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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1971
Page
8
Kansas City AP weather reading shows last 24 hours highs mid 70s to mid 60s and a U.S. river gauge update for St Louis and nearby towns. Hospital admissions list multiple local patients, recent births in Centralia and surrounding towns, several dismissals, and a death noted for Mrs. Julia E. Weston of Auxvaseo.
The Daily Record reports deaths of Mrs Gua H Grebe 77 and Mrs Julia Weston Ed Kiddie Lee Walker 16 among other notices. Police log notes thefts of 25 tape recordings from a big truck, bicycles from 016 W Boulevard, and damage at Dog N Suds with an interior break. Highway Patrol records multiple accidents in Audrain Boone and Montgomery counties with injuries and summonses. Probate and magistrate court items list estate actions and fines. Missouri Livestock Center reports hog, cattle, and sheep market results and receipts.
The Mexico Missouri Ledger reports livestock quotes with cattle prime and choice ranges, calves vealers and sheep receipts, plus lower slaughter lambs and ewe prices. Chicago AP notes soybeans and grain futures up, wheat and corn mixed, and a down stock market amid econ uncertainty and Nixon policy impacts.
State Sen. Earl R. Blackwell was ordered by the FAA to explain why his single engine Cessna flew from Bonne Terre to Festus with a damaged right wing after striking a boat on a camper truck during taxiing. The FAA says the plane was not flyable and gave a deadline of Oct. 2 for a full explanation. A Blackwell spokesman said the pilot believed the aircraft was airworthy.
The FBI questioned two men today in connection with an alleged attempt to burn down the Army Induction Center in downtown Newark New Jersey as part of an ongoing investigation.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lincoln of Martinsburg announce the birth of daughter Amy Joyce Lincoln born Sunday at 12:17 am at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds five ounces. She joins siblings Chris Gwen and Cory. Grandparents are Trannie Camp of Wellsville and Myrtle Lincoln of Mexico. Mr. Lincoln works at A. P. Green Refractories Co and serves as Martinsburg city marshal.
Julia Weston 84 died at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. A Iowa born devout Catholic, she lived in Mexico since 1970 and resided with daughter Frances Turner before entering Biggers Nursing Home. She leaves two sons James and Walter, another daughter Virginia Fennewald, 10 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral at St Brendan’s Church with burial in St Brendan’s Cemetery.
Mrs. Gus H. Grebe 77 died at her Providence Road home after a heart attack Sunday morning. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Big Spring Methodist Church. Burial will be in Big Spring Cemetery. She was sister-in-law of Mrs. Dora Ball of Mexico and cousin of Miss Edna Gray. also niece of Irvin L. Gray and the late Mrs. Gray of Wellsville.
The Mexico City Council meets at city hall with four items on the docket. Third reading on an ordinance approving a report by City Engineer Gilbert Patrick on summer surfacing improvements, plus special tax assessment and tax bills. Streets named include Webster, Orange, Boulevard, Hendricks, and Kentucky Rd. First reading for Minnie Ball subdivision at Abat and Liberty St. In West Underpass Urban Renewal, 88 requested by the Mexico Housing Authority. A liquor license request by James R. Young and a report on Emergency Employment Act positions are on the agenda.
Herbert Bischoff was told his 1964 car, stolen from his home, had been recovered but was now in Puerto Rico and impounded at Puerty Neuvo. Police did not know how it ended up there. The report also notes the Warren Commission’s finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s assassination.
In Independence Missouri former President Harry S Truman echoed campaign rhetoric with the line Give em hell as Democratic Chairman Lawrence F O'Brien recalled during a visit. OBrien noted Truman offered no candidate preference and discussed party prospects. Separately Senate Labor Committee chair Harrison Williams Jr said a bill to raise the minimum wage to 2260 would begin next week despite Nixon Phase 2 concerns with wage stabilization likely. The plan envisions $2 after 60 days and $2.25 after one year.
Jefferson City AP. Organizers of Missourians for Safety on Highways fear insufficient petition signatures to block Sunday liquor sales in restaurants. They must file at least 90,000 valid names across seven of ten districts by Tuesday to qualify.
Residents served by Audrain County Rural Water Supply District No 2 are hooking up their water systems as fast as they can. The district last week completed sterilizing and checking out meters and installing meters. The district will serve 250 patrons in the area west and northwest of Mexico.
In Upsala Sweden the Swedish Seismological Institution reported a powerful underground nuclear explosion in the Novaya Zemlya region of Russia. The quake measured magnitude 6.7 on the Richter scale and closely matched the Oct 14 blast previously deemed the era’s strongest underground detonation.
A spokesman says the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is being treated in a U S Army hospital in Munich for a serious circulatory condition. He notes she arrived in considerable pain Friday and has a history of heart problems, with physicians consulted for several days.
AP dispatch from Hong Kong reports Canton television will air a special newscast about the 22nd anniversary of the PRC and the canceled Beijing parade.Observers in Hong Kong expect Peking to present official reasons for scrapping the Oct 1 celebration while rumors allege Mao’s illness. Dr Paul Dudley White arrived in Hong Kong denying rumors of Mao’s death, citing local doctors who say the parade was cut for being too elaborate.
New York AP report quotes Rep. Emmanuel Celler at 83 as he plans to seek re election to the House next year. He will mark his 50th year in Congress and says he will run again to finish his political career "with my boots on" and a last breath kept for action.
The Smithsonian marks its 125th birthday by opening a historic post office in the Museum of History and Technology. The recreated building formerly served Headaville West Virginia from the 1880s to 1914 and will operate with 18th century costumes and a dedicated post mark. President Nixon sent greetings at the principal ceremony, with Lord Cromer the British ambassador in attendance.
Atty General John Danforth, on a Missouri trip, branded pari mutuel gambling as a weak gimmick to raise revenue. He noted voters would decide October 5 on a constitutional amendment for race track betting and warned the projected 15 to 20 million dollars in yearly state revenue is a small share of total expenditures. He questioned track success, citing two failed tracks in Windsor Ontario and Florida, and a 19 percent drop in southern Illinois attendance over five years.
North Vietnamese forces pressed attacks along South Vietnam near Cambodia for a second day. South Vietnamese losses included at least 20 dead and around 100 wounded, with artillery, tanks, and armored cars destroyed. Two U.S. aircraft supporting the South Vietnamese were shot down and five Americans wounded.
Vice President Spiro Agnew told an Anaheim audience that the Attica prison uprising shows freedom lovers cannot ignore the violence risk from radical movements. He praised New York Governor Rockefeller for using armed troopers to end the riot and urged critical press coverage of militants and their backers.
Police rounded up Nelson Wayne Ferrier after an evening assault near Jefferson City. A woman identified Ferrier as a man who boarded her vehicle at a Jackson Street traffic light. Officers struggled to detain him, requiring seven members to subdue him in a cellar. Ferrier faces assault on officers and disturbing the peace charges. Mrs Booska's complaint remains pending. Packages of LSD capsules found in Ferrier’s jacket were sent to Jefferson City for analysis.
Vatican officials dismissed speculation that Pope Paul VI will abdicate. The broadcast marked his 74th birthday and touched on fatigue and martyrdom rather than illness. It framed the World Synod of Bishops as a stress test for his papacy amid church tensions and calls for reform.
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