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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1970
Page
8
Weather and market bulletin shows 24 hour high 8, low 38, 94 hour low 36 and 42 in places. Precipitation figures include year to date 51.90 inches and month to date 3. itt. sun set 5 02 pm and sunrise 6 44 am. State readings mention general 1 60 a m readings and normal November 2.23 inches.
Partly cloudy through Saturday with a 40 degree low tonight and highs around 60. Missouri forecast shows warmer tonight, cooler north Saturday, highs in 60s to lower 70s south. Extended outlook through Tuesday cools from 60s to 50s, late-weekend lows upper 90s north to mid 30s Bootheel. little or no precip. River stages listed for Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau. Lake of the Ozarks at 57.3 feet, minus 3. Dozens admitted and dismissed at Audrain Hospital in Mexico and Vandalia areas with multiple local names. deaths reported including Felix Korman. Police report a two-car accident at 9:01 am near 5 Liberty and Green Boulevards. one summons issued. Five bales of hay stolen from Fairgrounds Park. suspects in custody after hay burning on Fairground Ave. Additional minor local notices and patient listings.
A burglary damaged an apartment owned by James Redmond with a white Skyline radar missing and a lamp knocked over. Eggs spattered a resident’s window at 619 N Washington. A basement fire at Mrs Orvil Trabue’s Route 1 Mexico home damaged a counter and destroyed an organ. Case equipment theft at Highway 54 site valued at 251.12 for a mixer and 6.13 for a wing hood. Local court fines and Missouri livestock market notes follow.
Chicago livestock market shows slaughter steers generally firm to 50 higher with prime and high choice ranges quoted. Slaughter heifers average yield grades 3 and 4 around 27.50 to 28.00, utility and commercial cows 17.75 to 19.00, bulls 23.50 to 25.50, and sheep with no market test.
Chicago grain futures ended lower as speculative selling and profit taking reversed early spots. Soybeans fell about 4 cents from the prior close, corn dropped around 24 cents, and wheat and oats declined roughly 2 cents to near 1.5 percent lower for December contracts.
Tammy Michelle Brown, a 3 lb 7.5 oz premature daughter of Tammy and Paul Brown of Benton City Route 1, was born at Audrain Hospital at 8 15 a.m. Sunday and transferred to University Medical Center Columbia. Debra Femmer Brown’s former name and Ray Brown Jr. grandparents are noted. father works at Rome Pizzeria in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Utterback of Mexico Route 1 welcomed a son named Kevin Dale born at Audrain Hospital at 12 21 a m Saturday. The couple has a two and a half year old son Bobby. Grandparents are H W Fennewald of Mexico and David Utterback of Hunnewell. Great grandparents include Alf Juenemann of Mexico Charles Fennewald Sr. of Benton City and Frances Bannister of Madison.
Amelia Mohn, a former Mexicoan living with her son in law and daughter Al and Dorothy Korabek in Granger Indiana, fell Sunday at a church and broke her hip and shoulder. She is a Memorial Hospital South Bend patient in room 409 46601.
An early morning dynamite explosion ripped two holes in the rear of Temple Beth Am in suburban Henrietta Rochester area no injuries were reported authorities investigated the incident and are reviewing security footage and possible motives.
New York stock prices edged higher at noon with the Dow Jones avg up 0.62 to 772.38 while declines and advances were even on the NYSE. News from the General Motors strike and hopes for easier money influenced sentiment as oil, electronics, rails rose, and motors and airlines mixed. Notable trades included Telex 110,000 shares down to 214, and Capital Cities Broadcasting 70,000 shares down to 27. Meat end of morning quotes showed American Airlines down to 1842 and Sony up to 1548 with several other names moving modestly via fractional changes.
A Chicago Medical Society emergency house call program ended after 18 years amid doctor shortages and rising specialization. Dr. Robert Mustell noted only 40 of 6,000 doctors remain in the service, as hospitals now provide emergency wards and many physicians prefer hospital care with full diagnostics.
Washington AP advisory panel urges Agriculture Dept and states to end salvage of swine exposed to hog cholera. Infected hogs are killed and bodies destroyed while rules allow immediate slaughter of merely exposed animals. Panel says halt salvage if U.S. aims to eradicate disease by December 1972.
