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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1972
Page
1
The Daily Record reports an 7:00 am forecast for Missouri with showers possible and cooler temperatures tonight. Audrain Medical Center lists admissions and discharges, births, deaths, and police reports including a three car collision and a street fight.
Inbound pickup driven by Dennis Cobb of Montgomery City overturned on Perry Street in New Florence after striking a calf, injuring passenger Judy Schuler of St. Louis who was not treated. car demolition noted. Vernie Sweazey of New Florence charged with DWI after a collision with Barbara Strube of New Florence. Harold Curtis of Montgomery City hospitalized after a one vehicle crash on Route WW near Route 19. brakes reportedly failed. Gary Jones of Martinsburg cited for failure to exercise highest degree of care after collision with Thomas Welch of Vandalia on Route AA. Magistrate court fines for failed commercial vehicle information display and insufficient funds check. Mrs. Josephine Allen of Delbert Littleton dies at Boone County Hospital. funeral arrangements pending.
AP reports GM and UAW talks falter as three plants remain closed and four more may follow while production standards spark a dispute. Allende threatens action over sympathy strikes with truckers seeking higher rates and a state fleet. Nixon revenue share fight stalls a budget plan as Congress weighs. Carson extortion arrest ties to an eyewear case. a deadly gas explosion hits a Hong Kong store. Sports note: A's face Reds in the World Series opener in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Mary Lee Stone aged 82 died Friday at Community Memorial Hospital Moberly after a two day stay. Funeral services will be at Meador and Son Funeral Home Sturgeon at 2 PM Sunday with Rev. G A Galloway of Sturgeon Methodist Church officiating. Burial is Mount Horeb Cemetery Sturgeon. Born November 9 1689 in Harrisburg she was daughter of James Jackson and Lettuce Drane Watson. She married Will Henry Stone in 1905 who died years ago. One daughter also deceased. Survived by daughter Mrs Maxine Dobson Kansas City and six sons Henry Clark John Moberly Jack Sturgeon James Kenton Ohio Cleo Kansas City Ernest Richmond California. Also a brother Ernest Watson Harrisburg and a sister Mrs Thelma Johnson Phoenix plus 29 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.
Walter Price Weeks 71 a retired farmer died at his home in Montgomery City Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Monday at Schlanker Funeral Home with visitation after 2 p.m. Sunday at the same facility He was a member of the Williamsburg Methodist Church and arrangements are incomplete
Over the counter trading shows A B Chance at 27 percent asked with 2654 bid, Commerce Bancshares at 59 percent asked with 58 percent bid, and Wetterau at 26 percent asked with 25 percent bid. NYSE session notes Robbie Brooks at 8 percent, 5200 shares. Dresser 41 percent. Interco 45 percent. Kaiser Aluminum 16 percent. Panhandle Eastern 38 percent. Ralston Purina 375 percent. US Gypsum common 25 percent. US Gypsum preferred unchanged. WalMart 29 percent.
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praised the three American POWs released by North Vietnam. Speaking at a news conference during the U S Navy birthday observance in San Diego, he said the men conducted themselves in excellent fashion and no one could fault their conduct.
Eddie H. Boyd son of Mrs Ruby Boyd Route 2 Auxvasse was home on a three day pass from Fort Leonard Wood where he is stationed He entered the army in April 1971 received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood then went to Fort Gordon Ga for Military Police training He served in Vietnam with the 23rd Infantry Division MP Co near Chu Lai and Da Nang After ten months overseas he returned to the United States in July and is now with the 463rd MP Co at Fort Leonard Wood
Funeral services for Arthur H. Heberer 77 were to be held today at 1 p.m. at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home. He died Wednesday in California after a 41 year career as a barber in town. The Rev Robert Collins of First Presbyterian officiated. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers included Russell Blackburn A F Playter James Given John T Barnes Ralph Ward and Guy F Ogden. Honorary pallbearers were Orlando Worrell Herbert Plunkett Roy Creasey Morris Kemp Carl Safford and J W Kistler of Fayette.
