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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1975
Page
1
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In Raleigh AP reports Joan Little, a 21 year old black woman, was acquitted of second degree murder after a one hour and 18 minute jury deliberation. She claimed she stabbed the jailer Clarence Alligood under coercive sexual assault. The verdict sparks civil rights and feminist support, while Little faces ongoing charges on breaking and entering. The judge jailed defense counsel for contempt, and appeals are planned. Public sentiment mixed yet jurors say the state failed to prove premeditation beyond reasonable doubt.
In Washington AP reports challengers to the new campaign finance law plan a fast appeal to the Supreme Court after a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling upheld the law. Former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy and Senator James J. Buckley criticized the decision as repressive and biased against challengers, while endorsing public financing provisions and FEC oversight. The court upheld limits on individual contributions and overall spending, prompting Common Cause head John Gardner to call it a major victory.
New York AP reports Samuel Bronfman II may have received all or part of a 4.5 million dollar ransom. The 21 year old heir has been missing for a week. Edgar Bronfman reportedly spoke by phone with the abductors and there are indications a ransom payment was made. An FBI spokesman at the family mansion in Yorktown Heights declined to comment.
Apollo-Soyuz crew and their wives will tour a Nashville recording studio and attend the Grand Ole Opry on September 12. Sen. Bill Brock of Tennessee announced that astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton and cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov will make a one day stop in Nashville during their U.S. tour.
Jefferson City Missouri proposed rules regulate manufacture sale and licensing of mobile homes and recreational vehicles. Comments may be submitted. copies available from the Department of Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles. The rules require seals on units born after January 1 1974 and authorize inspections by commission investigators or approved firms.
Jefferson City AP report says Earl Davis, 20, was stabbed four times in the back with an ice pick by an unidentified inmate at Missouri State Penitentiary. Davis underwent surgery and is in stable condition. A suspect remains in custody. motive not established.
John Hughes Powell II 82 of Sparta Michigan formerly of Montgomery County died Thursday. Services 1 30 p m Monday Schlanker Funeral Home Baptist minister Rev Gary Ummel officiating with burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. Memorials to Baptist Church. Survived by wife Esther Oliver Powell three daughters Virginia Burns Lola Fisk Catherine Herwaldt three sons John Hughes II Robert Oliver Donald Melvin nineteen grandchildren two sisters two brothers and many relatives. He was a retired lumber dealer and Old Loutre Baptist Church member.
Funeral services for Wiley Hill were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Precht Pickering Funeral Home, with Rev. Marvin Jones officiating and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named were Clyde Mitchell Tom Claywell Jim Claywell Ronald Welshemer Roy Beel and James Means.
Three defendants in an extortion case were bound over to Boone County Circuit Court for arraignment on August 25. A fourth defendant had a second degree robbery charge dismissed at the preliminary hearing. The trio, Linzie Bowen and Richardson, face $10,000 bonds each and are accused of taking $500 from Carl Berryman at Love for Sale Pet Shop in Biscayne Mall. Berryman testified that Linzie threatened to kill him and his wife if $5,000 was not paid. All suspects remain jailed in lieu of bond.
Bert Johnston of Mexico will undergo surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia. This medical procedure aims to address health concerns and is scheduled with the hospital staff assisting him through the treatment.
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show 24 hour high 80 and low 62 with 42 at 7 a.m. Augusts’ norms cited. Forecast calls for partly cloudy weather in Missouri through Sunday with showers or thunderstorms mainly in the south and extreme southeast. Extended outlook through Wednesday shows mild, partly cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms mostly north. Audrain Medical Center reports multiple admissions and births in Mexico and nearby towns, along with several discharges and patient movements.
The Daily Record lists deaths including Mrs Laura Whithous Brown 81 and John Hughes Powell IT 82. Marriage license applications show Daryl Francis Prenger and Sandra Gale Reams of Centralia. FireCalls cover a car fire on East Liberty Street and a residence blaze on Pollock Road, with possible causes noted. Public safety reports describe a hit on a state highway sign, a stolen car, a dog bite incident, a BB gun injury, and burglary investigations at Rush Hill and Vandiver Village. Sheriff and magistrate court items include DWI conviction, dismissed burglary and theft charges, speeding pleas, and a decree of incorporation for the Mid-Missouri Regional Arthritis Center to be based in Mexico.
Market Reports indicate a non profit arthritis research center may own and operate clinics laboratories and care facilities to alleviate human suffering from arthritic disease. In Boone County Circuit Court a marriage dissolution petition was filed by Sally Meek Roberts. Grain and stock prices, including MFA soybeans at 6.02 and various NYSE quotes, are listed.
James Earl Ray, the man convicted in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., has been moved from the state prison's maximum security block to the general population. Acting Warden Robert v. Morford announced the change on Friday following a recommendation from the prison’s board of review. Ray, 46, had been in isolation since his 1968 arrest in London for the Memphis murder.
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