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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1972

Page

12

Court upholds Bond on Missouri governor ballot

Missouri Supreme Court ruled Bond met the 10 year residency requirement to stay on the ballot as a Republican governor candidate. The majority found he maintained Missouri domicile despite time in Atlanta and Washington, while dissents argued he could not meet the 10 year test.

Jefferson City Missouri Supreme Court Surate Christopher Kit" Bond Missouri Bond Fred L.henley sIt Atlanta Washington Intervenor Virginia Georgia District of Columbia Mexico Prac MaGeorgia U.S Supreme Court John &. Bardgett Bardgett James A. Finch Jr Lawrence Holman Robert E. Seiler Richard Jensen Independence J. P. Morgan Robert T. Donnelly

Senate Opens Debate On Handgun Bill

The Senate begins debate on a bill to halt sales of small handguns known as Saturday night specials. Sen. Birch Bayh leads the measure, aiming to remove widely used criminal weapons from the market. A Hart substitute would outlaw private ownership and buy back the 25 million guns. Kennedy seeks registration and licensing, but neither proposal seems likely to pass. Bayh's bill advances from the Judiciary Committee with two dissenting votes.

Washington Senate Birch Bayh D-Ind Phillip A. Hart D-Mich Edward M. Kennedy Dmass Bayh Hart Kennedy Senate Judiciary Committee

Mass Wedding Festival at Synanon Ranch Ring

In Bolinas California a 16 member band led 75 couples, many former addicts, to a mass wedding in a riding ring at the Synanon ranch. The event drew 2,000 guests with 600 pounds of beef, three lambs and a pig for feast and concluded with a festive, 19th century–tinged ceremony and dance as 100 choir members and attendees joined in.

Bolinas Calif Synanon Ranch Golden Hills California Synanon Synanon Foundation Incc Michigan Shenandoah

DiMaggio Roses Honor Marilyn Monroe On Death Anniversary

In West Los Angeles fans and curious visitors marked the 10th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death with flowers at her crypt. Joe DiMaggio sent a vase of red roses in a bronze holder, his decades long memorial to Marilyn. The florist recalled DiMaggio’s instruction to leave three times weekly forever.

Los Angeles Marilyn Monroe Joe di- Maggio

Knapp Urges Clean-Up of NYC Police

The Knapp Commission reports widespread corruption in a two year probe of the New York City police department. It calls for a special deputy state attorney general to head an independent watchdog agency to root out graft among police, prosecutors and judges and recommends numerous reforms including repeal of antigambling laws, freeing officers from enforcing certain business rules, and creating an anticorruption unit within the police and reforms to Civil Service rules to discipline officers.

New York New York City Knapp Commission Nelson A. Rockefeller Police Department Special Commission Whitman Knapp Wall Street Federal Bench Civil Service

Nixon Tries New Retreat on Maryland Shore

President Nixon returns to Washington after a weekend at Assateague Island Maryland, staying at a beach house owned by Thomas McCabe. Joined by former Attorney General John Mitchell Florida banker C G Bebe Rebozo and New York industrialist Robert Abplanalp, the gathering marks a new retreat.

Washington Nixon Assateague ‘Island Maryland Paper Company Thomas McCabe Atty John N. Mitchell Florida C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo New York Robert Abplanalp

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