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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1973
Page
1
The Daily Record reports Missouri weather with showers in the southeast and fair northwest, highs in the 70s and lows 50s to 60s. It lists hospital admissions at Audrain Medical Center, births, discharges, deaths, a fire call, and public safety notes including traffic incidents and court actions.
A class action suit filed in Cole County Circuit Court seeks to stop eliminating low numbered Missouri motor vehicle license plates. John W. Dyke and wife of Montgomery County seek an injunction or mandamus against State Revenue Director James Spradling to preserve the program. The couple hold plate 1248 since 1948 and warn of irreparable harm if the number is not continued January 1. They call the plate a valuable privilege guaranteed by law.
Funeral services for M. A. Davis Sr. of Centralia were to be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Ballew-Pickering funeral home in Centralia with burial in Glendale Memorial Cemetery. The Rev. David Richardson was to officiate. Mrs. Carl Yager was to be organist with Mrs. Dean Friedli as soloist. Pallbearers were Ben Turner Brown, W. H. McManama, Paul Farmer, J. V. Powell, A. P. Yager and Ed McBride.
Mr and Mrs Stanley E Hudson Route 1 Auxvasse are the parents of a son born today at 2 08 a.m. weighing seven pounds five ounces at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Hudson is employed at AP Green Refractories Co.
Over the counter bids and asks show A. B. Chance 20/44, Commerce Bancshares 27/28, Wetterau 21/211. NYSE figures include Robbie Brooks 3,000 traded, Dresser Industries 56 down 1, Interco 38 up 1, Kaiser Aluminum 27 up, Panhandle 3 7 34 unchanged, Ralston Purina 44 94 up 4, US Gypsum common 23 54 down 4, US Gypsum preferred 26 4 up 4, Wal Mart 23 14 up 34.
Mrs. Onie D. Ward 89 died at Twain Haven Home Perry. Born February 25 1884 in Montgomery County she married Arthur M Ward in 1909. Survived by son Jake Ward Montgomery City three daughters Alva Mae Powell Susie Keyth Minnie Brooks a sister Belle Kettle ten grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral services pending Schlanker Funeral Home Montgomery City.
Paris obituary for Mrs. Ray Bessie Lasley 74 formerly of Paris who died in a Chicago Illinois hospital. Services planned at St Frances Cabrini Church Paris at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. Patrick McMyler officiating. burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Rosary Monday evening at 7 at Agnew Funeral Home. she leaves two daughters Bettie Cooley Des Moines and Cleo Lasley Chicago. two sons Lyle Minneapolis and William Chicago. three sisters Anna Hill Minneapolis Pearl Belcher Mexico and Opal Moss Des Moines. two brothers Harry Hill Minneapolis and Jimmie Hill Kansas City.
Funeral services for Thomas R Day of Mexico were to be held at 2 p.m. today at the Arnold funeral home with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The Rev Donald Merritt was to officiate. Mrs John Willer was to be organist with Mrs Donald Merritt and Mrs Adram Meeks as soloists. Attending were Dave Murray Gary Colley Chester Fritch George Pettebaum Cari Adams and Tom Peak.
Vice President-designate Gerald Ford stated he knows of nothing in his past that could embarrass him including a 11500 diversion in 1970 campaign contributions. He asserted the money was turned over to the congressional campaign committee for other Republicans and denied plans to run in 1976.
Boy Scouts clean up in a charity drive with Troop 38 operating a 1.00 car wash at Pizza Hut from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other troops wash car windows free of charge to encourage support, per District Scout Executive Don Ungerman, at multiple local stations on Clark Street and area outlets.
Audrain County Historical Society presents the second show of Things ain't what they used to be on channel 12 at 6 p m Monday Oct 15 Ty. Panelists include Pauline Ketter who owned the first Brick company in east Mexico and Bill Dean known for mule racing at the Audrain County Fair. Moderators are Frank E. Kent and Miss Bette Garner. A noon rerun is set for Tuesday Oct 16.
United States Senators Stuart Symington and Thomas F Eagleton and Representative William Hungate announce a Rural Electrification Administration loan of $1,030,000 to Kingdom Telephone Co of Auxvasse Missouri. The funds will support one and four party dial service in Auxvasse and Williamsburg exchanges, connecting 379 new subscribers, building 42 miles of line and a new dial central office in Williamsburg. Manuel Holmes of Auxvasse is company president.
Fifty-five donors gave blood during a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Mexico to replace blood used for Joey Staehle. It took 65 pints to sustain him for two and a half weeks after a railroad accident on Sept. 11. he died Oct. 1. Total collections reached 106 pints yesterday, near the 115 pint quota, with 117 volunteers and 11 deferrals. First time donors numbered 20. two donors became multi-gallon givers.
Magen reported Egyptian forces push armor, men, and supplies across the canal and dig in at Israeli positions while all sides saw heavy air action. Israelis claimed air raids on Syria and Damascus, plus strikes on Port Said antiarmor batteries and Egyptian armor in the Sinai.
Washington reports a 1973 corn crop estimate of over 5.76 billion bushels, down five million from September but still about 4 percent above 1972. Soybean production is adjusted down 1 percent to nearly 1.59 billion bushels, up 24 percent from last year, with state figures for Missouri showing corn at 90 bushels per acre and 234 million bushels, and soybeans at 28 and 13 million respectively.
Missouri River crests near spring flood levels threaten Kansas City region. About 1,000 residents in five counties evacuate to higher ground as water breaches levees. Some 150 National Guardsmen assist sandbagging between St. Joseph and Satan. Franklin New Franklin Blackwater Cedar City Rocheport Wooldridge Hartsburg identified as risk zones from Sunday through Tuesday.
A vivid display of red and gold maples brightens East Love Street and nearby corners, with additional color noted on the courthouse lawn and at Calhoun Summit. Bulging Bulldog fans anticipate a Sedalia game despite rain as iris and violets in Mrs. Summers yard surprise by flowering unusually in October.
Culver-Stockton College in Canton Missouri inaugurated Dr. Harold C. Doster as the 20th president on Friday afternoon. Doster, formerly a West Virginia junior college dean and Potomac State humanities dean, succeeds Dr. Fred Helsabeck who stepped down after 17 years.
Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew plans a live television address to the nation Monday night. Arrangements with all three networks were reported, though NBC said it had not yet been asked to carry the speech, which was to air at 7 30 p.m. and run about 15 minutes.
Robert William Mansfield, 3, of Ponca City Oklahoma, and former Huntsville and Columbia resident, died Tuesday morning in a Ponca City nursing home. Funeral services were held in Ponca City with another service set for Saturday at Patton Funeral Home in Huntsville and burial in Huntsville City Cemetery. Surviving are three daughters, a step-daughter, two stepsons, ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. An additional note lists a rape incident involving a University of Missouri Columbia student.
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