Weather and lake levels this morning across Missouri and region
At 7:00 a.m. temperatures stood at 32 with 34 high and 31 low in last 24 hours. Forecast calls for rain or snow ending tonight and colder air, clearing Tuesday with mid 40s. River stages listed for St. Louis and Kansas City. Lake of the Ozarks at 654.4 and other lakes with above or below normal levels. Admissions, dismissals, and deaths noted from Audrain Medical Center and local public safety reports. Missouri livestock market results and national grain and futures prices update included.
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Dems Fill Hannibal Event With Record Crowd
About 900 Democrats packed Missouri Democrat Days in Hannibal over the weekend, the largest turnout in five years. Sen. Dale Bumpers praised Missouri colleagues and highlighted five hopefuls for Symington's Senate seat. Candidate rivals James Symington, Jerry Litton, Warren Hearnes, and Russell Millin attended, with Charles Wheeler confirming a bid for April 19. Also named were temporary members of platform, rules, and credentials committees for the national convention.
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Hannibal
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Thomas F. Eagleton
Symington
U.S
James
John H. Poelker
St. Louis
Jackson County
Charles Curry
Bobbie Lurie
Springfield
Marilyn Melguard
St. Louis County
William Hungate
Troy
Alice Fairfax
Sedalia
Jim Murphy
Orchid Jordan
Kansas City
Raymond Howard
Dale Morgan
St. Joseph
Rita Herron
Jefferson City
Pauline Young
Cape Girardeau
Oklahoma couple welcome son Mack Hayward Danser
Mr and Mrs Lee Danser of Oklahoma City Oklahoma announce the birth of their son Mack Hayward born Friday in Oklahoma City. He weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces. The Dansers also have a daughter Susan aged 3. Mr Danser a teacher at Oklahoma City University is the son of Mr and Mrs James Danser of Mexico.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mack Hayward
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Susan
Danser
Oklahoma City University
James Danser
Mexico
Son for Olivers weighs seven pounds ten ounces
Mr and Mrs Robert E Oliver of Wellsville are parents of a son born Saturday at 1115 am at Audrain Medical Center. The infant weighs seven pounds ten ounces. Mr Oliver works for Wellsville Firebrick Company in Wellsville.
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Robert E. Oliver
Wellsville
Audrain Medical Center
Oliver
Wellsville Firebrick Company
Market Drops Sharply As Profit Taking Continues
New York stocks fell further as profit taking deepened after Friday's decline. The Dow dropped to 977.33 by noon, with losers outpacing gainers two to one on the NYSE. American Telephone and Telegraph led activity, down 4, as volume slowed from Friday.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone & Telegraph
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American Stock Exchange
Strikers Dim Glories of Las Vegas
In Las Vegas the Culinary Workers Union strike against 15 Strip hotels enters its fourth day as 12 sites remain closed. A proposed lockout clause by Nevada Resort Association would bar cross-picketing and halt talks, prompting union leaders to demand removal before negotiations resume.
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Jeff McColl
CWU
Nevada
Frank Bruns
United Airlines
Dick Rhoades
Leff
Thunderbird
Sahara
MGM Grand
Howard Hughes
Caesars Palace
Circus Circus
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Dunes
Patrol Arrests Rise 27 Percent in Missouri
Jefferson City AP report shows Missouri Highway Patrol made 273,493 arrests last year, up 27 percent from the prior year. Nearly 98 percent were for motor vehicle violations, with remaining arrests in criminal misdemeanor and felony categories.
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Missouri Highway Patrol
AuxvasseYouth Randall Gilman dies after selfinflicted wound
Randall Dean Gilman 23 died Sunday at University Medical Center in Columbia after a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was found in his pickup near his Auxvasse home, hospitalized after the incident, with the weapon noted as a .22 caliber rifle. Funeral services are 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Maupin Funeral Home Fulton, burial in Auxvasse Cemetery. He was born March 2, 1953 in Mexico, married to Chris Fennewald since 1972, worked at A P Green Refractories in Mexico. Survivors include wife two children his parents and eight siblings plus two grandmothers.
