Daily Record Local Weather and Court News Summary
The Mexico area reports a 24 hour high of 67, low 40s with a 0.60 inch Saturday rainfall and a 1.76 inch month-to-date total. Forecast calls for clear cool nights with upper 30s to 40s and sunny, warm 70s Tuesday. Missouri river gauges show slight fluctuations. hospital admissions include multiple named patients. Police log details several minor accidents, break-ins, and a felonious assault charge at Mexico High School football game.
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News Story Brings Girl New Pony
Oklahoma City AP Beverly Wadlow receives a pony after a local theft and killing of her previous pony Tigger. Nash rancher M L Enterline traveled 135 miles to gift Black Beauty, a three-year-old Shetland, to Beverly while her granddaughters Marsha Lynn and Michelle Lee looked on.
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Oklahoma City
Beverly Wadlow
Oklahoma
M.L. Enterline
Beverly
Enterline
Marsha Lynn
Michelle Lee
New York man pleads guilty in phony wire fraud case
Robert L. Rocke, 48, of Croton-on-the-Hudson, admitted a scheme to defraud by sending a fraudulent telegram from New York to Kansas City in September 1989, causing a $21,800 transfer from Mercantile Bank & Trust Co to New York National Bank of Westchester.
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Kansas City
New York
U.S. District Court
Robert L. Rocke
Croton-on-the-Hudson
N.Y
Mercantile Bank & Trust Co
New York National Bank of Westchester
Market drifts as RCA cuts computer units and IBM nudges higher
The Dow fell 3.80 to 904.42 as trading remained slow on the NYSE with a 10 to 7 tally of declines over advances. RCA rose 1 percent to 33 1/2 amid news of discontinuing most computer manufacturing, while IBM gained 1 percent to 302. Analysts expect the Nixon wage price freeze followup and investor caution to keep turnover subdued next week.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
RCA
IBM
Missouri Livestock Center Market Report Summary
Missouri Livestock Center reports 1700 head slaughter hogs and 1700 feeder pigs with prices mostly steady to higher for light weights and firm to higher for heavier hogs. US 1-2 hogs 205-250 lbs at 19.00-19.50, 180-195 lbs at 18.25-19.00. 270-300 lbs 17.25-18.25. sows 16.00-17.00. boars 13.75-14.50. National Stockyards data show receipts of 7000 hogs, 3000 cattle, 500 sheep. hogs 25-50 higher, cattle uneven but mostly steady to higher. calves not established. Chicago futures section notes firm to strong grain prices with soybeans around 3.05 per bushel and nearby cash grain quotes for wheat, corn, and oats.
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Missouri Livestock Center
Dept. OF AG
Marty Schroeder
National Stockyards
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Board of Trade
Cash Grain
Chicago
Mrs Opal Harris Dies At Audrain Medical Center
Mrs Opal Harris of Route 3 Madison died at 6 15 am Sunday at Audrain Medical Center where she had been a patient since September 14. She was born May 15 1892 in Shell City Missouri daughter of George and Martia Horton. She was married to Leonard Jenkins who died in 1943 and later to Roy L Harris on November 4 1944. Surviving are her son Alvin LeRoy Jenkins of Salinas California and three grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Arnold funeral home with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7 8 30 pm.
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Opal Jenkins Harris
Route 3
Madison
Audrain Medical Center
Fred Jenkins
Mexico
Shell City
George and
Martia Keeney Horton
Leonard Jenkins
Roy L. Harris
Funeral Services For Fred Senf Held Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Arnold Funeral Home for Fred Senf aged 37 of 412 North Clark Street. The Rev. Richard Wohlers officiated with burial at Eastlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. John Willer was organist. Pallbearers were Charles Thomas Harold Blake Jim Hoffman Eryin Hoffman Scott Goe and Clifford Goe.
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Arnold Funeral Home
Fred Senf
N. Clark St
Richard Wohlers
Eastlawn Memorial Park
John Willer
Charles Thomas
Harold Blake
Jim Hoffman
Eryin Hoffman
Scott Goe
Clifford Goe
Services For Mr. Albus Today At St Brendan Church
Services for Henry Albus aged 88 were held this morning at St. Brendan Catholic Church with the Rev Arthur J Mersinger officiating at 10 o clock Burial followed at St Brendan Catholic Cemetery Pallbearers included Av Sx Deimeke Ray Hagan Harold Quinlan Ralph Rudd George Sullivan and Jim Toohey
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Henry Albus
N. Western St
Arthur J. Mersinger
St. Brendan Catholic Cemetery
Werez
Av Sx Deimeke
Ray Hagan
Harold Quinlan
Ralph Rudd
George Sullivan
Jim Toohey
Mrs Sally Roberts Buried After Centralia Death
Funeral services were held at Fenton funeral home for Mrs. Sally Roberts who died Saturday in Centralia. She was 75 and a retired teacher who earlier taught at Union School south of Centralia and in Glidden Iowa where she lived 23 years. Pallbearers included Earl Jennings Raymond Jennings Hanley Jennings Joe Roddy Joe Hamilton and Otto Alexander. Burial followed in Union Cemetery near Centralia.
