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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1972
Page
13
Weather data from THE DAILY RECORD shows 7:00 a.m. highs and lows for the past 24 hours, a May normal precipitation total, and a forecast for Zone 5 with a high near 85 to 90 and a 5 percent chance of measurable rain through Thursday. Kansas City Lake of the Ozarks stage sits at 656.5 feet, with river stages reported for several Missouri and St Louis-area gages.
Audrain Medical Center listed numerous admitted patients including Gene Davis and James E. Stewart with many others named alongside. Dismissals and deaths noted, plus police reports of a parking lot accident and vandalism in Mexico. Magistrate and Circuit Courts logged multiple fines for traffic and related offenses. Missouri Livestock Market Center reports hogs, sows pricing and cash grain quotes for soybeans and wheat.
Hanoi officially rejected President Nixon's plan for an internationally supervised cease fire in Indochina. The North Vietnamese government said the Vietnam question must be settled by the United States and Vietnam at the Paris peace conference.
Gene Taylor announces resignation as Republican national committeeman from Missouri to devote full time to his campaign for Congress in Missouri's 7th District. The move positions him to challenge for a U.S. House seat, signaling a shift in state party leadership.
Ohio reports 6 673 votes constituting 6 percent while Michigan shows Wallace leading with 51 percent after 99 percent of precincts counted. McGovern and Humphrey trail with Nixon and others in Maryland and nationwide. Wallace gains 113 convention votes Tuesday, narrowing the field as McGovern leads in total commitments.
In San Diego 200 people greet Navy Lt Randall Cunningham and Lt William Driscoll returning from Vietnam. They shot down five Soviet MIGs, including three on May 10, and faced possible harsh treatment if captured. Aboard the Constellation, they were welcomed by family and officials, with future assignments left to the Navy.
The Dow at noon stood at 938.37, down 0.90. Trading slow as investors sit out. Declines led on the NYSE while many stay on the sidelines amid uncertainty from Wallace’s shooting and Vietnam concerns. Oil, metals, steel, mail order retail, and aircrafts slipped. airlines rose.
Miss Spencer of Vandalia died at Ellis Fischer hospital in Columbia at 9 15 p m after years of illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday at United Methodist Church with burial in Vandalia City Cemetery. Visitation at Waters Funeral Home after 5 p m today. She was born March 31 1891 in Missouri, daughter of Warren and Mattie Butler Spencer, and was a retired Ely Walker Garment Co employee. She leaves a niece and nephew and three cousins in Vandalia.
The Pentagon confirmed reports of Soviet vessels near Vietnamese waters and said no concern over possible interference with U S mining of North Vietnamese ports. A 6,000-ton cruiser and three destroyers reportedly anchored 200 miles east of the Vietnamese coast, with another flotilla including two destroyers and an armed submarine near the Paracel Islands. The United States has about 60 warships in the area.
Mrs. Charles C. Powell 86 lifelong Montgomery City resident died of a heart attack at home. She was a Christian Church and Eastern Star member. Funeral Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at the Church, Rev. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial Montgomery City Cemetery with Schlanker Funeral Home. Born Dec 12 1885 as Mattie Summers. Survived by two sons Harry and Raymond, two daughters Mrs. Frank Darden and Mrs. Loma Frakes, a sister, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Edward C. Finke, 76, a retired farmer from New Florence, died yesterday at Bellflower Nursing Home. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Harding Funeral Home in Jonesburg, with burial in Evangelical Cemetery at Big Spring. He was widowed seven months after marriage and survived by three brothers and four sisters named in the notice.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home for Orien L. Stowers aged 73 of 628 South Olive Street Rev Terry Moore of the First Christian Church officiated with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Mrs John Willer served as organist Pallbearers included Jim Grainge Harold Jenkins Woodrow McCarty Orion Shrader John Craghead and Everett Farrah Honorary pallbearers were O B Melahn Harry Grainger Ed Meyer and George Branstetter
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie M. Bradley age 80 of 212 Pleasant Street will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Arnold Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Moore of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 8 30 p.m. at the funeral home.
MOBERLY MO State Auditor Christopher Kit Bond urged Moberly Junior College graduates that voting carries responsibility. He said the right to vote requires an intelligent choice and questions to ensure government serves efficiently, highlighting lifelong self-education and civic duty.
Rob ert M. White II, publisher, warns that the guaranteed right of a free press belongs to the people not just media. He cites First Amendment rights as essential to informed decision making and criticizes balance in television news and sensational editing in Vietnam coverage.
Wallace aides discuss where he can appear on ballots with California talk of a write in effort. Mrs Wallace remains at the hospital with their four children as investigators pursue a stalking theory linking Bremer to the shooting. The federal probe centers on the motive while four others are treated.
Mexico residents lagged on a Red Cross bloodmobile drive yesterday with 47 donations out of a 264 unit target. Officials say many units remain needed today and urge donors to come in before 5 pm, stressing the continued need for negative type blood.
Federal narcotics officials say the Belgian Connection began with a Brussels offer to a U.S. Army sergeant to smuggle 284 pounds of heroin into the United States for 96 000 dollars. The tip led to a three month transatlantic operation ending with five arrests in New York and two in Paris. The undercover agent moved the heroin to Washington and New York, with 284 pounds delivered in Brussels and most seized on arrival. Paris police detained Frederick and Ibarra as the case wrapped up.
SPRINGFIELD, MI AP reports a heated debate over the Equal Rights Amendment. Rep. Thomas J. Hanahan voted against the measure, joining others who criticized the constitutional change as supporters failed with 69 in favor and 73 against, short of the 107 votes needed.
A Mexico FFA Chapter list omission led to coverage of two former degrees. In circuit court, jurors debated five counts involving Smith Implement Co. founder E Z Smith and Bobby Lawson of Lawson Equipment Co. Deliberations extended from afternoon into the night with jurors posing questions about kidnapping versus hostage taking. Lawson faces charges of escape, armed robbery, abduction, and assault tied to a prison escape and gun use. defense offered no evidence. Coroner and deputies oversee proceedings. prior conviction dried up penalty considerations.
Boston AP reports Patrick J. Buchanan, a Nixon speech writer, acknowledged drafting a 1970 memo urging the president to abandon school integration and warning the “ship of integration is going down.” The Globe quotes Buchanan and notes the memo cites George Wallace’s rising popularity and warns of a 1972 political setback.
Kenneth Nothnagel of rural Shelbina is hospitalized at University Medical Center Columbia with third degree burns covering about 90 percent of his body after a farm tractor explosion on his northeast of Shelbina. Ambulance crew from Davis Funeral Home transported him following the blast on the gas tank.
Debbie Boren, chair of the flag committee for Grand Assembly, received funds to finish the project. Kristie Hansen, who leads Send-A-Motse to College, reported $40 to $50 collected. About 22 Rainbow members will attend Grand Assembly in Kansas City at Hotel Muehleback June 18–20. Two new members will be initiated June 5.
In North Chicago a couple, Andy and Millie Stoll, swapped roles every other week to run their glass business and manage the home. Millie leads the household half the time while Andy handles chores and care for five children, a plan they say strengthens family life and broadens individual growth. The arrangement follows Millie joining a NOW chapter and reflects a move toward shared responsibilities, with both noting improvements in energy and focus for work and family.
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