Mexico Ledger Sept 14 1970 Local News Summary
Local weather readings show high 85 and low 54 for Saturday with precipitation tallies. Traffic incidents include a fire damaged truck at West Boulevard and Maryette, and multiple car collisions around Union Street and Calhoun Street. Court notes list several trials set for October on charges including burglary, driving while intoxicated, and assault with intent to commit harm. Obituaries note deaths of Dennie Dowell and Anna Milster. Community notices cover hospital admissions and births, with assorted police reports of thefts and property damage.
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Carson Reed
Dennie B. Dowell
C. Stone
Joseph Kersting
Joseph Patt Long
Eugene Milster
Priire Renorts
Union St
Arla Louw
Gates
Montgomery City
Warren T. Williams
Leora Young
Columbia
E. Monroe St
N. Calhoun St
Dallas
Hovatter
Hugh Edward Lungee
Phoenix
Ariz
Kansas City
Frank EB
Park- Boonville
Mexico
Jefferson City
Hermann
Green Blvd
St. Louis
Fire Calls and Local Accidents in Missouri Plunder
Centrali a and Audrain County report multiple traffic incidents on Highways 124 54 and FF. Miss Redivorce from Mary Evelyn Ney Becca Pauline Prater 18 and Miss Angela Louise Reams 18 were treated for minor injuries after a collision on Route FF near Centralia. Albert Robert Cocke 65 of Des Moines Iowa lost control turning onto Route FF. both cars sustained damage estimated at 1200 and 800 dollars. A two-car crash on Highway 54 near Route FW involved Mrs Ora Fay Forster 51 of Mexico and Paul Branstetter 74 of Fulton with minor damage. A 1956 Chevrolet backfiring caused wiring damage on Highway 161. Missouri livestock and Chicago grain markets are also listed in the report.
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Centralia
Highway 124
Boone County
Lin
Wallace C. Nevins
Highway Patrol
Mary Evelyn Neybecca Pauline Prater
Oflins
Angela Louise Reams
Epee
Ofs
Albert Robert Cocke
Moines
Iowa
Prater
Cocke
Ora Fay Forster
Mexico
Paul Branstetter
Fulton
Audrain County
Forster
Branstetter
Montgomery
Ardent
Chevrolet
Highway 161
Court case details convicts hijack attempt at truck terminal
Court testimony describes Laster threatening guard with a knife during a bread truck hijack. Iven testified that the guard moved, the convicts fled, and jurors heard cross examination linking Laster to prison riot notoriety. Jury members listed: Mrs Elmer Morris Janica Ardel, Jerry Johnson, Fred Decker, Harold Vanlandingham, Ida Pearl Northcutt, Carroll Love, Gene Brown, Dan Erdei, R W Ray, Doris Babb, Mrs Steve Welschmever.
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Iven
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Del
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Ida Pearl Northcutt
Carroll Love
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Dan Erde
R. W. Ray
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Funeral set for Martinsburg farmer Joseph L Kersting
Joseph L Kersting, 81, of Martinsburg, died Sunday at Shaw Nursing Home Vandalia after failing health. Funeral 9 am Wednesday at St Brendan39s Catholic Church. Burial East Lawn Memorial Park. Rosary 8 pm Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home. He born April 24 1889 son of George and Elizabeth Kersting married Jennie Meyerpeter Feb 14 1912. she died 1964. He leaves six daughters 22 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, two brothers three sisters and a foster sister. One son Leroy died in 1969.
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Martinsburg
Shaw Nursing Home
Vandalia
St. Brendan's Catholic Church
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East Lawn Memorial Park
Arnold Funeral Home
Mr. Kersting
George and
Elizabeth Schrader Kersting
Jennie Meyerpeter
Joe Kersting
Lake Tahoe
Calif
Albert
Georgia) Fisher
Rush Hill
Carl
Irene) West
Leona Kersting
Mound City
E. A
Rosemary) Taylor
Windsor
John
Rita) Field
Layton
Utah
Shirley Kersting
Oregon
Martin
Poplar Bluff
Bill
Carl Weinand
Mexico
Fred Jacobi
Dowell Dies at 68 in Vandalia Funeral Held Today
Dennis B Dowell 68 longtime resident of Vandalia died at Audrain Hospital from a heart ailment. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at First Christian Church Vandalia with ministers from Kentucky Road Christian and First Christian Church Mexico assisting. Burial in Vandalia Cemetery. Survived by his wife Freida Lamme Dowell two sons Dennie L Dowell and Joe Gilbert six grandchildren and a sister Thelma Pabst. He had lived in Frankford Mo DeSoto Kan and worked for Farmers Cooperative of Lawrence Kan. Burial by Waters Funeral Home.
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Dennie B. Dowell
Mexico
Audrain Hospital
First Christian Church
Don Wortman
Kentucky Road
Christian Church of
Playing Children Hurt by Lightning in Rainstorm
Three children were struck by lightning while under a tree during a thunderstorm. Mark Anthony Sweezer, 8, and Jo Lynne Sweezer, 6, of 1009 Carrico St, were admitted to Audrain Hospital for observation and later discharged. Ethel Durham, 6, daughter of Ray Durham, was taken to the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia, where her condition is listed as fair today.
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Jo Lynne
Carrico St
Audrain Hospital
Ethel Durham
Ray Durham
University of Mesouri Medical Center
Cololumbia
Durham Yard
Jon Carrico
Session On Rail Strike Nears Deadline
Washington AP The Nixon administration set a last-ditch negotiating session between railroad unions and industry representatives less than 12 hours before a midnight strike deadline. Assistant Secretary Usery met with AFL-CIO officials and industry negotiators and scheduled a formal 1 PM EDT talks in a bid to avert a nationwide walkout by about 500,000 workers. The unions warned no further delays after a five day pause and Nixon could invoke a 60 day rail strike delay under the Railway Labor Act.