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Centralia
Fenton Funeral Home
Sally Roberts
Union Cemetery
Earl Jennings
Raymond Jennings
Hanley Jennings
Joe Roddy
Joe Hamilton
Otto Alexander
Roberts
Union School
Glidden
Iowa
Inquest Delayed At Owensville
An Owensville coroner’s inquest into the fatal shooting of Reuben Darrell Wood was postponed indefinitely at the request of Prof. Atty. William Wessel. Wood was shot in the street, and a man was held in connection with the case.
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Owensville
Reuben Darrell Wood
Hugo Blumer
Atty
William Wessel
Wessel
Wood
Aaron tops best dressed list among sports figures
MIAMI AP The Custom Tailors Guild of America named Henry Aaron the best dressed sports figure, edging Arnold Palmer. Among politicians Edward Kennedy led over John Connally, with Gene Nelson Tom Tryon Vic Damone Monty Hall Arthur Rubloff Ray Rinaldi Don Rickles Walter Matthau also listed in the 26th annual ranking.
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Miami
Henry Aaron
U.S
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Custom Tailors Guild of America
Aaron
Arnold Palmer
Kennedy
Treasury
John Connally
Lst
Gene Nelson
Tom Tryon
Vic Damone
Monty Hall
Arthur Rubloff
Ray Rinaldi
Don Rickles
Walter Matthau
Woman robs city jail ride after asking police for help
A Salt Lake woman asked Officer Nord Halls for a ride to the Utah State Fair and, after being refused, retrieved rocks and smashed a plate glass window. She then rode with the officer to the city jail and was charged with destruction of property. In Missouri, PSC Chairman Marvin Jones said local phone rates may rise as long distance competition grows and usage based pricing could replace flat local rates, risking higher costs if usage falls.
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Salt Lake
Nord Halls
Halls
Osage Beach
Missouri Public Service Commission
PSC
Marvin Jones
National Telephone Cooperative Association
Jones
Six Soldiers Charged in Dope Raid Near Waynesville
Six Ft. Leonard Wood soldiers face narcotics possession charges after a surprise raid by 16 Missouri Highway Patrol officers and Pulaski County deputies at a Gasconade River cabin. Authorities recovered marijuana in multiple packets and other narcotics paraphernalia. Charged are Richard C. Maessen, Charles D. Douglas, Alan Ray Spacy, Steven L. Pritchard, Alfred E. Dyer, and Lawrence R. Romero. they were released on bond in Waynesville amid ongoing searches for others.
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Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri Highway Patrol
Pulaski County
Charles D. Douglas
Willard
Allan Ray Spacy
Dixon
Steven L. Pritchard
Yucca Valley
Calif
Alfred E. Dyer
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence R. Romero
Albuquerque
N.M
Gasoline costs to rise as reserves dwindle in energy crisis
John E. Swearingen of Standard Oil of Indiana warned in Kansas City that gasoline and oil prices will rise as global petroleum reserves shrink. He noted U.S. reserves may last about 11 years and that deeper drilling is needed. He foresaw lead free fuels and reaffirmed gasoline as the main power for most vehicles.
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Kansas City
Board of Standard Oil of
Indiana
John E. Swearingen
Department of Interior
United States
Swearingen
Standard Oil
Detroit Automobile
Kennedy Over Muskie In Poll
AP reports Kennedy leads among registered Democrats for the 1872 presidential nomination with 26 percent to Muskie’s 22 percent and Lindsay at 6 percent in a late August Gallup poll of 656 Democrats Kennedy’s edge widens from July and June readings.
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Naas
Edward M. Kennedy
Gallup
Kennedy
Sen
Edmunds. Muskie
Maine
John V. Lindsay
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Muskie
Frank Stanton to Receive Paul White Memorial Award
New York AP Frank Stanton president of the Columbia Broadcasting System will receive the Paul White Memorial Award for significant contributions to broadcast journalism in 1971 The Radio Television News Directors Association cited his defiance of possible contempt of Congress charges over subpoenaed nonbroadcast material used in The Selling of the Pentagon He previously won the award in 1957 and will accept the new citation at the association International Conference on October 1 in Boston.
