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Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1972

Page

10

Agnew Keeps 1976 Run Open Says He Hasn’t Decided

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told reporters in Miami Beach he has not decided to run for president in 1976 but is keeping options open. He noted polls showing him as the leading GOP figure but reiterated no decision. He spoke amid youth-vote outreach and cited Nixon programs such as draft phase-out and a foreign policy aimed at avoiding costly wars.

Miami Beach Fla Spiro T. Agnew Agnew Miami Herald Washington Post Nixon Sen Charles Percy New York Nelson A. Rockefeller

Copernicus Satellite Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy

Caped Kennedy Florida AP massive astronomical observatory Copernicus the heaviest most costly U S satellite to study star evolution and deep space X rays weighs 4900 pounds valued at 41 6 million launched at 628 a m EDT aboard an Atlas Centaur booster orbiting over 400 miles high 20 minutes after liftoff. The Princeton built 32 inch telescope leads the main instrument to study ultraviolet light in young hot stars. Five smaller telescopes from University College London will probe X ray sources such as quasars pulsars and radio galaxies.

Cape Kennedy Fla United States Ued Earth National Aeronautics and Space Administration Princeton University Britain University College, London

Two party platforms contrasted on Vietnam and welfare

AP compares Democratic and Republican positions on Vietnam military withdrawal defense spending amnesty for draft resisters busing wage price controls tax reform welfare women and labor management. Democratic calls for immediate Vietnam withdrawal and amnesty for those who served while Republicans urge a negotiated settlement and oppose amnesty.

Associated Press Miami Beach Fla Vietnam U.S Todochina Southeast Asia Europe United States

Race Cars Hit Fatal Crash at Iowa State Fairgrounds

At the Iowa State Fairgrounds a Sunday night race collision left one dead and 11 injured. William Randleman, 37, of Farlin, drove a car that rammed a shooting gallery after crashing through two fences into the midway. Police said the incident occurred on the first lap of the first heat of a super modified event. the other driver was Bill Hudson, name not released for the injured.

Des Moines, Iowa Iowa State Fairgrounds Fair Midway Iowa Highway Patrol William Randleman Farlin Highway Patrol Bill Hudson

Collision at track injures woman and crashes fence

In 1972 at New Sharon a pageant or event related scene saw two cars flip near a track. Randleman’s car reportedly crashed through a second fence about ten yards from the track and ten feet high. Police said a woman was pinned under debris from the wrecked shooting gallery.

New Sharon Ferica Nea Randleman

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