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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1971
Page
3
Jefferson City AP reports two measures to aid private schools were approved and may be debated in the House this week. One would let private schools add services like guidance, testing, and remedial instruction. The other would provide auxiliary services to non public school students.
New York AP reports NASA veteran Thomas Paine says putting on the moon would be nearly impossible due to low gravity and no true greens. Captain Alan Shepard hits a moon golf shot, but faces suspension and ethics questions from golf bodies. Bob Hope comments on gravity and golf.
The Fifty-Second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Folta was observed with a family gathering at their Wellsville home. Attending were the Benskins and families, Folta family members, Fritz Craig of Mexico, and Earl Riefle of Kirkwood who visited before others arrived. JOE MOAG announced his resignation as juvenile officer for three counties and was replaced by Rodney Nebel who attended the Wellsville Kiwanis meeting along with Rev. David Fulbright and W. C. Steele.
Authorities have charged Mosses Guzman with murder in the execution style killings of five peace officers. Rene Guzman, 33, remains at large after being described as a dangerous ex convict and a real mean man. The brothers allegedly escorted deputies to a Trinity River bottom where the killings occurred while officers checked a car's license plate during a burglary pursuit in a South Dallas area.
New York AP Rockefeller calls for private corporation and federal agency to develop 110 new towns. Seed funding of 10 billion proposed, land acquisition costs up to 50 million per town, with Columbia Maryland as a current Chase project. Expected urban growth to 110,000 in Columbia by the 1980s.
Lonnie Arthur Clevenger, an 18-year-old Dayton High School student and husband with a child, filed suit in U S District Court in Portland challenging a rule that bars married students from varsity sports. He seeks an injunction to stop enforcement and says the policy violates his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. He averaged 20 points per game at another high school and cites college interest blocked by the rule.
Local page notes community events and notices from Mexico Missouri including school happenings church activities and upcoming town meetings. Brief items mention local sports scores and markets with emphasis on civic announcements and routine public notices.
A small fire at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Tuesday night caused smoke to fill hallways with minimal damage and no injuries. Administrator James Dack said a ventilating system motor overheated, igniting some material and prompting the relocation of several patients. None were evacuated.
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