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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1977
Page
10
Official readings show 7:00 am high 70 and low 56 with 56 at 7 am. Forecast cloudy tonight and Saturday with a 30 percent rain chance. Highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s to 50s, extended outlook mild to cooler. Lake of the Ozarks at 656.8 feet, several rivers and reservoirs with above or below normal levels in Missouri and St Louis area.
The Audrain Medical Center lists admissions including John D. Hopper Mrs G Jacob Shellabarger Mrs Betty Gibbs Ronald Ashburn Mrs W R Creed William F Wilmshorst Walter Kaufman Joycelyn Winn Mildred L Lee Robert E McDonald in Mexico Fulton Paris and centralia Dismissals include Leo Erdel Mrs John Pace Lowell Fisher Bessie Patrick Maurice Berry Charley McCrary Susan Sweezer Carl Anderson Venitta Barnes Mexico wes Jobe Louisville Ys Byron Smith Phillip Gillman Janie Thomas Benjamin Ragsdale Harry Johnson Holliday James A Threlkeld Anna Swein Paris Clifford Whitworth Marlin Erwin Cyril Dow Auxgasse Kevin Maskey Elmer Davis Urban Merlen bach Willsville Richard Bertels Jr Jefferson City Jack Durham Rush Bill Wayne Peavier High Hill and deaths Miss Louise Johnson 79 Jeffrey Carl Jones 14.
Mrs. H O Tolson reported paint sprayed on her home. A Thursday 12 30 p m accident on Morris and Harwood Streets involved a pickup driven by Robert G Durbin and a car driven by Thomas D Wills. damage was moderate. Magistrate Court records list multiple speeding fines from 14 to 43 dollars plus costs for eight defendants and two more charged. Probate Court files an inventory and appraisal of Maude Beagles Gray estate with real estate valued at 104500 and personal property at 9232.67.
Slaughter hogs mostly lower 1-2 lower across weights. sows down 1. to 1.50. Feeder pigs firm to up 10. Prices per cut vary with weight. Cash grain steady to mixed: soybeans 5.35, wheat 2.30, corn 1.85, milo 2.70. Futures open barely steady with soybeans down 3 cents and wheat mixed.
Stocks moved higher in moderate trade amid a cautious rally. The Dow Jones average rose to 806.31 by noon, led by gains in industrials while NYSE and American exchanges posted mixed results as volume reached about 9.55 million shares.
Continued from page one describes an event with riders performing daring feats on quick ponies and trained birds, then shifts to a Missouri state study showing residents in Audrain, Audram, Boone, Callaway and nearby counties live longer than 72 on average. Doctors credit rural work ethic, retirement patterns, and longevity, noting many retirees from St. Louis move to towns like Middletown and Montgomery City for quiet and gardening.
Organizers expect four caravans of farm vehicles and about 6000 people to converge in McCook Nebraska for the first multi state mass rally in the state by American Agriculture. Nebraska Colorado Kansas and Texas farmers will participate in the 3 pm rally with pickups tractors and other farm vehicles. A fly over by agricultural pilots will precede the event. Notable participants include Stan DeBoer Bertrand Gene Schroeder Al Jenkins Charlie Sharp. Also report Easton Maryland James A Michener donating outline manuscript and papers for his forthcoming novel to a local library.
Jeffrey Carl Jones of New Florence died from a self inflicted head wound with a .410 shotgun in the Jones pickup at Bethel's Cafe near the Highways 19 and 70 junction. Coroner rules death self inflicted. Services set for Saturday at Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Higgins officiating. He was born July 17, 1964, and survived by his parents, three brothers, three sisters, two grandmothers, a grandfather and a great grandfather.
Miss Johnson dedicated decades to Audrain County welfare work from 1932 to 1963 and remained active in charity efforts after retirement. Survived by sister Marsena Johnson and many relatives, she was a First Christian Church member with funeral arrangements pending at Arnold Funeral Home.
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to require an arms embargo on South Africa. The decision ends a two week debate over Pretoria's crackdown on black leaders and others opposing apartheid in the country.
Mario Puzo files a $3.6 million libel suit in Los Angeles against Progressive Grocer over a June issue article titled Confessions of a Former Supermarket Thief. The suit says the magazine used his byline without consent or contact, alleging as a boy he robbed a California grocery store in Elko with two others.
An advertising pitch urges clear, bold sales messaging with a catchy slogan and contact emphasis. The teaser highlights direct, confident copy intended to attract buyers and close deals quickly.
Police arrested a 17 year old and a 15 year old student at Mexico High School Thursday after a teacher reported a marijuana sale in a hallway near the parking lot. One marijuana cigarette was confiscated. Lytle is held in Audrain County Jail after arraignment on dispensing and transferring marijuana. bond set at 500.
Former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg says U S military officers down to major were authorized to deploy nuclear weapons under contingency rules in the 1950s and 1960s. He asserts presidents delegated power to top commanders who could further delegate, with some generals unsure what their subordinates believe. Ellsberg cites Pacific ship commanders with explicit crisis escalation instructions and notes JFK, Johnson, and Carter era continuations.
ST LOUIS AP Police seek a skilled possibly deranged bomber blamed for the third car explosion in a month that killed Shirley Marie Flynn 33 a computer analyst and injured or killed others in South St Louis County. Authorities say explosives wired to ignition indicate a single culprit with munitions knowledge. a press conference was planned as federal agents assist and patrols increase.
Burbank Calif AP Perry Camu was awarded 267,509 dollars for injuries from a fall on stage during a 1971 Christmas special taping for NBL.
Paris AP reports former U S secretary of state Henry Kissinger has completed a deal to sell the French rights of his forthcoming memoirs to Calmann Levy. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The House approved a 6.5 percent boost in veterans pensions, applying to over one million disabled veterans plus 990,000 widows and 693,000 children with low incomes, effective Jan 1. Also moves toward honoring World War II WASPs with active duty status and honorable discharges, aligning Pentagon and Senate actions. The WASPs logged 70 million miles in service. 38 members were killed and many decorated.
In Overland Park Kansas a runaway bull terrified residents rammed two cars and held officers at bay for nearly two hours before a 13 year old boy named Bobby Magland bravely struck the animal with a board. The bull then wandered to its owner's house ending the standoff.
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