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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1973
Page
9
The Ozarks lake and river stages, temperatures, and rainfall are reported with Southeast Missouri forecasts. Public safety notes recount a shooting case in Mexico, hospital admissions, wrecks, and a list of hospitalizations, dismissals, births, and deaths. County courts, sheriff, highway patrol briefs, and livestock market results follow, plus regional stock quotes and trading snapshots.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.15 to 961.47 with intraday gains, while the NYSE composite moved up 0.06 to 60.11 as 774 issues advanced against 430 decliners. Champion Home Builders led American exchanges in activity, slipping to 8 percent, and Mattel Inc. gained 4 percent as the market closed for a weeklong foreign exchange holiday amid ministerial talks.
The Mexico Audrain County Library announces 4 new adult books across fiction and nonfiction collections. Notable titles include Doctor's Reputation by Elizabeth Seifert and Persian Boy by Mary Renault, with additional works by Sara Woods Dorothy Eden and Julian Rathbone among others. Also added are numerous record albums, biographies, and travel guides extending through 1973.
Television movie ratings come from national reviews. If a rating is absent the title is either very old and dropped from the lists or very new and not yet included in the reviews compilation.
Mrs. Cora Perham, 89, of Paris, died at Pleasant View Rest Home. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. David Fischer. burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Survived by son Virgil Perham, sister Maude Berg, niece Maude Gilstrap, and grandchildren. Widower Sidney died in 1959.
Richard Floyd Willett, 81, died at his Centralia home after months of illness. He lived on a farm south of Centralia until 1963. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Meador and Son chapel with Rev. Tom Adams officiating. burial Glendale Memorial Gardens. Visitation tonight 7 p.m. to services. Born Callaway County April 9, 1891. survived by Ruth Belle Reddick, two daughters Leta Davis Jr. and Fay Mahan, a granddaughter, three sisters, and several brothers and a sister. three brothers and a sister preceded him.
Funeral services were held in St Louis for Mrs Lucretia Sturgeon Green 91, who died Friday in University City after a long illness. She was daughter of Isaac H Sturgeon, early St Louis comptroller and rail development figure after whom the town of Sturgeon was named. Green's husband Dr John Green was a longtime ophthalmology professor at St Louis University.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Kircher 96 of the Coil Apartments were held Sunday at the Mexico United Methodist Church with Rev. J C Montgomery officiating. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery with organist Mrs. John K Felgar. Pallbearers included T S Channen Wallace Witchie G Edward Erdel Merle Stotler Ford Ogden and Clifford Smith. Arrangements were by Precht Pickering funeral home. Several relatives and friends attended from St Louis Victorville Phoenix Columbia Kimberling City Joplin Brentwood Springfield Odessa Lawrence Kan Fulton and other nearby areas.
TAIPET AP David M Kennedy U S ambassador at large arrives to meet Formosa and United States officials on trade. SANTA MONICA AP Tony Curtis wins custody of 16 year old daughter Kelly Lee from Janet Leigh after court order signed with Leigh consent. Curtis previously has custody of Allegra and Alexandra from Christine Kaufmann.
Funeral services for James A. Lewis 75 of Bartlesville Oklahoma will be at 10 30 a m Tuesday at the Kneekamp funeral parlor Bartlesville He was born and reared in Mexico and died Friday morning after suffering a stroke Thursday night His wife Isabelle survives with other cousins in Mexico a brother Turner Lewis and a sister Ruth Lewis Stoy preceded him in death
Fowler Cook 72 of Denver Colo died at home Sunday after a lingering illness. He was brother of Mrs. Larney Barnes and Mrs. Philip Love of Mexico. Mrs. Love has been at his bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes will attend the funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Fairmont Chapel with burial in the Denver cemetery. He had visited Mexico on numerous occasions. He is survived by his mother Mrs. D H Cobb of Pittsburg Pa his wife and six brothers and sisters.
Centralia resident John S. Stephens was honored with funeral services Sunday at the Fenton Funeral Chapel. Rev. Joe Acuff of First Baptist Church led the rites with burial in Centralia Cemetery and pallbearers C. Henderson Clyde W Younger Jr Roy West Lloyd Overton Lloyd Block and Ken Dodson named in the procession.
Washington officials said city leaders will be consulted during the transition from the Great Society to Nixon's New Federalism. Housing chief James Lynn told a joint city conference that the administration plans to loosen fiscal restraints during the transition while maintaining a federal housing role. He noted urban renewal under Johnson would be dropped but city officials would not be left in the dark as programs wind down. Lynn offered no firm ongoing funding assurances but warned of substantial activity in community programs over the coming year.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes Audrain County jail in Mexico as well built and well maintained while Adair and other county facilities show security gaps. Sheriff Riley says a fence will deter outside attempts to saw into the jail though visiting remains problematic. A five pound fourteen ounce daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Larry Prior of New Florence at the Audrain Medical Center at 5 10 pm Sunday. Mr Prior works for Binkley Co in Warrenton.
An Associated Press survey across eight states and Ontario warns near record lake levels threaten health and property as heavy three year rains keep levels high. Erie could flood in spring with 1700 acres at risk. officials seek federal aid and local dikes while runoff might ease May June floods.
Ten gambling charges were filed in Callaway County Magistrate Court after arrests at a site west of Fulton. Defendants include Douglas Alewel and nine others with $500 bonds. Sheriff Ted Salmons said 14 were arrested across four counties and a gambling table was confiscated during a raid on a tavern leased to a private fishing club.
AIM leaders Russell Means and Dennis Banks did not attend the Sunday peace talk as New York attorney William Kunstler met with the Indians. A Justice Department spokesman said comments on the AIM proposal were pending while talks planned for noon today resumed in a tepee on no-man's land between Indian outposts and 150 federal lawmen surrounding Wounded Knee.
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