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New York
Frank Stanton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Paul White
Radio Television News Directors Association
Stanton
Pentagon
Association
Boston
Four Mexicoans Enroll In MMA Initiation
Four boys from the Mexico area join 300 cadets at Missouri Military Academy for the 83rd school year. Named attendees include Kevin Gregory of Middletown RFD 1, Eric Mortenson of Pollock Road in Mexico, John Reddick of Promenade Mexico, and Robert Wyatt of North Walker Montgomery City.
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Mexico Area
Missouri Military Academy
Kevin Gregory
Wendell O. Gregory
RFD
Middletown
Eric Mortenson
Kenneth Mortenson
Pollock Rd
Mexico
John Reddick
Promenade
Robert Wyatt
R.L. Wyatt
N. Walker
Montgomery City
Lost Pants and Bear Fight End Elk Hunter’s Quest
In Drum mond Montana Henry Phillips a 26 year old engineering student hunting elk lost his pants after a bear and a mountain lion attacked. He shot the bear and later killed the 98 pound cat, abandoning the hunt due to ripped clothing. In Minnesota the 8th U S Circuit Court dismissed the appeal of draftee Clifton Perkins challenging Vietnam service, saying no declaration of war. The ruling followed lower court decisions and involved arguments over whether undeclared war zones justify conscription.
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Mont
Henry Phillips
Phillips
Montana
T. Louis
Vietnam
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Clifton B. Perkins
Minnetonka
Minn
Warren Spannaus
Perkins
Spannaus
U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Dist
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Minneapolis
Lawson
United States
Southeast Asia
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Poes
John Mason
Mason
8Th Circuit
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Heaney
M.D
van Oosterhout
Donald BR. Ross
Nixon nominates Romana Banuelos as new US Treasurer
President Nixon introduces Romana Banuelos as the next Treasurer of the United States and displays a sample signature for future currency. Banuelos, 46, chair of Pan American National Bank of East Los Angeles, will replace the late Dorothy Kabis pending Senate approval. she rose from a tortilla stand to a high civic post.
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Nixon
Romana Banuelos
United States
America
Banuelos
Pan American National Bank of East Los Angeles
Dorothy Andrews Kabis
Miami
Ariz
High Sierras
Chihuahua
Mexico
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Linda Cole Joins Ledger Staff As News Reporter
Miss Linda Cole daughter of Mr and Mrs Travis Cole of Arnold has joined The Ledger as a general news reporter. A June graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia with a journalism degree she previously worked for the Columbia Missourian as both general news and feature writer. She replaces Mrs Tim Clancy who is now in Pittsburgh with Westinghouse Electric Co.
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Travis Cole
Arnold
The
Ledger
University of Missouri At Columbia
Miss Cole
Ae Columbia Missourian
Tim Clancy
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Co
Missouri Prison Riot Reforms Follow Fatal Uprising
The Missouri prison riot left four inmates dead and caused millions in damage. Guards and state troopers backed by National Guardsmen contained the violence. Post-riot reforms focused on education, medical care, food handling, and vocational programs. A 1985 commission named Fred Wilkinson director of corrections and Swenson warden, aiming to build a maximum security facility to separate hard-to-rehabilitate inmates from the rest.
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Special Commission
Fred T. Wilkinson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Swen
Diabetes Association Mexico Branch Meeting Tomorrow Night
An organizational meeting of the Mexico branch of the Missouri Diabetes Association will be held tomorrow at the Garfield Community Center at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to all diabetics, parents, and anyone interested in the disease, according to spokesperson Mrs. Joe Ehrhardt.
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Mexico
The
Missouri Diabetes Association
Garfield Community Center
Joe Ehrhardt
Rector's Wife Ordained Deacon in Kansas City
Mrs. George Swanson, wife of St. George's rector, was ordained a deacon. She is the daughter of Bishop Edward R. Welles of West Missouri Diocese and completed six months of training at Servants School. Diocese spokesmen say it is the first such ordination in the diocese and the fourth in the region's history.
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Kansas City
George Swanson
St. George's Episcopal Church
Peace Group Poll Opposes War Trip
In San Diego AP reports 25,000 votes in an informal poll showing about six to one against sending the aircraft carrier Constellation back to war. The five day poll records local opinions and involves Constellation crew and San Diego residents amid broader Navy opposition to a Southeast Asia tour.
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Constellation
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Agim
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