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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1973

Page

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$35 Week’s Food Budget Highlights Leftovers

USDA moves to distribute a White House circular showing how a family of four can eat for 35 a week. Only 5,000 copies printed with 12,000 more on order, free via county extension offices. The plan favors selective shopping and a menu heavy on leftovers, with details for various family sizes and ages.

Washington Agriculture Department White House Claude W. Gifford USDA Virginia Knauer Washington, D.C

Convicted Men To Keep Control Of Teamsters

ST. LOUIS AP One of four top Teamsters Local 600 officers convicted of embezzling 103000 told a union meeting the group will run the local until appeals are heard denied or set aside. Donald Lane, local president, said no flowery speeches on innocence. The international president's spokesman said no trusteeship while officers act in members' interest.

ST. Louis Teamsters Union Donald Lane U.S. District Court Lane Frank Fitzsimmons Union International The

Lenten Breakfast Service At United Methodist Church

Seventy four attendees joined the Lenten breakfast at the United Methodist Church, the first daily service this week sponsored by the Mexico Jaycees. Stover of A P Green Refractories spoke, with Runge slated as tomorrow's lay speaker. Services run at 7:00 a.m. through Friday with various clergy participating.

United Methodist Church Mexico

Raccoons Rescued From Chimney In Belleville

A couple in Belleville Illinois heard a disturbance in their chimney on Sunday. They pulled four baby raccoons from the flu, with a fifth later removed. The mother raccoon finally reappeared, carrying the youngsters back into the chimney.

Steven Larwin Sarwins Sarwin

Four Prisoners Escape Liberty Jail Break in Missouri

Four inmates fled the Clay County Jail in Liberty Missouri early Sunday after sawing through bars and a wall, then climbing a six foot fence. Names include Melvin E Hittle Larry G Mick Gary D Mick and Thomas Robertson. They were believed to have changed clothes and left in a reportedly stolen car near the jail.

Liberty, Mo Clay County Liberty Melvin E. Hittle Kansas City Kan Larry G. Mick Missouri Gary D. Mick Larry Mick Thomas §. Robertson Smithville Bill Dalley Dalley

Father's Body Cremated After 18-Year Freeze

In Sydney, Australia, Theo Karkower aged 74, frozen after death in 1955, was cremated along with his widow and son. Ron Karkower, a believer in cryogenics, had his father's body preserved for potential revival, while Theo's widow died two years earlier and their son died four days later aged 47.

Sydney Australia Theo Karkower Ron

Holden Signed For The Blue Knight

NBC signs Academy Award winner William Holden for the lead in The Blue Knight a four part mini series based on Joseph Wambaughs best selling novel Holden plays Bumper Morgan a veteran Los Angeles policeman Wambaugh a LAPD member also wrote The New Centurions

Los Angeles NBC William Holden Joseph Wambaugh Halden Bumper Morgan Wambaugh New Centurions

Mathias backs arrests for White House aides defying subpoenas

Washington AP Sen. Charles Mathias says he would support the Senate arrest and trial of any White House aide who refuses a subpoena to testify before the Watergate committee. He faults Nixon for defying constitutional spirit and calls for legal clarity on executive privilege.

Washington Charles McC. Mathias R-Md Senate White House Mathias Nixon Republican Party Maryland Sam J. Ervin Jr Dn.c Senate Investigating Committee Congress

Taxpayers Skip $1 Checkoff

Washington AP reports the IRS says few Americans used the new tax checkoff to fund the next presidential election. With tax filing deadline midnight, under three percent of taxpayers designated the $1 aid, and joint filers could designate $2 on the form.

Washington Duncan Internal Revenue Service IRS

Final Lenten speech at St Paul CME Church Wednesday

The Rev. W M Duncan of Second Baptist Church will deliver the final lenten message at St Paul CME Church this Wednesday at 10 a.m. The seven week series ends with guest soloists a meditation and fellowship plus refreshments in the church dining room hosted by Rev C A Trotter.

W.M. Duncan Second Baptist Church St. Paul Cme Church C.A. Trotter

Reader asks about US and Soviet theatre counts

In a letter to the editor A P J Kelley, Liberty Theatre manager, suggests US theatres number 19,000 to 23,000 with no Soviet figures. he notes theatre definitions differ. The Missouri Life magazine editor is William Nunn, contact 1209 Elmerine, Jefferson City, MO. subscription $6 per year.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat United States Soviet Union A. P. J. Kelley Liberty Theatre Mexico Kelley Missouri Missouri Life William Nunn Elmerine Jefferson City

First Rating To Marilyn Maupin By Publications Dept

Marilyn Maupin, a Mexico High School sophomore, won first place in the state Latin grammar test at the Junior Classical League convention in Columbia. Dan Hagan was elected state vice-president. Mrs. Sue Ann Moore was named state chair for 1973-74. Six MHS Speech and Drama students earned excellent ratings at the Northeast District Tournament with six named competitors and the play Sorry, Wrong Number placing second.

Mexico Marilyn Maupin Columbia Danna Davis Movag A Lui Omg Dan Hagan Sue Ann Moore MHS The Romans and the New Society Missouri Latin Greg Bryson Leann Brown Bob Bastian Becky Forrest Kim Forrest Brenda Mudd Gara Guthrie DeDe Luckaman

AP Writer Wins Clapper Award for Syphilis Study Reporting

AP reporter Jean Heller received the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award at the White House Correspondents Dinner for "exceptionally meritorious" reporting on a federal experiment in which syphilis victims were denied treatment. Her series, revealing hundreds of black men used as guinea pigs starting in 1932, spurred medical care orders and sparked attention to the Public Health Service study. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of The Washington Post won the Worth Bingham Prize for Watergate reporting.

Clapper Washington Raymond Clapper Jean Heller Associated Press Miss Heller White House Washington Post Post Carl Bernstein Bob Woodward Worth Bingham Watergate Bingham Bernstein Woodward U.S. Public Health Service Department of Health, Education and Welfare

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