Weather and river outlook from Ledgerland and Missouri forecast
The morning readings show a high of 69 and low of 49 in the last 24 hours with 53 degrees at 7 a.m. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with periods of showers and thunderstorms, tonight in the 50s and Sunday near 70. River levels list several stations with modest changes. hospital admissions and births noted in Audrain Medical Center daily briefings amid dismissals across multiple towns.
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Missouri
Public Safety Reports From Audrain Area Incidents
Friday reports from Public Safety and Highway Patrol detail minor vehicle damage from a parked car struck by an unknown vehicle at Audrain Medical Center, theft of a CB antenna valued at ten dollars, scratched car window at A P Green Refractories, and vandalism include firewood thrown at a home and removed fence posts across Fair Grounds Street. A lumber company break in attempt used a ladder to reach a rear window with no entry. highway patrol notes a deer collision on Highway 15 near Mexico causing moderate damage to Bobby W. Gordons car with no injuries.
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BLIC
Helen McKamey
E. Holt
Audrain Medical Center
McKamey
Russell Carson
N. Olive
Larry Peak
E. Boulevard
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Vern E. Baysinger
W. Liberty
Fairgrounds Street
Alan Coatsworth
N. Calhoun
LaCrosse Lumber Co
Lumber Company
Highway Patrol
Bobby W. Gordon
Auxvasse
Highway 15
Mexico
Magistrate Court reports multiple speeding charges
John Kevin Gallop pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 16 plus court costs. Wilbur Ed Harper of Route 2 Columbia faces charges of driving while intoxicated and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway. Michael Eugene Dye of Auxvasse is charged with speeding. Dennis Paul Wehrman of Route 1 Centralia and John Anthony Bange of Bridgeton are charged with speeding.
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John Kevin Gallop
Wilbur Ed Harper
Columbia
Michael Eugene Dye
Auxvasse
Dennis Paul Wehrman
Route 1
Centralia
John Anthony Bange
Bridgeton
Local man charged with forging check in Audrain jail hold
Curtis Berck 18 of Route 1 Centralia held in Audrain County jail on $1000 bond after information filed by the prosecuting attorney alleges he passed a counterfeit $50 check on Annie Lou Brown payable to Curtis Berck at Jay's IGA Milford Byron Miller Jr Route 1 New Florence also cited for speeding Lawrence Robert Pickett Hannibal. Probate Court appoints Betty Ann Weibel executrix of Glenn Chilton estate valued at about $90,000 with two daughters Martha Stephenson and Weibel each to inherit equally.
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Lawrence Robert Pickett
Hannibal
Curtis Berck
Route 1
Centralia
Audrain County
Berck
Annie Lou Brown
Betty Ann Weibel
Glenn Chilton
Markets In Over The Counter Trading Yesterday
The Markets in over the counter trading yesterday showed activity across equities and commodities with Cameron Bank leading notable gains as investors monitored smaller financials and energy sector moves amid evolving regulations and market liquidity concerns.
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Commerce Banc
Births show three new local babies born Friday
Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Davis of Jonesburg, arrived at 11:01 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center weighing nine pounds three ounces. Julie Renee Smart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas R. Smart Sr. of Bellflower, born 11:44 a.m. at Christian Hospital Northwest Florissant, weighed five pounds 13 ounces. Sara Elizabeth Berrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Berrey of Florissant, born 8:50 p.m. at Christian Hospital Northwest Florissant, weighed five pounds. Daniel Christopher is 14 months old.
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Charles R. Parker, Sr
Lee Eckley
Elizabeth Crockett
John Burgher
Ruby Smith
Charles M. Ball
Fammy Elizabeth Davis
Joseph T. Davis
Jonesburg
Audrain Medical Center
Davis
Montgomery Manufacturing Co
Montgomery City
Dallas R. Smart Sr
Bellflower
Julie Renee Smart
Ronald M. Berrey
Florissant
Mexico
Sara Elizabeth
Christian Hospital Northwest
Berreys
Daniel Christopher
Berrey
Mexico High School
Brown Elementary
Max Berrey
Anthony Clare
Jacksonville, Fla
R.N. Smith
Centralia
Market summaries show mixed bid data and stock closes
On the NYSE yesterday several issues traded with varied bids and asks including Mercantile Banks Corp 29/30 and Wetterau 18/18. Robbie Brooks closed at 3 and Combustion Engineering at 53 with others like Emerson Electric 24 Kaiser Aluminum 37 Panhandle 42 and Wal Mart 13. Dow Jones Friday close 928.84. Cash grain quotes from MFA and Fowles Grain Co list soybeans 8.36 wheat 2.40 corn 2.40 milo 3.60 with slight variances in other quotes.
