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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1972
Page
11
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show high 41 and low 22 for the last 24 hours. Temperature at 7 a.m. not stated. Precipitation up to date month 3.44 in, year 6.57 in. March normal 2.91 in. Yearly April normal 16.79 in. Sun sets today 6:31 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:54 a.m.
J Arthur Rank, 83, prominent film maker and theater owner of Winchester England, died Wednesday. The AP report notes Rank built a major studio and cine empire, shaping British cinema over decades.
Over the counter bids show Chance 2834 at 29 percent ask, Commerce Bancshares 47/48 percent, Wetterau 34/35 percent. NYSE quiet, Robbie Brooks 13 down 4 percent on 8,100 shares. Dow Jones at 936.79, up 3.77, advances ahead of declines by about 3 to 2.
Bolivia's right wing military government orders 119 Soviet Embassy personnel to leave amid claims the mission funds leftist rebels. It marks the largest expulsion of Soviet staff in recent memory compared with Britain’s 105 Russians expelled last September after a defecting agent exposed a spy network.
Funeral services for Margaret Lucille Henderson 64 will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church in Auxvasse with Rev. Maceo Piggee of Fulton officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico. She died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Visitation Friday afternoon at Green Funeral Home in Mexico. She leaves three sons a brother and a sister.
Three armed men escaped with about $40,000 during a robbery inside Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis. The heist occurred as Thomas Hensley delivered three canvas bags to a check cashing firm. Suspects fled in a white 1966 Cadillac convertible. no injuries reported.
Miss Alice Fish is a patient at Ellis Fischel Hospital in Columbia undergoing tests. She was admitted to the hospital Wednesday morning.
The article details the Parkersburg Turbo’s financial burden on taxpayers with high lease costs and reduced Boston service, offset by uncertain Parkersburg revenue. It notes Staggers’s push for western expansion, Amtrak funding disputes, and cautious federal and local responses amid questions about the train’s survival.
LADDONIA Funeral services for Mrs Celma Parham will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Laddonia Baptist Church with Rev Cleo Sexton in charge. Burial in Laddonia Cemetery. Parham, 64, died Tuesday in Pike County Memorial Hospital Louisana. Born Feb 3 1908 Wellsville. Married Gilbert F Parham April 1 1936. Survived by daughters Betty Young and Bonnie Parham two sons James Parham and Stanley Parham four sisters and three brothers. Mrs Parham at Wilkey Bienhoff Funeral Home in Laddonia.
Ralph Lee Burson 52 a World War II veteran and Korean War veteran died at his Centralia home. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at Fenton Funeral Home with Rev Joe Acuff officiating. Burial will follow at Glendale Memorial Gardens Cemetery visitation Friday after 2 p m. Born Independence April 23 1919 he is survived by two sisters four brothers and many nieces and nephews. He was a member of Watson Memorial Methodist Church in Independence and of the American Legion and VFW in Centralia.
Ledger ad correction notes that a bottle of 25 Alka Seltzer was listed as 9 cents but should read 29 cents. The error appeared in Wednesday's Ledger.
Marvin Dishman will speak at Friday's Jaycee Lenten Breakfast at 7 a.m. at the United Methodist Church. Jerry Moore will read the Scripture. Jaycee members Bernard Steinman Fred Hemlin Jack Davis Deloy Isgiig Wes Houser and Ray Heaton organize the Holy Week breakfasts. More than 100 persons attended Thursday's breakfast.
Washington AP. Postmaster General T. Klassen orders a 90 day hiring freeze for the U S Postal Service to balance finances without an immediate rate hike. He says the public won’t tolerate higher rates until service costs are cut and performance improves. The $450 million rate increase planned for January may be eliminated.
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the seven defendants including Rev Philip Berrigan face a jury over a conspiracy to kidnap a White House aide Henry Kissinger. Prosecutors allegedly twisted evidence while defense lawyers led by Ramsey Clark argued the government relied on dramatic readings, not proof. Deliberations begin after final arguments in the nine women and three men jury.
ITT President Harold Geneen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that ITT would drop its 100000 pledge to San Diego for the Republican National Convention if the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel is not used as Nixon's headquarters. The decision to seek repayment would rest with Sheraton Hotels of America President Howard James. Geneen denied knowledge of a White House call about ITT's 600000 contribution, while Jack Anderson linked the pledge to an out of court settlement in antitrust cases. An executive session on Klein Dienst’s nominating case was also announced for next Thursday.
Farber hosts Khoury League signup Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon per Ray Hull. Lions Club sponsors six teams, one more than last year. Open to all ages and both boys and girls to sign up and play.
Dr John Boyce replied in the Ledger forum that city services are not adequate and financing is insufficient to expand street improvements and other services. He said city employees should be paid salaries commensurate with similar local jobs.
A massive blast tore a Belfast street, killing a British Army officer as bombers attempted to assassinate a Protestant leader in the ongoing Catholic rights conflict. London moved to take direct control of Northern Ireland, with Parliament approving Heath's peace plan and the Queen giving royal assent. Defense Ministry confirms 600 extra troops, bringing Ulster deployment to 15,100 as violence flares.
The Eastern Missouri chapter of the Arthritis Foundation sponsors a public talk at the American Legion Hall in Paris at 7 tonight by Dr. William Gaunt of Columbia. He will discuss arthritis and show the film One in 16 million. Dr Gaunt is associate professor of medicine at the University of Missouri and director of the clinical rheumatology department.
C. Tratchel of Mexico underwent surgery Tuesday at Ellis-Fischel Hospital in Columbia and remains in the intensive care unit. His family says he is recovering satisfactorily.
In Ardmore Oklahoma three officers aided by a helicopter captured wounded escapee James Kenneth Johnson about Lieut. Johnson, a convict and bank robber, allegedly abducted a Dallas businessman and critically wounded a Dallas police officer. Purcell state trooper Jim Segler wounded the felon before a chase through brush near Ardmore ended with the arrest. Lloyd Ross of Arlington Texas identified Johnson as his kidnapper after being forced to drive from Dallas to Marietta Oklahoma.
James R. Blackwell the 20 year old son of Earl Blackwell Democratic hopeful was arraigned in Columbia Magistrate Court on four counts of sale of narcotics The MU freshman and two classmates Ronald Bennett and Roger Rimel were arrested after campus police seized marijuana LSD and amphetamines The bond for Blackwell was set at 2500 a preliminary hearing was scheduled for Friday morning
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