Weather and hospital notices from Audrain area
Official 7:00 am readings show high 73, low 51, 53 at 7 am with 24 hour and month to date totals. Forecasts call for showers and cooler temperatures across Ledgehland and Missouri with highs around 60s to near 70 in the southeast. At Audrain Medical Center admissions include Lowell Crocker and many others. a birth reported at 9:57 pm in Wellsville. multiple dismissals and deaths noted including Everett W. Shaw and Amy Howe Gwin. Public safety reports detail a pedestrian injury on Coal Street and minor vehicle accidents with no injuries.
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Ledgehland
Missouri
Public Safety
Walter D. Moore
S. Clark
Audrain Medical Center
Katherine Carter
Christy
Jeffrey Hedberg
Columbia
W. Jackson
Muldrow
Dorothy ‘A. ‘Beshears
Ringo
Harold S. Enslen
Cardinal
Montgomery City crash injures two drivers and arrests
Two-car collision on Highway 49 south of Montgomery City sent Raymond H. Jesse and Diana L. Weldon to Audrain Medical Center in Mexico with Jesse in fair condition and Weldon in satisfactory condition. Jesse was arrested for driving while intoxicated and excessive speed. Weldon’s mother, Florence Weldon, was treated and released. A separate accident in Laddonia involved Paul Thomas Fuget and Eva Joyce James with no injuries.
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Highway Patrol
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Montgomery City
Raymond H. Jesse
Diana L. Weldon
Diana
Florence Weldon
Weldon
Jesse
Paul Thomas Fuget
Laddonia
Eva Joyce James
Missing Agnew resignation letter prompts government search
Washington AP report says a 14 word Agnew resignation letter is missing with copies only at the State Department and National Archives. Officials query agencies and potential theft, noting the letter could have high monetary value. The letter was dated October 10, 1973 and addressed to Henry Kissinger.
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Washington
T. Agnew
State Department
John King
Department
National Archives
James B. Rhoads
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
King
Etter
Washington, D.C
United States
Missouri Secretary reassesses turnout estimate downward
Jefferson City AP James C Kirkpatrick revised his Missouri turnout forecast from 1 212 000 to 1 160 000 voters for Tuesday general election about 53 percent of 2 2 million registered voters. He noted many elections are decided by those who stay home and urged turnout. The ballot includes US Senate state auditor 10 congressional races 180 state legislative contests and a campaign finance reform initiative.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
California voters weigh gender neutral constitution proposal
Californians will vote on Proposition 11 to remove gendered terms from the state Constitution. About 100 changes are proposed across eight sections to use neutral terms like governor and workers' compensation. Critics call the measure frivolous and say it has no legal effect.
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Los Angeles
Anita Miller
The
Commission On the Status of Women
California State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Timothy D. Weinland
California
Stock Market Roundup From Yesterday’s Trading
Over the counter activity showed Commerce Banc bid 17 percent and 18 percent ask. Wetteran held 13 percent bid and ask. NYSE closes: Robbie Brooks 15s unchanged, 200 shares. Combustion Engineering up 4 percent to 28 with 14,800. Dresser 46 down. Interco up 44 to 22 with 2,900 shares. Kaiser Aluminum 15 down. Panhandle 24 down. Wal Mart 12 up. US Gypsum common 15 down and preferred 19 up 1 percent, 400. Dow Jones index at Friday close 665.28.
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetteran
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
A.B. Chance
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
Dow Jones
Mrs Erma Hibbard Dies Rites Monday
Perry obit for Erma Ruth Hibbard 41 of Center north of Perry after long illness. Services set 2 p.m. Monday at Mt. Olivet Christian Church Center with Rev. Clarence Bangs and Rev. Gordon Campbell officiating. Burial Grand View Burial Park Hannibal. Survivors: husband Paul T. Hibbard, daughter Leanne Elaine, son Bruce Wiley Hibbard, three brothers David Poage Rush Hill Gene Poage in Germany and Vhell Poage Profit Town. Funeral home viewing Sunday after 4 p.m. at Wilkey Funeral Home Center. Born Feb 23 1933, daughter of Jesse L Poage and Ruth Dickensheets Poage. Member Mt. Olivet Church and charter member of El Martez Federated Women’s Club Perry.
