Local Weather and Reports from Ledger Area
Ledgerland weather notes show rain snow mix ending tonight with 60 percent precip tonight. Missouri outlook calls for rain today ending west portion tonight with clearing Sunday. extended outlook fair to partly cloudy with cool highs in 50s and lows in 30s. River stages for St Louis area listed. hospital admissions and dismissals noted along with local deaths and safety update including bicycle recovered and a two-vehicle accident with significant damage.
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Missouri
Chad
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Waverly
Boorville
Jefferson City
Hermann
St Charles
Hannibal
Louisiana
Clarksville
Winfield
Cape Girardeau
Quincy
Daily Record Marriage License Applications List
Richard Clyde Wilson of Wakeside and Spenny Sue Velacena. John Robert Sutherland Jr. of Overland and Gall Ann Marshall of Mexico appear. Magistrate Court Ray Gene Stout bound over to circuit court after a preliminary hearing on an insufficient funds check over $100. Sandra Callahan perjury and theft over $60. preliminary hearing set for Nov 26. Troy Lance Collens fined 100 for DWI and 25 for no license plus costs. George Steve Settle speeding 23 plus costs. Grain prices: Soybeans 6.46, wheat 2.37, corn 4.20, milo 3.20. Mexico Soybeans 4.46, wheat 2.38, corn 2.20, milo 3.15. Prices by MIA and Fowles Grain Co.
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Richard Clyde Wilson
Wakeside
Spenny Sue Velacena
John Robert Sutherland Jr
Overland and
Gall Ann Marshall
Mexico
Gene Stout
Sandra Callahan
Troy Lance Collens
George Steve Settle
Coats
MIA
Fowles Grain Co
Laddonia
Indira Gandhi Postpones India's Elections for a Year
New Delhi India prime minister Indira Gandhi's government announced no national elections for at least a year citing ongoing disruptive forces and national security concerns. Law Minister H R Gokhale said elections will return when appropriate and that parliaments may be extended to maintain democratic will. In Washington the White House said Nixon tape duplicates were not reviewed for a Ford Watergate inquiry.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
H.R. Gokhale
Parliament
Gokhale
Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Philip W. Biden
Nixon
Public Schools Need More Money, Missouri Survey Says
Missouri public schools face rising operating costs and lagging teacher salaries, says Dr. J A Kinder executive secretary of the Missouri State Teachers Association. A statewide survey from 269 districts shows costs up in 18 of 19 categories and notes a strict operating levy limit hampers funding. The Board of Education seeks over 663 million for 1977 78, with over 99 percent of that allotted to local districts.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Schools
J. A. Kinder
Missouri State Teachers Association
Kinder
Missouri
MSTA
State Board of Education
McCarthy Loses NY Ballot Fight
Independent candidate Eugene McCarthy loses bid to place his name on New York’s November ballot after the U S Supreme Court declines to stay a state court ruling removing him from the ballot. The denial came without explanation.
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McCarthy
Washington
Eugene McCarthy
New York State
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Court of Appeals
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Ebla Tablets Reveal Unknown Culture Revolutionary Era Find
Italian scholars Paolo Matthiae and Giovanni Pettinato announced 16 000 clay tablets from Ebla in northern Syria. The tablets, dating 2400 to 2250 BC, suggest a Semitic language and a broader cradle of civilization. They warn the discovery may redefine Old Testament origins but do not disprove Biblical accounts.
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ST. Louis
Paolo Matthiae
Giovanni Pettinato
Ebla
Syria
Pettinato
Aleppo
Matthiae
Michel Dahood
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Rome
Dahood
American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
American Schools of Oriental Research
Matthlac
Persian Gulf
Market Reports Stock Market Update
Over the counter trading shows Commerce Banc at 21 percent bid and 22 percent asked, Mercantile Bank Crop at 28 percent both ways, and Wetterau at 15 percent bid 16 percent asked. NYSE stocks include Bobble Brooks 3 percent, Combustion Engineering 42 percent, Dresser Industries 39 percent, Emerson Electric 35 percent, Interco 42 percent, Kaiser Aluminum 33 percent, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 41 percent, Ralston Purina 61 percent, US Gypsum common 24 percent, US Gypsum preferred 28 percent, and Wal Mart 14 percent. Dow Jones Friday close 96493.
