This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1971
Page
11
Forecast shows clear to partly cloudy conditions through Saturday with highs in the 70s to 80s and light easterly winds. Missouri river and lake levels noted, court actions include tampering with motor vehicles charges in Audrain and other counties, livestock and grain markets report, and Magistrate Court fines for assorted offenses.
Officials at Audrain Medical Center report admissions including Mrs. Carl Williams Hume Smith Mrs Edward Sanders Miss Deana Houston Joe K Umstattd William D Claywell Terry E Boswell Mrs Dale D Thomas Miss Mary Alice Riley Miss Chastity M Parrott in various towns such as Mexico Vandalia Montgomery City Laddonia St Louis Centralia and Rush Hill with births for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Howard W Ramsey Mexico and a son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Robnett Laddonia Dismissals list several patients and a police report notes Dennis Steven Jaeger missing tapes from a car. deaths include Mrs Annie Bryson 72 Clarence Hildebrand 77 Warren Kendrick 79 Glendye Burwell 72.
The county court confirms sale of a county owned strip beside Burnham School north of Centralia for 25 to VFW Post 6276 which owns adjacent property. It also approves a 38 acre pasture lease to David Kelsay for 400 per year with 125 deducted for pond construction.
In Philadelphia a 7-year-old boy, John L. Tohanczyn, placed a Kennedy photo, roses, and an American flag on his home lawn on May 29 1964 and began an annual tribute. By 1968 neighbors joined, and in 1969 a ceremony with a 10 piece church band and an American Legion poetry reading was planned with local officials and veterans groups attending.
On May 28 1940 British and French troops began Dunkirk evacuation in World War II. Also on this date 1864 Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived in Vera Cruz to become emperor of Mexico.
Irene Fleming 61 of Fulton fell on stairs at Fredendall and Wilkins department store 120 N Jefferson St Thursday afternoon about 3 p.m. She was treated at Audrain Medical Center for a fractured upper right arm and a laceration over her left eye and later transferred to Callaway County Memorial Hospital Fulton.
A new potato processing plant will be in operation by September 1 in Old Monroe Missouri. It will cost about half a million dollars and employ 35 people. H R Bushman and Son Inc of St Louis will own and operate it, processing potatoes from about 30 estates. The plant will be the only one of its kind in Missouri.
Over the counter and NYSE quotes show mixed moves with A B Chance and Wetterau trading lower bids while Kaiser Aluminum and Panhandle Eastern slip. The noon Dow falls 0.14 to 905.84 as AP 60 declines 0.6 to 316.9 amid thin volume and weekend caution.
Lawmen searched a mile square area along the Feather River near Yuba City uncovering corpses described as indentations in soil. Sheriff Whiteaker says Corona confessed to the murders though specifics remain undisclosed. Corona, a Mexican native with a labor contracting past, had a family home nearby and a prior hospitalization for suspected schizophrenia.
WELLSVILLE Clarence E. Hildebrand 77 former Wellsville City clerk and alderman died yesterday at John Cochran Veterans Hospital St. Louis after long illness He was born Oct 28 1893 in Martinsburg a World War I veteran and retired restaurant operator Survivors include wife Retta Ogden son Victor Jekyll Island Ga former Ledger photographer and three grandchildren Funeral services 2 p m Saturday Myers Funeral Home Wellsville Rev David Fulbright officiating burial Wellsville Cemetery
Glendye Burwell 72 of near Wellsville died after a heart attack at his home while en route to Audrain Medical Center. Retired farmer. Funeral 3 30 p m Saturday at Community Church Martinsburg Rev John Blass officiating. Burial Benton City Cemetery. Survived by wife Aleta Boicourt and 10 stepchildren.
Warren T. Kendrick 79 of southeast of Paris died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday in Community Hospital at Moberly. Born December 31, 1891 in Monroe County he was a farmer until retirement. Survived by wife Mary Ada Clement Kendrick plus two sons Edward and J W of rural Mexico, two sisters, two brothers, and seven grandchildren. Funeral service 3 p.m. tomorrow at Agnew Funeral Home. burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Rev. John Vanlandingham officiating.
Mrs Mathews and Mr and Mrs DC Mathews left yesterday for Sanger California after the death of Mathews mother Mrs Annie Bryson aged 72. Bryson died Wednesday night with funeral services expected Sunday. Surviving children include Mrs Leon Hardcastle Mrs John Wiganton Ted Bryson and Bill Bryson all from Bakersfield and Los Angeles California area.
Two young inmates missing from the Missouri Penitentiary honor farm in Jefferson City after a Thursday night escape. Donnie Delameter, 21, serving five years for first degree robbery in New Madrid County, and Terry Ray Day, 24, serving three years for issuing an insufficient funds check in Jasper County, were last counted at 8:30 p.m. Both had clean records while at correctional facilities and were moved to the farm from the Missouri Training Center for Men in Moberly earlier this year.
