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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1972
Page
8
Official 7:00 am readings show high for past 24 hours 58 and low 58. Temperature at 7 am 58. Precipitation 0.31 in month to date 1.0 in, year to date 16.47 in. Normal September 4.97 in. Sun sets today 7:39 pm and rises tomorrow 6:38 am.
Forecast calls for showers and thundershowers mainly in the southeast tonight and Sunday as cooler air moves in. Highs in the 70s expected both today and Sunday with lows tonight around 50 to the low 80s in the southeast, while the north stays cooler. Missouri River stages show modest rises at Kansas City Boonville Jefferson City and St Louis, with Hannibal and Cape Girardeau dropping or rising slightly.
The Daily Record reports minor crashes in Mexico with several parking and rear-end damage incidents on West Jackson Street and Woodlawn Street. Fire crews handled a grass fire at 629 West Liberty Street. Police and highway patrol logged multiple minor accidents, traffic violations, and court notices involving residents from Mexico Laddonia Centralia Perry and Wellsville.
Columbia Missouri launched a citywide 911 system making it the fourth Missouri city and 198th in the nation to offer a single number for police fire medical and University of Missouri Medical Center Emergency Information Center. About 53200 telephones connect to the center housed in the police and fire building. Other Missouri cities with 911 are St Joseph Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff.
Lynda Carter a 21 year old Tempe singer and model won Miss World USA at Hampton Virginia crowned by Bob Hope. She will go to London for the Miss World pageant Nov 1. First runner up Miss Texas World Jackie Behrendt. second runner up Rita Jo Fitzgerald. third runner up Sandra Leland. fourth runner up Melanie Chapman.
James A. McNeely, a paraplegic, filed in U S District Court alleging the Missouri Division of Welfare unlawfully reduced his welfare benefits and seeking 110000 in damages in a federal suit filed Friday in St Louis AP report notes.
Saturday edition from Mexico Missouri Ledger highlights and brief notices across the page. Readers see local briefs, community notes, and market lines with key names, places, and dates embedded in concise items.
Over the counter bids and asks included A B Chance 28 2044, Commerce Lancshares 64 65, Wetterau 28 28. NYSE results: Dresser Industries 41 up 4, Interco 49 up 1, Kaiser Aluminum 20 up, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 35 up, Ralston Purina 37 unchanged, US Gypsum common 26 up 4, US Gypsum preferred 324 unchanged, WalMart 32 up 4. Robbie Brooks, 10% close with traded volume of 000 shares, various incomplete figures for several stocks.
Mrs Keith Davis of Centralia was elected president of the Mexico School of Licensed Practical Nursing. Mrs John Utinske was elected vice president. The eight week old class will entertain the Missouri Association of Licensed Practical Nurses on Sept. 6 at Audrain Medical Center. Peggy Sterner is teacher-coordinator.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Baker Funeral Home New Florence for Mollie Sue Strube day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Strube. Burial was in New Florence Cemetery. Born Aug 30 at Still Hospital Jefferson City she died Thursday at University Medical Center. Survivors include parents a brother Chris grandparents Albert Strube New Florence Marvin Hansen Clinton Iowa great grandmothers Gay Strube New Florence and Clarence Slaughter Clinton Iowa.
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Abbey Williams 73 of the Coldwell Nursing Home were held today at Arnold Funeral Home. She died Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Rev William Duncan of Second Baptist Church officiated. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with Mrs C A Trotter as organist and pallbearers Jasper Reeves Dennis Walker Earl Howard Hughie Forrest George Anderson and Taylor Curtis.
Mrs H I French was named chairman of the Breath of Life campaign by Thomas J. Barta of the Gateway Chapter National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. She will organize local volunteers to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research and pediatric care, with most activities in September. The effort notes CF is inherited and about one in twenty carry the gene. Newcomers to Mexico will have a welcome photo in Ledger. Call 581-3372 for appointment.
