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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1974

Page

5

Egypt Leaders Fly To Moscow for Talks on Arms and Aid

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy and War Minister Lt. Gen. Abdel Ghany Gamasy fly to Moscow at Brezhnev's invitation to discuss an Egypt visit and potential arms shipments. Tass notes Moscow may push military adviser participation. Burial of Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail in Cairo anchors a day of major events.

Moscow Ismail Fahmy Abdel Ghany Gamasy Leonid I. Brezhnev Cairo Tass Andrei Gromyko Andrei Grechko Egypt Gamasy Brezhnev Syria Iraq Fahmy Anwar Sadat Foreign Ministry United States Middle East Henry A. Kissinger Depotaats Kissinger Soviet Union U.S Sadat Ahmed Ismail

Soviets Hint At Retaliation Over Trade Bill

In Moscow a top Soviet journalist signaled possible retaliation against U.S. firms tied to the 1972 trade accord. Leonid Zamyatin of Tass warned that failing to honor MFN commitments could affect related commercial and financial deals, as Soviet press heatedly attacked the trade bill and U.S. restrictions on emigration.

Moscow Soviet Union U.S Congress Sovietskaya Rossiya Leonid Zamyatin Tass Leonid Brezhnev Zamyatin United States Nixon Brezhnev Henry Jackson D-Wash Israel

Darwin Will Be Rebuilt, Says PM

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam toured Darwin after a devastating cyclone. He vowed the northern gateway would be rebuilt as authorities evacuated 16,800 residents and planned further airlifts. The death toll rose to 48 amid disease fears and extensive destruction.

Darwin Australia Gough Whitlam Whitlam Timor Sea New Zealand

Lost Boy Fights Coyotes With .22 in Snow

Fourteen year old Joseph Cordova was lost for three days and two nights in snow near Truth or Consequences New Mexico. He says coyotes approached after he killed three rabbits and threw them to deter them. A search dog found him in a snowbank about 25 miles east of Truth or Consequences. He wandered after being separated from his father and brother during a Christmas day storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow. Temperatures fell to 10 degrees as he sheltered in a ravine with branches. He was taken to St Ann s Hospital in fair condition with possible frostbitten toes. He wore a wind breaker a sweatshirt and insulated underwear.

Truth OR Consequences N.M Joseph Cordova Albuquerque San Andres Mountains St. Ann’s Hospital Joseph

City Christmas Tree Pickup Set

The city schedules its annual Christmas tree collection next week with north side pickups on Thursday and south side on Friday. Residents should place trees on parkways in front of their houses by the scheduled area date, with the railroad tracks dividing the zones.

Neil Nielsen Nielsen

Donaldsons Welcome Daughter at Audrain Medical Center

Mr and Mrs Fred Donaldson of Mexico welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds thirteen ounces born at 1 03 am at Audrain Medical Center. The father is self employed.

Fred Donaldson Mexico Audrain Medical Center Donaldson

Gate Crasher Being Examined

Washington AP reports Marshall Fields 25 of Silver Spring Maryland is charged with destruction of federal property after crashing a car through a White House gate on Christmas Day. Magistrate Jean F Dwyer set January 27 for a competence hearing and ordered a mental state report and return to St Elizabeths Hospital where he was first held.

Washington White House U.S Jean F. Dwyer Marshall Fields Silver Spring Dwyer Fields St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Optimist Club Sets 278 Pint Blood Drive Quota in Mexico

The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Mexico on Jan 2 and 3 with a 278 pint target, 113 per day plus 52 extra to catch up. Venues include United Methodist Church fellowship hall and A P Green Ref ratories Co. detailed donor restrictions apply.

Red Cross Mexico United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall A.P. Green Refractories Co Maxine Johnson Audrain County Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Red Cross Blood Center C.H. Coats Ted Howell Nona Jane Oliver Jaycee Wives Barry Moore Jaycees Harry Flynn John Boyce

Sweater Choice Dilemma at Local Shop

A husband browses in a store asking for a more expensive sweater. The clerk replies that nothing costs more but offers to hold the chosen item for the buyer to return in a few days.

Taxpayers Queue As Deadline Near For Taxes

Long lines formed at city and county tax offices as residents rushed to pay by midnight December 31. City clerk said about 80 percent of 301000 real estate and 57000 personal property taxes were paid. County collector: roughly 2550000 of 3999752 billed collected with 1 million real estate, 350000 personal property, 800000 utilities, and 400000 railroad taxes paid. Offices stay open Monday and Tuesday until 5 p.m.

Sheryl Ligon Leo Erdel Audrain

Missourians Still Saving On Gasoline

Missouri motorists used about 147 million fewer gallons of gasoline in October and November than in the same period last year. The drop, blamed on lower speeds and thriftier driving, cuts gas tax revenues by about 9.9 million dollars for the first 11 months, stressing highway funding.

Jefferson City Missouri Federal Energy Administration FEA Kenneth Koonse State Highway Department J. Woodward State Revenue Department Koonse

Inmates Escape From Michigan City Prison Break

Three inmates overpowered a master lock system and used a homemade rope to escape Indiana State Prison after unbroken window removal. The trio Bailey Hunt Paolello, all held on murder or safekeeping, vanished after fleeing the unit as snow tracks faded. Earlier, Riley Mosley Jr., 29, from a nearby farm, was charged with killing two women and raping a third in a related case, prompting a governor ordered reevaluation of minimum security assignments.

Michigan City Ind Indiana State John Shafer State Correction Department Chuck Bailey Otho Hunt Anthony Paolello Shafer Bailey West Farm Riley Mosley Jr Robert Bornholt Porter County Mosley Marian Napierala Gayle Riley Otis R. Bowen

Legion Meeting Night Changed

The American Legion post postpones its monthly meeting to January 8 because New Year’s Day falls on the first Wednesday. The change shifts the familiar weekly gathering.

Legion American Legion Post

Ford Reviews Energy Policy Clash in Vail Sessions

President Ford and White House advisers clash over ideas to shape a national energy policy in Vail Colorado. Arthur Burns joins the talks as officials aim to narrow options before a State of the Union address and two to three week decision window.

Vail Colo Ford Federal Reserve Board Arthur F. Burns White House Ron Nessen Nessen Rocky Mountain Vail Associates Congress Adviers Camp David Nelsen Central Intelligence Agency William E. Colby CIA

Etiquette authority Amy Vanderbilt dies in Manhattan fall

New York AP Amy Vanderbilt 66, famed etiquette author and columnist, died after plunging from a second story window at her Upper East Side townhouse. Police say she either jumped or fell Friday night. autopsy planned. Husband Curtis B. Kellar, a Mobil Oil lawyer, and one son were home. Vanderbilt, descendant of Vanderbilt lineage, wrote widely on weddings and social manners since 1952.

New York Amy Vanderbilt Manhattan Miss Vanderbilt Upper East Side Metropolitan Hospital Curtis B. Kellar International Mobil Oil Corp Kellar Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Vanderbilt America Jan Aersten van der Bilt

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