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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1970
Page
11
7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours high and low temperatures with 7 a.m. 43 degrees and a year ago today 46 degrees. Precipitation figures include month to date 0.8 inches and year to date 51.90 inches with normal December 37.21 inches. Sunset is 5:04 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 6:42 a.m.
Otis Reymonds of Centralia and Marvin Fair of Centralia sideswiped on a hill crest on a gravel road 12 miles west of Mexico. No injuries reported. Patrol noted car damage and brief weather outlook with cooler nights and warming into the weekend.
Chicago grain futures showed mixed movement with wheat up slightly and corn flat to higher. Hog prices rose for many weights while cattle and calf values softened in early trading, reflecting active but uneven demand across fat and feeder categories.
The new Missouri state auditor, elected on a Republican ticket, pledges a professional, CPA-led audit office with a uniform accounting system. He resigns from the attorney general’s office to focus on the campaign, aims to recruit CPAs, and promises cooperation with county officials while criticizing the prior administration’s practices.
In Omaha, Republican Senator Roman L. Hruska barely held off former Democratic Governor Morrison as Democrat J.J. Exon defeated incumbent Republican Governor Norbert Tiemann. Nixon campaigned for Hruska as results showed 52 to 48 percent with 1,477 of 2,015 precincts reporting, totaling 157,060 to 147,949.
A Bernard Stubblefield, 82, now retired in Mississippi, is identified as the first entertainer to appear on radio. Dr Edward C Lambert of the University of Missouri says Stubblefield, then 14, played harmonica on radio in 1902. His father Nathan Stubblefield demonstrated a vibrating telephone 20 years earlier at Murray Kentucky.
Stock prices gained modestly with the Dow up 3.90 at 771.97 at noon as optimism over a discount-rate cut and GM settlement supported shares. Major movers included Bobbie Brooks, Kaiser Aluminum, and U.S. Gypsum with varied results. Large blocks traded: Armco Steel, Brunswick, Pitney Bowes. other Big Board and Amex names showed mixed or small gains.
In Kansas Democrats secure the governorship and attorney general post as Gov. Robert B. Docking wins a historic third term. Dr. William Roy defeats Rep. Chester Mize to claim a U.S. House seat, and Vern Miller wins the attorney general race, unseating Republican Seaton.
Montgomery City man Pat Wyatt broke his right leg in two places Monday afternoon while repairing a roof antenna in Wellsville. He jumped to stop his fall, preventing a fall from the roof. He is said to be “getting along all right” at Boone County Hospital in Columbia.
Montgomery City lawyer and Democratic leader Oliver Maxwell Sterling died of a stroke at Audrain Hospital. He had battled illness after brain surgery and returned to practice. Survived by wife Marjorie Noll, parents, a son and three daughters. Funeral at United Methodist Church with Masonic rites tonight and Thursday burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. Memorials to Max Oliver Memorial Building Fund for the Methodist Church.
State Vote marks a narrow victory for incumbent Senator Symington, who thanked supporters and praised Missouri voters after results rolled in. Danforth conceded at 12:50 a.m., praising Symington and wishing him well in the years ahead.
Pasadena Calif AP a scientist says house flies can see better in some ways than humans and have a nervous system as complex as a $500000 computer. They detect colors including ultraviolet and polarized light and can sense slower motions such as a clock hour hand. The finding aims to understand nervous systems across creatures. The fly’s acuity is not useful to humans and the insect cannot be trained beyond elementary tasks.
Funeral services for Eric Eugene Oliver 55 of Laddonia will be Sunday at 1 30 p m at Laddonia Baptist Church with Rev Cleo Sexton officiating Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery Mexico He died in a Monday evening automobile crash on Highway 54 three miles east of Mexico Survived by wife Ida Bernard Brown two sons Harry and Raymond of Mexico three daughters Barbara Fox Betty Davis and Eulah Jane Oberhaus all of Laddonia The Oberhaus daughter is hospitalized in Columbia and Mrs Oliver is in satisfactory condition at Audrain Hospital Mexico
Earl Lee Rinker, 28, of Laddonia died at Missouri Pacific Hospital St Louis at 10 30 p m after a car truck crash on Highway 54 13 miles north of Audrain County Route K on October 22 He was a passenger in a car driven by 19 year old Donald Dewayne Calvert of Laddonia Vices are pending at Wilkey Biernhoff Funeral Home in Laddonia
W L Bill Johnson 63 of 505 E State St Vandalia died 11 p m Tuesday at John Cochran Veterans Hospital St Louis after year long cancer. He was born Curryville Mo Dec 27 1906 son of Robert A and Mary Jane Johnson. Survived by wife Hettie four grandchildren two daughters Margie Purvis Wellsville and Mary Kiblinger Cary NC two brothers Harry Vandalia and Robert Johnson Jr California and two sisters Lilly Runyon Hannibal and Violet Wagner Louisiana Mo. Funeral Friday 2 pm at Southside Baptist Church pastor Tim Liddell officiating burial Vandalia Cemetery.
Democrat Dale Bumpers, who quit a small-town law practice five months earlier to run for governor, crushed Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller in a landslide. With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Bumpers led with 281,388 votes to Rockefeller’s 142,271, captureing 63 percent. Rockefeller, the first Republican governor since Reconstruction, faced a decisive defeat as the election results solidified.
Monroe County voted Democratic about two to one in statewide races, keeping its status as a Democratic stronghold. Voters backed Syimington 2400 to 1011 for Danforth. Bond led Holman 1249 to 2150 for auditor. Hungate won 2718 to 664 for Congress. other local offices drew clear margins with no opposition.
Incumbent Republicans won by wide margins across Montgomery County with nearly all precincts voting Republican. Democrat William Hungate carried the county with 2167 votes to 1924 for Anthony Schroeder. James G. Gregory was elected prosecuting attorney without opposition, replacing Thomas I. Osborne. All other officials were re elected without opposition.
Jefferson City AP Dowd of St Louis and Lt Gov Morris of Kansas City filed for the Democratic nomination for governor, arriving early at the secretary of state’s office. Dowd vowed county to county campaigning while Morris planned to delay formal campaigning until his Senate duties end. Also Kirkpatrick filed for re election as secretary of state and three candidates—Phillips Morris and Carpenter—entered the race for treasurer.
DES MOINES Iowa AP Gov Robert Ray secured a second two year term defeating former Democratic Lt Gov Robert Fulton in a tax focused race Incumbent Republicans won statewide offices and six of seven Iowa congressmen were elected results showing little turnover in the state government.
A Vandalia couple was seriously injured when a truck skidded on a curve and struck their car. Kenneth Shanbach, employed by Vernon Moore, lost control on slick pavement a mile northeast of the highway 54 Route F intersection. Mr and Mrs Goodman were admitted to Audrain Hospital in good condition later. she suffered head and back injuries and possible internal injuries, he had cuts to the left ear and face and shoulder.
Artie Lewis of Willingboro New Jersey died early morning after a brief illness. He leaves his wife Mary Lou and a brother Sam Lewis of Centralia as well as a sister Mrs. L. Centralia. The body lies in state at Meditotane Gon Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are pending.
A correction acknowledges the operator name at Northside Bésury Salon and Monday's Ledger. The correct name is Gail McHatton.
National returns show Nixon allies winning key Senate races while Democrats claim gains of their own. Byrd wins Virginia as an independent, Stevenson and Tunney emerge as rising Democratic figures, Humphrey and Kennedy lead sweeping statewide wins, and Republican gains are limited to a few southern governor races amid midwestern setbacks.
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