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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1970
Page
1
Three veteran employees at A. P. Green Refractories Co. have retired. The retirees are Frank Pollard, Russell Henderson, and Edward Williams.
Soviet health officials keep travel bans in force with Astrakhan Volgograd and Odessa under quarantine in southern Russia. Officials cite overcrowding and unsanitary conditions while posters urge sanitation and boiling drinking water. The U.S. Embassy reports no American cases or travelers in the restricted areas.
An overview traces cholera from early pandemics to modern times, noting India as the origin and waves that reached Europe, Russia, and the Americas. It explains transmission through contaminated water, incubation periods, and the dramatic effects of untreated infection versus modern treatment reducing mortality.
Mrs. Alice M. Thompson and W. B. Cook saw a large round luminous object moving slowly north of Columbia around 10 p.m. It flashed bright light behind a tree, hovered briefly, then disappeared. She compared it to a ball of fire and said it was 10 to 20 times brighter than the moon. The incident occurred amid discussions of FCC policy on antiwar broadcasts.
A 1962 Buick Electra stolen from Boonville July 30 was recovered yesterday by Audrain County Sheriff Harold Sulgrove and Deputy Russell Wilkes. The car was found in tall weeds near Francis Station east of the city limits. Railroad personnel reported it to the sheriff, and Cooper County authorities were notified. The owner will pick up the car, towed into Mexico.
Bomb scares in London led police to search 39 cinemas the House of Commons and the British Museum reading room. No bombs were found as searches continued in three other cities.
President Nixon drew a warm crowd of about 2,500 on a busy day in New York. He briefed newspaper editors on policy and recalled a walking tour of his old neighborhood. The day included security checks and brief off the record talks with editors.
Angela Davis, 26, a former UC Los Angeles philosophy teacher and black militant, was linked to a fatal hostage incident in California. Newspapers report she was seen Aug 6 in a yellow rented panel truck used in the killings, with charges of murder and kidnapping connected to the San Rafael escape and killings. The FBI charged her with unlawful flight and placed her on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Kenneth Kallenbach hospitalsman third class arrives home for a brief visit with his parents Dr and Mrs Glen P Kallenbach. He plans to enter Westminster College in Fulton next month.
President Nixon, during a predinner stroll with daughter Tricia on Manhattan’s East Side, chatted with foreigners and students. He noted some had hair longer than his, stressing not to judge by hair length as youths appeared friendly and courteous. In an impromptu briefing, he cited a lack of antiwar demonstrations and predicted a more peaceful period as summer ends and schools close.
Democratic Senator Gale McGee easily secures the party nomination for a third term in Wyoming, defeating a peace candidate. The Wyoming race features McGee facing Republican Brian McFarlane in November, with Mrs Beverly Clark McFarlane contesting the GOP primary.
AP reports from Washington and Saigon cover security, budgets, and military matters. The US supports Israel amid talks on arms balance, and the Navy sinks a nerve gas ship after a heavy hit with no leaks. Utility price worries rise as fuel costs mount, while a plan to fund a supersonic transport faces Senate resistance. South Vietnamese command denies Laos combat troop involvement, and cross-border patrols are noted. A Nixon treaty submission and budget veto override are reported with mixed reception.
Daniel Eugene Greening born in Boone County Hospital at 2:15 a.m. Saturday weighing eight pounds 11 ounces to Mr and Mrs Don Greening of Columbia. Harbor officials say about 80 merchant ships from the Black Sea Turkey and the Middle East were stopped outside Genoa to check all aboard for cholera before docking. The ships were disinfected and allowed to dock after checks over eight days. Grandparents are Clarence Clenton Thompson and Eben Greening.
A Mexico Ledger source notes no prior flying objects sightings by the local witness, while a U S Weather Bureau spokesman offered no explanation or evidence about possible sightings Monday night, remarking that the skies are crowded with visible satellites.
Mr. and Mrs. Venton Hays and their daughter Gay, long residents of Alexander Arkansas, have returned to Mexico and are now living at In gram Mobile Homes.
In Washtenaw County, John Norman Collins, a former Eastern Michigan student, is convicted of first degree murder in the 1969 slaying of 18-year-old Karen Beineman. He faces a mandatory life term. The Beineman case closed a string of seven Ann Arbor area deaths over two years.
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