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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1976
Page
1
A long OCR fragment lists candidates across multiple offices including U S House, U S Senate, Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. The data blends party labels with a column of numbers that appear to be tallies or codes, along with scattered names like Hearnes Tucker Symington Litton and Kirkpatrick. The readable content is limited to candidate names and party affiliations amid dense numeric sequences.
Morgan Maxfield, winner of the Democratic 6th District primary, faces charges from defeated rivals that his victory came from heavy spending. Broomfield, who finished third, claims Maxfield spent about 300000 while he spent about 30000. Opponents cite radio TV and billboard campaigns and Maxfield’s Texas roots as criticism.
Washington AP reports a House vote on postcard voter registration by mail with Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter urging approval and Republicans opposing. Debate begins but final action may slip to next week as Democrats ready to frame a Ford veto as a campaign issue.
Members of the Little Dixie Rural Fire Protection District met at the fire station on North Jefferson Street to advertise bids for a new fire truck. The board also approved charging for fire responses, basing the bill on hours spent, number of firefighters, and equipment use, with a test bill of 150 dollars for 10 firefighters in a recent incident.
U.S. Attorney moves to drop charges against Fritz Efaw, exile who urged universal amnesty at the Democratic National Convention, after his draft board in Stillwater failed to show why it denied conscientious objector status. The action hinges on legal requirements.
Audrain Medical Center completes a 20 space employee parking lot west of Epple House with access from Jackson and Monroe streets. Use is limited to AMC data processing and buildings and grounds staff and Audrain City-County Health Unit employees. A separate 16 space physicians lot west of the hospital uses a card sensor to raise a gate. Administrator Woodrow Lee expects better parking for staff and more visitor spaces. the physicians lot helps meet fire codes and guarantees physician parking during patient visits. A daughter born at 2:06 a.m. Thursday to Mr and Mrs Alan Davis of Wellsville. father employed by Martinsburg Limestone.
Mr and Mrs David Wilburn of Martinsburg are the parents of a daughter born Wednesday at 1 40 p m at Audrain Medical Center weighing six pounds Mr Wilburn farms
In Pasadena AP reports Viking’s soil scoop may be jammed ending full use of the sampler arm. Scientists will inspect the arm while continuing the organic chemistry test with soil already gathered. If results unfold as hoped, life signals could still emerge weeks ahead.
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