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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
11
Official 7:00 am weather report notes high and low in the 70s and 40s, with a 10 percent precipitation chance for Friday. Extended outlook shows chances of showers Saturday and Sunday, with cooler conditions Monday, reporting water levels at Lake of the Ozarks and Pomme de Terre.
A series of police and sheriff reports detail a two car collision on the Audrain Medical Center lot injuring occupants including Jesse Palmer and Ralph Bridgeford. A second crash at Washington and Liberty Sts. involved Paul Dunavant and Ralph Darling. A Webster Drive truck rolled into a light pole. driver Michael Stiles said he forgot the hand brake. A Vandalia home reported a stolen 1966 dark green Chrysler. Fire crews responded to a garage blaze at 944 W Carrico St. with significant smoke and damage. Hospital admissions list numerous patients and a September 1971 accident suit looms in Circuit Court. Numerous court fines and traffic tickets fill the day with a broad Indiana Missouri context.
Over the counter trading lists A B Chance Commerce Banc Wetterau with bids and asks. NYSE notes Bobble Brooks Dresser Interco Kaiser Panhandle Ralston US Gypsum both common and preferred. Dow noon up 2.79 at 926.26. market mixed with gains in motors utilities building materials while rubber rails and drugs fell amid Vietnam and peace talks news.
Walter G. Staley Sr. is recuperating at home 158 Jefferson Rd from injuries after a fall from a horse at Huntingfield Stables Saturday. He has a broken collar bone a broken toe and a cut head with a good overall condition.
Field reports say air strikes hit a convoy believed to be supply trucks bound for Hue. U S forces reported seven 122mm rockets on the Phu Bai complex near Hue, with no casualties. Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong assumed command in Hue as South Vietnamese troops attempt to regroup and curb stragglers and deserters. American M48 tanks arrived in Da Nang to bolster the northern front while B 52s raided positions west and north of Hue. North Vietnamese tanks were spotted near Polei Kleng with explosions indicating mines.
In Kirkwood Missouri two Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls Senator Karl Blackwell and Joseph Teasdale debated abortion policy at Meramec Junior College. Blackwell urged repealing all abortion prohibitions while Teasdale, a Kansas City prosecutor and Roman Catholic, supported relaxing laws to protect the right to life.
Governor George C. Wallace is poised to organize Alabama's largest pro-Wallace delegation to the Democratic National Convention after Monday's official canvass of Tuesday primary returns. The count will also renominate Senator John Sparkman for a fifth term and designate other party nominees. GOP voters held Alabama's first statewide primary, nominating Winton M. Blount for the Senate to face Sparkman in November.
Viet Cong foreign minister Mrs Binh denounces US proposals as absurd and demands a fixed date for total troop withdrawal. Hanoi says talks offer the best path but US war policies create obstacles. North Vietnamese envoy Xuan Thuy urges Nixon to halt bombing and Vietnamization. Le Duc Tho absent.
William F. Lamken, an elementary teacher in the Lindbergh School District, filed a federal suit challenging Missouri's probationary teacher dismissal law. He says his contract was terminated at year end despite a Feb 22 supervisor evaluation rating him satisfactory and says he was denied a hearing before the school board. The suit asserts the law lacks required notice of cause and a dismissal hearing.
Four Montgomery County service stations were burglarized last night but no money was taken. A cash register was hauled from Stone Tower's on Route 19 south of Montgomery City. The Standard station at Highway 19 and 1 70 had a broken glass door but nothing missing. The Phillips 66 at the 1 70 and 19 intersection was broken into but entry failed. Shell station at High Hill had a break in with no report to the sheriff.
Martinsburg veteran SSG Henry D Matthews remains hospitalized at Fitzsimmons General Hospital Denver Colorado. He has undergone three spinal operations so far for war wounds from Vietnam and is scheduled for another operation this week per his mother Mrs E W Matthews.
Seventy six Missouri Military Academy Junior School cadets will visit Six Flags Over Mid-America this Saturday for the annual spring outing. Lt. Col. Derrill Kuhlman headmaster and faculty will accompany the cadets, who attend the 4th through 8th grades. In past years they have also spent a spring day in the Bagnell Dam area.
SPRINGFIELD Mo AP state Auditor Christopher Kit Bond Republican candidate for governor pledges to use executive powers to reorganize state government. He outlines a four point plan to cut agencies from 87 to 14 with modern budgeting techniques and to shut down the Department of Business and Administration if elected. He spoke at Drury College guiding the August primary ballot actions.
Mexico area hunters report success as the long turkey season ends Sunday at noon. Ed Erdel bagged a 21.4 pound turkey in Callaway, Sam Carter notes. Martell Ludbrook secured a 13 pound bird, joining son Randy. other listed hunters include Don O Mason, Charles D. Smith, William B. Potts, Vic Gardner, Don Workman and Robert Young. Nearby Audrain Medical Center coffee shop raises prices with Pink Ladies and Candy Stripers noting complaints. Hamburgers now 55 cents, cheeseburgers 65 cents, gelatin 30 cents, ice cream sundae 35 cents.
A nude young woman was found at the bottom of a motel heated pool in Independence Missouri. Police seek identity as autopsy was scheduled. the deceased had registered with two women and three men the previous night. The discovery was made by the owner's 11 year old daughter as rain murk helped hide the body.
Saigon and U.S. commands reported a weekly drop in some American casualties for the fourth week of the North Vietnamese offensive. Two Americans were killed in action, while Americans missing rose to 27. Wounded fell to 24, and six Americans died from nonhostile causes. South Vietnamese totals showed 769 killed and 2,704 wounded, with 319 missing. Overall war totals: Americans 45,715 killed and 303,017 wounded. South Vietnamese 141,374 killed and 358,699 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 825,701 killed. The Quang Tri City battle fatalities were not included.
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