Last Call On Old Central School Demolition Up For Decision
Mexico School Board weighs razing the old Central School building after bids. Low bid comes from Tommy Johns of Mexico at 4000 dollars. Board to advertise bids and may proceed April 21 meeting. Officials also discussed drug issues at the high school and reaffirmed elected terms for Hodges and Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico School Board
Ben Jolly
McMillan High School
Tommy Johns
Mexico
Thomas Hodges
Kermit Head
Jolly
Frank Sutton
Kermit
Seven Veteran Teachers Retire At End Of Term
Seven veteran Mexico school teachers with a combined 134 years of service will retire at term end. Two, Mary Elizabeth Baker and Ruth Slonaker, take early retirement per Supt. L. Buford Thomas. Others reaching 65 include Marie Clark, Sarah Smith, Goldie Newman, Mabel Taylor, and Kenneth Walker. Slonaker completes 30 years at Eugene Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
L. Buford Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Ruth Slonaker
Marie Clark
Sarah Smith
Goldie Newman
Mabel Taylor
Kenneth Walker
Slonaker
Eugene Field
Mexico High School
Southwest Missouri State College
Methodist Church
Miss Baker
School of the Ozarks
Central Methodist College
Fayette
University of Missouri
Future Teachers Assn
Clark
McMillan High School
Northeast Missouri State College
Community Teachers Assn
Edgerton High School
William Jewell College
University of Missouri At Kansas City
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ripe Baptist Church
Vietnam
Iowa
Margaret Jennings
Hawthorne
Barbara Baker
Mary Barfield
McMillan
Connie Bousquet
John T. Brooks
Betty Danser
Cara Fenstemacher
Hardin
Jane Franzen
Vandalia Texaco robbery ends in car pursuit
A 4:35 p.m. robbery at Schuessler Texaco near Vandalia involved two men, Johnson of Kansas City and Nicholson of Boston. A starter pistol used as a gun was waved at attendant Raymond Hoover, with about 56 to 60 dollars taken. Police, including a patrol plane, tracked them to a wrecked getaway car and arrested both suspects. Johnson also burglarized a farm home before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Shaw
Vandalia
Schuessler Texaco
Highway 654
Harold Sulgrove
Shaw
Terry Dennis Johnson
Kansas City
Kan
Johnson
Van-Far High School
Raymond Hoover
Hoover
Allen Alfred Nicholson
Boston
Mass
Bowling Green
Nicholson
Schuessler
Woodrow Wells
Sulgrove
F and
C. Sulgrove
Ralls County
Batts County
Ralls County House
Jim Cassidy
Ted Casady
Audrain County Jail
No Prosecution for My Lai Soldiers After Discharge
The Pentagon said no legal route exists to prosecute former My Lai soldiers now that they are civilians. After 18 months of study by Army and Justice Department lawyers, no charges will be pursued against Paul Meadle and others connected to the March 16, 1968 killings.
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Washington
Pentagon
My Lai
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Army
The
Justice
Paul Meadle
Meadle
William L. Calley Jr
Sales Tax Action Delayed In Senate
In Jefferson City AP report, a plan to raise the state sales tax by half a cent was delayed as Easter break reduced Senate attendance. If resumed April 19, the revenue estimate sits at 55 to 60 million yearly. The bill faced changes over earmarking for capital improvements and a per person income tax credit. Senator Avery pushed for a straight half cent rate. Senate and House debates also touched on voting age amendments and a capital improvements bill funding the Governor Hotel remodel.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Omer H. Avery
Troy
Senate
Avery
Ike Skelton
Lexington
U.S
Senate Elections Committee
Skelton
Congress
House
Missouri House
Governor Hotel
Capitol
Baby Stephanie Crowdis born at Fort Sill base hospital
Stephanie Crowdis Sue and Mrs Donald Crowdis welcome an eight pound daughter born at 11 p m Wednesday at Fort Sill base hospital Oklahoma where the father is stationed. The baby is named Stephanie. Mrs Crowdis is the former Miss Ernie Sue Lipp, daughter of Mrs David R Lipp of 1122 S Clark St. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Melvin Crowdis of Santa.
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Larry Dale Woods
S. Muldrow St
Jeffrey Dale
Woods
Susan Hendren
William Hendren
Guthrie St
Pearl Motor Co
Donald Fisher
Mexico
Edward Woods
Arcata
Calif
Sue
Donald Crowdis
Fort Sill
Oklo
Stephanie
Crowdis
Ernie Sue Lipp
David R. Lipp
S. Clark St
Melvin Crowdis
Santa
Your Name May Go Off Vote List
The county registrar reported 1456 names removed from voter lists in a quadrennial cleanup. County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes published the list in a Ledger ad. 298 deaths and 671 nonvoters in four years are noted. Names may be restored by contacting the county clerk. pages begin on Page 6.
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Mexico
Pauline Harrison
Glenn M. Barnes
Drummer Replies I Stopped Fifteen Minutes Ago
A tenant faces his across-the-hall neighbor in high dudgeon over loud drumming. The neighbor warns of going stark raving mad if it continues, while the drummer quips that he already stopped fifteen minutes earlier. MoPoLiCo News.
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MoPoLiCo News
Nixon Tells Congress He Has Fixed End Date For Indochina War
Senate leaders report President Nixon told them he has a fixed date to end U S involvement in Indochina within his term ending January 20 1973 but did not specify the date. He urged accountability in the November 1972 election and suggested a possible end date though no Korean style residual force is planned. Responding critics urged faster withdrawal while some soldiers in Vietnam voiced mixed views on immediate pullout versus continued South Vietnamese fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
Scott
United States
Vietnam
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Robert Byrd
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Taree
White House
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Southeast Asia
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Saigon
Jack Silvers
Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon orders 100000 more Vietnam troops withdrawn by Dec
President Nixon raised the monthly pullout to about 14,300 troops and set a target of removing 100000 by December 1, lowering total U S forces in Vietnam to about 184000, the smallest in six years. He rejected requests for a firm end date, signaling continued disengagement amid congressional criticism.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Dee
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Central
Barry McDonald
Terry Dennis
Richard Vance
James Baker
Dr. Hodges
Mr. Head
James Young
Robert Day
Supt. Thomas
Jaclyn Jackson
Hugene Field School
Karolyn Valentik
Hawthorne School
Janice Douglas
Miss Jackson
Lincoln University
McMillan School
Nena
ABS
TE Aaang
Leota Baker
Fulton High School
William Woods
Northeast Missouri State
Jeffrey Dale Woods
Sue Ann Guise
Hayti
Barry Hacker
Hardin Junior High
Cleveland High School
St. Louis
Donna Quinlan
North Callaway
Stephanie Crowdis
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