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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1976

Page

11

Weather and river figures briefed for Ledgerland area

Official morning readings show last 24 hours high 55 and low 30 with 7 am temp 30. Forecast calls for light rain ending tonight in Ledgerland, cooler conditions with northwest winds. Missouri notes rain spreading across the state with mixed precipitation possible in the north and temperatures in the 40s to 60s. Lake levels at Ozarks and other rivers listed, with several towns reporting admissions and births, plus dismissals from local hospitals.

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Deaths marriages and public safety notes in Montgomery County

The Daily Record lists deaths including Miss Winnie D Jones and Mrs Barbara Brown, plus a marriage license application for Jimmy LeRoy Shuck and Sandra Louise Chase in Centralia. Public safety notes report shooting near Mexico High School, theft of lumber and a lawn mower, elementary school vandalism, and multiple court actions for speeding and other offenses across Montgomery County.

Winnie D. Jones Barbara Brown Harry Ford Harvey Davis Jimmy LeRoy Shuck Sandra Louise Chase Centralia Public Safety Bruce David Anderson Mexico High School Loyd Wilson Howell Manor Kentucky Wilson Highway 15 Mexico Eddie Lynn Harrison

Market Reports from National Stockyards and New York

Hogs and cattle prices mute early gains with varied quotes in National Stockyards markets. In New York, the Dow climbs 9.21 to 982.13 as fears of tighter credit ease. Owens-Illinois active but slips to 55 1/4 after a large block trade. Also notes a Santa Fe couple welcoming a daughter at Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds fourteen ounces.

New York New York Stock Exchange Federal Reserve Fed Owens Illinois NYSE American Stock Exchange Dennis Smith Santa Fe Audrain Medical Center Smith Central Stone Curryville

Deaths Sturgeon Davis 75 Dies. Services Held in Sturgeon

Harvey Davis a 75 year old retired farmer of Route 1 Harrisburg died Saturday at Community Memorial Hospital in Moberly after a lengthy illness. Funeral services at Fenton Funeral Home Sturgeon were led by Pastor Wayne Nazarenus of Sunnydale SDA Church with burial at Rigby Cemetery. He is survived by wife Marguerite, two nephews, and was predeceased by infant daughter and two brothers.

Sturgeon Harvey Davis Rte Harrisburg Community Memorial Hospital Moberly Fenton Funeral Home Wayne Nazarenus Sunnydale Ike Latimer Mr. Davis Boone County Newton M Laura Burnain Davis Marguerite Wallace Leslie R. Davis Ann Arbor Mich Howard G. Davis Perry Iowa Nina Elizabeth Ollie Omer Edward Davis

Mrs. Harry Ford Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Julia Ford will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg. The 79-year-old Fortstell resident, formerly of High Hill, died Saturday at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles. Born March 8, 1897 in St. Louis, she was the foster daughter of John and Mary Burden. She married Harry Ford in 1934. he died February 14, 1966. Surviving are two sons Earl Brown and Leonard Ford, a daughter Ellen Adams, plus many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at High Hill.

Jonesburg Harding Harry Julia) Ford Fortstell High Hill Ford St. Joseph Hospital St. Charles St. Louis John Mary Burden Harry Ford

Miss Audrain County Pageant winner wins crown

The article covers Miss Lent crowned Miss Audrain County 1978 after a pageant including swimsuit, talent, evening gown and interview segments. It lists fellow competitors from Mexico and Vandalia, notes judges and sponsors, and references prior musical and pageant experience of Lent.

Van-Far High School Vandalia Central Missouri State University Wesley Treu First Baptist Church Lent Audrain Cynthia A. Enslen William R. Englen Mexico Vickie L. Earle Kenneth Earle Tonette L. Smallwood Tyrone George Joan E. Baiser Douglas P. Baiser Gena L. Mulnix Gene Mulnix Thompson

Russia Ships Arms to Mozambique Amid Rhodesia Tensions

U S intelligence says two Soviet ships unloaded T34 and T54 tanks and rocket launchers at Beira with three more en route. Cuba and Soviet aid shift toward Rhodesian black nationalist efforts as Mozambican leader Machel declares war on Rhodesia. Separate birth notice notes Ray N White and wife Wellsvilleparents of a healthy baby weighing seven pounds six ounces at Audrain Medical Center.

Washington Russia Mozambique Rhodesia U.S Beira Africa Angola Mozambique Torain Samora Machel Pretoria South Africa Ray N. White Wellsville Audrain Medical Center White Beacon Shoe Factory Jonesburg

Band Concert Is Tomorrow By Mexico Junior High Band

The eighth grade band at Mexico Junior High School will present its fourth annual winter concert in the school gym at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Robert Murta directs. The program features This Is My Country Monolith and other arrangements with solos and full ensemble pieces. The public is invited and admission is free.

Mexico Junior High School Robert Murta McLin Leland Forschlad Lloyd Conley A. R. Piato Fritz Spindler Andrew Balent Rimsky-Korsakov Frank D. Cofield Fucik Bill Bailey Black Forest Horst Jankowski Art James Ployhar Teresa Albus Lisa Broeker Amy Brokken Jill Curry Diane Graue Cheryl Griffin Susan Hodge Meg Jones Amy Lederle Katherine Merritt Judy Meyers Tony O’conner Carrie Roberts Blair Wilson

MU Curator Pictured Congratulating Missouri Coach

Pleasant Smith of Mexico was pictured in Sundays edition of the Columbia Missourian congratulating Tiger coach Norm Stewart on Missouri's Big Fight basketball championship. Smith was among over 8,000 fans plus a regional TV audience who saw MU clinch the title Saturday with a win over Colorado.

Pleasant Smith Mexico Columbia Missourian Norm Stewart Missouri Smith Colorado

Cambodia enters radical revolution says Swedish envoy

Stockholm's Kaj Bjoerk reports Cambodia is pursuing a sweeping social and political overhaul more radical than China or Russia. He describes government owned land, absence of money, limited communications, and Phnom Penh as an abandoned city with 100000 to 200000 residents after the Khmer Rouge victory. Refugees flee across the border as land mine injuries are confirmed.

Stockholm Sweden Cambodia China Russia Peking Kaj Bjoerk Phnom Penh Dagens Nyheter Bjoerk Soviet Union North Korea Khmer Rouge Thai Interior Ministry Thailand Surin

Congressional Committees To Be Busy This Week

Congress faces action on reforming the Federal Election Commission and extending Social Security taxes for higher earners. House and Senate panels weigh changes to campaign rules, and Ethics probes into a leaked intelligence report loom. Morocco and Mauritania sever ties with Algeria over Western Sahara, while corrections adjust a local obituary family's details.

Washington Secial Security Federal Election Commissions House Intelligence House Administration Committee Wayne L. Hays Ohio Federal Election Commission Supreme Court Commission Congress Senate Senate Public Works Committee Ford Ways and Means Committee House Ethics Committee House Intelligence Committee CBS Daniel Sehorr Village Voice New York House Administration

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