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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1977
Page
4
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ST LOUIS AP reports city schools now enroll 71 percent black and 29 percent white, a change from last year’s 70-30 ratio. Of 123 city elementary schools, 106 have enrollments within at least percent of a single race as district officials study demographic trends.
A 1977 Missouri General Assembly proposal by Senator Donald L. Manford would let communities form Industrial Development Corporations to issue revenue bonds for new or expanding business facilities. The bonds are non general obligation, repaid from lease revenues, and do not affect local taxes. The bill offers local option to approve or retain public voting on bond issues to retain or speed up industrial growth near state borders.
Three persons found dead in a northwest St. Louis County apartment include Mary Blair 23 and her four year old daughter Angela plus Donald Chronister 22. Police say cause of Chronister unknown and whether it is double or triple slaying plus self harm not yet determined. Chronister had a history of mental disorders and lived with Blair for two years. Chronister’s mother had alerted police to check on them.
The piece extols the Jack Pine Pinus Banksiana as a scruffy yet sturdy tree with twisted trunks and stubborn cones. It highlights its rarity in Missouri, its use in land reclamation, and its ecological partnership with Kirtland's Warbler in Michigan. The narrative links its resilience to Christian transformation on the road to Damascus.
The Missouri Conservation Commission seeks to fix a will description error in Audrain County to confirm a bequest of about 80 acres for a wildlife preserve. Executors and relatives are named as defendants to resolve which parcels and section numbers actually belong to the commission under Clarence L. Northcutt’s will. A court hearing is required to clarify the land intended for conservation use.
Kansas City AP report notes the Air Force spent $854,400 since September 1975 on the final environmental impact statement for transferring Richards-Gebaur personnel. The study, tied to moves affecting Scott Air Force Base Illinois and other sites, included salaries, contracts, and related costs to justify moving about 4,000 personnel.
USGS reports 1976 national water supply close to normal after three very wet years. Big Five rivers Mississippi St Lawrence Ohio Missouri dropped below average, while Northeast stayed wetter. Dam failures and groundwater lows marked western declines. Chesapeake Bay inflow rose about 12 percent.
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