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12 PAGEvS CONTINUED MILD Mexico, Monday, November 17, 1975 Phone Year No. Fifteen Cents Leaders Of Six Nations Pledge Jobs, Lower Prices RECEIVE at the awards banquet of the Jaycees and Jaycee Wives Saturday night at the Knights of Columbus Hall were, from left, seated; Mrs. Jim Burchfield, Spokette; Mrs. Ron Darnell, first quarter Key Woman; Mrs. Barry Moore, second quarter Key Woman; standing, Mike Cherches, outstanding board member, second quarter; Frank Greiner, treasurer, as outstanding board member, first quarter; Gary Spencer, Key Man, first quarter; Dennis Purdy, Key Man, second quarter.

Spencer was producer of the 1975 Miss Missouri Pageant; Purdy was chairman of the Haunted House project and service chairman. A presidential award of honor was presented to Gary Songer, not pictured, for his support of Jaycee projects. (Ledger Photo by Richard Vance) RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) Leaders of the world's six major industrial nations including President Ford today ended three-day talks with a promise of more jobs, lower prices and greater economic security for their people. A declaration in the names of the leaders of the United States, West Germany, Italy, France, Britain and Japan said: The industrial democracies have decided to resolve the high rate of unemployment, continuing inflation and the grave problems of energy." The leaders, who met at a 14th century chateau 28 miles southwest of Paris, said they had set out to identify the problems besetting their countries and to chart the course they must follow in the future toward prosperity. On the shared goal to end the world recession, the six national leaders said: "We will not allow the recovery to fail.

We will not accept a new upsurge of inflation." The six defined their.most urgent task as being the achievement of "stable and durable growth which will reestablish business and consumer confidence" and cut Industrial Democracies Share Goal Of Bringing End To Worldwide Recession Epperson Trial Set For Jan. 12 The trial of Russell Lee Epperson, 25, charged in three counts with first degree murder, has been set for 9 a.m. Jan. 12. The date was set today by Judge James R.

Reinhard in the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas where the trial was moved on a change of venue from Audrain County. Epperson appeared in court this morning for a hearing on motions to have him undergo psychiatric examinations. Such motions were made both by Audrain County Prosecutor Thomas I. Osborne, in behalf of the state; and David V. Bear III, attorney for the defendant.

Judge Reinhard ruled that Epperson may be examined by four private physicians, which he will hire at his own expense. He is to undergo the examinations at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis. Epperson is to be transported to the St.

Louis hospital by Marion County Sheriff B. J. Rothweiler. Trnsportation charges and the charges for his security while he is in the hospital there, are to be paid by Epperson. The decisions from these four doctors are to be returned by Dec.

8. Then, the state may have Mrs. Menefee Rites For Dies; Services Mr. Mitchell On Wednesday On Wednesday Mrs. Thomas E.

(Mabel) Menefee, 68, 1003 Fieldcrest, died suddenly at 11:45 ajn. Sunday at the Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with James Randall officiating and burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Born Feb.

13, 1907, in Fulton, she was the daughter of B.K. and Susan Hughes Henage. She was married Sept. 12, 1925, in Fulton, to Thomas E. Menefee who died Dec.

7, 1971. Mrs. Menefee was a retired nurse at the Audrain Medical Center and was a member of Love Street Christian Church. She was also a member of J.O.Y. group of the church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Dan (Fern) Roberts of Centerville, Iowa, and Mrs. Warren (Norma) Conklin of Mexico; four sons, Paul Menefee of Mexico, Dean Menefee of Indianapolis, Everett Menefee of San Antonio, Texas, and Kenneth Menefee, of San Diego, 18 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Baysinger of Mexico and Miss Matha Henage of Mokane. Visitation will be after 2 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home. Piersons Have Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pierson, 1800 N. Clark, are the parents of a nine pound three ounce daughter born at 12:57 a.m.

today at the Audrain Medical Center. Mr. Pierson is employed by Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. Berry Mitchell, 93, 928 Garfield, died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday at the Audrain Medical Center.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arnold Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Baitinger officiating and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Born in Audrain County, on Jan. 22,1882, he was the son of Matt and Liza Belle Mitchell.

