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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1977
Page
1
Official 7 00 a m readings show high 49 and low 39 for the last 24 hours. Temperature at 7 a m is 39 with precipitation .24 inches for the month to date 95 inches and year to date 34 32 inches. Normal figures appear for November and December with sunset and sunrise times listed.
The Audrain Medical Center lists admissions including Mrs. Charles W. Wilson, Mrs. George D. Damron, Miss Nancy A. Carter, Wallace L. Hill, Mrs. Donald Harris, Mrs. Eulalia Fox, Robert R. Ingram, Mrs. Edna M. Vaughn, Mexico. Ryan P. Lower, Laddonia. Mrs. A. Blanche Hubbard, Montgomery City. Mrs. Alma K. Dorman, Walter A. McBride, Vernie J. Olson, Mrs. Mary E. Adkisson, Centralia. A. Moss Hamilton, Paris. Mrs. Raymond A. Delmeke, Martinsburg. A daughter was born Friday at 9:34 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wieberg, 1810 5 Western Street. Forecasts show mostly cloudy with showers. temperatures in the 40s and 50s, higher on Sunday with storms possible. Discharges listed for multiple patients in various towns. Death noted for Fred Farabee, 74.
Public Safety notes report purse thefts from Mexico High School and a truck at Chevy Chase Apartments, plus a broken company car window at Bell Co office and a recovered Afghan dog. Fire crews battled a roof fire at Mexico Auto Supply. Highway Patrol issued a summons for failure to yield after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 54. Deer collisions caused injuries or damage on Highway 94 and Highway 54. Sheriff’s reports include Albert Gilkey held on tampering and theft charges with extradition planned.
The markets report yesterday cash grain prices for soybeans 5.97, wheat 2.55, corn 2.01, milo 2.92 quoted by MFA Mexico. Prices also shown for soybeans 5.97, wheat 2.60, corn 2.04, milo 2.75 quoted by Fowles Grain Co. Laddonia.
Trading yesterday showed Commerce Banc at 22 percent bid 23 percent asked Mercantile Bank Corp at 28 bid 281 percent asked Wetterau at 15 bid 15 asked on over the counter. On the NYSE Robbie Brooks 542 Combustion Engineering 40 Dresser Industries 43 Emerson Electric 34 44 Interca 43 56 Kaiser Aluminum 28 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 45 Ralston Purina 14 US Gypsum common 22 4 US Gypsum preferred 24 74 Wal Mart 18 Dow Jones Friday close 835.76.
Sharon Walter was dismissed from a four year YWCA desk job in Kansas City Missouri for giving ten dollars to United Way, well below the expected annual contribution of twenty seven dollars and sixty cents based on hourly pay. YWCA policy cited a monthly hour's pay, but higher officials say no minimum is required though contributions are encouraged.
Montgomery City parents welcomed a daughter named Brandy Lynn Carr born Friday at 9 55 p m at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds three ounces. Father Mr Carr works at Johnson's Garage in Montgomery City.
Christina Lee Snyder is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Snyder of Laddonia. Born Friday at 8 20 p m at Audrain Medical Center she weighed eight pounds Vf ounces. Mr Snyder works for McGee Packing Co Mexico.
A son was born Friday at Audrain Medical Center to Mr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Brown of Centralia. He weighed eight pounds nine ounces and was named Justin Lynn Brown. Mr. Brown works for MFA in Columbia.
George Russell new chancellor at University of Missouri Kansas City tells the board of curators the campus is undersized and faculty underpaid. He cites space shortages with departments housed in converted houses and lacking recreational facilities for about 11 000 students. Russell says more work is needed but praises the faculty and remains optimistic.
Benton City Presbyterian Church celebrates its 95th anniversary on Sunday November 20 with an all day Homecoming. Activities start with Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. a noon carry-in luncheon and an afternoon program of sacred music and reminiscences.
Annual Festival of Thanksgiving at Littleby Methodist Church set for Sunday evening. Mexico United Methodist Circuit Choir will perform and Rev. Robert Mordt will give a devotional. A carry-in supper is planned for 6 p.m. followed by the program at 7 30.
Charles Edward Rogers, 72, died Friday at his home in Montgomery City. Funeral services for Mr. Rogers are pending at Schlanker Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Fred Farabee 74 of Rhineland were held at 11 a.m. at Toedtmann Grosse Funeral Home with Charles Steffen presiding. Burial followed in the family cemetery. Farabee died Thursday in a Fulton hospital. born July 2, 1902 near Readsville to Robert and Frances Foster Farabee.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources rolls out a statewide campaign to persuade residents to seek energy-saving tips and skeptically addressed concerns over an energy crisis. The plan includes future legislation, insulation standards, solar easements, and a streamlined review process for large energy projects. Governor Teasdale supports a long-term shift to coal and alternate fuels to keep industries in state.
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