Coast Guard reports 14 survivors pulled from the 268 foot Baltatran wrecked near treacherous shoals. Three crewmen remain missing as differing messages place 17 or 28 total aboard, with 11 survivors allegedly picked up by the Gulf Queen and 14 already rescued.
Funeral services for Irene M. Jarboe 79 of Vandalia who died Thursday at Audrain Hospital will be Saturday at 3 p m at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia Reverend Wallace Thurman United Presbyterian Church will officiate burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery Middletown In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the heartfund
Funeral services for Richard Lee Dysart were held Thursday at Arnold funeral home conducted by Larrie Larson of Bowling Green. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with music by Mrs. John M. Conner of Auxvasse. Pallbearers were Wendell Hooke Elmer Schinkle Robert Riley Millard Pemberton Cave Marshall and Robert Jackson.
A ribbon cutting at Glen's Sinclair service station 925 E Liberty St drew city officials and business leaders. Glen E Morris of Mexico operates the site moved from 517 S Clark St in September. attendees included city manager Neil Nielsen mayor Warner Williams Fire Chief Tom Merritt Chamber members and several Sinclair and AAA managers from St Louis and Columbia.
At the James Bledsoe Post 26 American Legion regular meeting a $15 donation was given to the Community Chest. Veterans Day will be observed at the Legion Home with a covered dish for members and guests, entertainment planned, meat and bread provided by the post. Wallace Melahn reported for the board. Leon Rutherford presided as commander. Cleanup time was set for Monday and Tuesday. next meeting scheduled for December.
Felix Cotten Korman 41 of near Montgomery City died Thursday night at home. Born November 20 1908 near Rhineland he worked 18 years at Producers Grain and farmed. Survived by wife Cecil. daughter Vera Gatcher. sons Glen and Tor. 11 grandchildren. brother William Korman. five sisters. Memorial services Sunday 2 p.m. Immaculate Conception Church. Burial St Marys Cemetery. Rosary Friday evening funeral home.
Jefferson City AP reports talks continue between the U S Army Corps of Engineers and the Southwest Power Administration to secure permanent assurance that Lake Taneycomo’s oxygen level will be protected. The trout habitat near Table Rock Dam faced danger when bottom-water flow lowered oxygen to 2.2 ppm, below the 4 ppm threshold. State officials seek turbine reallocation to help the lake recover its trout habitat.
Arab terror bombs struck Tel Aviv's busy central bus station killing one person and injuring ten. A charge on a bus platform and another in a trash bin near a cinema exploded about twenty minutes apart, police said. Officials reported the casualty included a man who died from his injuries. Dozens of arrests were reported during interrogations and security checks.
Reports say Neal Poster 18 Auxvasse and passenger Margaret Hudson 14 Mexico were admitted in satisfactory condition at Audrain Hospital after a head on collision Thursday on Highway 64 four miles south of Mexico. Foster faced a summons for passing in the face of oncoming traffic during the same incident.
Puzzle clues listed in a fragmented OCR including Across entries like Limb byown and Egg, plus Jester King topper Indian Contradiction wondered turn Mardi gras s Majorit y Russian aquatic mammal D Register Delicious Wild turns at Bryne Lens test at drawers Excent Cubic meter May s march Pecan tree True Thespian Solo Compass print Goddess of mischief with multiple misprints and unclear spellings.
AUXVASSE Thieves broke into Wilson's IGA Wednesday night and stole pork steak valued at 50 to 60 dollars and about 50 dollars worth of gazette. They shattered the triple strength glass front door. Police pursued a suspected car early next morning but did not catch it. A safe was tampered with and slightly damaged.
AP Kansas City quote by television newsman David Brinkley criticizes military spending and election rhetoric. He argues the federal government serves itself, urges a national people’s survey, predicts the death of ineffective political commercials, and cites fish and wildlife and space programs as better government functions.
President Nixon designated November 26 as Thanksgiving Day and urged the nation to give thanks for its blessings. He framed divisions as opportunities to prove core American principles and emphasized unity under E Pluribus Unum, seeking peace and divine guidance.
ST LOUIS AP The Missouri 116th District race hinges on St Clair County certification with unofficial totals showing incumbent Guss Salley 1275 to Morran Harris 2055. If official Benton and Pettis counts align, Salley leads 4819 to 4818. Salley had 2104 votes in Benton and 1440 in Pettis.
Correction states yesterday’s Ledger listed wrong AAA Auto Club address. the correct address is 111 S Washington.
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