related to the incident. Kenneth Poindexter received a summons for failure to yield after a Saturday accident. Two mail tampering reports surfaced with missing or found envelopes and checks. Glenn Norton and Charles Hooke had a minor to extensive collision with Norton cited. Ted Kenyon reported a car in yards on Robinson Street. Probate Court notes Elroy Jones filed inventory of Jesse G Jones estate valued at real estate $120,000, personal property $15,361.74. Marriage license: Robert Trabue and Sue Bahr of Mexico.
Missouri market report lists hogs and cattle price ranges with changes, including sows and boars gains, and slaughter cattle and sheep prices. It notes Chicago Board of Trade futures for soybeans, wheat, and corn, plus National Stockyards activity with hogs, cattle, and sheep prices and Tuesday estimates.
The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 5.34 to 924.36 after a two week rally. NYSE composite declined 0.09 to 55.33 while AMEX market value index dipped 0.20 to 119.99. Volume on the Big Board slowed to 8.89 million shares by noon, down from 12.83 million Friday.
The council will give final consideration to an ordinance for repair and sealing of 11 city streets with assessments to abutting property owners. A third reading is planned to close Lemon Street between Orange and Vine Streets at the request of surrounding property owners. A resolution to hire a resident engineer for Phase 2 construction on Boulevard Street is also on the agenda.
The Supreme Court ruled eight to zero that lower courts overstepped in ordering forced busing for Dayton's 18,000 pupils. It sent the case back for a limited remedy while preserving current desegregation in place for another school year. The ruling signals cautious federal oversight without new constitutional ground.
In Tel Aviv Prime Minister Menahem Begin rejects Carter's call for withdrawal to 1967 lines and a Palestinian homeland. He warns Israel cannot concede West Bank or Gaza to Arab statehood under any circumstances, saying cities and homes would face Arab artillery eyes. The stance came in Begin's first major speech since taking office, addressing security concerns. Then an unrelated Want Ad note appears about a selling league calling 561-1111.
Floyd Price Stuart 46 of Route 1 Harrisburg died Saturday at University Medical Center Columbia after four days following heart surgery. Born May 18 1931 at Benton City he married Dorothy Davis July 13 1968 who survives. Services Tuesday at Pleasant Grove Methodist Hatton with Rev. Edwin Burris officiating. Burial at church cemetery.
George R. Grebe 78 of New Florence died Sunday night at Hermann Area Hospital after about 10 days of illness. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City, with Rev. Melvin Kirks officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery City Cemetery. Visitation starts after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born September 7, 1888, at Big Spring, son of William and Louis Rohmeyer Grebe. He married Mollie Hagedorn, who died December 20, 1971. they had no children. He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers. Surviving: a sister, Mrs. Stanley Oliver of Montgomery City, and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Silas R. Scott eighty of Perry were held Sunday at 1 30 p m at Wilkey Funeral Home with Rev James Beahan officiating. Burial followed in Lick Creek Cemetery. Scott died Friday at 7 p m in a Hannibal hospital. He was born April 6 1897 in Rushville son of William H and Elizabeth G Scott. A World War I veteran and member of Hamsburg Baptist Church he is survived by wife Nora E Burnett a stepson Henry H Moore of Wellsville a step daughter Mrs Virginia Nemeck of Hannibal a brother Robert Scott of Fort Smith Arkansas and two sisters Mrs Mary Black of Columbia and Mrs Verna Laganvill of Boonville. Three brothers and a sister preceded him in death. Pallbearers were Henry Lee Gerald Moore Jeff Moore Donnie Wayne Scott Earl F and Leo Black.
Grover Barton Acree 62 of Jefferson City died Saturday at St Marys Hospital in Jefferson City He was born July 2 1914 in Callaway County and was an antique dealer in Jefferson City He is survived by a wife Mary Bonsall a son Grover Barton Acree Jr a daughter Mary Margaret Gaddy a sister Ruth McVey and seven grandchildren Services set for 10:30 a m Tuesday at Maupin Funeral Home Fulton burial at Callaway Memorials Gardens Fulton.
Mrs Bessie J Winders 78 of Perry died Sunday at 5 30 am at Hannibal hospital. Services Tuesday 2 pm at Mount Hope Christian Church with Rev James Beahan officiating. Burial in New Oakland Cemetery north of Perry. Survived by two sons Dallas Kansas City Carl Harrisonville three daughters Dorothy Jones Perry Erma Simmons Raytown Charlotte Wilson Springfield eight grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and sister Carrie Cartwell Stoutsville. She was a Mount Hope Church member and WPSA Club. Pallbearers listed.
Dr. Robert Kelley, 64, internal medicine specialist and Washington University graduate, died Sunday at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. A memorial service is set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at West Presbyterian Church. He served on Missouri medical bodies and the State Board of Registration for the Healing Art and was married to the former Miss Helen Van Matre, with daughters Susan, Christy, Patricia, and Barbara, plus two brothers-in-law.
Mrs. W. E. Boeing, widow of The Boeing Co. founder, died at her home in Fall City Washington at age 86. She leaves three sons William E. Boeing Jr. of Seattle Nathaniel Paschall of Pasadena and Cranston Paschal of Port Ludlow and a sister Mrs. Neil Jamison of Seattle. She requested no services.
Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez traveled to the United States for talks with President Carter on restoring preferred tariff status for Venezuelan oil. He will visit Williamsburg, Virginia, then Washington for two meetings, seeking renewal of most favored nation treatment despite Venezuela's OPEC ties and continuing oil shipments. Perez said the 1974 trade act harms U.S. image and relations while Venezuela plans to boost production to satisfy rising U.S. demand amid cold weather.
The NAACP’s 68th annual convention in St Louis opens with about 4000 delegates expected. Cyrus Vance to address on Tuesday. Roy Wilkins to be saluted as he retires, succeeded by Benjamin Hooks. Discussion will focus on covert discrimination and economic disparities.
Djibouti, a salt and sand nation at the Red Sea's southern end, proclaimed independence amid fireworks and 21 gun salutes. Facing rival Marxist neighbors Somalia and Ethiopia and lacking natural resources, it will lean on France for military protection and aid. President Hassan Gouled raised the flag at one minute after midnight, signaling a fragile new era.
Rep Barbara Jordan warns of a perceptible shift to the right harming women's rights. She urges nationwide political organizing and new tactics amid debates from the Womankind Conference. Djibouti's strategic value draws Ethiopia and Somalia, while global powers watch the Bab el Mandeb strait linking Suez and the Red Sea.
The Dirt Daubers Garden Club for men will meet Tuesday evening at 7 in the Production Credit Building. A trip to Frank Kropf's Route 2 home will feature discussion of his double daylilies, including varieties he bred and registered.
Mayor Frank Rizzo and John Cardinal Krol joined about 10,000 worshippers at an outdoor mass in Logan Circle to celebrate the canonization of St. John Neumann. Cardinal Krol led a 3,000-strong offertory procession along Benjamin Franklin Parkway from Rome rites.
Vandalia, Stephen Swan a 24 year old employee at Columbia Regional Hospital suffered serious pelvis and back injuries when his Harley Davidson struck a car pulling into his path on Route F near Vandalia Saturday evening. He was taken to Audrain Medical Center where his condition was listed as fair. The other driver faced a charge for failure to yield right of way.
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