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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1976

Page

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Weather Summary and Local Public Safety Briefs

Local readings show 24 hour high 74 and low 36 with 7 am at 39. Missouri forecast mostly sunny today with upper 50s to lower 60s. cool tonight and Sunday. Extended outlook through Wednesday calls for possible thunder showers and warm Monday, then cooler midweek. Public safety reports include a blue Ford pickup fleeing after a collision on E Liberty at 9:38 p.m. Friday, a window break at MFA Service Station, theft of a handyman radio from a car, bank window damage, shotgun taken near Pollock Road, and marriage license applications for David Whitehead and Calista Maupin.

Missouri S. Missouri Public Safety Milton Ray Meeks Meeks E. Liberty Hardee Mary Alten S. Alabama Audrain Joe Hatfield MFA Highway Jim Hoffman Kent Toad John Buckner Commerce Bank BB Otis Thompson Pollock Road David Lee Whitehead Wellsville Calista Ann Maupin Montgomery City

Obituary notes and local incidents in The Daily Record

Obituaries list Mrs Ed C Offutt aged 90 Alva D Simpson 80 Mrs Helen M Woodson 77 Mrs W J Jarman and Mrs Hazel Summers 66 plus Mrs Calvin L Hauer 49. Fire officials battled a dryer fire at A P Green Refractories Co with no damage. Highway patrol reports multiple accidents on Highway 22 and 19 near Mexico Montgomery City and Farber with injuries and one driver cited for careless driving. A baby boy born at Audrain Medical Center to Mr and Mrs John Warren Needles. Local court notes include James E Gallop pleading guilty to common assault and Oliver Blakely charged with fishing with more than three unlabeled poles. Also traffic note correcting Bobby Gene Davis listing. Market prices: soybeans 4.49, wheat 3.20, corn 2.54, milo 4.00. Prices at MFA and Fowles Grain Co.

Audrain Medical Center Herbert R. Blades Helen J. Stuart Rose M. Heim E. L. Griffith William Gardner Roy W. Maser James M. Chrystal William H. Powell Mexico Floy A. Farrell Bowling Green Ben R. Wilson Ryan T. Yund Henry C. Powers Centralia John A. Darling Clark Walter Atterberry Rhineland Josie Alyce Duffen Benton City Lois M. Elzea Robert Vaughn Jr Vandalia Thomas L. Hull Farber Karen M. Hinton New Florence Cory A. Shafer Auxvasse George A. Brown Madison Water A. Gordon Sturgeon Melissa Gentry Montgomery City Bennie L. Bradley Harold L. Gregg Paris Robert D. Pace John Warren Needles Clarence Kempker Louis Bertrand James Kerr Flora Marshall John Rickard Adolph Ogar A. W. Meine Kenneth Johnson Marilyn Sweezer Joe Howdeshell Rebecca Forster Anderson Mitchell Leslie Thomas Essie Ellis Laddonia Lisa Shuck Marcy Creel Estelle Smith Donald Adams Bellflower John Donovan Otis Lemasters Willard Harlan Wellsville Henry Schroer Sheila Smith Don Cooper Harley Harmon Thomas Walters Ed C Ona) Offutt Alva D. Simpson Helen M. Woodson W. J. Jarman Hazel E. Summers Calvin L. Hauer Highway Highway 19 Leona Black Columbia Carl Porter James S. Allen Allen Floy Farrell Farrell Gistrate James E. Gallop Bonnie Coleman Picador East Liberty Street Oliver Eugene Blakely Bobby Gene Davis Louisiana Kentucky MFA Fowles Grain Co

Boy for Greggs born in Audrain Medical Center

Mr and Mrs Harold L Gregg of Paris are the parents of a son weighing three pounds eleven ounces born today at 5 20 am at Audrain Medical Center The father is employed by A B Chance Co in Centralia

John Warren Needles Sturgeon Audrain Medical Center Needles Dakota Banking Service Harold L. Gregg Paris Gregg A. B. Chance Co Centralia

Pact Reinstates U S Military Foothold in Turkey

Washington reports that the United States and Turkey reached a new pact to restore a U S military foothold on Turkey s Soviet border. Secretary Kissinger and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahsan Caglayangil signed the agreement after three days of talks, calling it a new era in bilateral cooperation.

Washington Congress Turkey U.S Henry A. Kissinger Ahsan Caglayangil Ald Kissinger

Fighting Rages On In Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon AP report describes savage house to house fighting as leftist Moslem armies vow to continue civil war until Christian President Suleiman Franjieh resigns unconditionally. Police describe a day of armed madness with hand to hand combat and escalating war in Beirut and across Lebanon.

