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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1972
Page
11
Editorial pages across the United States assess Senator Thomas Eagleton's withdrawal as Democratic vice presidential nominee. Reactions cite blundering, loyalty, and political consequences for McGovern, with editors from Albany to Honolulu weighing ethics, competence, and the ticket's future.
Personal notes from Santa Fe continue with a parade featuring Mrs. Floyd Bond and a wagon team followed by guests including Mrs. Roy Chinn and Lora Hartman. Funeral dinners honor Eleanor Phillips with many relatives and friends attending from Indianapolis to Mexico. Families and church groups share visits and gatherings in a sequence of social items.
Kansas City AP report says a Dowd campaign commercial prompted countercharges from Gov. Hearnes. Hearnes claims the ad distorts the billboard law and funding, insisting removal costs are borne by industry and that the bill also funded highway projects. He argues the administration supported the bill and misrepresented facts.
Honolulu AP report details a brewing legal challenge to the Kamehameha schools racial admissions and Protestant teacher hiring policies. Advocates, led by Rev. Abraham Akaka, argue the exclusivity threatens Hawaiian survival amid a history of dispossession and a $25 million campus serving 2,500 students.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Sally Rand at 68 continues performing with fans in a 1933 Chicago World's Fair fame style. She calls her pink fan act more meaningful than nudity, citing mystique and illusion as key. She maintains a sculpted figure by working 40 weeks a year.
Washington AP The House passed a bill to create a nine member national commission to study ways to boost federal action against multiple sclerosis a disease affecting about 250 000 Americans The panel would report after one year and send the bill to the Senate Reps Rogers and Heckler cited Robert Baptiste of Attleboro Massachusetts whose testimony spurred swift action The House also approved 377 to 11 to fund an $8 17 million three year campaign against Cooleys anemia affecting children with Mediterranean ancestry.
Mr and Mrs Larry Arnett of Bonner Springs Kansas and Mrs Emmett Blackaby spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Sheerman and daughters. Chris Lambert, son of Ron and Mrs Lambert of Quincy, visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Kendrick for a few days.
Eight Greeks faced a military court on charges of plotting to kidnap John F Kennedy Jr and others to fund an overthrow of the Greek regime. The indictment also cites planned bank robberies and targets including Thomas A Pappas. If convicted they face up to twenty years in prison. Kennedy usually summers in Greece with Onassis.
Wellsville personal news notes Mr and Mrs Raleigh Shoup Satellite Fla and Mrs William Stark and two daughters of Kansas City visited their cousin Miss Ruby Heaton on Tuesday. They were en route to St Laura A community religious zengus in Wellsville is sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance. Churches will cooperate by supplying census takers Between 60 and 70 people needed to help with the project The ministers hope to get 20 volunteers from each church The census will be taken on Sunday afternoon in September Persons who can help are asked to contact their pastors.
A $2,500 closed circuit television camera used by guards at Warner and Swasey Co. in Cleveland was stolen on Wednesday. Security personnel reported the parking lot camera screen went blank, blaming a malfunction.
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