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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1976

Page

11

Weather and incidents from Missouri area report

Forecaster notes frost risk tonight with low to mid 30s and clearing. Friday will be cool with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Missouri outlook shows highs in 50s, clearing nights, and a warming trend to 60s by Saturday then upper 40s Monday. Lake level readings: Lake of the Ozarks 697.3 feet, 2.3 feet below normal. Pomme de Terre 837.5 feet, 1.5 feet below. Stockton 887.8, 9.4 feet below. Bull Shoals 650.08, 3.94 feet below. Table Rock 908.76, 6.74 feet below. Beaver 1108.71, 11.29 feet below. Grand 735.80, 9.20 feet below. Public safety roundup includes hospital admissions and dismissals, with several names listed. a theft/breakage incident at Coop Service Station on Highway 34 East reported.

Renton Tam Missouri Lake of the Ozarks Pomme de Terre Stockton Bull Shoals Table Rock Beaver Grand ST. Louis Kansas City Boonville Bay Jefferson City Hermann Hannibal Cape Girardeau Quincy

Multiple petty crimes and fines logged in city court

The Daily Record reports cuts on a car, a dog bite blamed on a puppy, and missing tires from a riding mower. A motorist received a summons for an improper lookout while two cars collided lightly. City court collects 608.50 in fines plus overtime parking receipts totaling 101 dollars. Magistrate court lists several speeding charges. Livestock and market reports from Missouri and Chicago follow.

Wemenday Larry Bradley W. Boulevard Lori Scott Audrain Medical Center Bill Friday Bill’s Hodaka Highway 22 Robert W. Crawford Route 6 Crawford Leonard Randolph Hart Clark Clark Street Central Crry Eugene Niekamp Jnr Centralia Glen Allen Davidson Route 2 Mexico Donnie Anderson Richard Taylor W. Liberty Grover Acree Hoxsey Ricky Gilbert S. Missouri Ricky’ Dale Walker Jefferson St Donald Wayne Millard S. Western Mark Peak Kentucky Road Roger Allen Cope Martinsburg Susan Shirley Johnson Daniel Thomas Turner Paris Kenneth E. Garrett John Gillon E. Holt Cave Foster Robert G. Berry Base 1 Charles Greenberg Love St

Ford defends Eastern Europe independence in debate

Ford contends Yugoslavians Romanians and Poles do not feel Soviet dominated while critics charge no Soviet domination exists. Scowcroft hints four divisions in Poland and Ford pledges to release boycott camp sites names, brushing off Democratic resistance.

Ford Max Frankel The New York Times Europe Frankel Soviet Union Brent D. Scowcroft White House Poland Scowcroft Lev BE. Dobrianski National Captive Nations Committee Edmund 8. Muskie Veoior North Atlantic Alliance NATO Democratic Congress Israel Commerce Department Congress

Market reports show mixed stock activity and Dow dip

In over the counter trading Commerce Banc share bids 22 asks 23 Mercantile Bank Corp 2734 bid 28% asked Wetterau bid 16% asks 17% On the NYSE yesterday Bobbie Brocka closed at 8% down 4 9 000 shares traded Combustion Engineering 44% down 10 400 Dresser Industries 40% up 61 000 Emerson Electric 36% unchanged 37 000 Interco 43% unchanged 11 700 Kaiser Aluminum 35% down 18 300 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 40% up 54 100 Ralston Purina 50% down 44 28 200 US Gypsum common 22% up 16 900 US Gypsum prefer 24% down 700 Wal Mart 14h down 27 000 Dow Jones Wednesday close 959 68 The stock market declined on wholesale price rise with the noon Dow down 4 90 to 954 79 after a 53 44 point drop in the prior seven sessions.

Commerce Bancshare Mercantile Bank Corp Wetterau New York Stock Exchange Bobbie Brocka Combustion Engineering Dresser Industries Emerson Electric Interco Kaiser Aluminum Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Ralston Purina Wal-Mart Dow Jones

Charges Dropped In Death Of East Harlem Infant

New York AP Justice Robert Hart dismissed charges of criminally negligent homicide against Joanne Bashold 24 whose infant Carra Bashold 4 months was killed and partially devoured by a starving German shepherd in a rundown Spanish Harlem apartment. District Attorney's office said no culpability and no proper purpose of law served. The incident followed Labor Day when Bashold left the baby briefly to fetch $100 from Bellevue Hospital and was later released.