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Perry
Erma Ruth Hibbard
Mt. Olivet Christian Church
Center
Clarence Bangs
New London
Gordon C. Campbell
Grand View
Hannibal
Wilkey Funeral Home
Poor World Crops To Cut Reserves
The Agriculture Department reports a world wheat reserve of 46.8 million metric tons by next year, the smallest on record, as poor harvests trim total grain supplies to about 916 million tons. The U S fall is about 8 million tons and the Soviet Union about 5 million.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Aviet Union
USDA
Ralph Hampton Named Night Dispatcher at Audrain County
Ralph Hampton of Mexico is appointed night dispatcher for the Audrain County Sheriff's office succeeding Chris Miller who resigned to focus on watch and clock repair service. Hampton also works at A. P. Green Refractories plant and will continue that job.
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Ralph Hampton
Mexico
Audrain County
Chris Miller
Hampton
A. P. Green Refractories
Visits Lebanon Said Fayad Spends Month Visiting Relatives
Fayad travels by plane to Chicago then Detroit where he visits Mr and Mrs Jack Hamady before a one day stay in Montreal and then returns to Lebanon. He was graduated in May from the business school at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
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Said Fayad
Lebanon
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Jack Hamady
Montreal
Business School
University of Missouri At Columbia
Mayor Bradley Unaware During Bank Robbery Incident
Mayor Thomas Bradley a former police lieutenant was inside a bank when a robbery occurred. Police said he did not know about the crime as the robber fled via the ray way with $1340.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
E W Shaw of Vandalia Dies at 53
Everett W. Shaw 53 of Vandalia died at 10 45 a m Friday at Audrain after admission Thursday He was born July 13 1921 on a farm near Laddonia and was a World War II veteran He is survived by a sister and a brother and was a former worker at C E Refractories Funeral services set at Waters Funeral Home with burial in Vandalia Cemetery
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Vandalia
Everett W. Shaw
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Waters Funeral Home
Dan Fields
Vandalla
Audrain County
Mr. Shaw
Laddonia
Leonard
Cora Fry Shaw
Laddonia High School
First Baptist Church
Shaw
U.S. Army
42Nd Infantry Division
C.E. Refractories
Inez Renner
Orley Shaw
Leslie
R.W. Shaw
Rites Sunday For Mrs. Sleania Jones
Obituary for Mrs. Sleania Katherine Brewer Jones 56 of New Harmony Vandalia native born March 3 1918 died Thursday at University Medical Center Columbia after one day as patient. Survived by husband Murl Jones son-in-law Tom Pryor three grandsons two sisters two brothers and many relatives. Funeral Sunday 2 p m New Harmony Christian Church with Rev James Coffman officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Farber
Sleania Katherine Brewer Jones
New Harmony
Curryville
University Medical Center
Columbia
Tom
Mari Ann
New Harmony Christian Church
James Coffman
Joe
Elmer Brantetter
Byron Smith
Joe Hahn
Fletcher
Charles Bagley
Waters
Vandalia
Jones
Mineola
Nora Lee Brewer
Arthur Brewer
Murl
Casey) Jones
Bowling Green
Mack
Beulah) Cunningham
Mildred Kirtlink
Clarence
Audrey) Peery
San Francisco
Calif
Jewett Brewer
Mexico
Herbert Brewer
Wright City
Herr
Mrs Amy Gwin Services Monday
Paris graveside funeral services for Mrs Amy Howe Gwin of Kirkwood will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Walnut Grove Cemetery. She died Friday in Kirkwood. Memorial services were held today in Kirkwood. Survivors include her husband a daughter Peggy Henker of St Louis two grandchildren three brothers Ralph Holliday Cecil Montana and Arthur Los Angeles. Visitation at Agnew Funeral Home Sunday afternoon. Also a birth: Mr and Mrs George R Hill Wellaville announce a daughter born Friday night at Audra Medical Center. Mr Hill works for Central Motor Parts in Mexico.
