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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1977
Page
3
AP Business Analyst notes December alone may add about 75 billion to yearly retail sales totaling over 700 billion. October sales rose 1.8 percent, credit use climbs to 200 billion, about 17 percent of disposable income. Merchants push holiday leverage while shoppers face annual debt cycles amid brisk seasonal demand.
Amarillo Texas report on Cullen Davis facing a Texas Panhandle jury over the 12 year old Andrea Wilborn murder case. The August 1976 mansion shooting left two dead and two wounded as closing arguments concluded before Judge George Dowlen moved the trial to Potter County courthouse for a larger audience.
Three area men were elected recently to positions in the Associated Industries of Missouri AIM. L Burns Hawthorne vice president industrial relations of A P Green Refractories Co in Mexico was elected first vice president of the association. H L Humphrey works manager of Kaiser Refractories in Mexico was reelected to the AIM board of directors. Joseph M Arndt vice president industrial and public relations of A B Chance Co in Centralia was elected to the board Arndt a resident of Centralia is an active member of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Missouri is an organization of about 1000 employers with offices in St Louis Kansas City and Jefferson City. AIM provides services and is active in legislation on industrial and labor relations workmen s compensation unemployment environmental matters and other areas affecting Missouri business and industry.
The bulk of the $2 million estate of the late Mrs Elinor Storz will go to Washington University, with more than $1.5 million designated for the university. Mrs Storz, married 62 years to Eberhard Anheuser former Anheuser Busch chairman, died in Palm Beach Florida September 30 at age 94.
A St. Louis County man and his exwife were charged with gambling violations over a bookmaking operation police said handled as much as fifty thousand dollars in illegal bets each week.
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