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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
10
Local weather updates show a high near 50 and occasional rain in Missouri with a 80 percent chance tonight dropping to 30 percent Friday. Lake of the Ozarks at 55.6 feet, Pomme de Terre at 89.0, and St Louis river data listed for multiple stations across Missouri.
At Audrain Medical Center officials reported several admissions including Mrs. Vivian L. Keith and others from Mexico Centralia Sturgeon Wellsville and Vandalia. A new baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Jack Krier of Wellsville at 4 46 am weighing seven pounds two ounces. Dismissals listed for numerous residents. About $80 was stolen from Adkisson Plumbing in Mexico with entry via east sliding door. two checks missing and gasoline bonus noted. Car stereo tapes were stolen from Roger Landers in Mexico. a dead hog dumped at Mexico Stockyards.
Local items list fines for assault on neighbors and a police officer, a series of bond forfeitures for traffic and nuisance offenses, probate court letters of testamentary for several estates, a name change motion, divorce suit, and livestock market notes with prices and market summaries across Missouri and nearby regions.
In a surprise move the defense rests its case today in the Sharon Tate murder trial in Los Angeles. The record shows references to grain prices including hard wheat at $1.45 and soybeans at $2.91 with various prices noted for corn and soft wheat.
Typhoon Pat roared across Manila killing at least 30 people and injuring hundreds. Thirty four missing and thousands were flooded from homes in the city of about three million residents.
At Fort Benning witnesses testifying in Lt. William L. Calley Jr. court martial recount varied accounts of the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968. Sgt. David Mitchell testified he shot no one and helped gather roughly 30 Vietnamese civilians before leaving them near a ditch guarded by his unit.
Raymond Hardin Dawson of Centralia, 27, was cited for driving on the wrong side and with an expired license after his car left Route B near Lange Dr and struck a house in Boone County. One house occupant unharmed. Dawson admitted to Boone County Hospital with facial lacerations. Economic damages estimated at 8000 to the home and 2000 to contents. Dawson’s car about 1800. Separate accidents included a head-on pickup rear collision on Highway 54 near Audrain and a Callaway County crash where Hamilton Jones, 48, Auxvasse, faced DUI and license revocation charges after backing onto Highway 54.
James Milton Knipfel, 18, of Laddonia, struck the Jones car on the tight side with the left rear of his vehicle. Neither driver was injured. Estimated damage totaled 100 dollars to the Knipfel car and 50 dollars to the Jones car, according to the patrol.
Jefferson City AP report notes firefighters and street workers balk at decorating downtown for Christmas due to stalled pay raises. Fire Chief Donald Hunter says he will not order extra chores while the city council threatens termination for those refusing. The council had ordered the task to proceed.
William Allen Duckworth, 13, of Route 1 Thompson, is hospitalized at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia with a broken left leg suffered Sunday. An eighth grade student at Sims School, he was treated at Audrain Medical Center before transfer, and is listed in room 749 East.
New Haven AP report says the first 25 prospective jurors questioned were dismissed from duty in the Bobby G. Seale and Ericka Hugghins trial. The move signals ongoing difficulties in selecting an impartial panel for the case.
Workers at one General Motors plant resumed duties after nine weeks while another site faced a back-to-work veto from the United Auto Workers. Nationwide strikes began September 14, idling 294,000 workers. a new contract is near ratification with mixed local approvals.
The second installment of the special Family Problems series by the local mental health center staff will appear tomorrow.
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