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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
10
Missouri House approved a plan to raise legislative expense pay to $20 a day and add weekly round trips during sessions plus one monthly trip between sessions. The bill doubles the current two trips per month and faced opposition amid broader concerns about state revenue and job cuts.
Haiti’s longtime dictator Francois Duvalier has died at 64 after a long illness. His son Jeane Claude, nearly 20, was announced as the new president designado to take over amid questions of power, with a new cabinet and a cautious international outlook.
Gary Heather of Auxvasse and Jimmie Darrell Kelley of Perry held in Audrain County jail for attempted break ins after smashing windows at three Laddonia downtown businesses. They were intoxicated and under investigation for motor vehicle tampering and burglary. Heather on parole for car theft in 1970.
A group of English Rotarians will arrive in Mexico this afternoon for a two month stay as guests of the Mexico Rotary Club. The visit concludes Sunday with details on Page 12. The quote about seeing ourselves as others see us ends with a sharp reflection.
Laborers, cement workers, plumbers, iron workers and electricians walk off the Garfield Heights project as Carpenters Union Local 2099 maintains pickets. A federal mediator will visit Columbia to begin talks with the Contractors Association and unions after the contract expired last Thursday. Wage demands include immediate 15 percent and 10 percent later for laborers, painters seek 14 percent then 8.4 percent, with current carpenters at $5.10 hourly.
The Mexico Chamber of Commerce retail activities committee seeks to lease Parking Lot No 1 at Washington Clark and Love streets for free downtown parking by an annual payment equal to city meter revenue. May 1970 February 1971 income was 637 73. March 1971 64 16. through April 14 this year 32 14 totaling 934 03. A formula collecting from downtown businesses would apply. Also noted was imminent loss of about 100 free spaces if Central School is razed.
The board weighs bids to raze or sell the downtown block after Frank T. Johns withdrew his $4000 bid due to city dumping rules. Officials confirm a city ordinance requires debris be hauled to the landfill with charges per load. Other bidders include Hagerty 7425, Terrell Wrecking 8000, Smart Excavating 9400, and Meller Excavating 24323.
Missouri Governor Warren E Hearnes argued the 1972 campaign will be dominated by economic concerns with money as the top issue for voters. He labeled the Vietnam war a secondary concern and described public sentiment as fatigued by debate over the conflict. Other issues like pollution civil rights and drug abuse will follow in importance.
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