MDC Acquiring 71 Acres For Industrial Development
The Mexico Development Corp. plans to buy a 71 acre tract near rail lines and utilities to develop an industrial park aimed at light industries. The deal, not yet finalized, follows past land sales and is intended to improve prospects for factory tenants. Proceedings and site details were discussed at a Mexico Rotary Club meeting.
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Mexico Chamber of Commerce
The
Mexico Development Corp
Thomas Stapleton
Chamber
Mexico Rotary Club
Mexico
Wetterau
Highway 22 West
Evans
More Russians In Angola War
UNIT A claims 500 more Soviet personnel arrived to aid MPLA in Angola while Pravda reports over 500 South Africans held captive by MPLA forces. UNITA cites total Soviet aid at 900, as diplomats caution on verifiability amid an African summit in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Angola
Pravda
Moscow
Popular Movement
MPLA
George Sangambe
Luanda
Sangumbe
The
National Front
FNLA
Organization of African Unity
Prayda
Zambia
Negazha
CIA
Reagan Prepares Budget Cut Details
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan plans to refine his 90 billion budget cutting plan and pledge no one will lose needed benefits if enacted. He will describe a transition in which the federal government would drop major programs and states would continue them if funded. The plan is central to his campaign for the Republican nomination and faces criticism over potential tax hikes for states.
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Associated Press
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ford
Howard H. Callaway
Tallahassee
Fla
White House
America
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Congress
Callaway
Washington
Vermont
Thomas P.salmon
Massachusetts
Alabama
George Wallace
Boston
Wallace
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Springfield
Mass
New England
Carter
Blood Donors Sought For Mexico Red Cross Visit
Red Cross Bloodmobiles visit Mexico on Monday at the Mexico United Methodist Church from 2 to 6 45 p.m. and Tuesday at A P Green Refractories from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to fill a goal shortfall of 50 units from October. Volunteers and donors, including high school students with parental permission, are urged to assist. contact numbers 581 4273 or 581 5689.
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Mexico
Red Cross
Russian Dissident Arrives In Austria
Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch aged 43, freed after three years in a Ukrainian psychiatric hospital for anti Soviet activities, arrived in Marchegg Austria with his wife Tatyana and two sons. Amnesty International and the International Mathematicians Organization greeted them as they sought asylum.
First Call For Recipes for Bicentennial Ledger Edition
The Mexico Ledger invites readers to submit one recipe per each of 10 classifications for the 1976 Bicentennial Recipe Magazine. Submissions should be sent to the Recipe Editor at The Mexico Ledger. the publication promises to be a world circulating collector’s item and a favorite for many years.
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Ledger
The
Mexico Ledger
Miss Audrain Pageant Set For March 20
The Mexico Jaycees sponsor the Miss Audrain County pageant on March 20 with Frank DiBlasi as executive director and Gary Keith as executive producer. The winner advances to Miss Missouri in July in Mexico. Candidates must be 18 to 28, high school graduates, single, US citizens, and Audrain County residents for six months. Interested sisters may attend orientations. entries chair Lee Gibson at 581-0300 or 1702 Churchill Pl in Mexico.
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The
Mexico
United States
Audrain County
Lee Gibson
Churchill PL
Fire Destroys El Dorado Springs Block
A late afternoon fire in El Dorado Springs Missouri destroyed all buildings in a block at the south edge of downtown. Producers Grain Exchange the Bulldog Arena skating rink the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall an auto body shop and El Dorado Apartments burned. One spectator was hospitalized with injuries. Fire departments from Nevada Osceola Stockton and Appleton City assisted. The burned block lies between Main and St James streets about a mile north of U S 54 in the town of 3300.
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EL Dorado Springs
Producers Grain Exchange
Cedar County Memorial Hospital
Producers Grain
Bulldog Arena
Veterans of Foreign Wars
el Dorado
Nevada
Osceola
Stockton
Appleton City
Main
St. James Streets
U.S
Jury pool set for Epperson murder trial in Hannibal
Sixty four residents of Marion County are summoned for jury duty to preside over the first degree murder trial of Russell Lee Epperson of Mexico. Court opens at 9 am with Judge James Reinhard. the panel may be sequestered for the trial’s duration.
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Hannibal
William J. Rothweiler
Holiday Inn
Hannibal Court of Common Pleas
Epperson
Fern
Richard Lee
DeAnne
Battles Rage Across Beirut Suburbs and Hotels
In Beirut the luxury seaside hotel district endures mortar and rocket fire as right wing Christian militiamen clash with Palestinian guerrillas in the suburbs. Police report 62 more deaths, pushing tolls over 250 dead and 400 wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Florida Citrus Survives Cold Snap With Little Damage
Florida citrus growers reported only minor losses after a frosty night as winds helped limit frost damage. A national cold wave strained natural gas supplies, prompting shut downs in schools and industries in five states while officials urged conservation. Industry spokesman Earl Wells noted the break kept temperatures near 26 degrees for only a few hours, preserving about 136 million boxes of oranges still on trees.
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Associated Press
Florida
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
Earl Wells
Florida Citrus Mutual
Wells
Ford And Advisers Plan Changes In CIA
Washington officials weigh Ford administration options to overhaul the intelligence community as a Senate plan tightens oversight. Will Colby and top aides meet Ford to discuss guidelines versus radical restructuring. Buchen opposes prior-notification mandates, warning of executive power impact. The plan may be outlined in the January State of the Union.
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White House
Senate
CIA
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Willam E. Colby
Philip Buden
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI
Buchen
State of the Union
Intelligence Committee
Congress
Senate Committee
Associated Press
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Kansas Line
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Rashid Karami
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