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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1972
Page
9
At 7:00 a.m. readings show last 24 hours high 56, low 23, current 30. Forecast Zone 5 fair with 60s, slight chances of precip. Missouri expects sunny 60s, highs 60s to 70. Fire, police, and court items note a Montgomery City birth, pool of dismissals, speeding and DWI cases, and livestock market updates. Lake of the Ozarks water level 6.2 feet below full.
Market notes from Mexico Ledger and Chicago AP reports show cattle prices by weight and grade with bids around 33 to 34 dollars, dairy and sheep figures, plus grain and oilseed futures at Chicago Board of Trade. Stocks slip modestly on lethargic trading as analysts cite Vietnam events weighing on sentiment.
State policy discussions center on scholarships up to 900 yearly for needy college students with options for public or private schools. The plan envisions contracts with medical and other high cost graduate programs, shifts to spread classes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and possible bond financing for renovations of buildings pre 1960 if $110 million is not appropriated.
After years directing elections in Mexico City, Mrs. Fae Lowry works as a precinct judge in the second precinct Recorder's office. She retired as city clerk last year and says she always wanted to try this role and likes it fine.
Santa Cruz California public pool allows mothers to breast feed infants. Three mothers did so Monday without interference. Last Friday officials asked one mother to stop after a complaint. Recreation superintendent Paul Thiltgen said no further complaints occurred Monday. Four nursing mothers, part of the Swim for Lunch Bunch, assert the right to feed babies anywhere.
Commander Kark E. Stein presents the Kiwanis Club sixth travel program at 7 40 p m in Presser Hall. He narrates Mystical Morocco with films starting in Casablanca then Rabat, Safi, a drive through the Atlas to Marrakesh, and a visit to Volubilis, a Roman town.
Funeral services for Mrs Herschel Schooley who died yesterday morning will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Everly funeral home on Braddock road in Alexandria. The service will be conducted by Capt. Roderic Smith and a family friend with burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs Schooley born Pauline Van Ness on August 14 1900. She was married April 9 1927 to Herschel Schooley then city editor of The Ledger. Surviving are her husband a sister Miss Gladys Van Ness a brother Harper Van Ness of Mexico and five nieces and nephews including Mrs FAW Cone and Mrs C W Caldwell of Mexico and Capt Harper Van Ness Jr now with NASA.
Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. for Mildred C Baker 58 of Des Moines Iowa formerly of Mexico The Rev Jeff Marsh presided at Arnold Funeral Home with Mrs John Willer as organist Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Park Pallbearers were James Mundy Carl Squiers Ed Hesterberg Donald Bick Lyndell Stuart and E B Feutz
Two dynamite blasts at the Cuban Trade Mission on the top floor of a Montreal office building killed one Cuban official and injured a second. Authorities investigated the incident as a possible attack with political motives, with no immediate claim of responsibility.
Saigon reports South Vietnamese forces lost two more bases in the north as U.S. air and naval strikes continue. The northern commander claims the invasion halted at Dong Ha, with heavy fighting near there and losses for the North Vietnamese. U.S. warplanes and ships shelled river areas as claims of amphibious crossings were disputed.
U S jets bombed five anti aircraft missile sites near the DMZ and allied forces reported killing about 2,000 North Vietnamese troops in six days. Lam said 40,000 to 50,000 enemy troops lurked between the river and the DMZ as 20,000 South Vietnamese and 5,000 reinforcements moved north. Quang Tri City remained a focal battlefield as U S forces defended bases Pedro and Anne and ships Buchanan Hammer and Waddell exchanged shelling with shore batteries. Nixon aides and McGovern weighed political risks while Kissinger prepared for meetings in Tokyo with Sato and would be candidates for successor.
The article notes a reduced U.S. troop presence in Vietnam with 95,500 total, targeting 69,000 by May 1 under Nixon’s plan. It cites Gen Abrams ordering troops not to engage in battle and states about 10,000 combat troops remain, with 5,000 infantry at Da Nang.
The United States rejected North Vietnam and Viet Cong calls to resume Paris peace talks on Thursday. South Vietnam joined in the stance, stating there was no indication of serious negotiations, as Washington and Saigon suspended talks March 23 over the Communist offensive. The North Vietnamese note accused the U S of aggression and slander while insisting on a new meeting.
Steven Lee Williams, 19, a soldier on leave from Fort Leonard Wood, received life in prison on two murder counts for the shooting deaths of his grandparents, Samuel and Mrs. Johnson. He was convicted previously of his grandfather’s murder at a Wentworth farm home. Judge Douglas Green denied a new trial motion before Williams pleaded guilty to the grandmother’s murder and imposed the two life terms.
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