He married Lia Miller who died in 1969 and later on Nov. 7, 1970, he married Louella Dawson who survives at the home. Other survivors include several nieces and nephews. Mr. Mitchell had lived in Audrain County all of his life and had been a barber and custodian.

He was a member of the the First United Pentecostal Church. Friends may call at the Arnold Funeral Home from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday. Jonathan Paul Worsted Mr. and Mrs.

Charles (Chuck) Worstell are the parents of their second son, named Jonathan Paul, born at 2:03 p.m. Sunday; at Audrain Medical He weighed 9 pounds 1 3 ounces. Their other son, Timothy Micah, is 19 months old. Both parents are graduates of 'Mexico High School. Mr.

Worstell is employed at Christian Construction Co. and enrolled in the Berean School of Bible in Columbia. The mother is the former Brenda LaBarbera. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

James V. Worstell, Mexico Rte. 3 and Mr. and Mrs. Ignazio (Joe) LaBarbera, 943 Emmons St.

Epperson examined by a private doctor, who is to be Dr. Robert Bell of Hannibal. This examination will take place at the Mark Twain Mental Health Center at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hannibal. That report is to be completed by Dec.

15. Epperson underwent psychiatric examination at State Hospital No. 1 in Fulton from Aug. 20 to Sept. 26 this year upon order of Judge George P.

Adams. He made the order after St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis refused to accept him for examination by private physicians selected earlier upon request of the defendant. Epperson has been in custody of the Marion County sheriff in the jail at Palmyra since the change of venue on Oct.

28. He is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of his wife, Viola Fern, 25, and two children, Richard Lee, 6, and DeAnn, 4, last March 24. Cecil Morton Dies At 81; Rites Tuesday Cecil G. Horton, 81, 609 W. Love, died on Saturday night at a Fulton hospital after an extended illness.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Gray of Auxvasse officiating and burial in the Elmwood Cemetery. Born Dec. 10, 1893, in Olive Hill, he was the son of John Y.

and Helen George Horton. He married Nell Hendrix on Jan. 5,1934, in St. Louis, She survives at the home. He was a rural mail carrier for 36 years out of the Mexico post office and was retired in 1963.

He served in the U.S. Navy in World War I. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors are his wife; three sons, Joe D. Horton of Mexico, John R.

Horton of Kansas City and James Y. Horton of St. Louis; three daughters, Mrs. David (Joy Ann) Crawford of Mexico, Mrs. Bill (Cyndi) Haddox of Lake Dallas, Texas, and Mrs.

Ray (Kay) Maher of Independence; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Charles Stone of Missoula, Mont. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. Fund To Aid Helpless Boy Passes $1,000 Mark Laundry for bedfast Ronnie Gates is no longer the' problem it has been for his mother, and a surge of cash surpassing $1000 and other donations are relieving many of the family problems except the main brain damage which left the boy a helpless, comatose infant.

Many who have sent donations and many more who haven't are praying for the child and his family. One woman wrote to the parents, in part, "God bless and keep your faith." The laundry situation was relieved by the gift of a good used washer and dryer from C. C. Rutter's appliance center and installed by Charlie Allen. While most of the donations have come from individuals, one check as large as $100, many clubs, church groups and organizations have made donations or taken collections.

Chris Dugan, a student at Eugene Field school, made a house-to-house campaign in his neighborhood and turned in $30 at The Ledger. The high school cafeteria workers took up a collection for $16.05. Total cash received at The Ledger over the week end to early this morning was $334.40, bringing the balance on hand to $1099.65. The City-County Health Unit received $123 which increased the total received so far to $1222.65. Firefighters who collected all last week have not turned in their collections but members report great success.

Also under way are collections among Kaiser union workers, and a Perry organization. The money is going into a special bank account and Bill Johnson, supervisor of the City-County Health Unit, is acting as trustee. The funds collected will be used to pay for special treatments, medicine and equipment needed for the comfort and care of the boy. Herpes encephalitis (sleeping sickness) left brain damage that cannot be treated. But he also has high blood pressure, a low-grade fever, a tendency to have convulsions, all of which are being treated with expensive drugs.

