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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1977
Page
7
Official morning readings show 82 high and 52 low. Month to date 4.31 inches, year to date 31.78. Ledgerland forecast partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with lows in the 50s and highs upper 60s to lower 70s. Missouri outlook: variable clouds, slight shower chance, highs 60s to 70s, tonight and Sunday lows in the 50s.
Admissions list includes Barbara Davenport Don Davis Lloyd Taylor and others from Mexico Centralia New Florence Rush Hill Montgomery City Wellsville Kingdom City Paris Farber Vandalia and more. Dismissals include Wilford Thompson Pearl Peglow Allen Roberts and others. Deaths: Vollie Jones 54 Joe Sydenstricker 52 Olivia Obenhaus 84.
Magistrate Court orders mental examinations for Danny Jackson and Thomas Engleman amid tampering and car theft charges. Numerous motorists plead guilty or face fines for speeding, no license, or inspection failures in magistrate and circuit court actions. A separate condemnation hearing is set for Dec 5 regarding Edna Gee property.
Public Safety logs detail tire slashing on Walter Barnett’s car and multiple vehicle accidents. Summons issued for negligent driving and failure to yield while several thefts include purse wallet and weaponized equipment. Minor to extensive vehicle damage noted with several individuals treated for injuries.
The Markets report shows cash grain: Soybeans 5.01, wheat 2.20, corn 1.75, milo 2.55 quoted by MFA Mexico. Additional grains: soybeans 5.01, wheat 2.24, corn 1.71, milo 2.25 by Fowles Grain Co Laddonia. OTC quotes include Commerce Banc shares 22 bid 23 asked, Mercantile Bank Corp 28 bid, Wetterau 15% bid 16% asked. NYSE closes show Bobble Brooks 4, Combustion Engineering 36%, Dresser Industries 39%, Emerson Electric 33%, Interco 42, Kaiser Aluminum 20%, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 4344, Ralston Purina 15%, US Gypsum common 224%, US Gypsum preferred 2446, Wal-Mart 17, Dow Jones Friday close 822.60.
Frappier questions qualifications for brain death. Watts says death hinges on brain function loss, but technology keeps bodies functioning. He argues for a legal death definition to clarify physicians duties amid scarce transplants in eastern Missouri.
Betty Sydenstricker 52 of Hatton died Friday at University Medical Center in Columbia after an extended illness. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Hatton with burial at Westminster Cemetery. Survived by husband Harvey. daughter Carol Oliver and son Roger Sydenstricker. mother Mabel Edwards. four brothers. Former local newspaper correspondent and active Hatton club member memorials to Westminster Cemetery Association.
Mrs. Vollie Jones 84 died Friday at a Centralia home. Born Oct. 30 1892 in Columbia to Joel Alexander and JoAnn Wade Wilhite she married Vollie Jones in 1910 who died in 1964. Survivors include two sons and a granddaughter. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Fenton Funeral Home with burial at Friendship Christian Church Cemetery. Family visitation Sunday 7 to 9 pm.
Olivia Obenhaus, 64, died Friday at Audrain Medical Center after transfer from Coldwell Nursing Home where she had resided since October 18. Survived by granddaughter Jean Obenhaus and daughter-in-law Shirley Obenhaus, with son Oliver predeceased in 1977. Mass Monday at St Joan of Arc Parish. funeral Monday at Colonial Hoffmeister in St. Louis. burial Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Sunday night. Miguel Mihura dies at 72 in Madrid.
Bavarian brewery worker Erwin Kreuz arrived in San Francisco by mistake after deplaning in Bangor during a layover. He yearned for Maine and hoped to return home, while Bangor celebrated his accidental visit.
Four armed hijackers seized a Vietnamese BCS airliner on a domestic route, killing two Vietnamese officials and injuring another. The plane diverted to Thailand and Singapore, landing at Seletar Airport after fuel ran low. authorities have not identified the victims or engaged in talks with hijackers.
A memorial service for Miss Florence M. Hart, who died in the Nairobi Hilton lobby on Oct 21 during an African trip, is set for Sunday at 4 p.m. at First United Presbyterian Church in Kansas City Kansas. Graveside services follow Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Breckenridge Hills. She was the sister of Mrs. O Glen Hocker of 1636 Meadow Lane.
Dutch authorities tightened border controls with West Germany and Belgium and launched a nationwide search for kidnapped Dutch real estate tycoon Maurits Caransa after calls claimed he was seized by a West German terrorist group. A second caller claimed to represent The Movement of Oct 18 and demanded the abdication of Queen Juliana and release of Knut Folkerts, a Red Army Faction member. Caransa, 61, was taken near the Continental Club in Amsterdam after playing bridge. his briefcase was found by his Rolls Royce. He built a $40 million hotel and real estate empire in the Netherlands after surviving Nazi imprisonment in World War II.
In Dunn North Carolina a 13 year old boy Keith L Norris died after a fake noose in a plywood booth during a church carnival house of horrors. He was found kneeling and suspended by a nylon strap mistaken to resemble a noose. Authorities ruled the death accidental asphyxiation.
Former President Gerald R. Ford will deliver the John Findley Green Lecture at Westminster College Fulton today at 3 p.m. from the Winston Churchill Memorial Library south portico with a rain backup in Champ Auditorium. The speech will be aired live on Komu-Ty.
Monday listings show Phil Donahue at 6 00 pm on Channel 2 7 plus Grey Panthers leader Maggie Kuhn as a guest. A 7 00 pm Australia for the Fun of It features Vic Damone Barbara Eden and Australian performers. Movies include Sharon Portrait of a Mistress and The Beast With Five Fingers. Dick Cavett chats with Woody Allen at 10 00 pm. Channel 4 offers Australian tour variety and a long slate of daytime shows and sports schedule includes NFL game coverage and CBS ABC NBC multiplexes.
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