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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1975
Page
3
The page presents a crossword style puzzle with clues and partial fills. It references Egypt, a habitat plant, molten rock, and items like a Roman fiddler and a nine sided figure. A personal note claims the father and beach memory from about twenty years ago.
Neil Nielsen city manager praised citizen participation in local government as a highlight of 1974 in Mexico. He cited volunteers across the council school board planning and zoning housing authority library and park boards plus gains from eastern annexation federal aid a new public safety addition and planning for a city wide refuse system. He noted fire operations would move to city hall soon and described cross training police into public safety officers to meet new federal work hour limits while preserving fire rating and service.
President Ford vetoed a bill raising retail milk prices six cents a half gallon, calling it inflationary. Minutes later Agriculture Secretary Butz announced a separate action to raise manufacturing milk support to $7.24 per 100 pounds through March 31, 1976, about half the vetoed bill’s scope, to shore up dairy farmers as costs stay high.
American Legion national commander James Wagon seller says Ford’s conditional amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders has failed and should not continue. He notes only a small share used the program, expiring Jan 31, and urges focus on jobs for veterans, unemployment relief, and milk production boosts.
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