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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1971
Page
1
Washington AP delegates at the National Agricultural Outlook Conference outlined many unknowns for 1971. They cited corn blight as the top risk, with hopes of improvement through larger acreage and better seed, yet warned that prices, income, and farm financing remain uncertain.
JEFFERSON CITY AP A constitutional amendment to let 18 year olds vote in national state and local elections and grant full citizenship rights won first round approval in the Senate. A related proposal to extend full citizenship responsibilities also moved forward.
The Reverend Donald Merritt takes on the role of pastor at the Assembly of God Church in Mexico with his wife Naomi and their daughter Donna 12. They arrived from Barnett near Eldon and reside at 903 N Kentucky Rd parsonage. Mrs. Merritt is an ordained minister and Donna attends Hardin seventh grade. The Merritts lived 22 years in Barnett after serving in Southern Missouri and Georgia.
AP dispatches summarize Javits warning that the Vietnam conflict may jeopardize President Nixon in 1970 as lawmakers debate the war's impact. Reports note inflation pressures and a plane crash blame, while a hijacking case raises security concerns. Authorities describe fallout from the Wichita State football team tragedy and urban development debates.
Washington AP report on efforts to remove a ban blocking federal education aid for students convicted in campus disturbances. House proponents say a master list is needed to enforce the restriction, while White House aides call it administrative nightmare and want it dropped. HEW data show 40 students lost aid in 1970 amid 1.7 million recipients.
The FCC suspended automatic emergency takeover of news service wires for tests and will route alerts through AP and UP I broadcast desks until March 27. The move follows last weekend's erroneous alert that disrupted radio and TV, directing stations to air instructions from Nixon or the Office of Civil Defense. Newsmen will authenticate tests via the White House center, adding about a one minute delay.
Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth urged action to aid environmental recovery. He criticized media, cited lakes rivers and cities harmed by pollution, and praised 40 forthcoming legislative measures on strip mining air and water standards pesticide control and solid waste disposal.
Lincoln AP reports a divided State Supreme Court upholds Duane Pope of Roxbury Kansas murder conviction and orders the death penalty to be carried out June 25 at Big Springs.
The CROP Church World Service official from Jefferson City will address a family dinner at First Presbyterian Church Monday at 6 30 PM. He will recount a seven week Mexico Hunger Hike and show slides, detailing a 1970 Latin America tour with emergency feeding programs and community projects. The event is sponsored by the Women of the Church led by Mrs Charles Brauer.
Mexican Ledger published daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri with periodical postage paid. Single copy ten cents. Subscription rates vary by location including Mexico area two dollars monthly and Audrain adjoining counties twelve dollars yearly six months eight three months six. All other Missouri counties eighteen dollars yearly thirteen six months nine three months eleven. Out of state twenty one yearly fourteen six months eleven three months. Military members one dollar per month. Office hours eight to five thirty weekdays and nine to three Saturdays.
In Durham Kansas during a violent blizzard Mrs Melvin Craver delivered Matthew 21 inches tall eight pounds at 5 30 am in their home after their car slid off a road and the electricity failed They kept candles and used the gas oven for heat The couple feared for their unborn child and each other while Melvin shook with fear and helped breathe life into the newborn.
The Commerce Department reports a one percent rise in the leading indicators index for January, with the eight leading indicators reaching 118.1 on the 1987 base. The department cites a rebound from the automobile strike and broad strength among indicators not tied to the strike, suggesting continued economic expansion.
At Northern Illinois University a referendum across students, faculty, and staff favored unilateral withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Indochina by year end. Result: 4,091 in favor and 665 opposed, out of 25,006 eligible voters.
Richard Burgard a 26 year old from Sturgeon is in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center after his car was struck by a Centralia R-6 school bus yesterday afternoon. Police say the 3:46 p.m. crash at Highway 22 and Switzler Street occurred as bus driver Raymond Robison tried a left turn onto the highway and did not yield. Robison, 51, was cited for failure to exercise the highest degree of care. A bus passenger Marcia Sudbrook was treated and released.
Mrs Curtis Sampson is expected to enter Boone County Hospital in Columbia for foot surgery on Monday.
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