Weather and police blotter from Mexico area region
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show highs in the upper 60s, lows in 40s, with a chance of rain. Missouri forecast calls for increasing cloudiness, scattered showers late Tuesday into Wednesday, and mild highs around 70. Hospital notes list multiple admissions, births, dismissals, and sheriff blotter reports detail several local car accidents, court fines for speeding, and a drunken driving summons in Boone County.
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Missouri
Wednessy Ugh
Driverless Truck Slams Crowd At Bath County High
A driverless pickup truck rolled down a hill into a Bath County High School football crowd in Hot Springs Virginia killing two children and injuring twelve. Police say two teens left the truck running at the hilltop and returned to watch the game as the first quarter ended. The vehicle plowed through a concession tent and spectators near the end zone before hitting a scoreboard at a nearby baseball field.
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Hot Springs
Bath County
YAF Demands Halt on Missouri Student Fees Use
Columbia AP report describes Michael Thompson of Young Americans for Freedom urging Missouri officials to stop funds from student activities being used for activist events. He cites a 216 250 budget with 4 227 67 spent for three speakers in October and alleges lack of balance.
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Columbia, Mo
Young Americans For Freedom
University of Missouri
Columbia
Michael Thompson
Missouri
Thompson
Robert Sheer
Ramparts Magazine
Adam Clayton Powell
Malcolm Boyd
A Barbour Dies
A Barbour Jr a former Missouri House member in the 1920s and state senator in the 1930s died Friday night in St John’s Hospital Springfield He was 74 and had served Greene County magistrate the past 12 years.
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A. Barbour
Springfield
A. Barbour Jr
Missouri House of Representatives
State Senate
St. John’s Hospital
Barbour
Greene County
Nixon expands bid as Apollo astronauts orbit the moon
Washington AP reports Nixon's campaign gains speed with Apollo 14 crew set to collect samples. Also Rogers meets Gromyko at United Nations to address Kremlin intent, while economic officials and business leaders discuss a slack economy. In Saigon US troop reductions near 2000 announced, and Dobbins Base C5 Galaxy burns killing one and injuring another.
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Washington
Dobbins Air Orce Base
Offighals
Mexico Ledger Publication and postage details
The Mexico Ledger lists publication schedule as daily except Sundays and holidays. Office at 300 N Washington St Mexico MO. Rates: single copy 10c. carrier in Mexico and nearby towns 2.00 per month. mail in Audrain and adjacent counties 12.00 per year, 6 months 8.00, 3 months 6.00. Mail in all other Missouri counties 18.00 per year, 6 months 13.00, 3 months 9.00. Out of state 21.00 per year, 6 months 14.00, 3 months 11.00. Armed forces anywhere 1.00 per month. Office hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Mexico Mo
Audrain
Stock Market Wrap from Over the Counter and NYSE
Over the counter trading showed A B Chance Co at 21 bid 22 asked, Commerce Bancshares 47 bid 49 asked, Wetterau 20 bid 20 asked. NYSE closing: Bobble Brooks 14, Dresser Industries 28 14, Interco 36 up 4 percent, Kaiser Aluminum 31 4, U S Gypsum common 58 unchanged, U S Gypsum preferred 32 14 up 34, Ralston Purina 24 up 4 percent.
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Dresser Industries
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Ralston Purina
U.S
U. S
Rather Die Than Go Back to Russia Hijackers Tellall
In Ankara Turkish press quotes Koreyero Bra Zinkas and his son Algedas saying they would rather die than return to the Soviet Union. They hijacked a Soviet Aeroflot liner with 51 aboard, forcing it from southern Russia to Trabzon, Turkey. A stewardess was killed and three crew wounded. Most passengers and crew were returned to the USSR by Friday. A Russian plane brought five technicians to Trabzon to repair the aircraft for return.
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Turkey
Russia
Koreyero
Zinkas
Algedas
Soviet Union
Aeroflot
Trabzon
Gal Soviet Union
Fiiay
Burns To Death In Monett Collision
A man died in a head-on crash on U S 60 near Monett and his wife was burned and hospitalized. Leslie Lavern Williams, 23, of Rural Springfield, died at the scene while Donna Williams, 20, was treated for burns at St Vincent's hospital in Monett.
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Highway Patrol
Quentin C. Bakke
Centralia
Boone County
Bakke
Hallsville
Mark Balke
Monett, Mo
U.S. 60
Monett
Leslie Lavern Williams
Springfield
Donna
St. Vincent's Hospital
Miss Bishop Named Homecoming Queen Candidate at UMR Rolla
Miss Glenda Jo Bishop daughter of Mrs Audrey Bishop of Rolla has been nominated for the 1970 Homecoming Queen at University of Missouri Rolla She is among 30 candidates from UMA fraternities dormitories and clubs The parade begins Oct 28 at 6 pm in downtown Rolla and the queen along with two runners up will be chosen by UMR students. the coronation is at halftime of the football game vs Southwest Missouri State College at 2 pm Saturday.
