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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1970
Page
10
The Daily Record notes W D Clark of 12078 Western admitted hitting a car front fender but said he did not think he had damaged it. Magistrate Charles Barkwell faced driving while intoxicated third offense charges, with Robert Wendell Bishop Marvin Earl Giboney and others charged with speeding and tampering with motor vehicles. Preliminary hearings set for Oct 17. bonds $500 each. Local weather and livestock market reports follow.
Donald Baysinger, 20, of Millersburg, burned 85 to 90 percent of his body in a Sunday blast at his home, remained in critical condition at the University of Missouri Medical Center. Fire damage left the house 50 percent destroyed and windows blown out, while two children were slightly injured and Baysinger’s car burned nearby. Baysinger planned to move into the home with his wife Lona this week.
Saigon reports Nixon outlines a new 40 000 troop cutback while U S bombers continue over Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines. Officials say units poised for withdrawal include the 11th Armored Cavalry and parts of the 25th Infantry and 1st Marine Division as U S strength in Vietnam falls below 384 000.
Chicago grain and soybean futures moved sharply lower in early trading as a government report after Monday's close suggested little change in expected grain yields. Wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans led declines amid broad market weakness with NYSE shares also retreating under profit taking and a soft back drop.
Troop 245 will hold its registration meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Mexico United Methodist Church. Mrs. Ralph Shrader is the troop leader and urges all mothers of scouts to attend.
Justice Hugo L. Black blasted NAACP attorney James Nabrit II during a Supreme Court desegregation hearing. He warned against reshaping national life to enforce school integration and defended neighborhood schools while opposing forced busing. North Carolina argues for near-home attendance and bans racial assignment.
Jefferson City AP Gov Warren E Hearnes named Frank Haines of Maryville to the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators for a term ending July 1 1971. The appointment expands the board responsible for licensing and regulation of administrators in Missouri nursing homes.
Absent from the meeting were councilmen Duane Rankin and Harold Enslen. A special meeting is planned for October 26 to discuss insurance with interested agents. The city will seek bids on a new police car.
Government negotiators pressed by FLQ amid eighth deadline claims and calls for prisoner exits. Ottawa beefs up security with 400 troops guarding targets as Quebec City evacuates the legislature after a bomb scare and FLQ threats widen to medical workers and cross-provincial actors.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary B. Parker 78 of Laddonia will be Wednesday at 2 pm at the Laddonia Baptist Church. She died Monday morning at Audrain Hospital. The Rev. Marvin Jones and the Rev. Cleo Sexton will officiate with burial in Laddonia Cemetery. She was born Oct 31 1881 in New Providence south of Laddonia, married Otis Parker in 1914, he died earlier. Survived by son Merle Parker of Laddonia, daughters Mildred Deverman and Donna Shaw of Laddonia, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, sister Alice Jennings of Wellsville. She spent life in Audrain County and belonged to Laddonia Baptist Church since 1934. Friends may call at Beinhoff Funeral Home after 4 pm today.
George C Willson longtime St Louis lawyer and legal counsel for The A P Green Refractories Co died in Lake Park Florida. He retired from practice in 1956 and had been Green’s counsel since August 1922. Survived by son George C Willson III and daughter Mrs Ze Bemis. Private funeral services planned in West Palm Beach.
Mrs Albert Guy formerly of Montgomery City died last night in Los Angeles where she had lived for the last four or five years. Her husband, a longtime druggist of Montgomery City, died May 11, 1964. Funeral arrangements are at Schlanker Funeral Home. Mrs Cassius M Clay improves after major surgery at Audrain Hospital.
Mexico prepares for the annual Moonlight Madness Jamboree on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. Twenty five stores participate including Weiss Dress Shop J C Penney Co Dale Shoes P N Hirsch Montgomery Ward The Shoe Tree Mattinglys Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio Thoenens Family Shoe Store Westlake Hardware Pilchers Fredendall Wilkins TG Y Fabricland Blattners Erdel Hardware Children s World Doras Fashion Shop Kentucky Fried Chicken Neates Woolworths Saffords and McIntyres Extra specials run hourly during the three hour sale Food stands on the square serve coffee and cold drinks backed by the PTA St Johns Lutheran Church and the Jaycee wives.
Audrain County Public Water District No. 2 will open bids for a new water system north and west of Mexico. Chairman R. A. Miller announced the board approved advertising, with bids to be opened at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse community room. Estimated project cost is about $200,000 for about 20 miles of pipe.
William Laird Lasher Sr died of a heart attack while hunting near Frankford. The Laddonia resident, a retired farmer, was preceded in death by his wife. Funeral services were held at Smith Funeral Chapel in Hannibal at 2 p.m. today, with burial in Grandview Burial Park.
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy Hensley, who died in San Francisco, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City, conducted by Rev. Robert Hester. Burial is in Montgomery City Cemetery. Pallbearers are Tom Goldman, John Dyke, Bill Myers, Burt, Bob and Marvin Mill. Memorials may be given to the heart fund.
Gordon Lonsdale the Soviet master spy once freed by Britain in 1964 is dead. He reportedly died Friday of a heart attack while picking mushrooms near Moscow. UN grounds faced protests as demonstrators breached security, tore down the Cuban flag and then the Belarus flag. UN officials said security would be stepped up and buildings closed to the public for two weeks. Traffic diversions and security checks for bags and parcels were announced.
William C. Sullivan, No 2 FBI official, warned that the radical Weatherman and allied anarchistic groups may stage a wave of political kidnappings to topple the U S government. He cited potential kidnap plots targeting officials on campaign trips or visiting foreign heads of state at events such as the UN birthday ceremonies. He noted no single group or conspiracy had been proven to cause campus and racial unrest.
A motorcycle and a pickup truck sideswiped on Highway 22 this morning at 6 40 a.m. fourteen miles west of Mexico. A Mexican resident was taken to Audrain Hospital with minor injuries. Kenneth Davis 23 of 1409 N Clark Sr was the motorcyclist traveling west while Albert Crambell 49 of Centralia drove east and passed another vehicle. The truck reportedly incurred $30 in damage while the motorcycle had none.
An undeclared strike by U N guard force at United Nations headquarters raised safety fears for arriving leaders at the 25th anniversary. Sixty nine of 230 guards called in sick to back pay and promotion demands, and sixteen of 29 telephone operators also called in sick, risking communications. Secretary General U Thant spoke on the disruption.
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