He also requires physical therapy to keep his growing body muscles supple and healthy. back employment with its waste of human resources. On the key issue of wildly fluctuating exchange rates that threatened the collapse of the world money system the declaration made these points: authorities, presumably meaning central banks, will act to counter disorder in the money markets caused by speculation and other factors. conference as a whole hailed the apparent conciliation of American and French views on the need for stability and on ways of achieving it. William E.

Simon, U.S. secretary of the Treasury, told reporters however "no agreement of any kind on fixed exchange systems or controls" had been reached. He added: "There was a recognition of the existing symptoms of floating exchange rates an the freedom of individual countries to adopt flexible exchange rates within the general international guidelines." It was plain Simon was trying to stress that no "zones or bands" of fluctuations had been agreed and that the U.S. dollar will remain free to float as it has been doing for years. Ford, meantime, issued a statement of his own hailing the outcome of the talks as "successful in all respects" and saluting the "new spirit" of Rambouillet.

"Perhaps our most important accomplishment over the past several days has been our recognition that the objective of sustained and stable economic growth will be facilitated by our common efforts," he said. "We reached substantial agreement on a number of issues concerning monetary policy, trade, energy and our relations with the developing world." The "new spirit" of Rambouillet, Ford said, stems from a shared conviction that "we can master our future." The President continued: "As the result of the work we have started, the people of our countries can look forward to more jobs, less inflation and a greater sense of economic security." The six-nation declaration contained a lengthy passage relating to a combined approach to the international energy crisis. Its main points: world's economic expansion is directly linked to the availability of increasing supplies of energy. industrialized nations resolved to make these resources available for the growth of their economies. Common interests demand that "we continue to cooperate to reduce our dependence on imported energy" through conservation and through building up alternative sources.

countries remain ready to cooperate with the oil producing states to achieve a balanced and steadily developing world energy market. The government leaders offered both a warning and a promise in squaring up to their "most urgent task" of translating the world slump into a world boom. The warning: "In consolidating the recovery it is essential to avoid unleashing additional inflationary forces which would threaten its success." The promise: "We are confident that recovery is under way. Nevertheless we recognize the need for vigilance and adaptability in our policies. We will not allow the recovery to falter.

We will not accept another outburst of inflation." WASHINGTON (AP) The latest government economic statistics indicate that the boomlet generated by recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s is giving way to a more sluggish national growth rate. The Federal Reserve Board reported Friday that the total output of the nation's mines, factories and utilities rose by four-tenths of 1 per cent in October, following September's 1.9 per cent increase. Mo. Banks Hold New York Bonds Family Homeless After Sunday Fire A late morning fire left a Mexico mother and her three sons homeless Sunday. The fire at 1407 N.

Clark did extensive damage to three upstairs bedrooms at the home of Mrs. Dorothy V. Forrest and her three sons. The fire was discovered shortly after 11 a.m. by her seven year old son, Spencer, when he went up stairs to put on his jacket.

Mrs. Forrest attempted to smother the flames on a bed and then called for help. Firemen said the fire began in the area of an electric heater and spread to the bedclothing and the walls of the upstairs room. Firemen limited the flame damage to upstairs, but there was water damage in the downstairs rooms of the house, which is owned by Clayton Paul of Auxvasse. The fire destroyed most of the clothes of the three boys.

Spencer, age 7, wears a size Corey, age 8, wears size 6, and Darrell, 13, wears size 14. Any donated clothing may be left at The Ledger office or at the home of Mrs. Forrest's mother, Mrs. Mildred Gardner, at 503 S. Calhoun.

