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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1970
Page
1
The Daily Record provides official 7:00 a.m. readings with 66 high and 36 at 7 a.m. for today. It recalls a year ago today’s high of 68 and includes month to date and year to date precipitation figures with normal comparisons.
Zone 5 fair tonight with low around 40, Sunday cloudier with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s Sunday. Missouri forecast shows increasing cloudiness and possible showers Monday into Wednesday with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. River stages listed for several cities. Audrain Hospital reports multiple births and discharges, plus local police notes on car accidents and other incidents.
A Friday 1:15 p m crash on Highway 64 seven miles south of Audrain County Route D involved two Mexican drivers. Walter Smith 24 of Mexico and George Turner 54 of Mexico avoided injuries. Smith swerved to avoid a passing truck and hit the rear tandem. Smith's car sustained $300 damage. Turner's vehicle was undamaged.
Bryan Wayne Wohlbold is the name given to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wohlbold of Rush Hill Route 1 born Sunday at Audrain Hospital. He joins sisters Lynn aged 6 and Lori aged 1. Grandmothers are Mrs. Roy Wohlbold and Mrs. Rodney Rodenbaugh of Laddonia.
In Key Biscayne Nixon plans another postmortem conference with top political advisers on the 1970 elections. In Saigon a South Vietnamese general says all U S combat troops could be withdrawn from the southern half of the country next year.
In OTC trading A B Chaneé Co shows 21% bid 22% asked while Commerce Bancshares is 43% bid 44% asked Wetterau 20% bid 2144% asked. NYSE results list Bobbie Brooks 13% tp 4, Dresser Industries 27 54% up, Interco 35 44% up, Kaiser Aluminum 30% down, Ralston Purina 22 94% up, U S Gypsum common 54% unchanged, preferred 30% unchanged. Correction notes a pricing typo for Kenmore Portable Dishwasher read as 2.44 instead of 244.00.
The government filed its first suit under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act to compel General Motors to warn buyers of 200,000 pickup trucks about allegedly unsafe wheels. The action seeks up to 400,000 dollars in civil penalties for failures to warn owners of 1960 to 1965 Chevrolet and GMC three quarter ton pickups after safety bureau findings.
Thomas Reed of Tuskegee pledged to fight for the poor as a newly elected Negro merchant joined attorney Fred Gray to break the color barrier in Alabama's Legislature. They won seats Tuesday to represent a district covering Barbour County and parts of Bullock and Macon counties.
Evicted by a stroke during a Friday performance in Covington, Eddie Peabody 69 died at St. Elizabeth Hospital. The Phoenix native and vaudeville veteran had a 50 year career with concerts television and recording work.
INDIANAPOLIS AP Three police officers will marry in a joint ceremony on November 21 at the Fraternal Order of Police Ball Judge Valan S. Boring will perform the weddings Patrolman James Hoard 23 will wed Judith Gail Coffer 24 Patrolman Stephen M. Bolinger 25 will wed Vicki Lynn Sohn 22 and Patrolman David J. Johnson 32 will wed Marie Greeson 32 All three couples work the same shift and planned the event as a lighthearted police family celebration.
St. Clair County canvass confirms state Rep. Guss Salley a Warsaw Republican held a one vote margin in the race for re election in the 116th District.
An initial report states a Russian soldier was wounded when two or three shots were fired near the Soviet memorial in West Berlin around 1 10 a.m. on November 7. A British ambulance took the injured man to East Berlin hospital. authorities blamed an unknown assailant and launched an investigation. The incident occurred as the 53rd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution was to be marked with a parade at the memorial guarded by 18 Russian soldiers. Police found anti Bolshevik leaflets in a nearby park signed by the European Liberation Front. West Berlin officials and the British military administration expressed caution while condemning the act. The memorial sits near the Brandenburg Gate, in the British sector, with extensive security for the anniversary events.
Alfred B. Fuller of Santa Rosa, 71, received a 3.20 refund from California Physicians Service after a drawn out dispute. Officials delivered a check covering the refund plus 8 for costs from Sonoma County Small Claims Court. The case moved from state to federal courts before resuming in small claims.
In San Jose California 150 women applied to wed John Kovaceivich a Yugoslavian immigrant facing deportation unless married by Sunday. Contractor John Patania described the media frenzy as Christine Green 21 chosen by Kovaceivich prepared to marry promptly before a Reno Nevada ceremony to avoid the deadline.
Mrs. Charles Daisy Garner 95, longtime Montgomery City resident, died last night at Resthaven in St Louis. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Monday at Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Hester officiating. Burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. Visitation 9:00 a.m. Monday. Survived by granddaughter May Ann Combs of Dallas, three great grandchildren, brother Alex H. Walsh of St Joseph. Her husband, former First National Bank cashier, died in 1940. daughter Virginia Baskett died in 1952.
Local vote tallies list Ed Hodge leading with two votes and James Heim and Andy Runge each with two. James Cafer Joe Bone and Howard Dillard receive one vote apiece. Collector votes show Sam Carter with seven, Al Tangora with two, and Helen Miller Joe Fennessey Harold Squires Morris Crews and Tom Talley with one each. Foreagurer Helen Miller earns three, Naomi Decker and Betty Garner one each.
Ruckelshaus, 38, praised as a strong pollution prosecutor, appears likely as EPA head. Senators and conservation groups seek proof of funding and staff for anti pollution programs while Muskie committee reviews his confirmation.
George B. Ferguson has been dismissed from Ellis Fischer Hospital in Columbia and will continue treatment as an outpatient.
Oliver B. Ferguson, a University of Missouri curator for 16 years, resigns for health reasons two years before his term ends. Gov. Hearnes may reappoint Judge William H. Billings to a six-year term, with Hearnes naming three others to the nine-member board. Ferguson denies pressure from any official.
Clarence Aubrey Gentry 83 of Columbia died in his sleep at home. Born August 24, 1889 in Audrain County, he married Nellie Tender in Sturgeon October 27, 1907. A retired Stephens College employee, he belonged to Sturgeon Baptist Church and Acacia Masonic Lodge 602 AF&AM. Survived by two sisters, a brother. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Fenton Funeral Chapel Sturgeon, Rev James Jones officiating. Burial Mount Horeb Cemetery Sturgeon. Friends may call prior to services.
A federal suit filed in Cape Girardeau seeks to void Missouri two-thirds voting requirements for health center approvals. Attorney Paul Preisler represents five Dexter residents aiming to place a health center in Stoddard County. The measure won 58.9 percent in the Nov 6 1988 election but failed to reach two-thirds.
The United States boycotts Soviet era parties in response to detentions of two U.S. Army generals and a major in Soviet Armenia. Adolph Dubs attends as highest U.S. representative. ambassadors attend Moscow reception. Move signals growing superpower tensions as Washington limits representation and pursues diplomatic displeasure.
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