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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1973

Page

3

Spradling Named to Lead Missouri Revenue Department

Gov elect Bond selects James R. Spradling a 7 year veteran Carthage lawyer businessman to head the Missouri Revenue Department amid audit battles with the previous regime. Spradling will oversee divisions for sales income tax motor vehicle and fiscal operations while open records push with John Ashcroft continues. He will also appoint three revenue aides and an administrative assistant Geoffrey McCarron recent Harvard MBA joins as his aide. Spradling a Republican and former Missouri Southern College political science professor says the department is too large to comment on consolidations until legal opinions resolve.

Jefferson City James R. Spradling Carthage Christopher Bond Revenue Department Spradling James —. Schaffner Schaffner Cole County Circuit Court Attorney General's Office Circuit Court John D. Ashcroft Springfield Bond Administration Alfred Sikes Transition Government, Inc Department of Community Affairs Guy Jaffe Jaffe Pan American Realty Corp St. Louis Spraching Richard B. Clement Webster Groves Clement Financial Data Systems, Inc S John L. Cordaro Manchester A. M. Spradling Jr Cape Girardeau Missouri Southern College Joplin

Dignitaries Gather for Truman Memorial in Washington

Washington Cathedral will host a memorial service for Harry S. Truman attended by foreign and domestic dignitaries who were not at the private funeral. Spiro Agnew was to represent Nixon. leaders of Congress and Supreme Court justices planned to attend. The service honors the 33rd president, with Truman’s family present and Bess Truman not traveling. Mamie Eisenhower plans to accompany the Daniels.

Washington Harry S. Truman United States Truman Independence John E. Howell First Baptist Church Francis B. Sayre Jr William F. Creighton Spiro T. Agnew Nixon Supreme Court House Senate John Lynch Ireland Zalman Shazar Israel Chong- Pil South Korea Yen Chia-kan Taiwan Margaret Truman Daniel Clifton Daniel New York Times Mamie Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Daniels

Raquel Welch Tops Worst Dressed Women List

Los Angeles AP reports fashion designer Mr Blackwell places Raquel Welch at number one on the annual worst dressed list. Princess Margaret ranks fourth with a thrift-mart shopping bag remark. The list also names Julie Andrews Mia Farrow Ali MacGraw Lauren Bacall Yoko Ono Cloris Leachman Alexis Smith Totie Fields and a special 1972 honors for Jackie Onassis. Ogilvie to join Isham Lincoln Beale after term ends.

Los Angeles Raquel Welch Mr. Blackwell Princess Margaret London Blackwell Charles Revson Princess Grace Diahann Carroll Mme Georges Pompidou Ronald Reagan Ann-Margret Cher Sonny and Cher Julie Andrews Mia Farrow Ali MacGraw Lauren Bacall John Lennon Yoko Ono Stereo Yoko Thrift Mart Cloris Leachman Alexis Smith Henry Kissinger Comedienne Totie Fields Jackie Onassis

Bomb threat fails to find device on jumbo jet flight

Air Force teams searched a Trans World Airlines Boeing 747 forced to land at Ellsworth Air Force Base after a Spain call warned of an altitude bomb. All 233 aboard remained calm. no bomb was found, and the plane was to be searched again. The anonymous caller sought 15 million pesetas, while the incident echoed a movie plot from Doomsday Flight.

Ellsworth Air Force Base 5.D Air Force Trans World Airlines TWA New York South Dakota Spain Melvin Manning Hopatcong N.J Madrid Manning Denver Ellsworth Willis Baker Los Alamitos Calif Newfoundland

Eagleton says Missouri shifts from hawk to dove on war

Senator Thomas F. Eagleton says Missouri has swung to anti bombing and anti war sentiment since North Vietnam raids began. He notes his state was hawk leaning in 1968 and dismisses White House warnings that new end the war legislation could stall peace talks. He cites Congress ongoing effort and Hanoi awareness of negotiations.

S.T. Louis Thomas F. Eagleton D-Mo Missouri Eagleton St. Louis Post-Dispatch North Vietnam White House Hanoi Congress

Britt earns PhD in chemical engineering at Missouri

Britt, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Britt of 821 S Jefferson St, received a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in Columbia during ceremonies last month. He joins MU as a member of the chemical engineering faculty.

Herbert I. Britt Willard Britt S. Jefferson St University of Missouri Columbia Thenniversity Dr. Britt M.U

Bitter Cold Helps Farmers Harvest Beans

In Carthage Missouri southwest farmers used the bitter cold to salvage soybeans. Ext agronomist Calvin Jones noted farmers needed frozen ground after heavy rains and multiple ice storms delayed harvesting. By Wednesday 75 percent remained in fields with a forecasted six million dollar crop.

Carthage Missouri Calvin Jones Extension Service Agronomist Jones

Agnew Names Jackson to Smithsonian Board of Regents

Washington AP Spiro Agnew named Senator Henry M Jackson to replace retired Senator Clinton P Anderson on the Smithsonian Institution board of regents. Jackson, a Democrat from Washington, will join the board to oversee the museum and research activities.

Washington Spiro T. Agnew Henry M. Jackson D-Wagh Clinton P. Anderson D-N.m Smithsonian Institution

Postal reform under fire over mail service quality

Rep. Paul G. Rogers condemns the shift to the semi independent Postal Service as failing to improve mail delivery. he cites a lack of service gains and rising costs while postmaster general klagsen touts a 84 percent cost coverage and a 7.8 billion revenue for fiscal 1972, amid calls for GAO and House committee probes.

Washington (Ap Paul G. Rogers Dfla Postal Service Rogers House Post Office Committee General Accounting Office

Postal Service reports record mail volume and on-time delivery

Klass enunciates last year’s mail throughput at 30.5 billion dollars and a record 87.2 billion pieces. He notes 94 percent of first class mail deposited by 5 p.m. destined for local delivery is delivered the next day.

Klassen

Moss Heads Space Committee Chairman in Senate

Senator Frank E Moss of Utah was chosen by the Senate Democratic conference to lead the Senate Aeronautics and Space Committee. He succeeds Clinton P Anderson who retired. The ranking Democrat was Stuart Symington who did not seek the chairmanship.

Washington Frank E. Moss Utah Senate Democratic Conference Senate Aeronautics and Space Committee Moss Clinton P. Anderson D-N.m Stuart Symington D-Mo

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