Local Weather and Deaths Report for Ledgerland Area
The morning report shows 7 a.m. readings with a 64 degree high and 37 degree low in the last 24 hours, with 1.98 inches month to date and 31.49 inches year to date. Forecast calls for a cool night, sunny Friday, and Missouri and Kansas City area outlooks with highs in the 60s to 70s and low 40s tonight. River levels in St Louis and Kansas City show varied readings, with several lake levels above or below normal. Admissions list includes numerous residents from Mexico and surrounding towns. births noted for three newborns. multiple dismissals and one death, Raymond Kobusch, 71, Vandalia, and others. Marriage license data lists applicants from Columbia, Centralia, Sturgeon and UCubnabia.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Public Safety Report From Mexico City Court Actions
Routine patrols reveal an open valve on an ammonia tank at Standard Oil and a soda machine break in at Joe's MFA Station. Multiple individuals report thefts and a 17-case city court docket yields fines totaling $938. Overtime parking tickets raise $93.50. various magistrate and circuit court cases involve charges from speeding to driving intoxicated and a dissolution petition.
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Public Safety
Standard Oil Co
S. Morris
Gene Fowler
Route 1
Joe’s
Mfa
Highway
Joe Hatfield
Robert Warsing
Hoxsey Hotel
Michael L. O'Connor
Rush Hill
William J. Wieschhaus
Martinsburg
George P. Bybee
New Florence
Dennis F. Schnetzler
Springdale
Teresa Marie Polacek
N. Jeffries
Ronald Gene Estill
Neptune
Billy Gene Reed
Moberly
Jeffrey W. Lewis
Huchanan
Tonya R. Cockrell
Washington
Michael J. Reznicek
Kentucky
Mary Jeanne Wilcox
Bowling Green
Margaret Ruth Watts
Gerald R. Lachut
Oak Crest
Kimula K. Smith
Centralia
James E. Brown
E. Holt
W. K
Bud) Mason
S. Jefferson
Larsen
W. Promenade Street
Market Report yields mixed grain and livestock moves
Prices from MFA and Fowles Grain Co. show soybeans at 5.45 and 5.55, wheat 3.61 and 3.67, corn 2.70 and 2.72, milo 4.00 and 3.90. Missouri Livestock Center notes hogs up to 0.25, cattle mostly steady to lower, sows up, with 260 275 lb hogs at 62.00 to 63.50. National Stockyards reports hogs 4,500, cows and bulls largely steady to lower, with cattle receipts 2,600. sheep 50. Friday outlook: 3,500 hogs, 150 cattle, 25 sheep. Chicago Wheat at 4.09, Corn at 2.96.
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MFA
Fowles Grain Co
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
MNS
Roger Parker
Cash Grain
Chicago
Grain futures steady as Wheat Soybeans and Corn rise
Chicago price notes show steady to firm early trading on the Board of Trade. Wheat December climbs to 4.28, soybeans steady near 5.76, and corn around 3.04 with oats up to 1.59. Options show small gains across December contracts with slight intraday swings.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago—Board of Trade
Stock Market Ends Mixed as Oil Talks Break Up
Commerce Banc shares bid 18 percent and Wetterau 15 percent as oversold trading appeared in over the counter. On the NYSE Robbie Brooks up 3 percent to 1,600 shares. Dresser Industries down 1 a 29,400. Emerson Electric up 33,100. Dow Jones index fell to 819.23 after oil exporters failed to agree, with 30 issues 3-2 losers to gainers.
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Robbie Brooks
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal- Mart
Dow Jones
New York
Wall Street
Economic row over Burns and unemployment debate
The article reports Meany accusing Fed Chair Burns of failing to curb inflation and unemployment, urging a credit easing and a $21 billion 1976 program to cut joblessness. It notes August unemployment at 8.4 percent and Ford's 1976 projections, plus Senate House tensions on a $30.8 billion military bill and 1977 deficit outlook.