Funeral services for Maurice E. Dermody 71 of 728 N Clark St were held at St Brendan Catholic Church with Rev Patrick G Dolan officiating. He died Thursday at Audrain Medical Center and was buried in St Brendan Cemetery. Pallbearers were William B Sullivan Adrian Fennewald C C Estes Finis Stubblefield Bert Francis and Everett Boicourt.
Congress sends bill to the White House prohibiting states and communities from taxing airline passenger tickets. The measure targets surrender of taxes on air travel and aims to curb local levies across jurisdictions.
A large group from Art Simmons Stables travels to Madison Square Garden for the National Horse Show with three entrants including Tashi Ling, Haytfield's Mogul, and Blarney Stone. Simmons also pursues the American Royal Horse Show circuit as usual.
U S B52 bombers struck North Vietnam hitting stockpiles near Vinh and Dong Hoi. Combat over Hanoi west airspace saw a dogfight producing Air Force ace Captain Jeff S Feinstein with his fifth MIG kill, as losses rose to 111 American planes.
A Dade County judge rejected motions to dismiss or postpone the Watergate related trial of Bernard L. Barker. The 55 year old ex CIA operative faces Florida charges over the D C break in and a forged notary seal on a campaign check. Trial remains set for Oct 30 with hopes of airing the case before the November election. Prosecution subpoenas issued for Kenneth Dahlberg Hugh Sloan Jr and Maurice Stans to appear at an Oct 26 pretrial hearing.
In Londonderry an armed gang stopped a young couple early today and stole the man's trousers and the girl's skirt along with their car. The pair walked home while the gang used the car to rob a bus and its passengers.
AP reports area senators split on a $30.2 billion revenue sharing bill with Democrats Hughes Town Symington for Missouri. Eagleton against Missouri. Republicans for Bellman Oklahoma and Dole Kansas. The Senate also passed a separate debt limit increase to $465 billion by a 61 to 11 vote.
Louis A. Williams, junior auditor for Missouri Power and Light in the Mexico district, will retire November 1 after 31 years of service. He and his wife Ida Mae reside at 828 West Love Street, Mexico, and he attends First Presbyterian Church. He studied at Arlington, Central, and McMillan schools in Mexico and began in MP&L’s sales department before clerical work and a 1958 promotion to junior auditor. Previously he was assistant manager for Liberty Theatre Corporation in Mexico.
California Governor Ronald Reagan bets two bottles of California wine against a bushel of sweet corn on the Oakland A s World Series. Ohio Governor John Gilligan accepts with a bushel of corn. Cincinnati Mayor Luken wagers Ivory soap and Oakland Mayor Reading offers Bay Area Rapid Transit rides in a separate framing of the same bet.
The House installs a $1 million electronic voting machine to speed votes for its 435 members. The Senate already has a voice amplification system but shows no interest in the new device.
Elea Nor McGovern, wife of Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, was reported resting comfortably at a hospital after acute abdominal pains. Initial tests found nothing serious and further tests were planned. McGovern said she suffered an intestinal spasm and needs two days of relaxation.
A violent gas explosion shattered a Hong Kong department store in Causeway Bay. Two killed and 250 plus hospitalized as shoppers were flung through front plate glass. many severely injured by glass and debris. Fire officials cited a gas leak escalating to a major blast in the cosmetics department.
In St Louis, Local 513 of the Hoisting Engineers approved two work rule changes affecting heavy construction and highway projects in 46 eastern Missouri counties. Workers will be paid hourly for weather cancellations, and contractors may start the workday up to one hour earlier without notifying the union. Proposals for Saturday makeup days at straight pay and wage/working conditions through project life were rejected.
Seattle AP report notes hunters heading into southwest Washington wilds for the general hunting season must search for the $200000 paid to the hijacker D B Cooper. A $26000 reward favors anyone who recovers the full amount, with 15 percent of any lesser sum. Cooper vanished after parachuting from a Northwest jet last Thanksgiving Eve, with law enforcement yet to locate the money. Northwest Airlines remains hopeful a hunter may find the loot.
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