Middletown Man Hurt In Truck Upset
Robert G. Green a 37 year old man from Middletown suffered a fractured pelvis when his westbound pickup overturned on Montgomery County Route BB 1.8 miles west of Middletown pinning him beneath it. He was taken by ambulance to Audrain Medical Center at 9 pm and later to Boone County Hospital in Columbia. The patrol estimated 50 dollars damage to the truck and issued Green summonses for expired license failure to exercise highest degree of care and driving with license under suspension.
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Robert G. Green
Middletown
Montgomery County
Green
Audrain Medical Center
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Washburn Home Recovering After Eye Surgery
Jerry Washburn, who underwent eye surgery at Boone County Hospital in late January, is recovering satisfactorily at his home on Woodlawn Avenue. He expects to remain confined to home for about two more weeks.
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Washburn
Jerry Washburn
Boone County Hospital
Woodlawn Ave
Blood Test Confirms Alcohol In Fatal Highway Crash
Coroner Connie Pickering said state patrol lab results show Edward Martin Jr had a .15 percent blood alcohol level after a two car crash on Highway 54 in south Mexico. The Audrain County coroner had ruled speed and loss of control as the cause.
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Highway 54
South
Mexico
State Highway Patrol
Connie Pickering
Audrain County
Edward Martin Jr
Martin
Pickering
Special Services At St Paul CME Janes Gannaway
Janes Gannaway of Wellsville will be featured in a fellowship service at St. Paul CME Church Sunday evening. The Senior Choir leads with Mr Gannaway speaking and singing, plus Youth and Senior Choir numbers. Theodore Hawkins Fulton and Taylor Curtis provide music. Rev C A Trotter pastors and delivers the invitation and dismissal.
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Janes Gannaway
Wellsville
St. Paul
Sepone clashes halt Ho Chi Minh trail advance
South Vietnamese forces with American air support fought into the Lao tian town of Sepone and cut the Ho Chi Minh trail network around it, a South Vietnamese spokesman said.
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Saigon
Sepone
Mrs. Mary Pasley Dies at 64 in Jefferson City
Jefferson City Mrs Mary Kathryne Pasley 64 of 201 Boonville Road died Friday at Memorial Hospital after four months as a patient She was born August 1 1906 in Wentzville daughter of Otto J and Sally Beckley Holtman She married James L Pasley August 18 1924 in Mexico Surviving are two sons John L Pasley Frankfort Ky and Dr James N Pasley Little Rock Ark a brother Beckley Holtman Mexico a sister Emily Holtman Los Altos Calif and three grandchildren Services 2 pm Sunday at Houser Funeral Service burial Benton City Cemetery The Parks Drug will not be open Sunday Lawrence Drug will be open under regular rotation schedule of service.
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Jefferson City
Mary Kathryne Pasley
Boonville Road
Memorial Hospital
Wentzville
Otto J
Sally Beckley Holtman
Mexico
James L. Pasley
First Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal
PEO
Daughters of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution
DAR
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Century Study Club
Hardin College
Pestalozzi Froebel Teachers College
Chicago
John L. Pasley
Frankfort
James N. Pasley
Little Rock
Ark
Beckley Holtman
Emily Holtman
Los Altos
Calif
Houser
W. Main St
Val Strader
Benton City Cemetery
Clergymans Mex Tech Seminar No 2 Scheduled Here Monday
The second session of the clergyman seminar will be held 8 30 a m to 12 00 noon Monday at East Central Missouri Mental Health Center Mexico. The third annual event serves clergymen in six counties and the City of Centralia with a theme Relating to Contemporary Youth and a session on Communicating with Young People led by Ray Morgan.
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East Central Missouri Mental Health Center
E. Monroe St
East Central Missouri Association For Mental Health
Audrain
Callaway
Monroe
Montgomery
Ralls and
Pike
Centralia
Ray Morgan
East Central Mon
Mexico
Paris
Fulton
Vandalla
Wellsville
Montgomery City
Ed Malzer
John Vanlandingham
Wallace Thurman
Stephen Lamping
Robert Hester
East Central Mo
State Hospital At
Richard Rummel
Fire Destroys St. Joe Stores in Downtown
In St. Joseph, two furniture stores in the urban renewal district burned Friday night. The Rockford Furniture and Carpet Co. and Liebling Furniture Co. were reduced to shells after a two hour blaze fought by ten trucks. Firemen saved the nearby St. Charles hotel, and residents were moved out. Fire Chief Lawrence Jesse could not estimate loss without inventory checks. Witnesses heard an explosion on the Rockford top floor.
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ST. Joseph, Co
St. Joseph
Rockford Furniture and Carpet, Co
Liebling Furniture Co
St. Charles Hotel
Lawrence Jesse
Rockford
Dr Taylor Leads Four Bible Study Sessions in Columbia
Dr George Oliver Taylor visiting professor of Religious Education at the Missouri School of Religion will guide four Sunday Bible study classes at First Christian Church Columbia. The first session starts Sunday at 6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall preceded by a 5 p.m. sandwich supper. Theme is Getting to Know the Bible. Open to the public.
