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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1970
Page
11
The Kiwanis announces a new travel series titled Adventure Series, promising community events and exploratory trips. Organizers mention Tuscany and Great Lake regions as highlights, with plans to continue club outreach and fundraising efforts.
Nine Maplewood apartment houses and a furniture store were hit by arson fires in a one mile area, injuring one woman seriously and causing others to seek treatment for lesser injuries. Two cars burned. fires largely started in basement stairwells amid a coordinated attack investigators suspect. Maplewood Fire Captain Harold Ann was hospitalized, others treated for cuts and burns as 14 departments aided for over three hours. Local FBI involvement and investigations into a linked prior blaze were noted.
A brief classified-style notice profiles a young veteran of Vietnam service, noting injuries and status as a minor. The item highlights his youth, wartime sacrifice, and ongoing health concerns.
Fragmentary notes mention bands, area sounds, and events in Utah. References are unclear but indicate a concert scene with multiple groups and dates. Further readable specifics are needed to form a precise card.
In Cape Girardeau Missouri the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorius scheduled September 17 to 19 faced a rename to Purlie Gets Locked Out after theater doors were locked to outsiders. The incident sparked criticisms of over reaction by college officials amid security concerns and a larger arson investigation at a local lumber yard. The show proceeds benefitting housing efforts for the poor with royalties waived. Actor Ossie Davis contributed $100 and was invited to attend.
Alfred Crum of Route 3 Mexico Missouri earned life membership in the American Polled Hereford Association, announced from the beef breed association's national headquarters in Kansas City.
The Public Service Commission approved Missouri Transit Lines to operate between Kansas City and Fort Leonard Wood, transferring Harrisonville to Ft. Leonard Wood to Missouri from Jefferson Lines. Jefferson will transfer routes to Linton Warsaw Louisburg Lebanon and Waynesville and may hand over two buses if ICC denies the move.
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