Mexico City Council Advances Retirement Aging Ordinance
The Mexico City Council completed two agenda items in 15 minutes. An ordinance sets a mandatory retirement age of 65 for city employees, aligning with state statutes to strengthen policy. The session also reviews holiday dates for city workers to conform with state and federal calendars, keeping eight holidays but shifting three to new dates.
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Mexico City
City of
Mexico
Neil Nielsen
Missouri
George Washington
Nielsen
Coldest Weather in Missouri Eases by Weekend
AP reports the coldest winter spell appears over in Missouri as weekend highs may reach the teens to around 30. Morning lows in Missouri towns dipped to minus 20 in Maryville minus 11 in St Joseph minus 9 in Springfield minus 2 in Joplin and minus 1 in Vichy. Maryville posted the all time February 9 low. Skies should be sunny today with next cold snap and a chance of snow Wednesday followed by gradual moderation through Thursday to Saturday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Maryville
St. Joseph
Springfield
Kirksville
Joplin
Vichy
February Beats January With Cold Start in Mexico
February shows colder conditions than January with an average high of 27.8 and low of 12.2 degrees. January’s subnormal trend pulled the month's averages down, while February typically runs about three degrees warmer than January. In local news, Mr and Mrs Clifford E Simmons of 405 Abat St welcomed a daughter born at Audrain Medical Center at 10:47 p.m. Monday weighing eight pounds four ounces. Simmons operates Simmons Supply.
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Mexico
Clifford E. Simmons
Abat
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Simmons
Simmons Supply
Freight Derails On Town Crossings in Parnell Missouri
Twenty two derailed freight cars bound for Kansas City crossed two streets in Parnell Missouri causing track damage. Most cars carried oil or paper while one car was labeled explosives. No evacuation was ordered though authorities cleared wreckage with bulldozers and a Chicago Northwestern spokesman said the cargo posed no local threat.
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Parnell
Kansas City
Missouri
Chicago Northwestern
Tremors felt in Sun Valley California late morning
Mrs Harley E Teague of Mexico spoke with her niece Mrs George Tretter in Sun Valley as tremors rattled homes. Tretter said her house remained intact while her son in law and daughter's home about a mile away suffered considerable damage.
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Sun Valley
Calif
Harley E. Teague
Mexico
George Tretter
Tretter
Merle Verhoff
Martinsburg
Maurice Green
Charles Morgan
Foreman Sells Faulty Power Saw to Farmer
A logging foreman sold a farmer a power saw guaranteed to cut 15 trees daily. One week later the unhappy farmer reported the saw averaged only 3 trees per day. The foreman started the engine. the saw whined loudly prompting the farmer to ask about the noise.
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Jack
California quake devastates Los Angeles area
A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California at dawn, killing at least three and injuring scores. Cracks opened in a dam, many buildings and highways were damaged, and evacuations were ordered in the San Fernando Valley. Several hospitals reported numerous injuries and multiple structures collapsed or were rendered unsafe.
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Los Angeles
Southern
California
van Norman Lake
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Mountains
Fresno
Las Vegas
Ney
Tehachapi
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Templor
Newhall
Saugus
Golden State
Olive View Sanitarium
Veterans Administration Hospital
Keith Kroll
Fire Department
Olive View Hospital
Rail Strike Set March 1
Washington AP reports the Railway Clerks Union sets a nationwide rail strike for March 1 after signaling Congress will not intervene to postpone. The move heightens likely disruptions across freight and passenger services as talks remain unresolved. The dispute centers on wage and working conditions negotiations with major railroads.
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Washington
Congress
Railway Clerks Union
Purcell to Head Plant in Texas
Murray E. Purcell named plant manager of the Sulphur Springs division of A. P. Green Refractories Co. effective April 1. He succeeds Paul C. Branstetter who plans retirement on April 1. Purcell will oversee all production at the modern sulfur springs plant serving the Southwest. The division employs about 60 people and has a tunnel kiln added in 1969. Purcell has a long tenure with the company and is active in the Mexico community and local organizations. He and his wife Gail have three children and plan to move to Sulphur Springs. Deadline 12:01 am EST March 1.
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Murray E. Purcell
Tex
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Mexico
Paul C. _ Branstetter
Purcell
Green
The
Green Company
Southeast Missouri State College
Gail
Margie
Timmy
Scotty
Woodlawn
Sulphur Springs
C. L. Dennis
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Afl-Cio
Dennis
BRAC
Congress
United Front
Union
Congress of the
United States
United Transportation Union
Apollo 14 mission nears splashdown in South Pacific
Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa concluded their nine day flight as they approach a planned 3 04 p m Mexico time touchdown 874 miles south of American Samoa. Mission Control canceled a final midcourse correction and reported near perfect weather for the recovery with eight miles west of the dateline the anticipated site.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Mission Control
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Guam
Australia
Honeysuckle
Carnarvon
Pacific
USS
New Orleans
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Poverty discussion on Audrain County meeting
The Audrain County Human Development Corporation will hold an open 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Garfield Community Center to discuss poverty in Audrain County and methods to eliminate it. The program is open to all community members.
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Audrain County
Laos Drive On Schedule Laos Vietnam Withdrawals
Washington AP officials told Congress that the Laos operation may speed U S troop withdrawals from Southeast Asia. Secretary Laird said the push could meet or beat the May 1 target while Javits pressed for a definite withdrawal date and whether any military presence will remain. Laird noted about 10 000 U S troops in Vietnam act as backup for Saigon operations in Laos and Cambodia.
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Nixon Administration
Congress
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Pentagon
George D. Aiken
R.t
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
Javits
United States
Republic of
South Vietnam
New York Republican
Vietnam
Laird
Saigon
Cambodia
Abortion Bill Introduced In Legislature
In Missouri two women representatives and a man introduced a bill to ease abortion laws. It would allow taking a non viable foetus by a licensed physician in a hospital, provided the foetus could not live independently. Violations carry up to 1000 dollars fine or five years prison or both. Other new measures include police retirement benefits, nonpartisan court plan adoption, jail spending limits, and banning relatives from certain licensing offices.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
DeVerne Calloway
D-St. Louis
House
Orchid Jordan
Kansas City
Herman Johnson
Calloway
Jackson County
Nevada State Hospital
St. Louis City
Solid
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Yong Hoi
Sen Hae Rock Pile
Miles
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