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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1977
Page
2
Winter seed sales surge as Americans farm for price protection amid drought and high food costs. Retailers report vegetable seeds dominate, with Burpee and Colonial Stores expanding stock. Expert guidance urges small plots, soil checks, and seed freshness, noting many sprouts emerge within days to weeks.
Washington reports a 1975 housing survey by the Census Bureau and HUD shows owner and renter costs rising faster than incomes in the first half of the 1970s. Homeownership held at 64.5 percent in 1975, while median home value climbed to 29,500 and owner incomes rose to 13,600. Renters saw rents jump to 156 monthly and incomes to 7,900. Housing costs pushed 42.3 percent of renters to spend 25 percent or more of income on housing, with mortgage buyers averaging 18 percent of income. Officials call the trend problematic and urge continued subsidies with more funding.
London AP report says Mark Ottaway challenged Roots facts and felt annoyed by the fuss. Alex Haley defends his nine-year effort and calls Ottaway's critique unwarranted and unfair as they discuss oral history and slave trade details.
Martin C. Hightower, 1076 graduate of Mexico High School and current University of Missouri student, has been accepted for the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Sully T Hightower, formerly of 1717 Reavis Road, now Oakland California. his father works for Kaiser Refractories.
WARRENSBURG Missouri sophomore Teresa Harrison has been installed as historian in Kappa Kappa Kappa an honorary nursing society daughter of Mr and Mrs Conrad Harrison of 5 Sunset Lane Route 1 Mexico.
Kansas City AP report notes a 1 percent cut for federal project archaeologists has inflated costs from 80000 to 700000 in under a year. Smithsonian curator Waldo Wedle criticizes the surge as wasteful while Arkansas and Missouri officials offer divergent estimates on annual spending. The Missouri University announces a new homecoming king tradition with queen criteria unchanged.
Washington AP reports a three year contract covering 340000 steelworkers hikes wages by 10 to 15 percent over 8.08 per hour with 80 cent yearly steps, incentive pay, cost of living raises, enhanced pensions, and extended early retirement. union dissension and leadership change amid election clashes noted. Local leaders initially rejected the pact before reversing to ratify it. The pact will be reviewed by the Council on Wage and Price Stability.
About 1,500 workers walked out over senority rights and a new contract. Coors says production remains at two thirds capacity and will hire replacements. Don Bodemann says boycott letters went to taverns and liquor stores in Colorado with AFL CIO help to spread to other states.
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