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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1977
Page
8
By late August or early September lawns are at their lowest ebb and steps to restore them are outlined. Fall seeding, weed control, thatch removal, and fall fertilization with nitrogen help establish stocky grass, kill weeds, and improve lawn appearance while reducing herbicide drift risk.
In 1977 U SDA projects livestock receipts at 47.3 billion surpassing crop marketings of 46.5 billion, ending a decades long trend of crop income leading livestock. Declines in prices lower both totals. 1977 net farm income seen at about 19.3 billion, the lowest in five years.
Missouri demographer Garland Land reports rising divorce rates among first marriages. About one in six first marriages in 1976 end in divorce within five years and nearly 30 percent of 1975 marriages dissolve within 10 years. Remarriages now over a third of all unions. Delayed marriages and more single women 20 to 34 accompany a reshaping of Missouri family life.
Audrain County FHA supervisor Don Wembhoff announced a new funding formula allowing grants up to 50 percent of eligible project costs for drought relief. The revised rules retroactive to May 6 expand aid, with Sept 30 obligation and April 30, 1978 completion deadlines. Public health needs may qualify some projects for grants up to 20 percent. loans run 40 years at 5 percent.
Wellsville report notes a publication titled Basic Math Skills to aid Missouri students. Co authored by Sue Fennewald of Martinsburg, a Wellsville Middletown R-1 math teacher, the work arose from a Missouri education commissioner's project to define eighth grade math expectations.
Perry Musique Club members honored Mrs. Darr at a gathering hosted by Mrs. Earl Woodrow. A club gift was presented by Mrs. Robert Brashears, with attendees including Mrs. Keithley Bailey and many Perry residents in attendance.
In Fayet te Missouri Prosecuting Atty Patrick Cronan warns he may drop a murder and arson case dating over three years old after the state fire marshal's office allegedly destroyed crucial evidence. Sandra Strope 26 is charged in the death of her two year old twins in a June 1974 fire and in an earlier mobile home arson, with trial set for next week in Marshall. Autopsy linked lethal drug in the twins' blood. fire scene evidence vanished.
Gardnerville Nevada residents sue Sierra Charter Corp seeking nearly four million dollars for unpaid property assessments. The foreclosure action in Douglas County District Court follows a series of legal and financial disputes involving Morris Shenker and related developers. The case ties into broader lawsuits and pension fund investment issues connected to Shenker and associates.
Jefferson City report finds the Missouri Division of Corrections lacking internal controls to prevent theft of more than 223000 dollars in food drugs gasoline and other supplies. Auditor notes same person often handles ordering receiving posting inventory and reconciliation with inmates sometimes unsupervised. Inventory records are poor and cash handling in the inmate account fund shows gaps requiring clerical staffing and system revisions.
Everett Baker of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources told about 40 representatives from rural and small city water systems in northwest Missouri that they must take more water samples and keep better records under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act during a Thursday seminar in Chillicothe.
The brief item playfully notes that fishing through classified ads yields solid catches and hints at a lighthearted take on finding worthwhile deals through the listings.
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