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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1970
Page
1
Official 7:00 a.m readings show yesterday’s high 52 and low 2. November precipitation at 2.23 inches month to date. Year to date rainfall 52.66 inches. normal through December 137.21 inches. Sun sets at 4:58 p.m and rises at 6:49 a.m tomorrow.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s and southerly winds. Wednesday brings increasing clouds with a 30 percent chance of showers and highs in the 60s. Missouri forecast shows similar trends with rain possible west to east by evening and highs in the 60s. Extended outlook through Saturday calls for scattered showers and near normal temperatures, nights around 40, highs upper 50s to low 60s. River stages and hospital notices follow, including several admissions and two deaths in nearby towns.
A Lafayette resident Erich August Hans was issued a summons for fateless and imprudent driving after a collision on Highway 19 near Interstate 70, causing minor damage to two cars with no injuries. The page also lists numerous speeding charges in nearby towns, a pair of damage suits against Gary Lee Hahn and Isa Marie Kern, and detailed Missouri and national livestock market figures with cattle, hog, and sheep prices and movements across MO DEPT OF AG centers, National Stockyards, and Chicago markets.
Yesterday's local cash grain quotes show soybeans hard and soft wheat and corn at varying bids. NYSE trading noted profit taking with the Dow Jones average at 777.52 at noon and a 7 to 5 spread of advancing versus declining issues.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a vacant house owned by Hanley Jennings on the east edge of Centralia. Smoke forced the closure of Highway 22 for about 30 minutes as fire crews fought the blaze. Fire Chief Burton Knowles said crews discovered the fire at 9:50 a.m. and redirected westbound traffic from Mexico to ease the tieup.
Kansas City officials announce daylight high school football games this Saturday to curb spectator violence after a four hour meeting. Basketball opens December 15 and officials will decide security measures within two weeks, including potential spectator bans like those used in New York and Detroit.
Dale Dusty reports the Senior girls jug band performed during the Ladies Hawking Assembly singing old favorites. They will appear on Channel 12 SeeTv tonight at 6 00 p.m. Grade cards are handed out Thursday during class. students must settle library fines pay for school pictures and pay for lost textbooks by 3 00 p.m. Wednesday.
Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam will travel to the United States next week visiting military installations and the White House. The trip substitutes for his planned attendance at the October 3 March for Victory. Ky is expected to meet President Nixon around November 23.
Funeral services are planned for Geneva Outlaw 64 who died Monday at 2 90 p m at University of Missouri Medical Center Columbia. The Rev Glen Vernon will officiate at Waters Funeral Chapel Vandalia with burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Survived by husband and two sisters Effie Farnsworth Vandalia and Eris Dell Schimmer Laddonia.
Mr and Mrs David Maupin of Deerfield announce the birth of their son David Scott Maupin on October 28. The infant weighed seven pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Reece Maupin and Mr and Mrs Macon McGlamery. Mr Maupin is assistant to the vice president of Baxter Laboratories in Deerfield.
The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will stop in Auxvasse on Saturday November 14 from 10 15 a.m. to 12 15 p.m. The event offers residents access to library materials in a mobile format.
Council discusses a two block Urban Renewal district with costs above normal per front foot. The Oct 12 resolution passed and publications and protest periods were completed. Street improvements this summer totaled 5.70 miles on permanent streets and 1.07 miles on non permanent streets, with 7,290 feet of curbs installed by Nov. 6. The city crew of 10 would have cost nearly $60,000 by contract. drainage and load issues on Boulevard and on drainage pipes hinder progress.
Detroit police say a 6 year old boy Kevin Toston died of a heroin overdose from a capsule swallowed at an uncle's home. Inspector Robert A. Slottke of the homicide bureau stated the capsule, not candy, was the source.
Britain reports a collision between its largest warship the Ark Royal and a Soviet destroyer during maneuvers in the Mediterranean. No further details were released by the Admiralty.
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