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Commerce Bancshares
Mercantile Bank Crop
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobble Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
US Gypsum
Wal- Mart
Dow Jones
Right To Life Views Outlined By Boonville Lawyer
The Missouri Citizens for Life program at Farm and Home Community Room featured Guest speaker Jim Conway of Boonville. He argued Supreme Court judges are sincere but lack medical knowledge on abortion and urged continued public education to influence court decisions. Next session set for Nov 29 with leaflets to be distributed in Mexico.
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Herbert Albright
Missouri Citizens For Life
Farm and Home
Columbia
Dave McCumber
Methodist Church
Hatton
Ray Wilders
Jim Conway
Boonville
Conway
Supreme Court
Judiciary
MCL
Missouri
Citizens For Life
Mexico
Ford Cars May Go Even Higher
Ford Motor Co says higher-than-expected labor costs under a new three-year UAW contract could push the price of 1977-model cars beyond the 5.9 per cent already announced. The first-year labor cost rise may total about 13 per cent, potentially lifting 1977 car prices up to nine per cent higher than this year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Auto Workers
Humphrey Discharged After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota was to leave Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after surgery on a cancerous bladder on October 7. The 65 year old said he was in unbelievable physical condition and described his first chemotherapy session as slow and unfun, noting it reduced his appetite but not his resolve to fight the disease.
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HHH
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Humphrey
Newamen
Mrs. Ellen Lucas Dies in Rush Hill at 76
Mrs Ellen Marie Lucas 76 of Rush Hill died Friday at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services Sunday at 10 am at Arnold Funeral Home with John Blass officiating and 1 pm at Mt Salem Church Macon with Rev Gordon Whiteside. Visitation tonight after 7. Burial Mt Salem Church Cemetery. Born July 2 1900 in Macon County she married Dewey Lucas in 1919 who died in 1963. Survived by three sons Delbert Ronald Donald two daughters Ruth Binson Modelle Schueller, 12 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Lived in Rush Hill since 1943 and belonged to Rush Hill Community Church.
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Ellen Marie Lucas
Rush Hill
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
John Blass
Mt. Salem Church
Macon
Gordon Whiteside
Lucas
Macon County
Ernest
Effie Lee Foster Terry
Dewey Lucas
Delbert T. Lucas
St. Louis
Ronald Lucas
Mexico
Donald L. Lucas
Milwaukee
Wis
Ruth Binson
Modelle Schueller
Dayton
Ohio
Memorial Service For Ross Ferris Sunday At 3 30
Memorial services for Ross D. Ferris 75 of Mexico will be held Sunday at 3 30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert R. Collins officiating. The Arnold Funeral Home handles arrangements. Friends may visit at the family home 1406 8 Jefferson. Ferris, a former Mexico teacher and administrator for 45 years, served as assistant principal at MHS and principal of Hardin Junior High, later as curriculum coordinator. He died Friday at 12:01 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Memorials may be given to AMC.
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Ross D. Ferris
Mexico
First Presbyterian Church
Robert R. Collins
Arnold Funeral Home
Jefferson
Ferris
MHS
Hardin Junior High School
Audrain Medical Center
AMC
Mrs. Clara Belle Forbis Rites In Paris
Services for Clara Belle Forbis 88 of Paris are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Kinder and Rev. Michael Barrett officiating. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers are Glenwood Mitts Elliott Jones Oliver Painter Raymond Cain Carl Wood and Leon Ely. Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Paris
Clara Belle Forbis
Agnew
Roy Kinder
Michael Barrett
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Glenwood Mitts
Elliott Jones
Oliver Painter
Raymond Cain
Carl Wood
Leon Ely
Funeral services for vonn D Branstetter held in Mexico
Funeral services for vonn D Branstetter 81 of Mexico were held at 2 this afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev Frank Park and Rev Lawrence Holzschuh officiating. Mrs John Willer played organ. pallbearers were Frank Kramer A Stuart Albert Biggers Lloyd Brooks Butler Armstrong and Bill Williams. Burial was in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Branstetter a retired mechanic at Crown Laundry Co died Thursday evening.
