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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1970
Page
8
Weather data shows temperatures around 43 degrees at 7 am with a high near 41 and a low around 16 a century ago. Precipitation totals toward the month and year to date indicate 65 inches normal for November and 52.821 inches for the year to date. Tomorrow’s sunrise is at 6:53 am with a high around 17 and the day rising.
Zone 5 forecast shows light rain possible with lows 35 to 40 and northeast winds. Saturday ends cool with highs around 40s and a 30 percent rain chance tonight and Saturday. Missouri outlook Sunday through Tuesday calls for rain Sunday and Monday, mostly sunny and cool Tuesday, highs in the 40s and lows near 30s.
Hospital officials reported births and dismissals at Audrain Medical Center including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Francis Mankey Jr of Wellsville on Thursday at 8 37 am weighing six pounds twelve ounces. Local police logged a summons for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, a two car collision on Highway 54 causing about nine hundred dollars damage, and a glass window break at Gamble Paint and Glass. A correction noted egg breading price at Jay’s IGA and Foodliner's ad should read 37c per loaf.
A man reported his car stolen, prompting the brief arrest of his younger brother and a friend on a theft charge. The sheriff said the 1965 Pontiac was found damaged off Route U near Beniton City. Suspects include Robert Shivers and Bobby Miller, both 18, with Joseph Miller Jr. facing a false report charge. Additional arrests and court actions are listed for related cases and local annexation matters.
AP dispatch from Chicago notes USDA cattle data with slaughter steer prices steady to 25 lower and prime high grades up to 29.50 per hundredweight. Heifer limits show steady ranges, with yield grades and weight bands listed. Sheep offerings are too light for market test, with 100 head reported.
Amerian Yippie leader Jerry Rubin and Stew Albert were arrested in a south Belfast apartment after Rubin's seven day visitor visa to the United Kingdom expired. Brian Flanagan was not arrested. Rubin vowed repercussions if deported as police took them to headquarters.
ST. LOUIS AP bankers at the 24th Conference of Bank Correspondents report optimism for the economy as 82 percent expect the Nixon administration to ease policy somewhat and 48 percent foresee unemployment dipping from 5.6 percent a year ahead. A fifth anticipate higher unemployment, with 5 percent predicting a fall below 4.5 percent. They also expect prime rates to ease to 7 percent by next November and foresee some stock market gains.
Mrs Jack Webber, who underwent major surgery at Wohl Hospital in St Louis last month, has recovered enough to return to her home at 1116 S Washington St to recuperate. Mr Webber traveled to St Louis to be with his wife, who had been hospitalized since October.
New York trading sees broad declines as Dow drops 5.88 to 762.12 at noon amid GM strike fear and slim rate-cut hopes. Investors note large blocks crossing the Big Board, including Honeywell, National Cash Register, CES, and Syntex.
Audrain Countians paid 372952.86 in taxes during October per a monthly settlement from County Collector Léo Erdel. The 10 percent rate applied to the total tax, with $230648.47 going to schools and collector commissions totaling $5021.21.
Los Angeles AP reports Dianne Lake, 17, testified that Charles Manson beat her with a chair leg and whipped her during the June 1969 era of the Tate slayings. She described another incident of a bloody lip and a threat to kill, ending her seven day witness stint as prosecutors prepare to rest their case.
President Nixon meets Mexican President-elect Luis Echeverria in Washington for talks on trade issues between the United States and Latin America. The White House offers no formal agenda, while Mexico’s incumbent Diaz Ordaz has criticized U.S. limits on Latin American imports.
Washington AP Karl Mundt South Dakota Republican longtime ally of President Nixon has been absent from the Senate for nearly a year after a stroke that impaired his speech and his right side. Questions loom over whether he will resign before his 1972 term ends and the party risks losing the seat with Governor Farrar’s upcoming departure and Kneip's victory. A Pierre meeting reportedly proposed three people to press Mundt to resign, a claim denied by Mundt aide Bob McCaughey. Mrs Mundt said doctors deem return possible but cannot set a deadline. cases and visits by top officials were noted without detail.
Columbia station Komu Tv Channel 8 went off air for about an hour due to power loss. See TV will omit network programs from Channel 8 under FCC rules causing viewers on Channels 5 and 10 to miss the network program until emergency tower procedures. Montgomery County Collector Sydney Muehl reports October tax receipts of $116,314.94.
More than 100 people attended the Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Day program at the Post Routeau location. Alan D. Coatsworth led the Armistice Day program while Sing Out Mexico performed. The Auxiliary and Post 3772 gave 60 Sing Out members a $50 contribution. Rev Terry Moore of First Christian Church participated. Auxiliary president Mrs Marlin Cahall and post commander Mark Hanley were noted.
Several Republican congressmen who failed to win re election on November 3 pointed to an Agriculture Department parity handout four days before the vote. The report showed parity at a 37 year low, cited by opponents against Nixon farm policies. Prominent losers included Reps Kleppe Langen May and Mize.
Paris County Collector has mailed out tax bills totaling 1,083,466.50 for 1970 with schools set to receive 748,044.42 of that amount. The notice outlines the distribution between general tax and school funds.
Gen Maxwell Taylor argued the United States moved too quickly to the negotiating table in Vietnam. He warned Paris talks were used by North Vietnam to press advantage, citing Panmunjom lessons and urging no immediate withdrawal. He noted high costs and disunity at home, urging steadfast allied support.
Incoming House Public Works chair Rep. John A. Blatnik of Minnesota rejects a $5,000 contribution from the Committee for Action tied to the highway building industry. He says he would not accept such a large sum from any source, as he prepares to oversee federal highway programs and related superhighway construction.
Nashville Tennessee AP Roy Clark 37 year old country music star on Hee Haw admitted to Baptist Hospital with chest pains. Doctor William Ewers said the condition is a coronary insufficiency and that ECG readings have returned to normal. He was allowed out of bed but kept under observation.
Chester Rickard retired after 29 years with A. P. Green Refractories. He joined in 1941, worked in finish grinding, air hammer, storeroom, and retired after a long tenure at 1703 Churchill St Rolla. Rolla Surls left after 27 years, starting in 1943 in the air hammer department and ending as truck driver and clerk in the storeroom, living at 1720 West St. Frank Lewis retired after 21 years, joining in 1949 in the wheeling department and later becoming power sweeper operator until retirement. he resides in Auxvasse and is a deacon at Second Baptist Church.
The Pentagon aims to arrange lower airfares for American troops traveling from Vietnam to the United States under a broader leave policy. Space limits on two week home leave and the need for travel back to Vietnam require servicemen to have funds for commercial return trips if space is not available. One way economy fares from Vietnam to the U.S. West Coast run around 510 dollars, with efforts also under way for an appropriately sponsored charter service to provide inexpensive round trips.
Missouri Governor Hearnes unveils a 1971 72 budget projecting 780.9 million in general revenue, 665 million current collections, and adds funds for school foundation, junior colleges, the University of Missouri, state colleges, Lincoln University, welfare, and mental health. He advocates beer wine liquor tax rise, corporate and individual income tax increases, and sets tax changes to take effect Jan 1 if the legislature agrees, marking another special session amid revenue debates.
Mrs. Kenneth Heaton as Jaycee Wives Book Fair chairman notes that the 2021 collection is mostly hardbound volumes with fewer paperbacks than last year. The stock, mainly novels and fiction, is in excellent condition as the two day fair prepares at 115 S Washington St in the former Sims Shoe Repair building.
U S senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina says Nixon must lead to end hunger in America. He recounts once denying hunger in his state and urges a national policy with a 14 point plan to eliminate child hunger and address pockets of need nationwide.
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