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Randall Dean Gilman
Route 1
University Medical Center
Columbia
Callaway County
Ted Salmons
Gilman
Maupin
Fulton
Carl Swiney
Mexico
James Lee
Ruth Marquette Gilman
Chris Fennewald
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Jamie
Angela
Richard
Gary
Sandra
Cindy
Jennifer
Kathy Branson
Junior Biggs
Ed Marquette
Hatton Area Farmer H C Ferguson Dies at 89
Hillary Clyde Ferguson 89 of Route 3 Centralia died Sunday at Audrain Medical Center Mexico after two months as patient. Retired farmer and noted stock and horseman. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Hatton with burial in the church graveyard. Memorials to Pleasant Grove Cemetery fund. Survived by wife Virginia Wingo Ferguson, three children, one brother, three sisters, seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren.
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Virginia
William Byrd
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Virginia Wingo
Earnest E. Ferguson
John
Lorne) Davidson
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Margaret) Jones
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Roanoke
Rufus
Lara} Foutz
Vinton Va
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Hester) Stephens
Finis
Corynne) Boulware
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HE. T
Ned) Ferguson
Ferguson
Pleasant Grove
Mollie Cole Dies Today in New Florence Rites Pending
Mrs Mollie Cole 4 of Mineola died this morning at Columbia Gardens Nursing Home in Columbia. A Montgomery County lifelong resident born Sept 26 1881 to James and Susan Sullivan she married Edward M Cole in 1910. Survived by son Robert F Cole and daughter Sue Gander with many grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at Baker Funeral Home New Florence.
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Services Held For Mrs. Lillie E. Shoup
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie E. Shoup 81 of Lad donia Route 2 were conducted Sunday afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Petree and Rev. John Blass officiating. Organist Sally Maxwell accompanied vocalist Carol Richardson. Pallbearers included Fielder Bigelow Gene Doebelin Bill Doebelin Martin Lee Maxwell Fred Pasley and Wallace Stanford. Burial followed in Laddonia Cemetery.
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Laddonia
Rte. 2
Arnold Funeral Home
Tom Petree
Rush Hill
John Blass
Sally Maxwell
Carol Richardson
Fielder Bigelow
Gene Doebelin
Bill Doebelin
Martin Lee Maxwell
Fred Pasley
Wallace Stanford
Laddonia Cemetery
Mrs. Morgan Rites This Afternoon
Hazel Morgan age 69 of 419 West Orange Mexico died recently and her funeral was held at Arnold Funeral Home this afternoon. The Rev Richard Wohlers of St John Lutheran Church presided with organist Mrs John Willer. Pallbearers were Ervin Hoffman John Owens Courtney Trammel Jake Trammel and George Gieseker. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Hazel) Morgan
W. Orange
Mexico
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
John Willer
Ervin Hoffman
John Owens
Courtney Trammel
Jake Trammel
George Gieseker
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Claud Turner Services Held at Fenton Funeral Chapel
Services for Claud Turner were held Sunday at the Fenton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Tipton officiating. Burial followed at Glendale Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers included Clifford Powell Leo Smoot Howard Buck Jerry Woodruff Mark Woodruff Billy Earl Trussell and Chester Chase.
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Claud Turner
Fenton
Kenneth Tipton
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Clifford Powell
Leo
Bar Smoot
Howard Buck
Jerry
Mark Woodruff
Billy Earl Trussell
Chester Chase
Mrs Anna Stanek Dies At 89 In Missouri
Mrs Anna Folta Stanek aged 89 of Laddonia formerly rural Wellsville died at her brother John Folta s home in Laddonia at 10 am Wednesday. Funeral at St Joseph Catholic Church Martinsburg with burial there. She was born April 1886 at Farber to Frank and Mary Folta and survived by siblings Mary Domazlicky John Folta and Albert Folta Sr with several nieces and nephews.
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Wellsville
Anna Folta Stanek
Laddonia
John Folta
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Martinsburg
John Walsh
St. Joseph
Myers Funeral Home
Stanek
Farber
Frank
Mary Hrdina Folta
Henry Edward Stanek
Albert Folta Sr
Wellville
Mary Domazlicky
Services Today For Mrs Wright at Fenton Chapel
Mrs Pauline Wright’s services were held at 11 a.m. at the Fenton Funeral Chapel with Rev Kenneth Tipton officiating. Organist Mrs Carl Yager and vocalist Mrs Vaughn Coe performed. Graveside rites followed at 2 p.m. in Tuscumbia Cemetery.
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Centralia
Pauline Wright
Fenton
Kenneth Tipton
Carl Yager
Vaughn Coe
Tuscumbia
Ledger sports editor elected MWSSA secretary treasurer
Jim Stanley was chosen secretary treasurer of the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association at the all state basketball meeting in Columbia. The association selects all district and all state teams in high school football and basketball and conducts polls in both sports. A reader, Jack Hendricks of Montgomery City Route 1, requests a one half cup sugar addition to the Old Fashioned Molasses Cake recipe from this year’s recipe edition.
