Weather brief from Ledgerland and Missouri outlook
Official readings show a high of 73 and a low around 68 yesterday. Forecast calls for thundershowers today in Ledgerland with a high near 80, tonight in the 60s, and a 50 percent chance of rain. Sunday could reach upper 70s with a 40 percent rain chance. Missouri expects showers and thunderstorms northwest and scattered elsewhere, highs mid 70s to upper 80s, with a 60s low tonight and possible severe storms in the west. Extended through Monday to Wednesday shows cooling lows in 0s and highs around 70s with little precipitation.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Bootheel
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listing Names
Admissions reported by Audrain Medical Center include many local residents and several new births. Dismissals list numerous patients from Mexico Wellsville and other towns along with the death of Mrs Thelma Graves aged 53.
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Audrain Medical Center
Alvin W. Beamer
Joan M. Arens
Thomas Raymond Gordon
Larry W. Adams
Sarah B. Hidlebaugh
David Craghead
Robert C. Blackburn
Michael L. Womack
James C. Botts
Mabel Grafford
P. David Feger
Ethlyn J. Moore
Lloyd V. Brooks
Elliot L. Qualls
Mexico
Frederick W. Meuller
Public Safety Reports From Local Incidents
Public safety notices include multiple vehicle crashes with minor to extensive damage on Breckenridge Muldrow streets and Liberty Street. Witnesses cite unknown vehicles striking homes and parked cars, plus a bicycle theft at Mexico Junior High School and attempted break in at LaCrosse Lumber Co. A highway patrol incident near Route D details a high speed pursuit ending in a ditch with injuries.
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Laura Jamieson
N. Carson
Karen Shuck
Centralia
Betty Talley
Laddonia
Aldi’s
William F. Wenger
Lakeview
Teena M. Wise
Breckenridge
Muldrow
Wise
Wenger
Steve Batty
Allison
Mexico Junior High School
Pearl Irene Long
Elm Tree Dr
William Robert Daly
N. Jefferson
North Washington Street
West Jackson
Virginia Dillard
Clark
Randal Maguire
Jefferson
Maurice R. Kemp
Hoxsey
Liberty Street
Dillard
Kemp
Maguire
Rick Wilkinson
Farber
Mexico High School
Alan Coatsworth
N. Calhoun
LaCrosse Lumber Co
Highway Patrol
Gregory J. Sprock
Auxvasse
Danny Fennewald
Randall Fennewald
Highway 54
Route D
Mexico
Sprock
Magistrate Court fines list speeding and charges across counties
Courts record multiple speeding pleas and fines including Vivian Lea Brown 20 dollars plus costs, Terry Gordon Hagedorn 16 and costs, Margaret Ann Smith 12 and costs, Billy Works Mattox 14 and costs. Gary Wieberg charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and assault with intent to rape without malice. released on 4000 dollar bond. Probate notes affidavit filed for Grace L Kindred small estate. affiant Patricia Dianne Hammett. Marriage licenses for Ralph Gilliam and Margaret Nicholson of Mexico and Charles Walker with Linda Rhodes of Pleasant Hill. Other courts list numerous speeding fines, over limit offenses, drunk in public, no operator license, out-of-state license, and related penalties.
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Vivian Lea Brown
Terry Gordon Hagedorn
Margaret Ann Smith
Billy Works Mattox
Gary Wieberg
Martinsburg
Duane Cruzan
Grace L. Kindred
Patricia Dianne Hammett
Ralph Richard Gilliam
Margaret Zukosky Nicholson
Mexico
Charles William Walker
Linda Faye Rhodes
Pleasant Hill
Paul David Cramer
Morrison
Thomas Byron Cox
Vandalia
Linda Kay Waggoner
New Florence
Charles Parker Millan
Jonesburg
John Frank Johnson Jr
Montgomery City
Edward David Jones Jr
Williamsburg
Vernelle Roland Crews
High Ridge
Patrick Robert Stumbaugh
Frank Michael Montemurro
Mishawaka
Ind
Ollie Woodson
Winston Salem
N.C
Michael Paul Afert
Wood River
Ill
Thomas Michael McAuliffe
Overland Park
Kan
Markets Yesterday Cash Grain and Stock Quotes
Yesterday's markets show soybeans at 8.87, wheat 2.03, corn 2.30, milo 3.20 in MFA Mexico quotes and 8.87, 2.10, 2.19, 3.10 from Fowles Grain Co. Laddonia. OTC trading lists bank bids and asks, NYSE notes Robbie Brooks 3, Combustion Eng 57, Dresser 44, Emerson 33, Interco 41, Kaiser 38, Panhandle 46, Ralston 14, US Gypsum 24 and 26, Walmart 13. Dow Jones Friday close 930.46.