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Burns
Meany
Congress
Ford Administration
Ford
James T. Lynn
House
Senate
Mrs. Samuel Rector Dies at 86 in Vandalia Nursing Home
Ella Rogers Rector, 86, formerly of Montgomery City, died Monday at Tri County Nursing Home in Vandalia. Born January 10, 1889 in Katerney Texas, she was the daughter of Hampton Robert and Ellen Gencoe Gibson Rogers. Graveside rites Saturday at Sunrise Memorial Gardens, north of Montgomery City, with Rev. Thomas Smith officiating. Visitation Friday after 3 p.m. at Schlanker Funeral Home. Survived by stepson Henry Rector of New Mexico and stepdaughter Eva Pelton of Encino, California, plus siblings Jesse of Fort Worth and three sisters in New Mexico and Texas. Preceded by husband in 1973.
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Montgomery
Samuel
Frank Rector
Montgomery City
Tri- County
Vandalia
Ella Rogers
Katerney
Texas
Hampton Robert
Ellen Gencoe Gibson Rogers
Thomas Smith
Sunrise Memorial Gardens
Schlanker
Henry Rector
New Mexico
Max
Eva) Pelton
Encino
Calif
Jesse
Ft. Worth
Tex
Ida Snedegar
Carlsbad
N.M
Minnie Burk
el Paso
Mary Key
San Angelo
Jess McCormack Dies At Home Rites Saturday
Jess Sylvester McCormack 52 of Montgomery City died unexpectedly at his home Wednesday night. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery City Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Ummel. burial Montgomery City Cemetery. Born November 13, 1922 near Wellsville to James and Gertrude McCormack. married to Virginia Mae Wasson who died June 25. Steel worker at Montgomery Manufacturing Co. Survived by two sons James Dewey and Jerry Dean both at home, three brothers Ray of Mexico Fazel of Wellsville Willis of Kansas City, and his in law and mother in law Dewey and Mrs. Dewey Wasson of Montgomery City. Served in World War II.
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Montgomery City
Jess Sylvester McCormack
Gary Ummel
Montgomery Manufacturing Co
James Dewey
Jerry Dean
Ray
Mexico
Fazel
Wellsville
Willis
Kansas City
Dewey Wasson
McCormack
Raymond Kobusch Dies At 71 in New Florence
Raymond Kobusch a longtime New Florence resident died at 71 yesterday at Audrain Medical Center after a period of ill health. Born October 26 1903 he worked for Wellsville Fire Brick Co retired and is survived by his wife Violet Gibson two children and numerous stepchildren and grandchildren with services pending.
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New
Violet Gibson
Wellsville Fire Brick Co
Doris Crowder
San Antonio
Vincent Kobusch
St. Louis
Flora Rutledge
Jonesburg
Darlene Kribbs
Moberly
Shirley Holt
Vandalia
Stanley Gibson
Wellsville
Nyad Abandons Manhattan Circut Swim Amid Heavy Tides
Diana Nyad, 25, world's top ranked woman marathon swimmer, swam the East River toward Manhattan but quit after 6 hours 45 minutes covering about 20 miles in heavy rain. She was pulled aboard a police launch and taken to Brooklyn Hospital for evaluation.
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New York
Diana Nyad
East River
Manhattan
Miss Nyad
Brooklyn
Cabbie Fires At Rival Cab In Michigan
A Detroit cab driver fired at a rival cab, wrecking two tires, after a dispute over a $14 fare with four British newspaper executives headed to the Detroit News plant. The shooter, not named, will be fired and may face concealed weapon charges.
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Checker Cab Co
Hallas
Michael J. Warren
Warren
Detroit
Detroit News
Sterling Heights
Ted Nied
Checker
Nied
Man Crashed Stolen Car Into Police Hunted
A manhunt continues in woods north of Mansfield for a thief who stole a car from an auto dealer in West Plains, collided with a pursuing police car, and fled after being handcuffed. Officer Bob Kelley sustained leg and possible internal injuries. the driver was captured but escaped. More than 20 officers and a highway patrol plane are involved in the search.
