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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1970
Page
1
The Daily Record reports births at Au Hospital and Hospital, names and ages, plus police and public notices. It notes a baby girl born to Thelma Spurs and a son to Clarence Stockhall, with multiple admissions to Audrain and Ellis Fischel Hospitals, and local police handling several car incidents and a theft investigation. It also lists stock market figures and weather outlook for the area.
Los Angeles AP reports Charles Tex Watson, accused of leading murders including Sharon Tate, has been declared insane and committed to a state mental hospital. A judge said he will not be retried until he regains sanity amid the Manson murder case context. Watson, 24, described by psychiatrists as deteriorating into a vegetative state, was ruled insane by Superior Court Judge George Dell.
Winfield Missouri AP reports a young man Gary Michael Lee, 20, died when his car lost control, overturned, and burned at the M79 M47 intersection on the south edge of Winfield. He was pronounced dead at Lincoln County Hospital.
Virgil Lee Jennings of Sturgeon, 79, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon at home from an apparent heart attack. Born December 2, 1891 in Boone County, he married Margaret Mae Roberts in Hallsville August 27, 1911. Survived by wife, three daughters Ruby Johnson, Lucille Myers, Nadine Gordon. a son Werdell Jennings. four grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. four sisters and four brothers. A retired carpenter, former police judge and city marshal, he was a member of Sturgeon Christian Church. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Sturgeon Christian Church. Burial Mount Horeb Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the Jennings home. Ballew Funeral Home of Centralia in charge.
Oren Lee Staley of the National Farmers Organization told the North Carolina NFC convention that farmers must bargain collectively to gain political power. He warned that the parity index showed prices farmers sell for were at their lowest since 1934, urging unified, nonpartisan action to strengthen the sector.
A Missouri diocesan action suspends Father Anthony Jacobs for remarks at a sex education symposium. The Jefferson City diocese forbids him from preaching, lecturing, or celebrating Mass following reported mischaracterized statements on premarital sex.
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