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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1972
Page
5
London reports thousands lose electricity as a miners strike tightens coal stock, triggering emergency cuts. Leaders of 280,000 miners reject a pay offer but keep talks with the National Coal Board going.
Agri culture Secretary Earl L. Butz urged fighting for fair farm prices as USDA predicted a 4 percent rise in retail grocery prices this year. He cited high beef prices, rising costs, and shifting service spending to explain inflation while noting farm income could rise up to $2 billion. Missouri House paused for snow, approving minor bills and considering tax and election changes.
A heavy belt of snow blanketed the region, dumping seven inches by 11 a.m. and snarling events. Cancellations piled up as schools, churches, and clubs called off gatherings, with junior high basketball postponed to Saturday evening. Traveler warnings issued as roads grew impassable, while Fulton and areas to the south saw little snow. Cold tonight, cloudy tomorrow, then a warm spell Saturday, followed by another cold turn Sunday.
The Missouri Conservation Department confirmed an authentic mountain lion was found near Van Buren in the National Scenic Riverway Park. A scouting party reported tracks and a sighting within 30 feet, describing a 90 to 100 pound yellowish cat. The animal hissed and fled, leaving a partially consumed kill sighted by the team.
Saigon reports the United States mobilized its largest air armada in months to deter a anticipated North Vietnamese offensive. About 400 fighter bombers and B52s operated across Vietnam, Thailand, and offshore with 40 more B52s ordered to the western Pacific. U.S. strikes totaled 84 in South Vietnam, while the South Vietnamese conducted 85. Casualties ran high on both sides, with 204 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and at least 60 South Vietnamese killed.
North Vietnam denounced Nixon's State of the World message as slander while the United States accused Hanoi of fear of elections in South Vietnam. The talks at the 144th session featured accusations of deceit over POWs, Vietnamization plans, and expanded U S bombing options. Porter warned that no next meeting date would be set until the Versailles antiwar assembly influenced mood.
Police and federal agents probe the disappearance of $5,000 from two sealed bank bags sent from a Sears Roebuck store to Mercantile Trust Co. The bags remained in a Brink's vault over the weekend. upon opening, $5,000 was missing. Also notes the birth of Jeffrey David Isaacs at Audrain Medical Center weighing 6 lb 4 oz to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Isaacs.
Kathy Farnen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kevin Farnen, is a National Merit finalist from Mexico High School. NMST program awards are announced March to May per counselor Jim DuBus. Principal William E Lowry notes the finalist rank sits in the top 0.5 percent of U.S. seniors among about 14,000 finalists contending for 3,000 scholarships.
The Missouri Flying Farmers hold their annual Valentine Luncheon in the Pilot's Lounge near the Mexico Airport Saturday at 11 a.m. Queen Elect Mary Donaghue of St. Charles leads arrangements. Present Queen Kathryn Gough of Perry, Mo., husband Jim is president. About 20 planes flew in last year amid February weather. Prospective members invited by Howard and Merle Wehrman of Montgomery City.
Centralia City Council will hold a special session Saturday morning to call and set a date for an election on a million dollar revenue bond issue to finance a new factory for A. B. Chance Co. City Administrator Howard Burton confirmed the plans.
Mexico park board will review a master plan proposal for Fairgrounds Park. Sam Gibson of R W Booker & Associates outlined potential services and costs, with plans referenced from Columbia and other Midwest cities. City Manager Neil Nielsen noted fire losses. a $10,000 insurance payout funds replacement and may aid the park master plan.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff discusses farm structure, arguing corporate farms are not antithetical to family farms. Walter Penn contends farm families stay constant amid corporate growth, with Equitable and Prudential backing farm loans. He warns against excessive scale and notes a farmer’s equity drive, stressing the farm family as America's agricultural backbone.
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