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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1973
Page
8
Official 7:00 a.m. readings cover temperatures, precipitation totals, and sun times. Forecasts for Zone 5 and Missouri predict cooler nights, party cloudy days, and a warming trend with mild highs through Friday. Missouri river and lake stages noted. St Louis area hospital admissions and births listed for current period.
The Daily Record lists deaths including Floyd W. Welch Sr., Leslie Pierce, and Hattie P. Guile with ages and Sunday times, alongside a Public Safety Report detailing thefts, a DWI summons, burglarized vehicle, car accidents with minor damage, and a highway patrol note on motorcycle crash, speeding citations, and local court actions in Montgomery County and surrounding areas.
Floyd W Welch 72 of Vandalia died at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Southside Baptist Church Vandalia with burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Mildred Claypool Lillian Heaton Betty Morris Yvonne Cline and three sons Floyd Welch Jr Clarence Welch Carroll Welch. Funeral arrangements by Waters.
Washington reports a federal crime commission urges leniency for most offenders while broad rehabilitative programs expand in prisons. It calls for early releases, limited sentences, and no new large jail building, deeming incarceration ineffective against crime.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat cancels its special Old Newsboys Day edition for November 21 due to a nationwide newsprint shortage. Publisher G. Duncan Bauman urges donations to aid city children's agencies, noting past campaigns raised over $1 million for about 150 agencies across 16 years. The regular edition will still publish on November 21.
In Holt Missouri, full water pressure returned to parts of northern Clay and southern Clinton after ample firefighting drained water from the system since Saturday. About 150 firefighters from eight departments fought the B and B Bulk Oil Co blaze, with two 12,000 gallon gasoline tanks burning and two gasoline trucks destroyed. No damage estimate was given as residents on higher elevations and some district customers faced outages until Saturday night.
Egyptian military says fighting along the Sinai front raged with utmost violence and savagery as forces reported territorial gains. Israel counters that Egyptian armor did not penetrate its defense line about 24 miles inland from the Suez Canal. Israel says it has lost 656 soldiers in eight days. 2,000 wounded per state radio. Saudi troop commitment seen as a diplomatic setback but oil flow remains unlikely to stop.
Former Congressman J Irving Whalley of Pennsylvania was fined 11000 and given three years probation after pleading guilty to mail fraud and obstructing justice. He admitted staffers sent back 10 to 20 percent of pay totaling about 50000 to support relatives and business costs.
ST LOUIS AP A drop in membership and production grants forces KETC Channel 9 to cut 13 positions in the current quarter. The station will still cover the Senate Watergate hearings but only on Saturdays at 1 PM, increasing operating costs. Volunteers will be sought to assist the 72 staff.
Ticket holders for the Monserrat Caballo concert Friday night face a cancellation after the Met prima donna suffered a slipped disc and plans to reschedule. In local horse news, Betty Reddick, an eighth grader from Mexico, placed third in her division at the three day Hinkson Valley Pony Club rally in Columbia, described as a muddy event.
President Nixon told a White House medals ceremony that US policy serves as a peacemaker for the Middle East and aims to end fighting for lasting peace. He cited the 1958 Lebanon crisis and 1970 Jordan crisis as precedents while honoring nine Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients.
Audrain Medical Center reports its new emergency ambulance logged 98 calls in the first three months, July through September, carrying 104 patients with 56 admitted. Most calls came from within Mexico city limits, and 11 were Columbia transfers. Vehicle accidents caused 16 calls, heart attacks 18, strokes 10, with 13 non vehicular accidents and 11 emergency transfers. Private citizens provided the most calls at 53. calls peak in the evening. Assistant administrator Richard Nye urged calls be for emergencies only and to provide caller identity and location. The hospital highlighted the incubator donation and seven newborn transfers to MU Medical Center since July 1.
A 75 ton sand barge cut from moorings on the Mississippi riverfront near St Louis drifted downstream and struck the Fads Bridge. A towboat crew recovered the barge 150 feet from the Becky Thacher floating restaurant where about 80 people were dining when the incident occurred.
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