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Mercantile Banks Corp
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
US Gypsum
Wal-Mart
Dow Jones
MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonta
Mrs. Clara Willingham Services Today
Funeral services for 81 year old Clara Marie Willingham of Santa Fe were held at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Marvin Jones of Friendship Baptist Church officiating. Pallbearers included Kenneth Willingham Donald Willingham Derald Willingham Rodney Willingham Jim Means and Larry Young. Honorary pallbearers were grandsons Jimmie Jack Danny Gary David Willingham and Robert Young. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Santa Fe
Arnold Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Kenneth
Donald
Derald
Rodney Willingham
Jim Means
Larry Young
Jimmie
Jack
Danny
Gary
David Willingham
Robert Young
Police Don't Want 3 Snakes In Box At Nightclub
Peter Meitzler found a left on the jukebox wooden box containing a 2 foot diamondback rattlesnake a 6 foot rat snake and a 4 foot cottonmouth at his Chicago nightclub The snakes were turned over to the Anti Cruelty Society which placed them in a zoo The police avoided handling the box.
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Chicago
Peter Meitzler
Meitzler
Anti- Cruelty Society
Limonn Park Zoo
Ledger coverage on school formula and local memories
Officials discuss the Ledger story on the new school formula explained by Bob Napier. Forest Sears returns from Brownsville with his wife. an Ontario man introduced himself as Sears. Rotary notes Frank Park’s speech on death. An airplane incident near Butler Manufacturing is reviewed. Rooster memory recalled by Dr William Sawyer prompts contact for its return.
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Ledger
Bob Napier
Forest Sears
Brownsville
Texas
Forest
Ontario
Sears
Frank Park
Hawthorne Heights
Butler Manufacturing Co
Kansas City
Butler Board
Bob White
The
Wiley Talley
Clyde Hollingsworth
William Sawyer
Monroe Street
Highway 15
Sawyer
Passerby Saves Eight From Fire In Kansas City
A passerby, Denny Shepard, rescued eight Vietnamese children from a burning near-south Kansas City house. He guided them to safety through a glass panel, then returned to find three more asleep on the second floor and carried them out. Children were housed at police youth unit before being released to parents. Le Paham, owner of the house, explained family details and where the children usually stay.
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Kansas City
Denny Shepard
Shepard
le Paham
Paham
Five Mexico FFA Youths Awarded State Farmer Degrees
Five Mexico FFA members will receive State Farmer degrees April 22 at the Missouri FFA convention. Named are Bill Sonwalt Terry Littrell Steve Hobbs Bernard Fennewald and Bill Wilson, all from Mexico and sons of local families. They join about 480 others statewide. Local chapters submitted 769 degree applications reflecting strong grain and livestock projects and well planned supervised farming programs. Sonwalt serves as FFA reporter and Area 5 sentinel, Littrell is vice president, Hobbs and Fennewald head local committees, Wilson is treasurer and exchange student host for Holland.
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Mexico
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Columbia
Bill Sonwalt
John Sonwalt
Terry Littrell
Harold Littrell
Steve Hobbs
Dean Hobbs
Bernard Fennewald
Hubert Fennewald
Bill Wilson
Charles G. Wilson
Missouri
Area 5
Bernard ‘Fennewald
Holland
Women Marines Begin Combat Training for First Time
Lt Gayle Hanley and 21 other female officers are the first women in the Marine Corps to undergo combat training at Quantico. The 22 second lieutenants, training since January 8 in patrolling, amphibious operations, terrain use, and weapons, will mostly assume support roles and are not expected to face front-line combat.
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Quantico
Gayle Hanley
Quantico Marine Base
Pieter Hogaboom
Barbara Dolyak
Edward M. Mockler
Jannie Loftis
Ceres
Calif
Screening Shows 58 Referred For Further Testing
Richardson Hall Title 6 staff screened 243 children with 50 asked to return for more testing. Most children perform adequately in most areas but may struggle in one or two. Screening aims to identify developmental delays that could affect school success.
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Title 6
Richardson Hall
Mary Fagiolo
Kris Craddock
Lost Leonardo Da Vinci Mural Allegedly Found In Florence
University art expert Henry Travers Newton and Maurizio Seracini claim a hidden wall in Palazzo Vecchio hides Leonardo da Vinci's unfinished Battle of Anghiari. They drilled into the wall, finding plaster with oil and pitch samples beneath a later Vasari mural from 1563 to 1578, suggesting a painting may lie underneath.
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University of California
Leonardo da Vinci
Florence
Henry Travers Newton
Leonardo
Anghiari
Los Angeles Times
Newton
Palazzo Vecchio
Giorgio Vasari
Vasari
Maurizio Seracini
Birmingham police seek $1 million grant to hunt killer
Birmingham police ask the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration for a $1 million grant as a 200-detective task force from about 50 agencies probes the abductions and slayings of Timothy King and three other Oakland County children. A new suspect sketch is released amid renewed efforts to locate the killer.
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Mich
Timothy King
Oakland County
Rollin J. Tobin
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Tobin
Timothy
Holy Name Church
Oakland
Johannes Spreen
KC Teachers Resume Talks After Walkout
Striking Kansas City teachers ended the first walkout week with a delayed day and brief bargaining session. Talks resume after a four-negotiator walkout, no impasse declared. Court hearing delayed for a temporary injunction. Police to post at 92 schools to avoid clashes. District warns teachers to return or face firing. Southwest High students petition City Council to compel a return. District faces potential loss of state aid amid Missouri House bills. About 51,000 students idle. decisions on reopening await outcomes.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Lewis W. Clymer
Southwest High School
John Brooks
Southwest
Missouri House
Leon Brownfield
Jefferson City
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