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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1973
Page
1
In Collinsville Illinois federal narcotics agents raided two homes by mistake. Families say agents battered doors and furniture while threatening residents with guns and lacking badges. Complaints seek civil rights damages, with lawsuits planned against the government.
Former Attorney General John N Mitchell is expected to fly to Pensacola Florida to testify at a pretrial hearing for eight antiwar activists charged with plotting to disrupt the Republican National Convention. Judge Arnow ordered Mitchell to appear after denying a bid to quash the summons.
Head Start children age three to five showcase an art display at the Mexico Audrain County Library on the second floor through May 10. Works include pencil and crayon drawings sponge painting collages finger painting gadget paint art watercolor and watercolor pencil art glitter and glue 3D paper art plaster of Paris hand plaques egg carton flowers and vases tissue paper and varnish. The exhibit is sponsored by the Mexico Women’s Club.
Norfolk and Western Railway reports higher consolidated earnings for the first quarter of 1973 but a lower income for the railway alone. Consolidated earnings rose to 22.3 million dollars and revenues to 222.4 million, aided by inclusion of Dereco and Delaware & Hudson. The railway’s own earnings fell to 21.7 million and revenues to 207.3 million, while Erie Lackawanna’s losses are excluded in the consolidated figures.
In Clayton Missouri Coca Cola asked a U S District Court judge to hold Mera Mec Cafeteria owner Matthew Russo in contempt for serving Coca Cola rival cola misrepresented as Seven Up The injunction from 1970 required clear disclosure Russo argued signage stated only Seven Up products were served Judge James Meredith refused contempt and urged clearer customer information
Open house at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School will run from 1 00 to 2 30 p m tomorrow. Visitors can tour shops and classrooms including Vocational Drafting Bookkeeping Clerical Practice Auto Body Repair Introduction to Data Processing Automobile Technician Child Care and Development Health Occupations Electricity Carpentry Machine Shop Welding Vocational Agriculture Occupational Sewing General Drafting Electronic and Radio and Tv Repair. Two post high schoolsCosmetology and two year Technical Drafting to watch for.
The Mexico Rotary Club will host a barbecue at the Old Oaks Club in the A.P. Green Co recreational area Thursday night. A social hour starts at 5 30 p m with dinner about 6 30 p m. There is no regular luncheon Friday. Members may invite guests.
The 68 crewmen of the U S Minesweeper Force burned and sank in the Philippine Sea are to arrive in Okinawa Friday aboard the British freighter Spraynes. Survivors, all in good condition, will receive medical checkups at the U S naval hospital. The cause of the fire on the 750 ton sweeper is under investigation.
In the first quarter, Missouri recorded the smallest natural increase in 50 years with 3,100 more births than deaths. Births totaled 17,600, down 8 percent from a year ago, while deaths rose slightly from 14,370 to 14,530. Most gain occurred in the St Louis and Kansas City areas. outside those regions births exceeded deaths by only 225.
Miami widow Leila Mourning, 76, won a Supreme Court victory upholding the 1968 Truth in Lending Act on disclosures in credit terms. She had signed four magazine installments and faced harassment after stopping payments, with collectors pressing her and threatening letters. The decision favored stronger protection for older and poorer consumers against high pressure sales and abusive collection practices.
A Texarkana tornado and related storms caused up to 1 million dollars in damage. Texas losses estimated 400k to 500k and Arkansas losses about 200k. One person was killed and another died in a separate storm. Calls for a tornado watch covered eleven Arkansas counties.
The first death from the Wounded Knee occupation was Frank Clearwater a 47 year old Indian from Cherokee North Carolina. He died in a Rapid City hospital from a head wound sustained during a heavy gunfire exchange last week amid the AIM occupation. Clearwater was evacuated after brain surgery and his widow Morning Star 37 is pregnant and plans burial at Mrs Clearwater.
Cuno pickup coach and trailer sales in Montgomery City will give away three year old pine seedlings on April 28 starting at 9 am. No purchases or test drives needed. The event supports Winnebago Industries Operation Evergreen, with about 200 dealers distributing roughly half a million trees nationwide. Seedlings are native to the region and suitable for windbreaks, yards, and wildlife cover. extra trees offered for ecology projects.
In a Tuesday ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a conviction and said airline employees may search luggage for contraband without a warrant if done for the carrier’s purposes. William E. Echols, 34, was arrested at St. Louis airport after a bag search yielded a firearm, ammunition and drugs. Echols faces formal sentencing after a three month observation period.
Two Army helicopters collided during maneuvers near Anderson Mountain at Ft Hood Texas as a tornado watch remained in effect. Eight soldiers were killed and five injured with weather described as turbulent and rainy. Names of the dead and several injured are listed along with aircraft types Huey UHID and Kiowa LH58.
Washington AP reports that full time women on U S university faculties earned about 3500 dollars less than men in the 1970s 73 school year. Two year colleges showed a smaller gap of around 1027 dollars per year. The HEW Office of Education study covered nine and ten month contracts across all states and DC.
San Francisco AP reports Convict Ruchell Magee faces a retrial set for May 29 on aggravated kidnapping in the 1970 Marin County courthouse shootings that killed a judge and three others. Magee, 34, already serves life at San Quentin. Angela Davis was acquitted last June on related charges.
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