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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1974
Page
3
St Louis AP reports inventor Bill Greibel proposes a portable curbline gate that blocks entrances from the wrong direction. The device drops to road level when struck, lowers flush, and uses electric eyes and signals to divert inattentive or intoxicated drivers and alert police of a wrong way entry attempt. Officials are assessing feasibility.
Nine teenagers from the New York area died when a charter flight crashed near the Tikal Mayan ruins in Guatemala. Two other victims were from Ohio. The plane carried a Guatemalan crew of three. The trip was advertised in a teachers' magazine and organized by families and teachers from New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Long Island. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Tikal airport.
The Perry Baptist Church held no worship service on Sunday and urged members to attend other local churches. A Communion Service is planned for next Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The Perry Presbyterian Youth caroled on Saturday evening, sharing Christmas songs, sharing a meal, and playing games at the church.
Jamestown Tennessee group plans production of a 1975 Falcon F1 biplane opening in early 1975 at Jamestown airport. The open cockpit steel tube craft uses a Lycoming 150 hp engine, 27 ft wingspan, 23 ft fuselage, top speed 112 mph, stall 45 mph, priced around 20000 dollars.
Laddonia area residents share Christmas visits with relatives across Missouri and beyond. Guests included Edward Gruer of Greensboro North Carolina, Jim Hammett family of Bonita Springs Florida, Wayne Shaw of Mexico and many Guinns of Vandalia Laddonia and Troy. Additional gatherings featured Dr Bill Doyle Jacksonville Illinois hostesses and local families from Clarksville Hannibal Vandalia Florissant and Columbia.
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