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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1973

Page

7

Canton Trade Fair Visit Shows China’s Exports and Propaganda

Report from Canton describes the Canton Trade Fair as a multi floor expo with 80,000 displays including petroleum products, grains, silks, machinery, and crafts. It notes strong political messaging praising Mao and Marxism, plus large attendance from 50 countries, and contrasts the exhibit with broader China. The article concludes with a crash report from Mexico, Missouri.

Canton China America Central Marx Engels Lenin Stalin Mao Africa Albania Cuba No. 6 People’s Hospital of Shanghai Chairman Mao Liu Chih-fang

School Officials Seek Governor Bond Help In Strike Dispute

In St. Louis officials dialed Gov. Christopher S. Bond's office seeking state aid to end a 15 day teachers strike. The governor's office planned to outline possible assistance while board members criticized Mayor Cervantes after rejecting a $7,600 base offer and pushing for a broader package including $8,000 in September and other reforms.

ST. Louis Christopher A. J. Cervantes American Federation of Teachers St. Louis Teachers Association National Education Association Cervantes City Hall SLTA AFT

Charles L. McBaine Rites Set In Centralia

Charles Leo McBaine 77 of 715 N Kentucky Rd died at 6 55 p.m. Sunday in Fulton Hospital after a long illness. Funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold funeral home conducted by Don Wortman. Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens Centralia. Survived by wife Alice Wilson Pilcher and a step son and daughter. He was a WWI veteran and member of the First Christian Church and VFW. Burial in Centralia. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Charles Leo McBaine Kentucky Rd Fulton Arnold Funeral Home Don Wortman Kentucky Road Christian Church Glendale Memorial Gardens Centralia T.W Rebecca Hudwell McBaine McBaine Boone County Columbia Alice Wilson Pilcher France First Christian Church Veterans of Foreign Wars Audrain County William E. Pilcher Mexico Marjorie Dennison Elsie Miller Larry R. Azdell Phillip W. Azdell Donna Steinkamp

Plan For First PWs Near An Loc

U S officials expect the first releases of American prisoners of war this week and indicate ships and aircraft may soon clear mines laid by the U S Navy in North Vietnamese waters. Truce observers spread to regional HQs as fighting slackens and B52s fly over Laos per Laotian requests.

Saigon U.S U.S. Navy Laos U.S. Pacific Honolulu An Loc Der Joint Military Commission United States Mekong Delta Paris South Vietnam Washington Pentagon Jerry W. Friedheim North Vietnam Hanoi Joint Military Commission For Control and Supervision Brian McCauley Navy Haiphong

Florence Ford 69 Dies After Extended Illness

Funeral services for Florence Ford aged 69 of 416 Christie Street will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul CME Church with Rev. C A Trotter officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. She died Saturday at Audrain Medical Center after a long illness. Born February 17 1903 in Santa Fe she was the daughter of Joe and Belle Hinch Sue. Surviving are two sons Joe Melvin Nelson of Martinsburg Willie Eugene Nelson of Columbia a step son William Ford of Columbia two daughters Letha Mae Miller of Mexico and Josephine Soils of Columbia a brother Jodie Sue of Mexico and five sisters Maggie Scott Blanche Johnson Edna Cheatum Angeline Mozee and Mary V Fisher all of Mexico Twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. Three brothers preceded her in death. Friends may call at Arnold funeral home 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.

Florence Ford Christie St St. Paul Cme Church C.A. Trotter Elmwood Cemetery Joe Ford Angeline Mozee Mary V. Fisher Mexico Arnold Funeral Home

60 Doctors And 100 Nurses Stand By For POWs

At Clark Air Base Philippines AP Special Correspondent Peter Arnett reports sixty doctors and one hundred nurses stand by with a medical team for American prisoners of war. Col. John W. Ord says most POWs may depart within 72 hours of arrival after initial exams, rest, and rapid processing.

Peter Arnett Clark Air Base Philippines John W. Ord U.S. Air Force Hospital

Mexico Evening School Opens Tonight at 7

Enrollment for the second semester at Mexico High School begins at 7 PM with classes including Advanced Sewing and Tailoring Advertising Layout Planning and Sales Antique Clock Repair Antique Watch Repair Antique Furniture Refinishing and Woodworking Beginning Sewing Blue Print Reading Bridge Cake Decorating Crocheting Decoupage Drivers Training Good Grooming and Poise Guitar Playing Intermediate Sewing Interior Decorating Knits Men s Wear Landscaping for Home Grounds Needle Point P E for Women Photography Practical Parenting Rapid Reading Salesmanship Surveying Upholstery and Wills and Estate Planning The Rapid Reading and Wills and Estate Planning classes are already full.

Mexico Evening School Mexico High School Needle Point P.E Hawthorne Gym

No Glamor But Girl Brick-setter Makes Her Mark

Miss Cindy Kay Handley an 18 year old Auxvasse girl becomes Kaiser's first female brick setter. She works 40 to 48 hours weekly in a male dominated job earning from 3.45 to 3.67 per hour, with 44 hours yielding about 180 dollars. Foreman Patton and supervisor Duckworth praise her performance and plan to keep her beyond a 30 day probation, citing compliance with equal opportunities laws.

Kay Speckhart Cindy Kay Handley Auxvasse Kaiser Refractories Co Cindy Kaiser's Robert Patton Charles E. Duckworth Duckworth

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