The A. P. Green Refractories Co. picks Laurel Enslen Duane Hinten Carl Schoeppel and Donald Hackmann of Mexico High School for four $ scholarships to the tenth Missouri Freedom Forum to be held June 27 to July 1 at the Missouri Military Academy. Randy Day representing Little Dixie District Explorers will meet President Nixon in Washington June 26 with support from Mexico clubs.
Three men charged in Montgomery County Magistrate Court with armed robbery of the Boldh Oil Co Fina Station in Danville. Jerry Thomas Dryer Antonio Zamarripa and Charles Price accused of entering the station at 1 30 this morning threatening attendant Bruce Powell with a tire tool and taking about 50. Powell described the car leading to a Warrenton stop by the city marshal. Sheriff Landrum and a state trooper detained the trio and returned them to Montgomery County jail.
Approximately $200 was taken from coin operated machines at Mr. B's Recreation at 422 S. Calhoun St. Police say the south door was pried with a bar and vandals fled from the north door. Cash boxes from bowling, candy, and two pin ball machines were opened. Juke box money left. sandwiches worth about $16 removed from the refrigerator. Clock hands bent to 4 55 a.m. and a cigarette machine knob broken.
Jefferson City Missouri Robert W Crawford former Vernon County representative and Missouri secretary of state is moving to Washington DC as executive vice president of the Association of General Merchandise Chains Inc He has led the Missouri Retailers Association for eight years served two terms in the legislature and was administrative assistant to late Governor James T Blair Jr He was appointed secretary of state in 1960 to finish Walter H Toberman term Crawford 44 his wife and two daughters accompany him planned start date September 1.
In Hamilton Missouri a raccoon climbed a 15 foot transformer pole and fell onto equipment, knocking out a 34 500 volt main feeder line. Missouri Power and Light cut power from 11 15 p m to 11 32 p m affecting Hamilton Nettleton Breckenridge Mooresville Utica Dawn Ludlow Braymer Cowgill Polo Mirabile and Kingston.
IPSA announces a new message service IPSAgram that will operate in 25 major cities starting July 1. President Tom Murray says IPSAgram could replace first class mail due to speed low cost and versatility. It will send printed messages via facsimile over telephone lines to the destination city in about six minutes with cities including New York Chicago St. Louis and Kansas City in the network.
State Senators Ife Skelton and Norman Merrell introduced a resolution to form an interim Senate House committee to study Missouri safety responsibility law. It follows a Supreme Court ruling striking down Georgia style provisions that revoke licenses for uninsured motorists in crashes.
Four Audrain County school districts will be transferred to the Mexico School District on July 1, the State Department of Education reminded today. The districts to be dissolved are Dye Beagles Prairie Lea and Washington. Sims and Carter remain of the old three-director districts, which once numbered more than 100 in the county. They have two years left and must combine with a six-director district by August 25, 1972 or be assigned by the state department, with the assignment to be announced by January 15, 1972.
An assassination threat was received by the Cambridge Evening News claiming to be from the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Police surrounded Wixee during Queen Elizabeth II's visit as officials assessed the danger and flood control project plans. A second item notes Mrs. Ed C. Offutt entering Allen Nursing Home.
The Mexico Area Vocational Technical School announces openings for two daytime post high school programs the Public School of Cosmetology and a two year post high school technical drafting program. The drafting class begins Wednesday Sept 1 meets six hours daily five days a week. Tuition 30 monthly plus 25 application fee and book costs. Cosmetology class begins Monday Aug 2 and runs eight hours daily for 1500 hours. Licensure test follows completion. Adult tuition 190 plus 60 kit books. out of district 210 plus 50 kit books. Call 581-5684 or write 905 North Wade Street Mexico.
In Logan Kansas AP reports the town built a 25 by 17 foot kite after the initial 27 by 20 foot kite failed when its cable broke during a 300 foot flight. The new kite, made of bamboo and plastic, flew a long span of twine on its first test, following Max Donahey's centennial inspiration from 1890.
In 1905 Russia suffered a crushing fleet defeat in the Russo Japanese War as its navy faced a decisive setback that reshaped naval power dynamics in the region. This historic moment is noted alongside later events in Canadian history involving the Dionne quintuplets born in 1934 in a farmhouse near Callender Ontario.
Mexico High junior James Kiburz won the sixth annual Operation Enterprise scholarship from A. P. Green Refractories Co. The award covers a two week business camp near Syracuse, N Y, Aug 1 13 for sons of Green employees. Kiburz is an Eagle Scout and active in Key Club M Club and Lat in clubs. He is a varsity football letterman and former sophomore class president. He attends Presbyterian Youth Fellowship and Boy Scouts eight years. The private camp brings top U S youths to meet leading executives to learn management.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.