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MFA
Mexico
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal- Mart
Dow Jones
Maddox Opens Night Club Act in Sanford Florida
Former Georgia governor Lester Maddox plans a night club act in Sanford with Bobby Lee Sears, a black ex convict Maddox once employed as a busboy. The concept envisions a program titled The Governor and the Dishwasher, hinting at a potential TV show crossover with Chico and the Man style humor.
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Sanford, Fla
Chico and
the Man
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Atlanta
Bobby Lee Sears
MMA to Honor Two Missouri Military Academy Employees
Two MMA staffers receive twenty year service awards at a battalion review at 1 40 p m Sunday Major Kenneth Mortenson commandant of cadets and Mrs Dorothy Sumpter office manager will be honored Col Charles Stribling IIT MMA president will present commemorative watches and plaques Mortenson is lauded for education and drill team leadership Sumpter is praised for educational administration and long service The Mortenson family resides Route 4 near Mexico with wife Marcia and children Eric Karen and Laurie
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Corps of Cadets
Kenneth Mortenson
Dorothy Sumpter
Charles Stribling
Missouri
Jimmy Carter
Lutheran Church
Major Mortenson
Marcia
Route 4
Eric
Karen
Laurie
Sumpter
Church of Christ
Dale
Mexico
Route 3
Brad
Rick
Blake
Mexico High School
Auxiliary of Missouri Rural
Sumpters
Mortenson
Colonelg’ Field
Principal Suspended For Spanking Pupil
Jefferson City Missouri AP The spanking of a 12 year old pupil at West Elementary led to the suspension of principal William Moss for the rest of the year pending a board hearing. The district allows corporal punishment but requires parent notification.
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Jefferson City
Joe Nichols
William Moss
West Elementary
Moss
Missouri Supreme Court Hears Surgery Evidence Case
Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments over a gunshot bullet removed from Tommie Overstreet’s buttocks in a robbery murder case. Prosecutors say the surgery was reasonable and evidence. defense argues it violated the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search. The decision is pending.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis
James Smith
Public Defender's Office
Tommie W. Overstreet
State Supreme Court
Smith
Overstreet
Straight Way Iron and Metal Co
Louis Adelstein
Adelstein
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jef Schaeperkoetter
Wallace files libel suit against National Lampoon
Alabama Governor George Wallace sues the New York humor magazine for 15 million dollars claiming a December 1975 comic strip about his first wife Lurleen Wallace and his presidential campaign assassination attempt defamed him by presenting false, unjustified material.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
National Lampoon
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
Jefferson County
Union Vote Inconclusive at St Elizabeth Hospital Hannibal Mo
In Hannibal Missouri St Elizabeth Hospital workers narrowly divided over union representation. A total of 142 employees voted against unionization while 124 voted for it and 35 votes were challenged. The outcome affects most hospital staff.
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Hannibal, Mo
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Joe Brum
Hospital
Trator
Kissinger labels Nixon an egomaniac in transcripts
The Wall Street Journal reports Henry Kissinger privately called Richard Nixon an egomaniac in March 1978 transcripts. Kissinger praised Nixon to his face, but told Nelson Rockefeller the ex president focused on himself and his memoirs, dismissing Chinese sources.
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NEW York
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Kissinger
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
The
Wall Street Journal
White House
China
Rockefeller
Changes May Delay Strip Mining Bill
A House Senate conference panel must bridge major gaps between a House passed bill backed by the Carter administration and a more lenient Senate version. The Senate approved changes that could delay sending a compromise to President Carter who favors strong environmental safeguards. The bill aims to set national environmental and reclamation standards for coal strip mining, with limited government power on private lands with mineral rights and two year exemptions for many small mines.
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Washington
House-Senate
Carter
Senate
Vandalia 4H member given fine and probation in egg products case
Vandalia resident Elzea Jr., owner of Elzea Wholesale Co., was sentenced in federal court to three years probation and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to two counts of violating the federal egg products act. He was the first person indicted under the 1970 act. The 34 count indictment had charged processing 64,000 pounds of an adulterated product called Bakers Special. Twenty-two counts were dismissed after the plea. Elzea has long operated an egg business in Vandalia.
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Vandalia
James
Elzea Jr
Elzea
Elzea Wholesale Co
Ford Plays Statesman As Guest
Former president Gerald R. Ford appears as senior statesman and critic during a White House meeting with President Carter. He praised Carter’s public relations yet warned the budget may not balance by fiscal 1981, urging focus on defense alongside domestic policy.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Carter
White House
Ford
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