New York State Supreme Court Robert Hart Joanne Bashold Manhattan Carra Bashold East Harlem Miss Bashold Robert M. Morgenthau Asst. Dist. Atty Alan Broomer Cleveland Ohio Manhattan State Supreme Court Broomer Spanish Harlem Bellevue Hospital Carla

Vandalia Man Carl Stewart Dies at 80

Carl Neville Stewart of Vandalia died Wednesday at Tri-County Nursing Home at age 80 after a career at Oval Spenny sawmill and four years teaching. Born October 2, 1905 in Vera, he lived in Curryville and Bowling Green before moving to Vandalia in 1944. He was married to Delena Coose until her death in 1972 and is survived by four sons, three daughters, a brother, 21 grandchildren, and great grandchildren. services Friday at Waters Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Vandalia Carl Neville Stewart Wemenday Tri-County Curryville Bowling Green Atea Oval Spenny Waters Funeral Home Paul York Memorial Gardens Mr. Stewart Vera Andrew Molly Neville Stewart Delena Francea Coose John Andrew Louisiana Carl Richard Farber Wendell Wayne Edward Eugene

Mrs. George Heck Dies in Wellsville Rites Friday

Mrs. George Kate Leta Heck, 74, of Wellsville, died Wednesday morning at Pin Oaks Nursing Home in Mexico. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home, with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Survived by husband, daughter Georgene Taylor of Mexico, 10 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, brother Charles Ray, and sisters Mrs. George Schnaree and Mrs. Pauline Schroer.

Wellsville George Kate Leta) Heck Myers Funeral Home Wesley Harmon Heck Pin Oaks Mexico Middletown Charles John Maggie Fannie Smith Ray Hershel Georgene) Taylor Charles Ray George Schnaree San Bernardino Calif Pauline Schroer New Florence The Methodist Church

Graveside Rites For Miss White

Graveside services for Miss Finnie Neely White aged 91 of Pueblo Colorado formerly of Mexico were held this afternoon at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev. J C Montgomery pastor of the Mexico United Methodist Church officiating Arnold Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

Finnie Neely White Pueblo Colo Mexico Elmwood J.C. Montgomery

Archbishop Cancels Visit Amid Sudan Disease Outbreak

Archbishop Frederick Donald Coggan, 68, head of the Church of England, has canceled plans to stop in southern Sudan during a one month Asian tour after health officials advised against travel to Sudan. Khartoum reports 12 deaths from a mysterious disease.

London of Canterbury Sudan Frederick Donald Coggan Church of England Anglican Communion Khartoum

532 Register To Vote During Final 10 Days

Ninety nine eligible voters registered at the Ardrain County Clerk office and 23 at Vandalla city clerks as the final day to register for the November 2 general election. A total of 5323 registered in Audraln County during the 10 days but final counts await tabulation due to changes and deaths. Absentee ballot requests are being received. five ballots were mailed to servicemen and women.

Ardrain Vandalla Audraln

Campaign Button Industry Pins Blame On New Law

Broadview, Ill. AP A button maker says campaign button sales have plunged due to new campaign finance laws backing federal funding for Ford and Carter. Frank Litzberger of Aircraft Manufacturing Co. notes each spent 28.1 million on TV, not buttons, and contrasts with Nixon era volumes. He warns fewer discs slow political discussion and notes past peak campaigns with Ike and LBJ. Local candidates still rely on buttons.

Broadview, Ill Frank Litzberger Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ford Jimmy Carter Sitzberger Carter Richard Nixon Ike Dwight Eisenhower L.B.J William Jennings Bryan

Vandalian Held For Tampering In Theft Case

Vandalia resident Charles Suddarth was held in Audrain County jail on tampering charges after a car theft at Ted Mottaz Chevrolet Co. over the weekend. A 1976 car on the lot showed prior damage and an overread speedometer by about 40 miles. Suddarth was arrested Wednesday afternoon following work by Highway Patrol Trooper Dennis Herndon, Police Chief Dave Strassner, and Sheriff Arthur Riley.

Vandalia Charles Suddarth Audrain County Mexico Ted Mottaz Mr. Mottaz Chief Strassner Strassner Suddarth Mottar Company Highway Patrol Dennis Herndon Arthur Riley

Mexico dam progress and Community Development funding plan

The Luhr Bros. crew works evenings pouring concrete for the north embankment while winter slows activity. By next July the dam will be 83 percent complete with turbine installation and road work remaining, and the Citizens Advisory Committee outlines top and secondary Community Development funding priorities for Mexico city councils.

North Embankment Pilot Channel Luhr Bros., Inc Columbia Mr. Still Still Tuhr

Analysis of the Carter Ford Debates Highlights Press

AP notes Carter offensive in San Francisco debate focused on foreign policy and defense while Ford touted experience. Voters saw Carter gain a narrow edge, with exchanges over SALT talks the Arab boycott and Panama Canal. Carter attacked administration policy as immoral and secretive, while Ford defended his record and denied Soviet domination claims.

Walter R. Mears Washington Jimmy Carter Ford Carter San Francisco Earl L Buzz Playboy Philadelphia Associated Press Moscow U.S Israel Henry A. Kissinger Panama Canal Zone Europe Yugoslavia Romania Poland Russia Soviet Union China Taiwan United States Panama Canal Panama

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