McGovern Proposes Welfare and Tax Reform Plan
Democratic candidate George McGovern unveiled a revised welfare and tax reform plan aimed at guaranteeing a $4000 annual income for a family of four, expanding Social Security, and creating one million public service jobs. The plan would cost about $29 billion yearly and targets closing tax loopholes for high earners.
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New York
George McGovern
South Dakota
New York Society of Security Analysts
Wall Street
McGovern
Mexico City Council Clears Ordinance Agenda
Mexico City's council wrapped a brief session approving seven ordinances including cemetery rules at Elmwood with a 4 to 2 vote. New charges cover burial plots and Sunday openings, with 4 p.m. cemetery access. two northwest subdivision ordinances and traffic code changes on Morris Street were also enacted, plus liquor license and tax code amendments.
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Mexico
Elmwood Cemetery
Harold Enslen
Leonard Snyder
John M. Boyce
Duane Rankin
Herman Tolson
Thomas W
Mabel King
Roy Kent
Parkhill
Kings
King
Planning and Zoning Commission
Kent
Morris Street
Morris
Morris and
Breckenridge
Breck
Gilbert Patrick
Wade Street
Park South
Neil Nielsen
Ford and GM price increase requests rejected
The Price Commission denied Ford and General Motors requests for 1973 model price boosts. Chairman Grayson said increases could push profits beyond limits, meaning no hikes at least until November. Chrysler and American Motors also face pending requests, with hearings planned next month.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Ford
General Motors
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Kerd
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Chrysler
Noy
Commission
Auto
Highway Tests For Air Bags
The U S transport secretary accepted 125 Mercury four door sedans with factory installed air cushion systems for 18 months of highway testing. Tests will run in Los Angeles Salt Lake City Miami San Antonio and Buffalo to reflect diverse driving conditions and accident investigation support. If successful the passive restraint could be required on all autos built after August 15 1975. Air bags appear to meet the 1975 operational deadline. The test cars have air cushions for the right front passenger only with lap belts in all seats.
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Washington
Secretary of Transportation
John Volpe
General Services Administration
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Miami
Fla
San Antonio
Tex
Buffalo
N.Y
National Highway Traffic Safety
Mexico Board Sets October 3 Bond Election for New Middle School
The Mexico Board of Education approved a 1.875 million dollar bond issue to build a new middle school on the Fairgrounds site, replacing Hardin Junior High and absorbing sixth graders from other schools. The plan adds 40 cents to the tax levy starting 1973 for two years, with potential reductions later as valuations grow and bonds retire.
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Mexico Board of Education
Fairgrounds
Hardin
Buford Thomas
Thomas
James Worstell
Mr. Thomas
Mexico
Kermit Head
Thomas Hodges
Audrain Medical Center Earns Full Joint Commission Accreditation
Audrain Medical Center received full accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals following a June 12 13 survey. The two year accreditation was announced by Dr John D Porterfield director of the commission who praised the hospital for standards and ongoing quality improvement. AMC officials trustees and staff thanked the community for its support and pledged to maintain high quality care as Dr Woodrow Lee AMC administrator noted accreditation signals careful review by professionals though ongoing improvement remains essential.
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Audrain Medical Center
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
John D. Porterfield
National Commission
AMC
Board of Commissioners
Hugh Cunningham
M.D
A. Kent Schafer
FACHA
Commission
Lowell Hagan
AMC Board
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
Audrain County
Woodrow Lee
Ben Jolly
Walter C. Staley
Hagan
William Jolly
M.D. Wd French
Fire damages main lodge at Tan-Tar-A resort
Fire at Tan-Tar-A near Lake of the Ozarks damaged 10 guest rooms in the main lodge and caused water damage to adjacent rooms and the three level restaurant. A guest injured a leg evacuating, a fireman burned. Fire crews from four towns fought the 5 to 7 am blaze, which may have started in a gas air conditioner. The lodge remained open with operations ongoing and guests relocated as sprinkler systems contained the fire.
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Osage Beach
Tan- Tar-A
Lake of the Ozarks
Camdenton
Lake Ozark
Eldon
Missouri
Burton Duenke
St. Louis
School Enrollment Jumps To 3475 Today
Mexico school enrollment rose to 3475 with gains at several campuses. Mexico High added 23 to 1170, Hardin Junior High 532, Eugene Field Elementary 674, Hawthorne 629, McMilan 317, while Garfield stayed at 153. A hotel scene features a bouquet given to a switchboard operator amid a mistaken funeral remark.
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Mexico
Mexico High School
Hardin Junior High
Eugene Field Elementary
Hawthorne
McMilan
Garfield
Nixon Announces New Cut In Vietnam Troop Ceiling
President Nixon said he will reduce U.S. troop strength in Vietnam by 12,000 over three months to 27,000 by December 1. Press Secretary Ziegler cautioned no guarantee of further withdrawals after then and noted the residual force term was not appropriate. Nixon planned another troop talk after the November 7 election.
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McGovern
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
United States
CBS
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Guam
7Th Fleet
Honolulu
Kakuei Tanaka
Japan
Tanaka
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Tariaka
Clare Boothe Luce
Republican Congress
Italy
Eisenhower
Inductions May Stop By December Pentagon Plan
The Pentagon aims to halt draft inductions by December, six months before Nixon’s deadline to end conscription. Secretary Melvin Laird pledged minimal draft calls from January to July 1973, as induction authority expires, while pushing for an all volunteer force aided by bonuses for enlistment and re enlistment to attract doctors and other skilled personnel. The plan aims to boost volunteers with pay incentives amid a shrinking active force and lower draft totals.
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Washington
Pentagon
Nixon
Melvin Laird
California
White House
San Clemente
Laird
U.S
National Guard
Reserve
Army
Marine Corps
Conventions Q and A With Ledger Editor Tonight
Ledger editor and publisher Robert M. White who covered both parties conventions will discuss the 1972 political conventions and take telephone questions from viewers on Channel 2 See TV at 6:00 p.m. tonight.
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Miami Beach
Robert M. White
Ledger
Man Shot Dead. Wife Charged in Suburban Atlanta
James Edward Varner, 27, of Decatur, Ga., was killed early Monday in a suburb near Atlanta. His wife, Ruth Wilson Varner, is free on 10,000 bond and charged in the shooting. Varner, a Mexico High School graduate and Rice Electronics employee, had been separated from his wife amid ongoing divorce proceedings. The shooting reportedly occurred between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m. in College Park. funeral plans are pending with burial at East Lawn Memorial Park. Varner leaves a mother Irene Seale Warner Cornelius, stepfather Glen Cornelius, and a family including a son, James Darren Varner, and three stepchildren.
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James Edward Varner
Glen T. Cornelius
N. Olive St
Atlanta
Warner
Doyle Langford
Cornelius
Corneliuses
Varner
Decatur
College Park
Mexico High School
Rice Electronics
Air Force
Ruth Wilson
Oklahoma
Arnold Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Park
Mexico
Irene Seale Warner Cornelius
Glen 'I
Charles Seale
Martinsburg
James Darren Varner
Debra Wilson
Dwayne Wilsan
Denige Wilson
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Council Clears Ordinance List
American Bakers Association
Dr. Hodges
Frank Sutton
Hodges
Sutton
Tan-Tar-A
Jim Varner
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