Mexico vandals smash nearly 50 windows citywide
Police investigated a weekend spree in Mexico where pellet gun blasts shattered about 50 windows in cars and businesses from 11:30 pm Saturday to dawn Sunday. A anonymous donor sent $20 to City Manager Neil Nielsen for a school bus window, to be given to authorities, while unrelated vandalism at A.P. Green Refractories Co involved rocks and bricks.
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Mexico
Woodlawn St
Neil Nielsen
Mexico High School
Harold Sulgrove
A.P. Green Refractories Co
James R. Gilman
Morris St
H.L. McFarling
Adams St
Dwight Schindler
W. Breckenridge St
Clyde Mitchell
Harwood
Sherwood St
Elwood Potter
Kent Rd
St. Mary Institute
N. Main St
O'Fallon
Donald Stuart
Benton City
Robert Brown
S. Washington St
Commercial Credit
Western
Edna Gray
N. Western St
Ross Jones
Novelty
Joe F. McGrew
Clark St
William B. Nowell
Carl Adkisson
N. Washington St
Leora J. Wyss
Singleton St
Leo
H.L. Thompson
S. Fairground St
Linda Phillips
Kable Dairy
Washington and
Perry Sts
Miller’s
Orville Head
Hendricks and
Paris Rd
Leroy Harrison
W. Vine St
Optimists Club Adds TIP Reward and Lights Plan
The Optimists at their Saturday meeting approved a TIP reward up to 50 for information leading to a larceny or burglary conviction as part of the Turn In a Pusher program. They also voted to install seven poles and 365 lights on Khoury No 3 near Edinwood Cemetery at a 3000 cost, donated by the club, with completion before June 5. New officers were named: Dave Wilkinson as president, Bob Ligon and Gene Smith as vice presidents, with Dale Groves, Jerry Cooper, and Wes Houser on the board. secretary treasurer to be appointed by the new president on October 1.
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Optimists Club
Optimists
Khoury Field
Les Tate
Khoury No. 3
Edinwood Cemetery
Tate
Dave Wilkinson
Bob Ligon
Gene Smith
Dale Groves
Jerry Cooper
Wes Houser
Price Commission to Order Rollbacks and Refunds
New York AP report cites Price Commission chief C Jackson Grayson Jr announcing hundreds of millions in price rollbacks and refunds over weeks to curb inflation. He says strict profit margin limits are taking hold and aims to rally public support for controls. Donald Rumsfeld notes auto makers should not expect large price increases. steel price pledges help reduce inflation.
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New York
The
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Associated Press
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Counci
Economic Club of Detroit
Rumsfeld
Commission
America
Bridge Washes Out South Of Route 22
An 80-foot aging bridge a mile south of the Route 22 Route E intersection washed out Saturday after an upstream obstruction in Davis Fork drove the current against the south bank. The south end sank. a detour road one mile east remains usable. County Engineer John Jesse noted the bridge was in poor shape with a two ton limit and said commissioners Arthur Collens Victor Sears and Harold Parker have not decided on replacement.
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John Jesse
Davis Fork
Jesse
Thompson Special Road
Arthur Collens
Victor Sears
Harold Parker
Ideas for Homemakers Cooking School Tonight
Tonight at Presser Hall the Ledger hosts a free cooking school at 7 30 led by Cyndy Chase Midwest lecturer from Madison Wisconsin A graduate of Wisconsin she formerly worked for Proctor Gamble Attendees receive a new Ideas for Homemakers cookbook and there will be twenty food baskets including Coca Cola Sealtest milk Krey Chili Mac and IGA coffee
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Presser Hall
The
Ledger
Mexico
Cyndy Chase
Midwest
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Proctor & Gamble
North Vietnamese tanks smash highland defenses near Kontum
A North Vietnamese division spearheaded by tanks overwhelmed Tan Canh and Dak To defenses, driving South Vietnamese troops back up to 15 miles toward Kontum City. The highlands push followed by air and sea battles across Tonkin Gulf and Thanh Hoa. US losses included a helicopter and several aircraft, with casualties among crew and soldiers while B52s bombed near Hanoi.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Siam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Highlands
Tan Canh
Dak
Kontum City
22Nd Infantry Division
Dak To
Vo Dinh
Kontum
U.S
U S
United States
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
da Nang
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Tonkin Gulf
7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
Highway 14
Pleiku
22Nd Division
Money is Tight In City Budget
City manager Neil Nielsen outlines a lean 1972 73 budget for Mexico with a $1.80 levy and limited funds. City faces maintenance focus. street work set at about $208000 plus urban renewal underpass costs. debt service, library, parks and health funded separately with restricted transfers.
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City of
Mexico
Neil Nielsen
Nielsen
Mrs Eliza McGee Dies At 83 In Missouri Rites Tomorrow
Mrs Eliza Frances McGee 83 of Mexico Missouri died Sunday at Audrain Medical Center after long illness. Born December 13 1888 in Monroe County she married Joseph McGee in 1919 he died 1969. Survived by sons Don Russell Everett and daughter Dorothy Lewis plus many stepchildren and grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 3:30 p.m. Arnold Funeral Home burial East Lawn Memorial Park. Family receives friends tonight 7 9 at the funeral home.
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Eliza Frances McGee
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
McGee
Missouri
Monroe County
William T
Mary Susan Helm Smith
Joseph McGee
Melvin
Dora) Embree
San Jose
Ill
Arnold Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Park
Laddonia Businessman Files as Democrat for 48th District
Ray Hamlett, a Laddonia real estate and insurance businessman, announces he will file as a Democratic candidate for Missouri state representative in the newly drawn 48th district. Hamlett is 39, with a wife Ruby and son Kevin, and has served on the Laddonia City Council. He vows to discuss district issues and provide effective representation in Jefferson City.
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Ray Hamlett
Laddonia
Presbyterian Church
Laddonia Area
Jefferson City
Guile files for county court nomination in western district
Roy A. Guile of Thompson filed for the Democratic nomination for county judge of the western district. He has been a longtime Democratic committeeman and a carpenter, and is the first candidate to file as Judge Wesley Wood won't seek re election. Filing deadline for the August primary is 5 pm tomorrow.
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Roy A. Guile
Thompson
Wesley Wood
Hiram Keith
Laddonia
Gussle Sneed
Clark St
Yth Precinct
Mexico
Cletus Deimeke
Martinsburg
Loutre Township
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