Weather summary and local incidents in Missouri report
Local weather notes show tonight partly cloudy with lows in the 30s and light variable winds, Friday bringing more clouds and a small chance of rain with a high in the 60s. Missouri forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy tonight with lows from the Bootheel to the 308 elsewhere, Friday clouding up with possible rain west and east by night and highs in the 50s. Extended to Monday, expect a chance of showers Saturday and Sunday, clearing Monday, cool with highs mostly in the 50s and lows 38 to 40s. St Louis area river stages and lake levels listed. multiple local health care admissions and births reported in Mexico and nearby towns. police notes cover minor accidents, vehicle damage, and court updates from Mexico and surrounding counties.
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Missouri
Missouri Livestock Market Report at Local Livestock Center
Slaughter hogs steady to 60 cents higher for under 240 pounds and 24 cents lower for over 240. Prices listed by weight class from 1100 head totals, with hogs, boars, and cattle priced across ranges. US market reports show hogs down to 13.00 for lighter weights, cattle mostly steady to higher for calves, with mixed prices for cows and vealers and limited sheep data.
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Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept, OF AG
Chicago Grain Market Opens Mixed On Futures
Chicago soybean and grain futures moved higher on opening as soybeans rose percent and cents per bushel, with December corn and wheat showing mixed moves. Oats also edged higher as traders weighed early price shifts.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Prices Report
Chicago cattle and sheep sales show steady demand across utility and commercial cows with prices 17.75 to 19.00, high dressing cows up to 19.50, canners and cutters 15.50 to 18.50, bulls 23.50 to 25.50, and slaughter lambs at 27.50 to 28.00 for 90 to 105 pounds.
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Til
Chicago
USDA
Youth Vote Debate Splits Over 18-Year-Old Ballot
Bill and John Reeves weigh youth readiness to vote amid division on lowering the voting age to 18. Carol supports giving youth a vote but questions responsibility. John Freeman argues youths should have a say due to obligation to fight, while John Reeves opposes citing lack of political interest.
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Bill
John Reeves
Carol
John Freeman
Fire kills 20 horses at Blue Ribbon Downs track
SALLI AW Okla AP At least 20 horses were killed when a fire destroyed a barn at Blue Ribbon Downs quarterhorse race track two miles east of SALLI AW. The blaze started shortly before 10 p.m. in one of six barns on the property owned by Bill and Helen Hedges.
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Salliaw
Okla
Blue Ribbon Downs Quarterhorse Race Track
Oklahoma
Bill
Helen Hedges
Stock Market Mixed In Over The Counter Trading
NEW YORK AP stock prices fell modestly in moderate volume as banks cut prime rates but failed to halt downward momentum. Dow Jones average slipped 4.65 to 774.85 at noon as declines spread across motors rails rubbers metals oils and drugs with big blocks in Scott Paper and Fluor Corp. trading lower at 22 and 21 4 percent respectively.
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New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
General Motors
Xerox
Burroughs
IBM
Polaroid
Scott Paper
Fluor Corp
Luna 17 Nears Moon In Halfway Point
Moscow AP reports uncrewed Luna 17 has passed halfway to the moon. It nears a soft landing planned for this weekend and a soil sample return. Lunar exploration is to follow landing.
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Moscow
Earth
Nearly New Shop Moves to New Audrain Location
The Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary announces the Nearly New Shop will relocate to 602 E. Love St at the southeast corner of Love and Craig. Work began yesterday converting the former home of Mrs. Marguerite Jasper for the thrift shop with plans to open later this month. an exact date will be announced in The Ledger.
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Audrain Medical Center
E. Love St
Love and
Craig Sts
E. Jackson S
Harold Curry
Marguerite Jasper
Mrs. Harry Brown Dies in Car Crash Aftermath
LADDONIA Missouri Mrs Hulah May Brown 73 of Laddonia died at 4 30 am Wednesday at the University of Missouri Medical Center Columbia following injuries from a Nov 2 automobile crash on Highway 54 three and a half miles east of Mexico In the crash Ernie Eugene Oliver her son in law was killed and Mrs Ida B Oliver of Laddonia a passenger in the Oliver car was dismissed from Audrain Medical Center Mrs Eulah Jane Oberhaus Gr grandaughter of Laddonia is improving at Boone County Hospital Columbia Funeral services will be Friday at 1 20 pm at Wilkey Bienhoff Funeral Home Laddonia with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Mexico.
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Laddonia
Harry
Hulah May) Brown
Ernie Eugene Oliver
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Brown
Mexico
Ernie
Ida B.) Oliver
Audrain Medical Center
Oliver
Eulah Jane Oberhaus
Boone County Hospital
John
Ida May White Fry
Harry S. Brown
Iona Trams
Auxvasse
Nellie Conley
Montgomery City
E. Fry
Arizona
Wilkey-Bienhoff Funeral Home
Hugh Ash
Elmwood Cemetery
Mrs. Hunt Dies at 71 in Vandalia
Mrs. Bessie Rebecca Hunt, 71, of Vandalia died en route to Audrain Medical Center after an apparent heart attack while visiting friends in Wellsville. Born March 11, 1899 in Barry County Illinois, she lived near Center and Vandalia most of her life. She worked 22 years at Ely-Walker, now Bobbie Brooks, and was active in Vandalia First Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge. Survived by son Marvin, two brothers Ernest and William, two sisters Nettie Lynn and Laura Fisher, five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. preceded by daughter Velma Martin and brother Herman. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Waters funeral home, Rev. Glen Vernon officiating. burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Friends may calluntil service time.