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Mansfield
West Plains
Bob Kelley
Mansfield Police Department
Charles Hubbard
Highway Patrol
Hubbard
Kelley
Howell, Wright, Webster
Douglas County Sheriffs
Flash Flood Watches Lifted Across Northeast states
Persistent rains from the remnants of Eloise prompted flash flood watches across the Northeast. New York City's rainfall record was broken at 1.65 inches on Wednesday while authorities reported a 4 year old girl drowned in Greenbrier County as high water and runoff continued to threaten the region.
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Associated Press
Eloise
Middle Atlantic States
New England
New York City
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Priscilla Ann Russell
Meadow River
Greenbrier County
Rupert
Bright October Weather Graces Missouri Ahead of Weekend
Missouri enjoys sunny weather with little precipitation and moderating temperatures expected through Monday. Frost reported in extreme northern areas, but none at or below freezing at official stations. Overnight lows in the low 40s with highs expected in the 60s to low 70s, then warming into the 70s by Monday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Service
St. Joseph
Maryville
Kirksville
Springfield
Mercury
Cape Girardeau
Nurse's Aide Trapped 22 Hours in Hospital Elevator
Helen Smith, 57, of Uniondale, N.Y., spent 22 hours confined in a Hempstead General Hospital elevator after its doors failed to open. Rescue came after porters heard her screams. she was unharmed aside from slight high blood pressure. Hospital administrator Hackett ordered an investigation and apologized, while offering overtime pay for the ordeal.
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Hempstead
N.Y
Hempstead General Hospital
Helen Smith
Uniondale
Charles J. Hackett
Long Island Hospital
Four Army Djs Facing Charges in Court Martial
Four Army drill instructors face new court martial charges over allegedly taking gifts and favors from trainees. The investigation continues as two sergeants head to trial and three more to follow. Names include Sgt. J C Ellington of Ponca City Oklahoma and Sgt J C Williams of Sylvester Georgia, with allegations of soliciting money and services from trainees for personal gain.
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Leonard Wood
Army
J.C. Ellington
Delta Lockett
Ponca City
Okla
CIA Hearings Question If Agency Falls Under Law
Washington AP Senate intelligence committee hearings scrutinize CIA accountability amid disclosures that the agency opened mail of prominent Americans including Nixon before his presidency. The mail surveillance program 1952 1973 involved figures such as Kennedy Humphrey Church Burns Abzug Nixon and King. Public hearings planned on CIA mail opening follow closed session remarks by James Angleton. Several lawmakers press the issue of lawful limits for a secret agency.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Richard M. Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Richard Ober
Charles Brennan
FBI
James J. Angleton
Angleton
Church
Nixon
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Bella Abzug
Jay Rockefeller
Martin Luther King Jr
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Burns
Kennedy
Humphrey
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Motive Behind Ford Attack Complicated Says Moore
Sara Jane Moore tells the Los Angeles Times she acted alone driven by personal rage and frustration when firing at President Ford. In a jailhouse interview she describes the act as ultimate protest and says she did not want to kill anyone, aiming to force radical unity while admitting isolation after her FBI informant past surfaced.
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Los Angeles
iSara Jane Moore
Ford
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
Moore
Times
FBI
James Hewitt
Flower And Pottery Classes Open At Mexico High
The Mexico Evening School offers Flower Arranging taught by Myrick den Hartog and Handbuilt Pottery Ceramics led by Max Sweitzer and Mrs Charles Sweitzer at Mexico High School starting Monday at 7 00. Two 8 week courses meet two nights a week for two hours, limited to 10 participants. Fees are 15 dollars plus materials for Flower Arranging and 25 dollars plus materials for Pottery. Reservations by calling 581 5684.
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Mexico Evening School
Mexico High School
Myrick den Hartog
Max Sweitzer
Charles Sweitzer
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