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George Oliver Taylor
Missouri School of Religion
Columbia
First Christian Church
Fellowship Hall
Youth Leaders at First Christian Church Service
The Youth Folk Choir of the First Christian Church will lead Sunday singing with two folk hymns Here We Are and Seek and We Shall Find and the anthem Shout from the Highest Mountain. Miss Sue Ellen Godager will receive the God and Community Religious Award for Girl Scouts. Cadet Troop 270 Junior Troop 275 Brownie Troop 322 and Brownie Troop 265 will attend.
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First Christian Church
Sue Ellen Godager
Charles Godager
Yacht Crum’s Vessel Missing Near Hong Kong
The Nostromo, yacht of William J. Crum an American linked by Senate witnesses to post exchange fraud in South Vietnam, was reported missing near Hong Kong. Crew members say it disappeared three days ago and Crum’s presence aboard is unknown.
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Hong Kong
William J. Crum
Senate
South Vietnam
Crum
Austin Earl Ridgway Dies at 67 in Sturgeon
Funeral services for Austin Earl Ridgway 67 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Christian Church in Sturgeon with Rev. Jimmy Jones officiating and burial in Mt. Hotobr Cemetery. Ridgway a carpenter and farmer born May 28 1903 in Centralia died last night at Sherwood Arms Nursing Home. Survived by Pauline Stone his wife of Sturgeon a son Lowell Ridgway three daughters Fay Stone of Columbia Rose Stone and Bonnie Sandeker all of Sturgeon seven grandchildren and four brothers and three sisters. He worked for Sturgeon schools for 14 years and was a lifelong resident of the Sturgeon Hallsville area. Friends may call at Ballew funeral home tonight from 7 to 9.
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Centralia
Austin Earl Ridgway
Christian Church
Sturgeon
Jimmy Jones
Mt. Hotebr
Ridgway
Sherwood Arms
James M
Lee Clayton Ridgway
Hinton
Pauline Stone
Hallsville
Lowell Ridgway
Everett
Fay) Stone
Columbia
Dean
Rose) Stone
Kenneth
Bonnie) Sandeker
John Ridgway
Smith Kemper
James Fenton
Hedrick, Ta
O. Roberts
Ballew Funeral Home
Mrs. Watkins Rites Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur Watkins 83 of Ferguson will be Monday at White Mortuary. Former Miss Nellie Blair she died Thursday night of pneumonia. Survived by two sons Edward and David with seven grandchildren. husband died in 1965. She was sister in law of Mrs. Harley E Teague and former Martinsburg resident. Members of Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors attend.
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Arthur Watkins
Ferguson
Harley E. Teague
White Mortuary
Watkins
Martinsburg
Nellie Blair
Edward Watkins
David Watkins
Order of Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
Hospital head accuses Legal Aid of interfering treatment
Dr. Donald B. Peterson superintendent of the Missouri state hospital at Fulton charges a Legal Aid Society lawyer from St Louis with undermining patient care. He says the lawyer told patients not to talk to doctors and wrote letters guiding their actions. Legal Aid director Clyde Cahill Jr defends the lawyer as protecting patient rights amid staff overload.
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Fulton, Mo
Donald B. Peterson
State Hospital At
Fulton
Legal Aid Society
St. Louis
Peterson
Richard Boardman
Clyde S. Cahill Jr
The
Boardman
Cahill
Play On Railroad Trestle Kills Boys
Two Times Beach youths were struck and killed by a freight train on a trestle late Friday despite rescue attempts by a local resident and the highway patrol. Names reported are Scottie Richardson, 7, and Ricky Crosby, 4, sons of their respective families in west St. Louis County.
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Times Beach
Beach
Highway Patrol
West St. Louis County
Scottie Richardson
Phillip Conger
Ricky Crosby
Mexico Ledger notices and police reports outline local incidents
Mexico Missouri Ledger reports a Friday copy listing hospital admissions at Audrain Medical Center, births, marriages, police activity including an accident involving a Ledger carrier, burglaries at Stumpf's Grill, and sheriff's department warrants. It also details weather outlook, farm reports, stock quotes, and local crime notes with names and places.
Hawthorne School to makeup two Saturdays for missed days
Hawthorne School will hold makeup sessions for two missed days on March 13 and March 27. Supt L Buford Thomas said buses and lunch will operate normally with school hours from 8 30 to 2 30. George Upham Harris, 73, former NYSE governor and Harris Upham & Co retired chairman, died Friday.
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Hawthorne
L. Buford Thomas
NEW York (Ap
George Upham Harris
New York Stock Exchange
Harris, Upham & Co
Mexten Ledger Publication and Pricing Notice
The Mexten Ledger announces daily publication except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo. It lists postage details for Mexico and trade area towns priced at 2.00 per month by carrier and various yearly, semiannual, and quarterly rates by mail for Audrain and surrounding counties and all Missouri counties. Armed forces members receive a discounted rate of 1 per month. Office hours are 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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