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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
11
Forecaster reports considerable cloudiness and cool nights with rain chances into Friday. Missouri outlook shows rain spreading Friday with highs 40s to mid 60s and weekend rains possible. Local notices include hospital admissions, births, dismissals, traffic court fines, and court filings alongside livestock market and commodity updates.
WELLVILLE Ohio July story notes funeral plans for Arthur Lewis of Cleveland brother of Mrs Evelyn Cole of Wellsville died in Cleveland after illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at St Pauls Baptist Church Wellsville Rev Lewis Bynum to officiate burial in Wellsville Cemetery Myers Funeral Home will receive visitors Friday evening. Mrs Cole, at bedside, will accompany body back to Wellsville.
Sr. Mary Vincent, 86, longtime Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary member, died in Dubuque Iowa after 25 years in the order also called the Ladies of Loretto. Born Bessie Shocklee in Wellsville she taught widely and leaves three sisters, Fennewald of Benton City Portycheck of St. Louis and Burke of Tulsa. Funeral services and burial set for 8 a.m. tomorrow in Dubuque.
James F. Jae Jr., general manager of KHMO radio in Hannibal, died at his home at 51 after 16 years leading the station. He served as past president of the Missouri Broadcasters Association and was a Regent at Northeast Missouri State College. Funeral services pending. Also, Rt. Rev. William Scarlett, former bishop of the East Missouri diocese, died in Boston at 89 after a long illness. Funeral services planned on the East Coast.
Central Missouri Counties Human Development Corporation receives a 93,830 grant from the U S Department of Labor to support National Youth Corps in the region. The funds would let Audrain County and nearby areas keep one field worker after June 1, with existing workers adjusting as needed.
Martha Mitchell, wife of former attorney general John N. Mitchell, told the New York Times she fears someone will pin the Watergate bugging scandal on her husband. She said she is scared, can name names, and urged press protection if she disappears or is silenced.
Washington AP report notes Japan, the largest buyer of U.S. pork, has paused purchases. Government experts expect sales to resume soon as U.S. pork supplies shrink.
In Sumner Washington AP two dozen high school pupils toured a cemetery and questioned the mortuary manager about burials cremation crypts and vaults. The death course started by Mrs Thelda Bevens has become the school’s top elective with about 150 of 700 pupils choosing it. Students explored topics from highway fatalities to personal crises and even embalming room cautions to ease tension.
Flood reports note heavy rain with many stations tallying nine inches for March, far above the usual six. The Missouri River remains closed to commercial traffic for 200 miles west of the mouth to protect levees, hitting grain and farm-product shipments. Barge Line president Thomas Drennan warns delays threaten on-time deliveries and vows to keep crews ready to resume once reopened.
Cattlemen like Ron Jarvis of Oppenheimer Industries and Phil Arnold of Ashland Kan warn holding cattle becomes prohibitive as demand slips. Iowa hog prices fall three to four dollars, packing houses cut output 10 to 20 percent, and New York area packers reduce labor by up to sixty percent amid a rising boycott movement led by civic groups and Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal.
PHILADELPHIA AP A medical researcher reports marijuana may cause cancer at rates similar to tobacco because users hold the smoke in their lungs. Dr Wolfgang Vogel and colleagues tested marijuana with the same methods as a U S Surgeon General study on cigarettes. They studied 60 mice over several months at Jefferson Medical College and VA Hospital Coatesville.
Crystal City couple learned the Time magazine photo they believed showed Army Warrant Officer James Doza was not their son. Intermediaries said the pictured man was another American held prisoner and released by North Vietnam on February 12.
Absentee ballots for the county wide planning and zoning election on April 24 are now available at the County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes office. Mr. and Mrs. David Seiler of 610 Lakeview Street Centralia are proud parents of a son born Tuesday at 1 13 p m at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds one ounce. Father works for Lincoln Motor Co. in Centralia.
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