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Audrain Medical Center
Lowell E. Crocker
William P. Albus
Phillip Roberts
Jason S. Beebe
Delores K. Holden
Jeffrey E. Buckholz
Lisa M. Smith
Mary M. Williams
Ada McGruder
Rico H. Miller
Paul E. Menefee
Henry Adkisson Jr
Nadine V. Levick
Walter D. Moore Jr
James Ward
Mexico
Wendell L. Wright
Charles F. Fox Jr
Henry E. Christen
Centralia
Charles K. Polley
Middletown
Diana Lynne Weldon
R. Harley Jesse
John R. Ward
Thomas E. Benney
Virgil
Montgomery City
Darla Rne Jones
Paris
John L. Badger
New Florence
Gus Grebe
Columbia
George R. Hill
Wellsville
John Stone
Sheldon Stephenson
Marvin Dishman
Edna Weber
Beulah Belcher
Frank Henderson
Louis Whitaker
Wilda Asbury
Eugene Lang
Bruce Martin
Billy D. Potts
Joanne Campbell
Donald Farris
Marvin Rodgers
Lanzie Righter
Susie Griggs
Steven Stapleton
Vandalia
Lawrence Hendrix
Auxvasse
Lynn Lucas
Shelbina
Gertrude Petty
Thompson
Jack Springmeyer
Rhineland
Edna Hillebrand
Perry
Ella Fry
Everett Shaw
Everett W. Shaw
Sleania Jones
Amy Howe Gwin
Erma Ruth Hibbard
Kirkwood
Walnut Grove
Gwin
Peggy Henker
St. Louis
Ralph
Holliday
Cecil
Montana
Arthur
Los Angeles
Calif
Agnew
Wellaville
Audra Medical Center
Hill
Central Motor Parts
Let em Wear Masks Says Smoker
New York city imposes a smoking ban in supermarkets elevators classrooms and certain facilities Health Commissioner Bellin posts No Smoking signs and plans enforcement with two to four week honeymoon before penalties. He says managers are deputized to enforce and inspectors will address violations and tenants may be inspected.
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New York
Margaret Stern
Lowell E. Bellin
East Side
Bellin
Suit Filed Over Carpet Job in Auxvasse
Mrs. B. O. (Helen) Lawrence Sr. sues Emmett and George Baumgartner of Baumgartner's Furniture in Auxvasse for 6139.90 alleging green plush carpet was pieced, water mashed, and delivered not as ordered. She claims $1368.90 paid plus $5000 in damages for embarrassment and warranty disputes, with Edwards Seigfreid Runge and Hodge representing her.
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B. O
Helen) Lawrence Sr
Emmett
George Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Auxvasse
Route 3
Mexico
Lawrence
Edwards, Seigfreid
Runge and
Hodge
Coal Mine Talks Reach Critical Stage As Deadline Near
Negotiations between United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association edge toward a critical point as the current pact expires November 12. Ratification could take about 10 days under union rules, with no contract meaning no work. Both sides express guarded comments amid unresolved wage and benefit issues. A prolonged walkout could trigger severe production cuts and widespread unemployment, though a short strike would likely miss major economic disruption.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Optimists Ranked No 2 in Missouri District
The Mexico Optimist Club was named the No 2 club in the Missouri district at a convention in Fenton. Gov Paul Lowther praised the district of 158 clubs as among the nation’s top. Dr Robert Searfoss presented a program on Eye World innovations and introduced new associate Dr David Lankford. Dave Kemp and Marvin McCowan received distinguished plaques for secretary and attendance feats, with 52 members and guests Pat Estes and Larry Wright noted.
