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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1972
Page
4
First Lady Pat Nixon braved North China snow to tour Evergreen People's Commune west of Peking. She mingled with schoolchildren, observed winter vegetable growing, and watched acupuncture being administered to a 68-year-old woman. Nixon kissed children, met hosts, and recalled farm days while noting local customs and a simple home visit.
The Red and Gray Band of 76 freshmen will perform its second annual Winter Concert Friday at 7 30 p m in Emmons Hall Mexico High School directed by Robert Murta. The program includes eight pieces such as March of the Irish Guard Festive Holiday Overture and Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music with a post concert party planned in the MHS cafeteria.
In Aurora Missouri an attempt to burn a bird’s nest from a school ventilator started a fire at Lowell Primary. Police say three youths ages 11 and 12 confessed. The blaze gutted one room and damaged another, forcing cleanup before classes resumed Tuesday.
The EPA proposes cutting lead in gasoline starting July 1 1974 with a two gram per gallon limit on premium and regular fuels and a staged drop to 1.25 grams by January 1 1977. All large stations would offer at least one unleaded grade by July 1 1974. Present levels run about 2.5 grams per gallon. The plan also requires colored leaded gas to be distinct from unleaded, and mandates anti leakage measures and potential fines up to 10000 dollars per day for violators.
Buckleshaus outlined a schedule at a news conference showing lead content in Mexico City air would drop 60 to 65 percent by 1977. The EPA estimated regular gasoline would rise about 1.65 cents per gallon by 1985, while gasoline mileage would decline, raising driving costs.
St Louis area survey of 32 supermarkets finds prices up nearly four percent since Phase 2 of wage price controls began. Meat prices rose about nine percent per Housewives Elect Lower Prices leader Mrs Alberta Slavin calling for a Congressional inquiry into meat pricing and enforcement or scrapping Phase 2.
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