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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1971
Page
8
United States Weather Bureau readings show clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures around the 60s in Missouri. Fire, police, and highway patrol reports detail grass fires, break-ins, traffic incidents, and a string of court actions including divorces, trials, and dismissals. Major livestock market figures and stock quotes follow statewide and national summaries.
Rollie Laster not involved in today's cause. Seven petitioners underwent full physicals at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia Friday: Donald Beishir Ronald Berry Frank Boedecker Frank Howard Billy Joe Tyler Eddie Umfress and Daniel Wilwording. The eighth man is Ray Milentz. The petition targets director of corrections Fred T. Wilkinson and Warden Harold BeRventon, with District Judge Elmo Hunter presiding.
William Gilbert 87 a retired farmer died at 1 30 p m Saturday at home in Laddonia Funeral services were held at the Laddonia Baptist Church with Rev Cleo Sexton and Wilkey Biehhoff in charge Burial was in Laddonia Cemetery Organist was Denise Naysmith soloist G W Smith Pallbearers were Eugene Kauble J C James Wayne Jagger Ray Chritnner Charlie fivans and William Gilbert Born May 26 1683 he was a son of David and Mary Ogden Gilbert He lived in Marion County until his second marriage on February 18 1936 to Anna Slavens who survives at the home He also leaves a son Carl Gilbert of Hannibal and two daughters Mrs Burmal Bross of Hannibal and Mrs Margaret Haden of Palmyra His parents and one son Cyrus preceded him in death.
Paul Harrison 67 of St Peters died at 6 30 p m Sunday at Normandy Hospital after a long illness cancer was listed as the cause Funeral services tentatively set for Wednesday at United Methodist Church St Charles with burial in Memorial Cemetery He was born August 24 1913 in Mexico son of E L and Mary Reynolds Harrison He worked 25 years with McDonnell Aircraft retiring last September and was a member of United Methodist Church in St Charles He is survived by his mother his wife Louise Weaver two daughters Sandra Kay and Virginia Ann Harrison a sister Virginia Harrison of Los Angeles and a brother William Harrison of Madison Illinois.
Vandalia William Newton Adams 79 died at 7 15 am Sunday at Tri County Nursing Home Vandalia of an apparent heart attack He was born September 13 1891 south of Curryville son of William Samuel and Rose Johnson Adams He married Fannie Ball September 11 1915 She survives They lived near Curryville and Vandalia most of their lives He was a farmer and a member of Vandalia Methodist Church Surviving sisters are Mary Myers Hannibal Sue Wilhelm Hannibal and Julia Culwell Vandalia Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Vandalia Methodist Church with Rev Paul Powell and Rev Wallace Thurman officiating Burial in Vandalia Cemetery
E L Bradley 91 of Kirksville died after a long illness in a Kirksville hospital. Funeral services were held at Foster Funeral Home with burial in Clark Cemetery near New Franklin. Survived by wife Lula and children Ethel Acers, George Hogan, E. J. Bradley and Ellis Bradley, with eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Interment at Clark Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
New Delhi AP reports West Pakistani army control in Dacca provincial capital as rebels claim ongoing battles in Daqqa Chittagong Rangpur and Khulna. Government Radio Pakistan says normalcy returns with workers back, banks reopen and curfew eased hours.
Jurors entered the second day of deliberations in the Sharon Tate murder trial amid signals a verdict may be near. In the north authorities reported a body potentially that of attorney Ronald Hughes missing after a camping trip in the Sespe Gorge area. Some jurors carried suitcases into the Hall of Justice as deliberations resumed.
James R Strong, 57, husband of former Anna Jean Davis of Paris, died Saturday in Massillon Ohio after a long illness. Born in Tennessee Dee on January 21, 1913, he was a World War II veteran and a musician who lived in Arizona before moving to Ohio two years ago. He leaves eight children by a former marriage, a stepdaughter Mrs Bob Lechliter of Paris, and a sister Mrs Jack Ezell of Poland Ohio. The body is at Agnew funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. John H. Vanlandingham officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Robert Holmes husband of Ruth Stuart Holmes of Paris died at his San Diego home Friday evening after a heart ailment. A native Californian, he and his Paris area family lived on the old Stuart farm in 1969. He is survived by his mother and siblings in California. Graveside rites will be held at Walnut Grove Cemetery Wednesday with Rev. John H. Vanlandinghar officiating.
The report notes two more American helicopters shot down, one in southern Laos and another on the Vietnamese side of the border, raising total helicopter losses to 99 with 66 Americans killed 28 missing and 84 wounded. Ground clashes near Khe Sanh add several US fatalities and injuries as the U.S. force level falls to 306,500. A major South Vietnamese drive of 22,000 men north of Highway 7 in eastern Cambodia is described as ongoing.
In a rain soaked scene Judge Reid Kennedy guides military prosecutors and defense lawyers as Calley faces a six officer court martial over alleged premeditated murder of at least 70 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai assault. The panel weighs verdict options with two mass murder counts and possible alternatives while Kennedy urges patience amid massive testimony and potential criticism.
President Nixon plans a third inflation alert focusing on wage and price actions by private industry during the last three months. He and Mrs Nixon are on a 10 day stay at an oceanfront villa. Nixon will review Southeast Asia developments and announce troop withdrawals from Vietnam around April 15. Key aides include Haldeman Ehrlichman Kissinger. He moves toward a wage price guideline approach and will restore Davis Bacon on federal projects while threatening suspension if cooperation falters.
Return home for Mrs Blanche Phillips of Montgomery City after about a year at Coldwell Nursing Home. Charles Boswell, also a year resident, transfers to Foster Boarding Home in Auxvasse.
The Charlotte City Council was set to announce the appointment of David A. Burkhalter, 59, as city manager this afternoon. Burkhalter has led Springfield Missouri as city manager since 1966 and previously held similar posts in Elizabeth and Johnson City Tennessee. William Veeder resigned from the Charlotte post last January. His salary was $31,504.
Raymond Harley Jesse, who faced license revocation after refusing a chemical test on March 5, was granted a stay until his Audrain Circuit Court case is disposed of. Represented by Ed Hodge, Jesse seeks to set aside the revocation order claiming improper advisement of rights and his total deafness left him unable to understand officers. The court stayed the revocation until final disposition.
Former West Virginia governor William Wallace Barron pleaded guilty to three counts of a new federal indictment charging bribery of a 1968 federal jury foreman and was sentenced to 25 years in a federal prison. Barron and his wife Opal appeared in U.S. District Court to answer a prior indictment accusing them of bribing Ralph Buckalew during the 1968 bribery conspiracy trial in which Barron was acquitted and four others were convicted.
David Worden Wills 94 native of Monroe County died Saturday at Colorado Springs General Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday in Colorado Springs. He was son of the late John and Allie Wills of Florida Missouri and twin brother of the late Daisy Wills of Paris. Survived by wife Hazel, sister Eva Dillion of Kansas City Missouri and several great nieces and a nephew. Burial in Colorado Springs.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Pauline Robinson of Pittsburg California were held Sunday at Browning funeral home Fulton. Burial followed at Steedman. She was mother of Albert Lee Powell of Centralia and sister of Mrs. Vera Boone of Mexico. She had lived on the west coast for eight years.
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