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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1970

Page

3

Defense Attorney Jailed After Flashing Paper at Jury

Los Angeles report describes defense attorney Dave Shinn jailed for willful and deliberate contempt of court after leaving a paper within Charles Manson's reach at the defense table. The act occurred after a judge denied a defense motion for mistrial related to Nixon state matters.

Los Angeles APY Thes Mo Manson Shagclan Sharon Tate Mur Nixon Dave Shinn Matson Shin Manson Tees I. Older Hasithat Bonniq Hughes Ecite van Houten Irving Kana Linda Kasabian Shinn Los Angeles Times Atty. Aaron Stovitz Beach

Allen Reed To Be Guest Organist

Allen Reed, formerly of Montgomery City, is named guest organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Reed, a Williams Jewel College graduate, will also be serving as organist and choir-master at St James Presbyterian Church while studying toward a Master of Church Music degree at Fort Worth’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Allen Reed Montgomery City First Presbyterian Curch John N. Ellis St. James Presbyterian Church Fort Worth Texas Reed William Jew Ell College Page First Baptist Church Ray Baptist Church Buford Reed Winston, Reed Mexico

Poverty guidelines shape free meal eligibility for schools

Washington AP The Agriculture Department set income thresholds to qualify children for free or reduced lunch, tying them to poverty levels used in other programs. A four person family earning up to 3720 dollars would qualify, with goals to extend free meals to all in need and reach 66 million beneficiaries by Thanksgiving. The note follows a broader push after Congress expanded the school lunch program last spring.

Washington Agriculture Department Congress

Toll Road Amendment Loses 2-to-1

In Missouri, a statewide opposition backed by former governors Dalton and Stark contributed to a 3-1 defeat of a proposed toll road constitutional amendment. Gov Hearnes backed the measure allowing revenue bonds backed by gas and other funds for toll roads. Voters 369,952 to 162, sit. Other amendments barely cleared the majority.

ST. Louis John M. Dalton Lloyd C. Stark Missouri Warren E. Hearnes Gaso Eneax Missouri Farmers Association Farm Bureau Federation The Missouri Automobile Oe

Nelson offers move to force low polluting engines

Sen Gaylord Nelson proposes a Clean Air Act amendment to ban internal combustion engines by 1975 and a sense of Congress resolution urging Detroit to suspend costly styling changes until an alternative propulsion is developed. He cites pollution threats across the Eastern Seaboard and accuses industry of hindering research for years.

Washington Gaylord Nelson D-Wis Nelson Detroit Senate Seaboard

Campbell hosts peach festival amid harvest celebrations

In Campbell Missouri the annual Peach Festival runs August 11 and 12 at Camp 4. The event marks the successful Quach harvest lime and the region’s claim as a peach center. Local orchards report over twenty varieties of peach in season.

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