Beirut Lebanon Suleiman Franjieh

Part Of Washingtons Subway Opens In 1976 Milestone

Washington's long delayed subway finally opens with 4.6 miles of track from Capitol Hill to the business district. Regular service starts Monday, fares at 55 cents peak and 40 cents off peak, with 13 more miles due by Jan. 1, 1977. Total project cost seen around 4.65 billion dollars amid delays, fires, and labor disputes. construction involved thousands of workers and aimed to integrate with buses and autos.

Washington James K. Taylor Treasury Department Washington, D.C Taylor Metrorail Capitol Hill National Airport Virginia

Over the Counter and NYSE Stock Movers Yesterday

Commerce Banc shares bid 1994 20 percent asked Mercantile Bank Corp 27 bid 2712 asked Wetterau 15 bid 15 percent asked on over the counter. On the New York Stock Exchange Robbie Brooks 5 percent Combustion Engineering 39 percent Dresser Industries 79 percent Emerson Electric 37 percent Interco 44 Kaiser Aluminum 33s Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 34 percent Ralston Purina 49 US Gypsum common 24 US Gypsum preferred 26 14 Wal-Mart 163 Dow Jones Friday close 1003.48.

Commerce Bancshares Mercantile Bank 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

Breast Cancer Detection Aims to Save Lives Across Nation

Dr. Benjamin Byrd Jr of the American Cancer Society reports 245000 women over 35 screened at 27 demonstration projects with results showing early detection improves survival. Mammography carries some risk but is outweighed by benefits as no deaths from cancer occurred among participants in the past 2 3 years. The program uses physical exams X rays and thermography and has found six cancers per 1000 vs two per 1000 by conventional methods.

ST. Petersburg Fla American Cancer Society Benjamin F. Byrd Jr Cancer Society Society Byrd Vanderbilt University Nashville The United States Frank J. Rauscher National Cancer Institute Rauscher

Deaths of Mrs Jarman and Mrs Woodson noted in obituaries

Obituaries record the death of Mrs Helen M Woodson 77 of Auxvasse who died Friday at Sherwood Arms Nursing Home Centralia. Funeral 1 pm Sunday Maupin Funeral Home Auxvasse with Rev Paul Meyer officiating burial Auxvasse Cemetery. Mrs Mary Mona Jarman wife of Rev William Jarman former Mexico First Christian Church pastor died Tuesday in New York City. Services were held today at University Place Christian Church Champaign Michigan. She was born Mary Love in Kansas City and married in 1946. The Jarmans had a son Bill and adopted a daughter Mary Denise in 1965.

University Place Christian Church Champaign Mary Mona Jarman William Jackson Jarman First Christian Church Mexico New York Auxvasse Helen M. Woodson Sherwood Arms Nursing Home Centralia George Ollie Douglas Martin Everett Helen Clay Johns Oakbrook Ill Russell Davis San Francisco Calif Maupin Paul Meyer

Mrs Heuer Dies Friday in Centralia Rites Sunday

Mrs. Calvin L. Heuer 49 of Centralia died Friday morning at Boone County Hospital after an extended illness. Services set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Columbia with Rev. Joseph Todd officiating. burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband Calvin L. Heuer two sons Vernon and Jerry Centralia. three daughters Mrs. Raymond Loftis Mrs. Richard Parrish and Mary Ann Heuer. stepson Russell Heuer. three brothers Mervin Dwane Hergel. two sisters Mrs. Maudie Wickham Mrs. Nora Cloyd. a grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

Centralia Calvin L Mary E.) Heuer Boone County Hospital Memorial Funeral Chapel Columbia Joseph Todd Odessa Memorial Park Cemetery Heuer Pollock Benjamin Etta Harrington Wells Mr. Heuer Vernon Jerry Raymond Loftis Richard Parrish Moberly Mary Ann Heuer Russell Heuer Lincoln Neb Mervin Wells Dwane Wells Phoenix Ariz Hergel Wells Sedan Kan Maudie Wickham Foraker Okla Nora Cloyd Kent, Wash

Mrs. Winifred Rudasill Rites Held Today

Funeral services for 74 year old Mrs Winifred Rudasill of Route 2 Paris were held this afternoon at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home Reverend Robert Collins of First Presbyterian Church officiated Pallbearers included M C Rudasill George Weller Joe Peck Donald Dickey Lonnie Wolfe and Earl Wolfe all of Paris Burial followed at Eastlawn Cemetery nearby