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Bessie Rebecca Hunts
Park St
Audrain Medical Center
Isaac
Adeline Weaver Bontz
Center
Roy B. Hunt
Marvin
Ernest Bontz
William Bontz
Shelton, Neb
Grover
Nettie) Lynn
Harold
Laura) Fisher
Velma Martin
Herman
Waters Funeral Home
Glen Vernon
First Christaan Church
Druggist Stops Selling Pill in Tulsa Chain
Druggist Ralph Couch says he is removing birth control pills from six Couch Pharmacies in Tulsa. He cites nervous attorneys and mentions accusations of peddling vice and dangerous drugs amid professional concerns.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ralph Couch
Couch
Couch Pharmacies Chain
Allen C. Lester Dies at 82 in Centralia
Allen C. Lester 82 of 133 Denton St Centralia died at Audrain Medical Center after a one day stay. Born near Trenton Missouri Oct 9 1888 he was a retired carpenter. Survived by Eva LaBar wife two daughters Estell Smith and Della Ehil two brothers Jethro Lester Robert Lester a sister Feral Harlow three grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral at Meadow and Son Chapel Centralia Saturday 1 pm Rev Thomas Adams officiating burial Centralia Cemetery.
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Centralia
Allen C. Lester
Denton St
Audrain Medical Center
William
Ida Williams Lester
Trenton
Eva LaBar
Lester
Howard
Estell) Smith
Della) Ehil
St. Louis
Robert Lester
Sioux City
Iowa
Jethro Lester
Brownsville
Tex
Feral Harlow
Laramie
Wyo
Meadow and Son Funeral
Thomas Adams
Centralia United
Explosion damages Saigon USO building in downtown Saigon
An apparent air burst outside the Saigon USO caused shattered second floor windows and four damaged vehicles with no casualties. An Army captain nearby suggested a grenade attack from a distance, possibly a M79. About 50 people were inside. police saw no immediate suspect.
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Saigon
Saigon Uso
USO
Fraser Browning
Rochester
N.H
Browning
Rubella Shots Administered in Four Paris-Area Areas
About 662 rubella vaccinations were given by Paris doctors on Monday across Paris Madison Holliday and Middle Grove. Counts reported: 354 in Paris 149 in Madison 109 at Holliday and about 50 at Middle Grove.
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Paris
Madison
Holliday
Middle Grove
Gas Blast in Hudson Kills Three Passing by
A series of explosions at a Hudson gas firm killed four people including a mother and her two children. Twelve tanks involved. three plant buildings destroyed. five trucks damaged or destroyed. Residents within five blocks evacuated. no nearby building damage reported. The dead include Mrs. Robert Blachly and her daughters Audra and Paula. the fourth victim was unnamed. Robert Blachly and truck driver Donald Williams were hospitalized in serious condition.
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Hudson
Ohio
Akron
Robert Blachly
Audra
Paula
St. Thomas Hospital
Donald Williams
Hudson Fuel Gas Corp
Dean Jack Matthews to Speak at Noon Rotary Luncheon
Dean Jack Matthews former Missouri professor and longtime administrator will address the Rotary Club at the Country Club Friday at noon. A Columbia Rotarian, he has led the First Christian Church board and Boone County Historical Society and served as dean of students since 1950.
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Jack Matthews
University of Missouri
Columbia
The
First Christian Church
Boone County Historical Society
Chase Manhattan Cuts Prime Rate Amid Banking Moves
In New York Chase Manhattan Bank, the third largest, announces a cut in its prime lending rate from 7 3 4 percent to 7 3 4 percent, following a rate cut by First National Bank of Washington and the Federal Reserve Board’s discount rate reduction. In Columbia, Jerry Lynn Stout, convicted of second degree murder in 1968, may soon post bail to await appeal, with bond set at 20 000 dollars after prior reductions and appeals.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
Washington, D.C
First National Bank of Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Columbia
Jerry Lynn Stout
Suay Frieders
Missouri Supreme Court
Stout
Gary Frieders
Missouri
Challenge Draft Case Questions Draft For Men Only
Boston AP reports the constitutionality of the 1967 Selective Service Act is challenged in U.S. District Court. Attorney Harvey Silverglate argues the draft discriminates by excluding women from service, filing motions to dismiss indictments for four men who failed to report. Judge Garrity considers the sex discrimination claim and seeks further affidavits. One defendant is Jerome M. Garchik, 26, a Harvard Law School student from Cambridge.
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Boston
U.S
Cottston
Harvey Silverglate
Silverglate
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Garry
Jerome M. Garchik
Cambridge
Harvard Law School
Nielsen Speaker At Region Meet
City Manager Neil Nielsen will address the Regional Missouri Municip League meeting in Hannibal at the Holiday Inn. He sits on a three man panel to discuss Budget Administration with Dan Bestman and Ralph Lees, city clerks of Palmers and Kirksville. The Hannibal session spans regions four and five with a joint officials gathering and a dinner after the program. St Louis Mayor A J Cervantes will deliver the main address on Great Cities Make Great States.
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Neil Nielsen
Missouri Municip League
Hannibal
Holiday Inn
Nielsen
Dan Bestman
Palmers
Ralph Lees
Kirksville
Fou
St. Louis
A. J. Cervantes
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