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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1975
Page
6
Slurry seal is a pavement preservation mix of asphalt emulsion fine aggregate mineral filler and water used to fill cracks and restore texture while sealing the surface against moisture. A vintage tip claimed TVs could warn of nearby tornadoes by brightening or darkening channels and using channel 13 then 2 after warming up the set, with radio as backup.
Rock Island railroad announces drastic internal restructuring reducing management ranks by about 25 percent and eliminating two divisions. The move follows years of losses and bankruptcy proceedings. Executives say the changes aim to create a viable, more responsive railroad.
In Cincinnati area General Hospital doctors deliver five babies to Pamela Levy at 28, first birth for the couple. The quints, three girls and two boys, ranged from 3 pounds 3 ounces to 4 pounds 18 ounces and were born by Caesarean section in about two minutes. Monitored for days, the infants face a critical first 72 hours with at least one baby receiving a blood transfusion for high hemoglobin.
Rep. Joe Holt warns that court appointed attorneys may go unpaid unless courts rule costs can exceed the 1.8 million ceiling. With 104000 left in the fund and 71000 earmarked for old bills, the program could lack funds through year end. Raising the ceiling appears dead, leaving a court ruling as the only option.
Official inventory shows the $110 million estate of King Gustav VI Adolf to be divided among 11 Swedish royal family members. The late king died in 1973 at age 90. his assets were largely in shares of major Swedish companies.
William J. Tate, 48, president of the Missouri Bar Association, died in St. Louis after illness during lunch at the St. Louis Lawyers Club. Tate, of the law firm Husch Eppenberger Donohue Elson and Cornfeld, was elected president last year and awaited taking office in September. A Webster Groves resident, he celebrated his birthday the day before. He is survived by his wife Jean, three daughters and a son. funeral arrangements are pending.
The Mexico Audrain County Library announces new adult titles across fiction and non fiction. Authors include Brian Aldiss Patrick Cauvin John Crowley Georges Simenon Jessamyn West Donald Westlake Norman Laliberte Robert Lowie Sidney Hyman Henry Borow and many more with topics from space opera to gardening stocks and education.
Airman Nancy C. Strobel, daughter of Mrs. Jean Strobel of 513 Fillmore Ave., New Haven, completes nine week Aviation Ordnanceman School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Millington Tenn. She receives instruction in basic electricity electronics aircraft troubleshooting munitions handling and loading of rockets missiles and other aircraft weaponry.
STUTTGART Germany Army Sergeant Dennis A Brinegar son of Mr and Mrs Howard W Brinegar Wellsville Mo is assigned as a squad leader with the Vit Corps in Stuttgart.
Captain Gerald D. Goff, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald D Goff of Mexico Missouri, has been assigned to Minot AFB North Dakota from Vandenberg AFB California. He is a missile combat crew commander with the 740th Strategic Missile Squadron of the Strategic Air Command. He graduated from Mexico High School in 1962 and earned a 1967 BA in mathematics from the University of Missouri at Columbia. His wife Nancy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Steagall of Union Missouri.
Navy Electrician's Mate Third Class Carl C. Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Nichols of Centralia, took part in RIMPAC 75 near the Hawaiian Islands aboard USS O'Callahan based in San Diego. He participated in 11 days of maneuvers with 31 ships, 200 aircraft and 17,000 personnel from the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Private Carl E. Vomund 18 son of Mr and Mrs L C Vomund Martinsburg Mo completed a gas turbine and generator repair course at the Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir Va He learned to maintain and repair electric control circuitry electric motors generators gas turbine engines and gasoline and diesel engines.
Army Sergeant Ronald D. Tomek has completed the noncommissioned officer education system course at Fort Benning Ga. The Montgomery City Mo. native is the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Tomek Route 2. The program covered skill development techniques and military occupational specialty subjects.
Michael M. Iman of Vandalia reenlisted in the U.S. Army for four years and departed April 8 for Germany after a prior tour from 1970 to 1973. He plans an Army career as his wife Marsha and sons join him in May. Iman is the son of Mrs. Dorothy Iman and brother of Mrs. Tommy Claywell.
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