Mrs. Forrest, a nurse technician at the Audrain Medical said the family spent the night at her mother's home and with other relatives, but is now in need of more permanent housing. She said that some of the family's furniture on the first floor was saved from damage. She said the family did not have insurance on the lost items. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

(AP) U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton says preliminary survey results of Missouri banks show they have "relatively large holdings in New York securities." The Missouri Democrat, who is undecided on the issue of federal aid to New York, said in a statement issued by his Washington office that he had received 111 responses from the state's 700 banks so far with 60 per cent reporting "they held some New York issues in their municipal portfolios. Nearly two-thirds of those responding said default by New York would adversely affect Missouri bond issues. Those figures compare, he said, with Federal Reserve Board figures showing 39 Missouri banks have 20 per cent or more of their assets in New York issues, the fourth highest total of all the states.

Eleven Missouri banks have more than half their assets in New York bonds, he said. Eagleton said he believed default by New York could be severe for banks with significant holdings in that city's securities although depositors would be protected through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. But the survey showed that only 34 per cent of the Missouri bankers favored federal aid to bail out New York while 56 per cent opposed it and 10 per cent were undecided. The senator noted, however, that opinion on that issue was diverse with many bankers offering suggestions or modifications to already proposed legislation. The survey revealed that 47 per cent of the banks believed the New York crisis has had some impact already on the interest rates and marketability of bond issues in Missouri while 33 per cent reported no noticeable effect and the remainder did not offer an opinion.

Officials of Kansas City said earlier this month in taking bids on revenue bonds, however, that their interest rates are the best they've received in some time. They theorized that the low interest rates resulted from large banks seeking investments in the more stable Midwest. Today's Smile "Congratulations, sir, you're cured!" said the psychiatrist. "Some cure," replied the patient. "Before I was Julius Caesar.

Now I'm nobody." Gun Thieves Loot Three Rural Homes No estimate has been made of the value of 17 guns, some of them antiques, stolen from FIRE GUTTED the three upstairs bedrooms at the home of Mrs. Dorothy V. Forrest and her three sons at 1407 N. Clark, late Sunday morning, leaving the family homeless. Firemen were able to limit fire damage to the upstairs, but the extent of the damage was enough to force the Forrest family to search for new housing.

(Ledger Photo by Richard Vance) three rural Audrain County homes Saturday night. Twelve of the guns were stolen from the Clarence Phears home, Route 1, Benton City (on east Highway 54) between 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday; three were taken from the nearby Floyd Orcutt home, Route 1, Benton City between 7:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:15 a.m. Sunday; two were stolen from the Ralph Sydenstricker home on Route 5, Mexico (Highway 54 south) between 6:00 and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday. The Audrain County Sheriff's officers are continuing their investigation of the thefts. Mr. Phears reported the burglary of his home at 9:25 p.m. Saturday.

Entry to the home had been made by prying open sliding glass doors, officers said. Stolen were five .22 calibre rifles, a 30-06 automatic rifle, a 20 gauge shotgun, three 12 gauge shotguns, an antique 12 gauge muzzle loader, another .22 gun, a leather hat, a wrist watch, unknown amount of rolled pennies and 10 half- dollars. Several of the guns were antiques, officers said. Mr. Sydenstricker reported the burglary of his home at 9:47 p.m.

Saturday. Entry there had been gained by breaking a front door. Stolen were a .22 calibre pump rifle, a .22 calibre pistol, about 100 silver dollars, and other cash, including $12 from a dresser drawer and $20 from a purse. Mr. Orcutt called officers at 1:17 a.m.

Sunday. Entry to his home had been made through the back door. Missing are a 20 gauge shotgun, an antique single shot .22 rifle, a .410 shotgun, a man's wrist watch valued at $70, a lady's wrist watch valued at $200, a tape player valued at $59, cuff links, two flashlights, 10 pounds of flour, $150 in old coins, including half dollars and silver dollars, a hand made brown leather gun case, a digital clock radio, four sets of double blankets, one electric blanket and two velveteen blankets. All three of these rural homes were ransacked, of' fleers said. At 6 a.m.

today, Bob Beasley reported his service station, known as Bob's 66 Service Station, on Highway 15, had been burglarized sometime last night. Entry was gained by breaking a window in the rest room. Missing are about 20 cartons of cigarettes valued at $35, officers said. Officers were called Saturday to Investigated the theft of three 8-pack cartons of beer from the Martin newald home at Laddonia which occurred sometime during the day Friday..