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W. J
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Milster Rites Held For Centralia Resident Anna Milster
Mrs Anna Maurine Milster 43 of Centralia Route 1 died at Audrain Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at Red Top Christian Church Tuesday conducted by Rev Robert Hodkins with burial in Centralia Cemetery. Survived by husband Eugene Milster two daughters Chanda Kim 12 and Sandra Jewel 10 a son Johnny E Milster in Korea a son Frank Ed Milster at Altus AFB OK two sisters and two brothers plus parents Ollie and Eula Bell Hicks Chandler Sr. She was a Red Top Church member a Centralia High School graduate born November 3 1926. Visitation at Fenton Funeral Home until noon Tuesday.
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Lois) Crigler
Claude
Ruby) McDonald
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Howard Chandler
Joseph P Long Rites Tomorrow
Joseph Paul Long 69 retired farmer of New Florence died suddenly at home Sunday from a heart attack. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Survived by wife Laura, three sisters Alma Rose and Regina Hutchinson, two brothers James and Glennon. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and the Knights of Columbus. Funeral home viewing tonight.
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Adele Antoine Long
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Alma
Rose
Regina Hutchinson
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U.S. Citizen Identified as Hijacking Ringmate
A British government source named Patrick Joseph Angullo, a United States citizen living in Nicaragua, as the chief hijacking accomplice of Arab command Leila Kneled. The breakthrough ties Angullo to a major hijacking plot investigated by UK authorities.
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U.S
Nicaragua
Strike edges toward impasse in GM talks
Woodcock said GM seeks a strike for reasons beyond the July 15 negotiations. Bramblatt warned no one wins a strike as the union cut its first year wage rise demand from $1 to 63 cents an hour. GM pegged fringe benefits at about $1.75 per hour and projected $1.9 billion in wages over three years.
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Funeral set for Lon C. Stone in Jefferson City
Lon C. Stone 70 of Jefferson City dies at 8:30 a.m. at University Medical Center Columbia. Funeral services Wednesday at Buescher Memorial Home Jefferson City, burial Riverview Cemetery. Surviving: five sons, a daughter of Jefferson City, fourteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Mrs Stone died in October 1967.
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Jefferson City
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S. Fairground Ave
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Two Escapees Nabbed in Montgomery Iowa Arrests
Two tattooed men in New Florence taverns led to car theft charges after being jailed for the escape from Fort Madison. Troopers found one hiding in a shed at a farmhouse near Montgomery City. Identified as James Henry Hill 33 serving 25 years for armed robbery and Richard Lee Brockerick 25 serving 10 years for breaking and entering.
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Court backs Ladue ban on unusual home design
Missouri Supreme Court upholds Ladue ordinances barring construction of a home deemed by officials as an unusual grotesque design. The ruling preserves an architectural board to judge design compatibility and reverses a prior unconstitutional finding. The court also limited Famous Barr Co. tax liability to operations within University City and ruled another contempt citation invalid for a repealed ordinance in Pagedale.
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Earthquakes Reported Across Southern California
AP dispatch notes a 3.2 magnitude quake centered in southwest Los Angeles at 4:37 am with no damage reported. Three tremors shook Southern California Saturday, strongest near 4.5 to 5.0. An undersea quake off Northern California affected several communities.
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California
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Enrollment Tonight for Various Vocational Courses
Enrollment will be held tonight at 7 o clock at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School for 19 skilled courses. The list includes automobile mechanics auto body repair algebra geometry and trigonometry drafting technology electronic technology industrial hydraulics fundamentals residential wiring and use of electrical codes machine shop welding radio and television repair refrigeration and air conditioning accounting bookkeeping shorthand typing secretarial training nurses aide basic adult education and high school equivalency.
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Mexico Area
Texas Brunette Is Miss America
Phyllis George of Denton Texas won Miss America in Atlantic City earning a $10,000 scholarship. The 21 year old junior at North Texas State University said youth are mostly wholesome and She urged nonviolence, noted civil rioting as a major problem and supported soldiers in Vietnam. She plans a broadcasting career and performed Rain Drops Keep Fallin on My Head in the talent segment.
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United States
Phyllis George
Denton
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Foe Smashes Cambodian Offensive Opens Key War Front
Cambodian forces suffered 20 dead and over 60 wounded as government troops repelled a dawn assault near Taing Kauk, 55 miles north of Phnom Penh, while aiming to reopen Route 6 from Skoun to Kompong Thom. The attack signaled the first major offensive setback for Cambodian government forces in the heartland.
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Hostage Release After Plane Incident Interview
Newsmen spoke with the jetliner crew Sunday night as hostages were moved at gunpoint. Captain Carroll Wood of Prairie Village Kansas was kept guarded in a nearby room and did not speak to reporters. Released hostages voiced relief while Carol Harari Rafoul of Brooklyn said her husband remains among the captives, adding it felt like being in a zoo.
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Namath Under Guard At Dallas
Jets quarterback Joe Namath traveled under police protection in Dallas after a crank call warned he would be killed. Police said extra security was deployed at the Jets’ arrival and during the game amid a tense, crowded city scene.
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Allen Home notices Marguerite Rutter moved to nursing home
To Allen's Home Miss Marguerite Rutter, who has been a patient in the Au bain Hospital, has been moved to the Allen Nursing Home. Neighbors discovered a barn fire caused by lightning on the Betts Cauthorn farm Route 2 north of Mexico early Saturday evening. The Cauthorns were not at home when lightning struck the barn north of the house. John Cauthorn said the barn housed a hay baler, a corn picker and some hay, all destroyed in the fire. The building was a total loss.
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Route 2
Mexico
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