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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1972
Page
10
The Daily Record reports temperatures 68 at 7 a.m. with a forecast of mostly cloudy and cool conditions, chance of showers in Missouri and a high near 70 on Wednesday. It covers magistrate court actions, probate listings, hospital admissions, and a detailed Missouri livestock market update with hog, cattle, and sheep prices and trends.
Six St Louisans hospitalized at Fulton state mental hospital sue in federal court to preserve their voting rights. Named plaintiffs Dayton Albert Davis Montague Pertussot Rush claim Harold Robb blocks registration and about 100 inmates statewide lack voting access. Missouri Attorney General Danforth notes city rules bar registering outside St Louis and statutes restrict felons and inmates deemed incompetent.
Sen George McGovern plans to spend election night November 7 in Sioux Falls. The announcement places the senator in South Dakota for the key voting evening with likely updates on campaign events.
Publication details for the Mexico Ledger include office address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65269 and pricing terms. Rates cover daily issues Monday through Friday and special carrier, mail, and out of state subscriptions with monthly and yearly options for local and distant counties.
Over the counter quotes show Chance at 25 26 percent, Commerce Bancshares 58 66 percent, Wetterau 27 bid 27 asked. NYSE closed higher with Dow up 0.98 at 936.71 and NYSE composite up 17 amid peace prospects and IMF reform talk.
MSU biomechanics professor R Frederick Becker coauthored The Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice which includes nude photos and provocative poses. Georgetown University physician Estelle Ramey calls the text obscene and sexist, while Becker defends it as lively writing.
A statewide study backs higher state income and sales taxes and less reliance on property taxes to finance public schools. Delmar Cobble, cochairman, told principals conference that property tax may be ruled unconstitutional as not every child can be equally supported by it.
Maurice H Miller 79 of Auxvasse died at 6 05 am at Audrain Medical Center after a period of ill health He had run a housing salvage business Survived by his wife Beatrice Funeral services are pending at Arnold Funeral Home
Montgom ery City Missouri capsule obituary for Caroline Arnold Weeks 87 a lifelong antique dealer known in central Missouri for her Williamsburg shop with her son John Arnold Weeks She was born June 7 1885 near Williamsburg Callaway County Her husband Manse Weeks died 1934 they opened the shop in 1936 She was a horsewoman Antioch Christian Church buried Montgomery City Cemetery services at Schlanker Funeral Home conducted by Rev Thomas Smith
Funeral services for Herbert O. Fountain, 68, of 724 S. Coal St. will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Arnold Funeral Home. He died Saturday at Audrain Medical Center after a five day stay. Rev. C A Trotter of St. Paul CME Church will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
James McCall Anderson of Livonia Michigan died at 1 am Monday after a May illness following blood clot surgery. Born August 12 1912 near Laddonia he was the son of George Wilmer and Ida Dudgeon Anderson. Survived by wife Ann two children Dr Jack Anderson and Mrs Paul Randiss a brother George Anderson a sister Mrs Davis and four grandchildren. Burial will be Thursday at Fredwood Funeral Home in Detroit.
Funeral services for Beverly Dean Golden 27 of Perry were held today at Arnold Funeral Home. She was killed in a Saturday collision near Perry. The Rev Marvin Jones officiated with burial at Fast Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named William Yoder Billy Grandstaff Lester Brooks Kenneth Ivy Lee Marten and Bobby Joe Young. Organist was Mrs John Willer and vocalist Mrs John Connor.
In Johannesburg police with dogs patrolled the produce market area where seven Zulu tribesmen were killed in factional fighting. The feud, dating back 18 months to the rape of Zulu girls, spurred two clashes on Monday as hundreds battled with guns and iron bars, signaling possible more trouble ahead.
Rome AP reports the Coliseum will close to the public due to danger of falling masonry. A fence will keep visitors 30 feet from the 187 foot oval structure after a municipal inspection. Closure starts once fences are erected.
In San Francisco Senator George McGovern accused the Nixon administration of blocking the return of three U S prisoners freed by Hanoi. He argued Nixon fears the men will reveal the truth about the war as he campaigned with Senator Hubert Humphrey to unite Democrats and win labor support in California. The POW issue framed his broader critique of administration policy alongside discussions on wage controls and labor rights.
A federal appeals court in New Orleans dismissed contempt charges against four antiwar veterans of Vietnam Veterans Against the War who had been jailed in Tallahassee for refusing to testify before a grand jury probing protest plans for the Democratic and Republican national conventions. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government failed to prove illegal telephone taps. The four men Beverly Austin, Chambers St Petersburg, Jack Jennings Gainesville, and William Bruce at both Gainesville were jailed in July and August. Six other VVAW members have been indicted on charges of conspiring to disrupt the Republican National Convention with violence. They are free on $25,000 bond.
In Coral Gables along San Marco Avenue a small flock of about 20 free ranging chickens has grown since two were moved in 18 months ago despite a ban. City Manager Hank Potterfield pursued the case. a court order forced removal, a man returned with a shotgun and the birds scattered. Authorities lack chicken traps.
At UN General Assembly Gromyko rejected Western terrorism plans while backing a Middle East settlement and urging withdrawal of Israeli forces. Rogers and Gromyko met for three hours outlining shifts on terrorism and disarmament. debate focused on a binding convention to prosecute or extradite terrorists, with Waldheim pressing a global anti-terror agenda. In Philadelphia, police seek a barefoot burglary suspect who escaped custody.
Will Rogers Jr denounces Nixon campaign bumper stickers and TV spots that imply his father would oppose McGovern. He asks the President to halt the use of the Rogers name and image, calling the move a cynical misrepresentation of his father’s memory. A Reagan official said they will check on the matter.
SAVANNAH Mo AP State Senator James C Kirkpatrick warned the legislature to scrutinize a new government reorganization plan. He said merely reshuffling agencies is insufficient and warned 13 new appointive heads could add about 1 million dollars in costs, creating an expensive extra bureaucracy.
The Missouri Supreme Court rules political subdivisions cannot be sued for negligence. In a unanimous decision, the court affirms a Dunklin Stoddard counties ruling that the Paynes cannot pursue claims against the county over a fatal two-car crash for lack of a stop sign. The ruling also overturns multiple cases including a $5,000 judgment related to Ralston Purina horse photography and addresses a self defense instruction issue in a St. Louis murder case.
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