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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1972
Page
9
Partly sunny conditions today with highs 88 to 92 and a 5 percent chance of rain. Tonight and Tuesday look partly cloudy with lows 65 to 72 and temps in the low 80s Tuesday. St Louis river stages listed. hospital admissions include many named patients and several deaths announced, with a long roll of discharged names following.
A Saturday collision on North Kentucky St caused minor damage with no injuries or arrests. Reports include a Coke machine breakin at West Plaza Jay's IGA, a home burglary, a BB gun window damage, and a car collision near East Liberty Street. Marriage licenses issued for Carter Moss and Vallely Hill. Circuit Court sentences cover DWI, burglary, forged checks, and probation with various conditions.
Slaughter hogs mostly 50 lower with various weight ranges and prices 28.25 to 29.30 per cwt. Feeder pigs trading very active with gains. heavy hog and sow price shifts noted. National Stockyards receipts estimate 600 hogs, 1,500 cattle, 300 sheep. hogs 8,000 head, cows steady to strong, bulls steady. CHICAGO market data shows soybeans and grains weak with mixed grain futures and No 2 corn prices cited.
New York stocks edged lower at midday with the Dow down 2.86 to 958.38 as activity slowed. The NYSE saw more decliners than advancers about 7 to 4, while Shell Oil led gains and National General Warrants fell on renewed merger talks.
In Springfield Missouri AP reports that 7th Congressional District Republicans stage a victory rally ahead of the general election. Ronald Reagan is due to speak this evening with Kit Bond and other GOP figures attending a noon luncheon and a reception at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Governor Reagan will address a rally after the reception.
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO AP Christopher Kil Bond Republican guber natorial candidate calls for more job training for relief recipients to break the welfare cycle. He argues targeted programs will help lift individuals into steady work and reduce dependency.
About 700 maintenance men and custodians from Service School Employee Local No. 12 returned to work in Kansas City after the Kansas City Board of Education ratified a tentative wage agreement on Sunday.
Ann Margret, 31, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after tumbling about 40 feet from a scaffold in her Lake Tahoe casino performance. Manager Allan Carr said she suffered a concussion, five facial fractures, a broken jaw, and a broken left arm. The scaffold, shaped as a giant hand, collapsed moments before the curtain. The Sahara Tahoe audience remained unaware until hotel staff informed them.
March 15 1969 report details Ferguson murder conviction and death sentence for a co defendant and life terms for related first degree murder. It also covers Eugene Ford at 15 contesting adult trial and William Crow's first degree murder conviction with claims of improper police warning.
In Castel Gandolfo Pope Paul VI denounces terrorism as unworthy of civilized men and says vengeance is not a remedy amid the latest Arab Israeli attacks. The pontiff urges restraint and peace as violence escalates.
Daniel Weeks 65 longtime vicar of St Matthew's Episcopal Church died of cancer Friday at University of West Virginia Medical Center He gave his body to research Memorial services will be held later at Renova Pa Weeks served as president of the Mexico Ministerial Alliance in 1983 and was dean of the west convocation of the Episcopal Church He retired in 1969 and moved to a family farm at Hammersley Fork He was an avid gardener devoted to his dachshunds and had lived with his sister Mrs Henry Sue in Elkin W Va before his final hospitalization.
Alma DeRoy Asbury Wallis 82 of Centralia died in Columbia after a lengthy illness. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fenton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe Acuff officiating. burial in Columbia Cemetery. Visitation after 3 p.m. Tuesday. Born December 20, 1889, she married Robert Clinton Wallis in 1937. he died in 1949. Survived by three stepsons Birch, Fred, and Clinton Wallis. a stepdaughter Mrs. Joe Dennis. brother Morris A. Asbury. many nieces and nephews. One of 12 children, she was active in First Baptist Church Centralia.
William H. Green 73 former publisher of the Louisiana Press Journal and owner of Green's Book Store in Louisiana died Saturday at Barnes Hospital St Louis Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at the Louisiana Presbyterian Church Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Louisiana He was born October 14 1898 in Wellsville married Lucy Protzman January 19 1922 survivors include his wife a daughter and four grandchildren with sisters a niece and a nephew Also survived by a son Billy lost at sea in World War II.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Florence Kehl 81 of 503 East Monroe Street were held today at Arnold Funeral Home. She died Friday at Audrain Medical Center. The Rev. James Randall officiated. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with pallbearers Clyde Walker Alan Coatsworth Carl Cleeton George Adkins William Brown and William Bramble named.