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Vonn D. Branstetter
Mexico
Arnold
Frank Park
First Baptist Church
Lawrence Holzschuh
John Willer
Frank Kramer
A. Stuart
Albert Biggers
Lloyd Brooks
Butler Armstrong
Bill Williams
East Lawn Memorial Park
Branstetter
Crown Laundry Co
Rites Today For Mrs. Page
Funeral services for Mrs. Wesley Page 58 owner of Catherine's beauty shop were held at Arnold Funeral Home. Rev J C Montgomery of Mexico United Methodist Church led the service with pallbearers George Lee Roland Lee Floyd Scott Billy Barker Bobby Barker and Jack Webber. Burial followed at Baat Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Donna Michelle Whitehead born Friday at 2:00 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center weighs six pounds seven ounces to Mr and Mrs David Whitehead of Wellsville.
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Wesley Page
Catherine
Clark
Arnold Funeral Home
J.C. Montgomery
Mexico United
Donna Michelle Whitehead
David Whitehead
Wellsville
Audrain Medical Center
Bond Seeks Help For More Counties
AP reports Gov. Christopher Bond asked federal emergency aid for seven additional Missouri counties hit by a summer drought bringing total counties eligible for livestock assistance to 87. The plan covers transport of feed or livestock to feed or water. Friday’s list includes Carter Howell Iron Madison Reynolds Ripley and Wayne. A separate program already declared 70 counties as disaster areas with 25 more requests pending for low interest federal loans.
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Jefferson City
Christopher
Bond
Missouri
Carter
Howell
Iron
Madison
Reynolds
Ripley
Wayne
Madonna Slavin says family kidnapped her from Hare Krishna
In Los Angeles Madonna Slavin, a 20 year old Hare Krishna devotee, told a court her family abducted her for five days to deprogram her. A Superior Court judge ruled the abduction illegal as Slavin described being moved between relatives along the California coast and held by two deprogrammers. She remained with the sect after the court order and did not press charges.
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Los Angeles
Madonna Slavin
Slavin
Ted Patrick
New York
Marylee Kreshower
Miss Slavin
Edward Walford Jr
Walford
California
Superior Court
Harry Hupp
Venice Floods Drench Historic Piazza Walkways
Venice endures rising floodwaters as winds and rain sweep across Italy. Sirens warned Venice's 60,000 residents overnight while officials at dawn laid wooden plank walkways in St. Mark's Square and other low spots to aid pedestrians and visitors.
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Venice
Italy
Canal City
Alps
Sicily
St. Mark's Square
Denton Retires From A. P. Green Refractories Co
J D Denton retires after 28 years with A P Green Refractories Houston in petrochem field. He started in 1948 as construction engineer, held multiple leadership posts including manager of special refractories and sales engineering, with key postings in Philadelphia and Houston. He and wife Thelma and son Bill live at 2214 Hewitt St. Houston.
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Joseph D. Denton
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Houston
Texas
Petrochem
Mexico
Mr. Denton
A. P. Green
Gunning
Philadelphia
Howard Copeland
Joe Denton
Green Company
U.S
Denton
Thelma
Bill
Hewitt St
Madrid Subway Strike Threatened
Madrid subway workers threaten to join the bus strike in its third day. The subway carries about 80 percent of the city’s 2.6 million public transport users, with about 900 of 1,300 buses running under military and police emergency drivers. A four day subway strike earlier caused major disruption until the government granted the workers’ pay demands.
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Madrid
Spain
Mechanical Cow Helps Train Cutting Horses
SANTA ROSA Calif AP A battery powered mechanical cow named Elsie helps trainer Dick Knight teach cutting horses to separate a cow from a herd and prevent its return. Elsie operates with two motors and six volt batteries, allowing repeatable moves to train horses at about 300 dollars per month, with live-cattle tests every week or two.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Dick Knight
Elsie
Knight
Doc
Tom Tucker
Gray
Expectant Parent Classes Begin At Stribling House
Expectant Parent classes start Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 30 p m on the lower level of Stribling House 500 East Jackson. Pre register by calling Audrain City County Health Unit 581 1332. Bring a blanket two pillows. Fee is 15 dollars with arrangements for those unable to pay.
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Stribling House
East Jackson
Audrain City County Health Unit
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