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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1973

Page

7

No Release Of Prisoners Tomorrow In Saigon

AP dispatch reports a North Vietnamese spokesman denying any POW releases on Tuesday while U.S. officials held hope for about 140 Americans to be handed over. Talks set for Wednesday delay transfer, as Hanoi links prisoner repatriation to civilian missing in Vietnam and 60 day withdrawal deadlines.

Saigon U.S Hanoi Bui Tin Washington Daniel James Pentagon United States South Vietnam Tin Joint Military Commis Sion North Vietnam Paris Henry A. Kissinger Vietnam Laos

Wage Guideline Holds At 5.5 Percent With Flexibility

The Nixon administration kept the 5.5 percent wage increase ceiling but signaled flexibility for specific cases. A new advisory panel including Meany and major company leaders urged responsible wage behavior to align with inflation goals, and a food industry wage control committee was created modeled after the construction sector to aid major settlements in 1973.

Washington John T. Dunlop Cost of Living Council Dunlop White House Labor Management Advisory Committee Afl-Cio George Meany

Unions Threaten British Strikes

London AP says 600000 militant unionists oppose Heath anti inflation policy with daily strikes or slowdowns nationwide. Gas workers Slowdown cuts Midlands supplies while rail unions prepare a 24 hour national strike at midnight Tuesday. Civil servants plan 24 hour pickets outside Whitehall. 280000 workers participate. about 3000 London teachers strike Tue to Thu.

London Edward Heath Whitehall

Hearing Set On Bus Lines Rate Boost in Missouri

A Missouri Public Service Commission hearing on fare increases for five major bus lines is scheduled for June 4. Greyhound Continental Trailways Jefferson Lines St Louis Cape Bus Great Southern seek about a 10 percent rise in one way daily fares and 4 to 10 percent express rate hikes for distances over 25 miles. Charter rates may rise 66 percent, with tests and exhibits due by April 9 and testimony by May. The commission ordered notices publication in several newspapers.

Jefferson City Missouri Missouri Public Service Commission PSC Greyhound Lines Continental Trailways Jefferson Lines St. Louis-Cape Bus Lines Great Southern Coaches Springfield Joplin Kansas City Ft. Leonard Wood

Missouri Court Asked to Reassess Abortion Law

Washington AP report: Supreme Court directs Missouri federal district court to re examine its anti abortion statute in light of the June 22 ruling limiting state interference in early pregnancy decisions. The case involves physicians clergy and married women arguing the law hinders medical practice family planning and personal choice.

Washington Supreme Court Federal District Court Missouri High Court Samuel A. Rodgers Dan L. Berger Kansas City David Rothman St. Louis David Hall Columbia Raymond B. Bragg Alvin D. Rubin Robert H. Craft Susan Halverstadt Sally Steinbach

Council Weighs Animal Control Ordinance at 7:30 Session

Mexico city council faces final reading of a proposed animal control law with supporters urging stronger dog protection and dog owners opposing. Attendance expected from both sides. Third reading also on zoning at Elmwood and Liberty for a Moose Lodge site and first reading on street resurfacing and special tax assessments.

Mexico Elmwood Drive Liberty Streets

Three More In Pageant Adds Miss Mexico Contestants

Three more candidates joined the Miss Mexico pageant field as entrants met Sunday for a first rehearsal and deadline. Names include Vanessa Marshall Donna May Marking and Debra Kay Williams joining sixteen others. Pageant proceeds March 31 at Presser Hall with sponsor Jaycees and Kline's support.

Mexico Fellowship Hall the Methodist Church Vanessa Marshall Vernon Marshall Route 3 Donna May Marking Darrell Marking N. Clark St Debra Kay Williams James T. Williams Jefferson St Christine Michelle Jacobi Teresa Kay Palmer Joan Balser Barbara Jean Moore Linda Sue Henderson Terry Lee Maddox Laura Lea White Vicky Lynn Moss Rachel Gould Stephanie White Jaycees Presser Hall Gary Sanger Songer Kline

Rogers Calls For Peace Machinery At Vietnam Talks

Secretary of State William P. Rogers urged the Paris conference on Vietnam to create a simple mechanism to reconvene if peace is in danger and link with the field peacekeepers. Canada warned it may quit the four nation peace supervisory commission by April 30 absent an international cease fire enforcement authority. The session also discussed UN backup through Waldheim and reports of ceasefire violations, with Canada pressuring for a functional system to avoid vacancies in the commission. In Atlanta a crash killed six aboard an executive jet en route to Miami, plane linked to Machinery Buyers Corp. and Triton Development Co.. no injuries on the ground.

Paris William P. Rogers Vietnam Canada South Rogers Peace Supervisory Commission Mitchell Sharp U.S International Commission of Control and Supervision Poland Hungary Indonesia Sharp U.N Kurt Waldheim Atlanta, Ga Wood Miami Machinery Buyers Corp Atlanta Triton Development Co Houston Tex Waldheim Nguyen Thi Bing Indochina Hotel Majestic Avenue Kleber Arc de Triomphe

Funeral services set for Miss Anna Murphy of Mexico

Miss Anna Murphy 89 of 518 8S Jefferson St Mexico dies at home. Funeral at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Brendan Church led by Rev Patrick Dolan. Burial in Washington Cemetery Glasgow. Survived by sister Louise Murphy and brother Edward J Murphy. two brothers predeceased. Visitation after 2 p.m. today with rosary at 7:30 p.m. at Precht Pickering.

Anna Murphy Jefferson St St. Brendan Church Patrick Dolan Washington Cemetery Glasgow Miss Murphy Fredendall and Wilkins Department Store Edward Katherine Neville Murphy Mexico Fredendall- Wilkins Inc North American Benefit Association Louise Murphy Sherwood Arms Centralia Edward J. Murphy Precht Pickering Funeral Home

Self-Defense Claimed After Middletown Man Shot Dead

Omer J. Hogan 37 was killed near Middletown when a deer slug from a 16 gauge shotgun hit him during a dispute at John Hill's home. Sheriff Landrum said Hill acted in defense of his home and life. Hogan's wife corroborated the claim. No charges against Hill. Funeral plans pending.

Middletown Omer John Hogan Clarence Landrum John Hill Hogan Hill Mrs. Hogan Mr. Hogan Albert Meidel John Margaret Hill Montgomery City Wellsville Landrum East Central Missouri Mental Health Center Louis Myers Funeral Home

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