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Mexico
Fenton
Paul Lowther
Monterey
Cuba
Missouri
Lowther
Optimists
Robert Searfoss
David
David Lankford
Dave Kemp
Linda Straube
Kemp
Handi
Marvin McCowan
Bill Woodruff
Pat Estes
Larry Wright
Florissant Men Still Missing
Police probe possible link between two phone calls and the disappearance of two electronics store employees, Fred Gent and Todd Friedman, from a Radio Shack in Florissant. Part of the money was missing, cars nearby, Friedman family vacationing in Hong Kong. reward raised to $2,000 total for information.
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Florissant
Fred Gent
Radio Shack Co
Todd Friedman
Granite City
Friedman
Julian Friedman
Orlando
Fla
Friedmans
Hong Kong
Gent and Friedman
Rays Lawyers Say He Has Good Chance
MEMPHIS Tennessee AP James Earl Ray has a very good chance of winning with withdrawal of his guilty plea and standing trial for the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King. Defense attorney Bernard Fensterwald said this after an eight day hearing. Judge McRae did not indicate when a decision would come. Ray argued his former lawyers ignored his defense to pursue royalties from a King slaying book.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
Bernard Fensterwald
Washington, D.C
Fensterwald
U.S. District Court
Robert M. McRae Jr
Ford Likely Accepts Weaker Surtax Amid Opposition
AP Washington reports the Ford administration expects a weakened 5 percent income tax surcharge, possibly raising the minimum income level taxed to $25,000 for families. President Ford campaigns for anti inflation measures as unemployment rises to 6 percent and factory orders fall.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Ford
Wainwright Building To Get Facelift And Expansion
ST LOUIS AP The historic Wainwright Building will receive a facelift and 115000 additional square feet of offices. Gov Christopher Bond announced the exterior restoration and space expansion to consolidate state offices now in rented spaces. The design by Hastings Chivetta and Mitchell Giurgola won a 7 percent commission. project cost estimated at 8.5 million with about 5.5 million from the state appropriation. The 10 story structure, completed in 1892, is famed as an early modern skyscraper.
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St, Louis
Wainwright
Christopher Bond
Bond
Hastings & Chivetta
St. Louis
Mitchell-Giurgola
Philadelphia
Saddle Pads May Carry Anthrax Scarce Safety Alert
Between five thousand and ten thousand saddle pads sold nationwide since last January may be contaminated with anthrax spores, says the U S Consumer Product Safety Commission. Pads made by Perforated Pad Co of Woonsocket Rhode Island are woven from imported goat and yak hair and may carry a blue label with six style numbers. The company will offer refunds through retailers to individual buyers.
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Washington
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Woonsocket
R.I
Banks Cut Prime Rate as Loan Demand Drops
New York's First National City Bank and Los Angeles Manufacturers Bank trimmed their prime rate to 10 percent for top borrowers effective Monday, with Crocker National San Francisco First National Bank of Cincinnati and North Carolina National lowering to 11 percent. The five banks mark the fifth straight week of rate cuts signaling easier monetary conditions and potential moves in consumer rates.
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NEW York
First National City Bank of New York
Manufacturers Bank of Los Angeles
Crocker National of
San Francisco
First National Bank of Cincinnati
North Carolina National
Testify Guards Fired From Afar At Kent State Shootings
Three victims testified they were more than 300 feet away from Ohio National Guard troops when they were fired upon during the Kent State confrontation. They described standing in a parking lot at the hill base as guardsmen fired, while defense claims of danger were disputed.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Kent State University
Ohio National Guard
Donald
MacKenzie
Millersville
Douglas Wrentmore
New Brunswick
N.J
Robert F. Stamps
Coral Gables
Fla
U.S
Cambodia
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DeTienne
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E. W. Shaw
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