Winifred Rudasill Route 2 Paris Precht-Pickering Robert Collins First Presbyterian Church M. C. Rudasill St. Louis George Weller Mexico Joe Peck Donald Dickey Lonnie Wolfe Earl Wolfe Eastlawn Memorial Park

Mrs. Hazel Summers Dies At New Florence

Mrs. Hazel E. Summers 6 died last night at her home in New Florence. Funeral services are pending at Schlanker Funeral Home, Montgomery City. Born March 1910 to J. Dee and Neva Inlow Poor, she married Cleo Summers in 1949. Survived by three daughters Norma Jean Fry of Eolia, Della Loraine Stockman and Gladys Marie Moffat of California, two sisters, 11 grandchildren, and other relatives. Burial in Ogles Cemetery, Eolia.

Montgomery City Schlanker Funeral Home Hazel E. Summers New Florence David Norma Jean) Fry Eolia Della Loraine Stockman Gladys Marie Moffat State of California Marie Gensheer Rosa Lee Aston High Hill Summers Ogles

Jim Forbis in NMSU production Missouri Show Me

Jim Forbis son of Mr and Mrs Robert Forbis of 738 W Liberty appeared this week in Northeast Missouri State University production Missouri Show Me as one of ten singers and dancers in a historical review of material by and about famous Missourians Forbis a senior music education major and active in Oklahoma Carmen and The Music Man productions

Jim Forbis Robert Forbis W. Liberty Northeast Missouri State University

Sims Happy Helpers 4-H Club Wins Red Ribbon

The Sims Happy Helpers 4-H Club won a red ribbon for their Thursday night skit titled Looking Ahead. The 4-H agent provided the winners list for publication on Friday but omitted one club’s name from the Thursday presentations.

4-H Sims Happy Helpers

Eisenhower to become UF visiting professor of political science

John Eisenhower, retired Army colonel and son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, will be a visiting professor of political science at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Gainesville, Fla John Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower University of Florida

Eight Seek Three Seats On Mexico School Board

Voters in the Mexico School District will choose from eight names on April 6 to fill three board seats. Candidates filed by Friday 5 p.m. and will attend a League of Women Voters forum on Thursday at 6 p.m. on See-To Channel 12. Incumbents Dr. Leonard Davis and Randall Weber vie for two three year terms with others contesting the posts.

Mexico Board of Education League of Women Voters See-To LWV Tom Hodges E.J Bud) Hotep Rosebud Western and Southern Life Insurance Co David A. Penn Kaiser Mexico Credit Union Robert Knipfel S. Promenade A.P. Green Refractories Co

EPA Seeks 90 Day Lead Time On New Chemicals

The Senate approved a Toxic Substances Control Act bill requiring manufacturers to notify the EPA 90 days before marketing any new chemical and to submit test data. The measure, sponsored by Sen. John Tunney, would also allow testing of existing chemicals deemed to pose unreasonable risks, despite industry cost concerns.

Washington Environmental Protection Agency Senate EPA House John Tunney D-Calif

Bookmobile schedule for Mexico Audrain Library week

The Mexico Audrain County Library announces the weekly bookmobile route. In Mexico it visits Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday it stops at Community Rei 8 50 a.m. to 2 40 p.m. and Union Baptist Church 3 30 to 4 30 p.m. Friday stops include St Joseph School in Martinsburg 9 30 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. and Martinsburg station 3 to 4 15 p.m.

Mexico-Audrain County Mexico Community Rei Union Baptist Church St. Joseph School Martinsburg

Ford Defends High Defense Budget On California Swing

President Ford campaigns in Reagan stronghold California boasting peacetime defense budgets and a recovery narrative while stressing US strength against the Soviet Union. He cites two largest peacetime budgets and urges a cautious foreign policy as Reagan stakes in California loom ahead of Wisconsin primary. Ford also flags Carter as a serious Democratic contender and eyes Humprey as possible nominee.

Los Angeles Ronald Reagan Ford California United States Soviet Union Republican State Central Committee Fresno U.S Reagan Richmond Jimmy Carter Georgia Carter

Amin fires Ugandan ministers over alleged failures

Kampala radio report says Ugandan President Idi Amin dismissed Information and Broadcasting Minister Edward Athiyo after a medical report was received and warned that Transportation Minister was also sacked for inefficiency. The broadcasts did not disclose details of the report.

Nairobi Kenya Uganda Idi Amin Radio Uganda Information and Broadcasting Edward Athiyo Amin

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