Mrs Marguerite Eldon Cole 83 longtime New Florence shopkeeper died yesterday at Callaway County Hospital Fulton funeral services set for 1 p m Sunday at Baker Funeral Home led by Rev Harold Spiva burial in New Florence Cemetery born November 15 1888 in Kentucky daughter of E B Bartlett and Rhoda Newland Bartlett married in 1907 to G W Pendergrass later to Walter Cole of New Florence who died October 1938 survived by son Dan Pendergrass of Fulton two daughters Dixie Bradley Lakeview Ark and Ruby Hagood St Charles three brothers William Bartlett Montgomery City John Bartlett Long Beach Calif Finley Bartlett Dothan Ala and another son Eldon Pendergrass of New Florence who died February 7 of this year.
Franklin Brinkman 76 of Montgomery City died at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico retired federal government clerk. Services at 2 p.m. Monday Schlanker Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Hester officiating. burial in Montgomery City.
Funeral services for Gabriel M. Williams aged 55 of 609 S Union Street will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at St Luke s Methodist Church. He died Thursday at Audrain Medical Center with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Arnold Funeral Home from 7 to 9 pm Monday.
Four persons died on Missouri highways during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Two were killed 13 miles south of Warrensburg on Highway 13 in a Friday night collision. Victims were Tommy J. Flippin 44 of Warrensburg and James White 23 of Clinton. A Dunklin County crash near Malden at the junctions of highways 62 and 25 killed Danny Lee Norman 18 of Campbell and Roosevelt Frank 25 of Festus who died after his car left Highway 67 and hit a rock bluff near Interstate 55 early Saturday morning.
Washington AP reports that airlines vary in courtesy services during delays. The CAB opened an investigation into how meals calls telephones hotels and transport are offered mainly to bold passengers, risking discriminatory treatment. Delta Eastern Western and Braniff cited.
A natural gas leak is reported to be gushing into Lake Erie near Cleveland. The incident raises concerns about water and air safety in the region as responders assess the extent and source of the leak.
Lakewood utilities director Raymond Kudakis says there is no danger as water disperses the gas. He notes known gas and oil deposits beneath the lake, with drilling not pursued in the Ohio portion due to environmental concerns.
Hatton notes recap guests and family visits from Sedalia to Fulton with many relatives. Ricky Hopkins won grand champion FFA heifer at the state pair in Sedalia. Numerous family dinners and Sunday visits span Centralia Fayette Fulton Mexico Columbia and Jefferson City as towns host kin and friends.
Vandalia Playcare invites parents to register toddlers for the fall term at the Playcare Center 114 East Page with two sessions starting Sept. 18. Enrollment limited to 30 children with fees 75 cents weekly for low income families and $2 weekly for others, staffing from Human Development Corporation funding and volunteer help.
In Santa Cruz California an increasing number of women are sunbathing topless at a state beach. Kathy Malloy a San Jose housewife recalls shifting from toplessness to topless sunbathing and says she no longer feels daring. Evie Espen a 22 year old student supports topless bathing stating tops are uncomfortable. Rikki Chalet first popularized the monokini here and was briefly arrested but later deemed not crimes. Monokini use varies with temperature and appears to be gaining momentum at Twin Lakes Beach.
Dolores Montez, a New York school teacher, seeks $100000 in a state Supreme Court suit after being arrested for a shortfall in a $1.45 fare on the Long Island Rail Road. She had $1.05 in cash and a 35 cent token, was jailed in Babylon, slept on a board, and later moved to district court where the charges were dismissed.
Honolulu AP report says outgoing Pacific commander Admiral John S. McCain Jr. asserts Vietnam policy is successful with Vietnamization working and Nixon doctrines sound as he yields command to Admiral Noel Gaylor. Nixon and Tanaka attend a two day summit while McCain is eyed as ambassador to South Vietnam. his son John McCain III remained a POW.
Fulton local law enforcement investigate six early morning break-ins after midnight to opening time Friday. Callaway County Sheriff's Department Fulton Police Department Highway Patrol and Mid- Missouri Major Case Squad conduct the case. Victims include Krogers Boyer's Oil and Gas Empire Gas Company Kingdom Feed Company Foremost Dairy and King Cal Drive In. Damages likely exceed stolen amounts with safes broken in four stores and one safe moved about 50 yards.
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