Science Fair Opens at Mexico Junior High Tomorrow
Approximately 30 junior high projects will be entered as seventh and eighth graders compete for first to third place rib bons across 11 categories such as Biochemistry Chemistry and Engineering. Judging runs 3:15 to 4:20 p.m. with the display open 4:30 to 5 p.m. Sponsored by Jim Van Schyndel Dan Pitts and Paul Day.
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Jim van Schyndel
Dan Pitts
Paul Day
CIA reports Israel holds 10 to 20 nuclear weapons
CIA officials estimate Israel has 10 to 20 nuclear weapons ready for use, per The Washington Post. The briefing also described the Soviet space program as a shambles after multiple booster failures and stalled plans for manned lunar landings.
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US Maritime Subsidy Is Boon To Russians
Washington AP reports U S grain shipments to the Soviet Union will cost taxpayers about 80 million dollars in subsidies for ship operators and workers. The Maritime Administration says total 1977 subsidies reach 403.7 million, with 53.4 million for Soviet sales, tied to protecting costs above shipping rates and to lenient wage and regulation costs for U S seamen.
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Soviet Union
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Motherly Youth Killed In Stolen Car
Six people died in Missouri traffic accidents over the weekend from Friday evening to Sunday. Steven Hansen of Blair Nebraska died in Bridgeton when the car struck a light standard. Gene Lee Conklin of Moberly, 17, perished in a stolen car crash along U S 63. Edward Williams of Norfolk Virginia, 53, died near Stockton in a one car mishap. Alfred DeWade, 51, of St Louis County was hit by a panel truck at his home. William Dobson, 30, of Mineral Point died in a one vehicle crash near Antonio. Thomas Wray Jr., 19, of St Louis died in a head on crash Friday night.
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Steven Hansen
Blair
Neb
St. Louis County
Bridgeton
Gene Lee Conklin
Moberly
U.S. 63
Edward Williams
Norfolk
Stockton
Alfred DeWade
St. Louis
William Dobson
Mineral Point
Antonio
Thomas Wray Jr
Expectant Parent Classes To Start In Audrain County
Expectant Parent classes begin Tuesday at the Stribling House, run by the Audrain City County Health Unit. Pre register at 581 1332. Bring a blanket and two pillows. The $15 fee can be waived for those unable to pay.
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Stribling House
Audrain City- County
18-Hour Jury Not Long Enough In Zebra Murder Case
In San Francisco four Black Muslims were convicted of first degree murder and related counts in the Zebra attacks that terrorized whites between October 1973 and April 1974. The defense complains the 18 hour deliberation was too short and plans a new trial.
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Death Angels
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San Francisco Superior Court
Joseph Karesh
San Francisco Chronicle
J.C. Simon
Larry C. Green
Manuel Moore
Jessie Lee Cooks
Anthony Harris
Landon Smith Dies In Texas
Former Audrain County resident Landon Smith died in Texas on February 21 at about 72. Born and raised in the area, he graduated from Mexico High School and was the brother of Mrs. George D. Goetzke of San Benito. His parents, the late Judge and Mrs. Billy Smith, were longtime Audrain County residents. Services and burial were in Texas. Busby Berkeley, Dance Director, Dies at 80 in Palm Springs AP report notes his films including 42nd Street and For Me and My Gal.
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Mexico High School
George D. Goetzke
San Benito
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Audrain County
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Palm Springs
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My Gal
Soviet Envoy Hurt in Fatal Wreck Near Glen Cove
United Nations Ambassador Jacob A Malik of the Soviet Union was injured and his wife Valentina hospitalized after a car crash in Nassau County. One person died, four others admitted, including bystanders and the driver Harriet Kerley in critical condition. Rose Marie Sowinski died after admission. her daughter Sarah, 16, was in satisfactory condition.
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Vasiliy Orlov
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State Tax Man Here Wednesday
A Missouri Department of Revenue representative will be at the Mexico courth ouse on the fourth floor Veterans Affairs office from 9 am to 4 pm on Wednesday to help taxpayers with state return procedures. He will return on March 31 and April 14. Bring completed federal income tax returns and W2 forms to receive guidance, and seniors needing tax credit help should bring county and city property tax receipts or state rent certification.
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Missouri Department of Revenue
Mexico
Veterans Affairs Office
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