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Audrey Bishop
S. Fairground Ave
University of Missouri Rolla
Rolla
UMA
Bishop
Mexico Housing Authority
Sigma P] Fraternity
Halla
UMR
Negro Girl Queen At Memphis State
Maybelline Forbes, 21, a biology senior and former jail detainee in 1969, becomes Memphis State University first Negro homecoming queen. She outpolled 11 white contestants in a student election, amid a campus with large Black Student Association backing and mixed white support.
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Memphis, Tenn
Maybelline Forbes
Memphis State University
Miss Forbes
Memphis
Forbes
Stacks
BSA
Bishops Change Rules On Church Grants
Bishops approved tighter oversight of the Episcopal Churchs poverty program. Under the new rules a bishops not objecting allows grants to proceed without prior executive committee approval, while objections can be overturned only by a churchwide vote.
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Houston
Episcopal Church
Igald
C. J. King
Santa Fe
N.M
National Church
Wilburn C. Campbell
Charleston
W. Va
Christian Brotherhood
Albert R.tuart
Savannah
National Executive Council
14 Year Old Boy Kills Foster Mother in Charlotte
A 14 year old boy, fearing his foster mother would remarry and send him away, shot Becky D. Kimrey, 58, in her family home in Charlotte. He later led police to the body hidden in an oil drum and was detained at the Juvenile Diagnostic Center. The killing occurred after he read a letter suggesting a remarriage.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
Charlottemeckipnbirs County
Becky D. Kimrey
Mia
Kimrey
Mr Lowe to Speak at First Christian Church Service
Mr Lowe, president of A P Green Refractories Co, will speak at the morning worship at First Christian Church at 10 45 a m on Moral Consensus. IMRS. WEBBER IMPROVING Mrs Webber improves after major surgery in Wohl Hospital St Louis. Larry Webber shows improvement after surgery in Boone County Hospital Columbia.
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William
First Christian Church
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Imrs. Webber
Jack Webber
Wohl Hospital
St. Louis
St. Louia
Larry Webber
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Arrest in Montgomery Case Shifts to County Prosecution
BOONVILLE Shariff Lyl burn Mann was arrested and held today by authorities in connection with stolen equipment seized at Montgomery City earlier. Mann allegedly transported the property for others. Fenton said a case could not be made in Cooper County, so Montgomery County decided to prosecute.
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Montgomery
Boonville
Shariff Lylburn Mann
Bill Fenton
Montgom
Mann
Fenton
Cooper County
Montgomery County
Cambodia Eager For Peace Talks
Phnom Penh reports Cambodia is eager for peace talks with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Premier Lon Nol’s government is ready for compromises that could leave Communist forces in control of key areas temporarily. Efforts to woo Sihanouk exiles in Peking and Paris are under way. Diplomats say no major defections have occurred. Lon Nol would require Hanoi and the Viet Cong to attend talks, though Hanoi denies having troops in Cambodia despite reports of six to seven divisions operating there.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Lon Nol
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Mitchell Foresees Vigilante Tactics in U S
AP dispatch from Indianapolis reports Attorney General John N. Mitchell warning that ongoing bombing attacks could push citizens toward vigilantism. He said he sees no chance of invoking emergency powers like Canada used in Quebec, though self defense by society could become a danger.
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Mitchell
Indianapolis
United States
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Canada
Quebec
Nixon rejects meat inspection agency plan
The Nixon administration rejected a task force recommendation to create a Food Inspection Service within the Agriculture Department to oversee meat and poultry inspection. The plan would have separated inspection from the Consumer and Marketing Service, but Assistant Secretary Lyng said meat and poultry inspection would stay within C&MS. The report urged clearer authority and a full-time administrator to handle consumer protection.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Consumer and Marketing Service
The
Food Inspection Service
Richard E. Lyng
Clayton Yeutter
C&ms
Lyng
USDA
Usda Agency
Bel
Will Keithley Dies In Texas
Mrs Oliver Keithley received word Friday that her brother in law Will Keithley of San Antonio Texas died early Friday morning He was a brother of Eugene Keithley a former Van A dalian now residing in Florida
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Oliver Keithley
Will Keithley
San Antonio
Tex
Eugene Keithley
Florida
Mrs Delano Lewie Readmitted At Boone Hospital
Mrs. Delano Lewie was readmitted this week to Boone County Hospital for back treatment. She is in Room 664.
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Delano Lewie
Boone County Hospital
Chicago Stockyards Close After 108 Years of Operation
The Union Stockyards in Chicago will close on February 1 after 108 years of handling all meat animals. Packers are relocating closer to farms, and dwindling cattle numbers and reduced trade led to the shutdown. The yards once formed a city within a city with its own post office, bank, and facilities.
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Chicago
Union
Carl Sandburg
Stockyards National Bank
Swifts
Armours
Mile Square
Cadette Troop 254 Plans First Meeting at 9 30 p m
Cadette Girl Scout Troop 254 will hold its first meeting at 9 30 p m at 1214 Ringo Street in Eugene Field. Girls who missed last Thursday's registration meeting may still register on Tuesday with leaders Mrs J R Harmon and Mrs R Robert R Napier assisting.
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Ringo St
J R, Harmon
R Robert R Napier
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