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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1972

Page

4

Missouri primary yields mixed results in 6th and 7th districts

In northwest Missouri the 6th District nominating race saw Russell Sloan top John C. Dods and Grover H. Speers in a tight contest, while Gene Taylor led John Ashcroft in the 7th District Republican nomination after Durward Hall’s retirement. Willian Thomas won the Democratic nomination in the 7th. Five Democrats ran unopposed in other districts as incumbents faced light opposition.

Yesday Missouri Northwest Ferryitton Chillicothe Charles 4. Broomfield Repubblicans Gene Taylor Sarcoxie Duriward G. Hall Springfield Taylor John Ashcroft Willard Willian Bill Thomas Kansas City Kirksville Hull, Jr GOP Russell Sloan John C. Dods Gladstone Fond Grover H. Speers Litton Clay County Broomfield Truman Wilson St. Joseph Mexter Davis James W. Symington Clayton Webster Groves John W. Cooper Cooper Norman A. Myers Overland William J. Randall Independence Raymond E. Barrows Louis Appleton City Richard Bolling Vernon E. Rice Stella Sellars Richard H. Ichord David R. Countie Ballwin William J. Hungate Troy Robert J. Prange North St. Louis Prange R. F.aramie Florissant Bill, Burlison Cape Girardeau Albert J. Holst, Sr St. Louis Homer McCracken Charles Byford St. Louis County

Mrs. Thompson Visits in Michigan

Mrs Logene Thomson of Laddonia returned home after a three week stay with her niece Mrs Milford Dinges and Mr Dinges in Kalamazoo Michigan. She called on Mrs Sophia Halliburton and family at Portage Lake in Pickney and visited Mrs Z Z Duncan another Halliburton relative. The party noted similar heat and drought to Missouri in July and Thomson also visited great niece Dr and Mrs Edward Yaple in Kalamazoo.

Laddonia Logene Thomson Milford Dinges Dinges Kalamazoo Mich Michigan Thomson Sophia Halliburton Mexico Harold Ray Halliburton Portage Lake Pickney Z.Z. Duncan Halliburton Missouri Edward Yaple

Bookmobile Schedule Visits Sturgeon Williamsburg Auxvasse

The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will visit Sturgeon Friday from 9 30 a.m. to noon and Williamsburg Saturday from 9 30 to 10 30 a.m. It will also stop in Auxvasse Saturday from 3 30 to 3 45 p.m.

Daniel Boone Regional Library Sturgeon Williamsburg Auxvasse

Paid pregnancy ad draws hundreds of applicants in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA AP The fake ad offered a $10,000 fee plus expenses for 18 months and scholarships to attract women under 26 for pregnancy. Leonard Goodfarb, who posted it in Thursdays Drummer, says about 400 women called and about 20 were interviewed, with many seeking no money.

Philadelphia Leonard FE. Goodfarb California

No Title Identified In August 9 1972 Ledger Article

A medical ethics discussion recounts a professional economist named Woodfarb who proposed a controversial method to address childlessness. He described analyzing price pregnancy for sociological insight, while noting personal reservations about applying such a procedure. He acknowledged potential future use if childlessness persisted and society adopted it.

Banks Arrested After Affray At Polling Place

State Rep. J B Banks was arrested after an incident at a St Louis polling place. He allegedly grabbed deputy election official Glenn Bradford and struck him. George Ray, 37, was also tailed for brandishing a dangerous weapon. A third polling site closed when five men flashed coats exposing guns.

ST. Louis Banks D-St. Louis Glenn Bradford George Ray

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