Weather summary and lake levels for Missouri and Kansas City region
Official 2:00 a.m. readings show last four hours high 66, low 49, 7 a.m. 52, today high 39 low 20. Month to date 2.97 in, year to date 5.02 in. LedgerlandForecast: west winds 10-15 mph tonight, low 40s, clearing. Thursday high 60s to near 70, 20% precip. Missouri: increasing cloudiness, storms possible today, then storm activity tapering. highs around 70, lows near 40, Thursday partly cloudy, extended into showery periods Friday to Sunday. Lake indices at various dams show mixed departures from normal. St Louis and Kansas City river/stage readings listed. Admissions and discharges reported from Audrain Medical Center followed by a long list of patient and staff names and recent births and dismissals.
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Died and public safety notes from The Daily Record
Obituaries list Ralph L. Crews Esther C. Bentley William G. Fuchs and others. Public Safety notes include Keith D. Gier cited after a two-vehicle crash at N Western and Robinson with minor damage to the Oser car. Details cover highway patrol incidents, magistrate court actions, and local court filings.
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Market Reports Stock Market Over The Counter And NYSE Activity
Market activity shows Commerce Bancs bid 19 percent asked 20 Mercantile Bank 2644 bid 27 asked Wetterau 15 bid 16 asked on over the counter. On the NYSE Robbie Brooks 5 percent up 5500 shares traded Combustion Eng 48 up 1 14500 Dresser Ind 77 up 242 41100 Emerson Electric 37 Ya 60500 Interco 44 down Kaiser Aluminum 21 up Panhandle Eastern 34 down 4 5100 Ralston Purina 485 up 4 17800 US Gypsum common 23 up US Gypsum preferred 27 down Ya 800 Wal Mart 15 up 4200 Dow Jones Tue close 995 43. Market up pace lifts Dow through 1000 level again. Nasdaq varied in early session as gainers outnumber losers.
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Mexico School Board to Fill Administrative Post Tonight
The Mexico School Board, amid interviews for a new principal at Mexico Junior High, plans to fill another administrative vacancy after tonight’s regular meeting. The agenda includes resignation, April 6 election preparations, voter and poll worker appointments, tax levy, budget, and the teacher salary schedule. A report on the high school reevaluation by Dr. A W Sturges is also listed.
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Mexico Junior High
Dave Hart
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A.W. Sturges
Anheuser-Busch Plants Resume Beer Production
Anheuser-Busch, using supervisory and salaried staff, has resumed draft, canned, and bottled beer production at all nine breweries. The move, described as protective in a competitive industry, follows a strike by a Teamsters-affiliated bottlers union since March 1, prompting a call for a Boycott Budweiser from the union’s chief negotiator.
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Island Commissioner Quits Under Fire
Edward E. Johnston resigns as high commissioner of the U S Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands effective July 1 after a critical Interior Department report cites poor management and alleged misuse of funds. Johnston, 58, formerly Hawaii Republican Party chairman, will join the Pacific Area Travel Association.
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Deaths Farber Raymond Britton 38 at Vandalia hospital
Raymond Britton 38 of Farber died Monday at University Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Church Vandalia with burial in Farber Cemetery. Rosary tonight at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia. Born Dec 9 1937 in Farber he was a son of Alden Britton and the late Robert Britton. He worked at North American Refractories. Surviving: mother Farber. son Randy. daughters Jean and Kay of Truxton. brother Floyd Britton Farber. sister Margie Dubbert Martinsburg.
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Robert Shelton Britton
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Jean
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Truxton
Floyd Britton
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Margie) Dubbert
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William G. Fuchs Dies At 78 In Wellsville
William G. Fuchs 78, of Bellflower, died early today at Audrain Medical Center. Born Feb 17, 1898 in St Louis to John G and Mary Kupperschmidt Fuchs. He married Anna Varble who died June 15, 1973. Survived by sister Mary Schausin of Westphalia. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Myers Funeral Home Wellsville with burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
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Mary Schausin
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Earl T. Smith 76 of Paris Dies Tuesday
Earl Tyler Smith, 76, of Paris, died Tuesday at Woodland Hospital in Moberly after years of declining health. A retired farmer, he was born November 11, 1899 in Monroe County. Services Thursday at Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. John Henry Vanlandingham. Burial Walnut Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Opal Adams. son Raymond of Paris. daughters Jimmie Dye of Paris and Bernice Miller of Linn. nine grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers Earl Tawney and Oren Wilson.