Four St. Louis adventurers plan a canoe voyage down the Mississippi River to link St. Louis Mayor Cervantes with New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu. Al Goodrich Anne Mitchell Susan Kelley and Brady Lotridge aim to cover about 1 100 miles arriving in New Orleans October 3 after stops at New Madrid Helena Vicksburg Natchez and Baton Rouge. They expect to average about 50 miles daily in two canoes on Ole Man River and camp along the riverbank each night.
Washington AP The Price Commission rejected Chrysler Corp bid to raise prices on 1973 model cars by 91.32 dollars to cover safety and pollution control costs. Ford and General Motors had earlier been rejected and will propose after Oct 1. Public hearings open Tuesday to gather auto industry information. Ralph Nader will testify last.
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a $125.00 damage award to Richard J. and Antoinette Murphy for 988.99 acres condemned by St. Francois County Court for park purposes. Condemnation commissioners had set damages at $51,600. Murphy planned to develop the property east of U.S. 67 as a lakeside subdivision.
Mexico’s second oldest grocery store the A&P Super Market will close Saturday ending after today’s business. Manager Clinton Schade says officials will finalize details tomorrow. The store, opened in 1920s at 117 S Washington St, moved locations multiple times, last to Olive and Jackson in 1962. Lease expired and not renewed. business declined despite nearby post office and new shopping center. Schade has led the store since 1968. he’s spent 25 years with A&P. The six employees will lose their jobs.
Vernon W. Duffy circulation manager of The Ledger was elected president of the Missouri Circulation Managers Assn at its Jefferson City meeting. He had served as vice president and succeeded Don Kolb of the Jefferson City News Tribune. Francis Pike of the Columbia Tribune was named vice president and George Berney of the St. Charles Banner News secretary.
The weather service forecasts a chance of thunderstorms in northern Missouri today with partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. Highs expected 85 to 92, lows 64 to 72, and a warm Tuesday around 90.
In Munich Henry Kissinger and West German opposition leader Rainier Barzel were stuck for 10 minutes in a hotel elevator while discussing East-West relations. Barzel had greeted Kissinger in the lobby and was taking him to his suite when the elevator stalled, forcing a private exchange at close quarters.
In CHARLES Mo two men named Larry Pieper each claimed a newborn baby girl at St Josephs Hospital. The Augusta Mo man claimed a 6 pound 5 ounce girl. Five hours later another Larry Pieper from St Charles claimed a second girl weighing pounds 13 ounces.
Washington reports transcripts attributed to Jane Fonda on Hanoi radio quote her calling Nixon a liar and saying U.S. weapons makers have a death wish while North Vietnam is bombed by war criminals. The 4,800 word text is being reviewed by Congress and Justice Dept investigators to determine treason or morale disruption.
Boeing Co. announced a deal to sell 10 Boeing 707s to mainland China, the largest heavy equipment sale to China since trade barriers fell. The $150 million agreement was signed in Beijing after five months of negotiations, with details to follow after Byron H. Miller arrives in Washington. A State Department spokesman said no confirmation yet but would not be surprised if true.
Mrs. Sandie Folender founder and director of Weight Watchers of Greater Missouri and Illinois will speak at an open public meeting 7 30 p m Tuesday at Hardin Jr High School. In Mexico members form Century Club with losses over 100 pounds two residents Thomas Bledsoe and Jerry Schrameck each over 200 pounds. The Fofenders opened the first class in St Louis five and a half years ago now over 200 classes and about 3000 lifetime members. Weight Watchers offers classes at City Hall Mexico and aims to teach sensible eating and weight loss without starving.
A gunman identified as Mohammad Rabah wounded Israeli diplomat Zakok Ophir in a Brussels cafe. Ophir, 42, was hit five times in the liver, ear, and shoulder, operated on, and reportedly not yet out of danger. Police hunted the assailant after he called Ophir and arranged a meeting at a cafe.
Israel's Supreme Court rejected Meyer Lansky's appeal for citizenship, leaving him effectively stateless and facing expulsion after two years in the country. He is indicted in Florida and New York for gambling profits and tax evasion, while U.S. authorities have confiscated his passport.
In Grants Pass Oregon a pilotless single engine plane taxiing out of control at Josephine County Airport struck and killed Katherine Ann Barnes 24 and her niece Teresa Lynn Goldt 3 at the parking lot while onlookers watched a forestry equipment caper. Stanley Bruce Walker 42 of Roseburg was starting the plane when it lurched forward.
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