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J.W. Kendrick
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Mr. Smith
Bor
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William A
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Hannibal
Opal Adams
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Jimmie
Rilla) Dye
Charles
Bernice) Miller
Linn
Swoboda Resigns As Juvenile Deputy
Cyril A. Swoboda, deputy juvenile officer for the 12th judicial circuit, resigns to enter trucking. The circuit covers Audrain, Montgomery and Warren Counties with offices in Mexico and Montgomery County. Mickey V. Young will succeed him effective April 1 after a Southeast Missouri State University social work degree.
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Mrs. Esther Bentley Dies at 90 in Auxvasse
Esther C. Bentley 90 of Auxvasse died Tuesday at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. Funeral Thursday at Maupin Funeral Home with burial in Auxvasse Cemetery. She was born May 4, 1885 in Glasgow, daughter of Sam F. Wells and Elizabeth Crop Wells. Survived by son Sam Bentley of Mexico, granddaughter Connie Ireland of Kansas City, grandson Bob Bentley of Fulton, brother Leo Wells of Texas, and three great grandchildren. Husband George L. Bentley preceded her in death Oct 27, 1968.
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Fulton
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Texas
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Moberly Man Arrested For School Vandalism
Keith Woodin, 20, of Moberly, was arrested east of Moberly on a warrants from Audrain County charging two counts of malicious destruction. Prosecutors say he damaged Sunnydale Academy near Centerville on March 13 by destroying grass and kicking a door, breaking a deadbolt and knocking down a mailbox. He is released on $300 bond and due in magistrate court March 29.
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Moberly
Randolph County
Orville Price
Audrain County
Thomas I. Osborne
Woodin
Sunnydale Academy
Centralia
First Child born to Walters family in Benton City
Mr and Mrs Thomas W Walters of Benton City welcome their first child Alesha Dawn Walters born Tuesday at 617 am in Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds 11 ounces Grandparents are Richard Gish 1415 N Clark and Jane Henderson of Benton City Father employed at Thompson Body Shop near Mexico
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United Nations debates blame Israel for West Bank unrest
United States joins nonaligned members in drafting a UN Security Council resolution faulting Israel for Arab unrest on the West Bank. Scranton says U.S. stance respects Geneva rules on settlement resettlement, while Maariv notes an open rift with Israel. A Palestinian boy’s death is reported amid nightly riots.
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Kissinger Turkey talks page continuation on Cyprus and aid
Negotiations to resume US intelligence facilities in Turkey near completion. Key issues remain, including US aid package size beyond the current 200 million dollars. Kissinger and Caglayangil arrive amid Cyprus tensions and shifting Turkish Soviet ties with a Moscow financed steel mill.
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Carter Extends Lead In Early Primaries Despite Gains Elsewhere
Carter racks up his fifth victory in six early Democratic primaries as Reagan leads GOP with 101,448 votes and 28 delegates in Kansas City. Wallace and Udall battle for secondary support while Jackson and Harris trail. Carter campaigns toward Wisconsin and April 6 primary amid national speech plans.
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Budget vote locks in 1977 state funds amid mental health dispute
The Missouri Senate approved a $130 million budget for the 1977 fiscal year, with about half of the total coming from general revenue. A proposed increase for four state school hospitals to qualify for federal Medicaid reimbursements was defeated after opposition argued it would raise taxes and add staff. Senator John Schneider argued the Medicaid funds would cover 45 percent of hospital operating costs and urged federal eligibility.
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Court Ponders Missouri Abortion Law
The Supreme Court weighs whether states can curb the 1973 right to abortion. Massachusetts and Missouri laws on parental and spousal consent for minors are challenged. Attorneys defend state regulations while arguing patient physician consultation remains essential. The court did not rule.
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