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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1973
Page
10
Washington reads the oath as Nixon begins the 44th U.S. presidential inauguration. Congress budgets 650000 for the ceremony with total costs near 4 million. crowds assemble along a parade route while the nation debates unity and public will.
Stephens College Playhouse presents Summer and Smoke a tender drama by Tennessee Williams opening Wednesday Jan 24 for a nine night run set in a Mississippi town. Alma a reserved spinster and Dr John contend with love and morality as they confront each other before one loses the other to a pupil. Performances run Jan 24 27 and Jan 30 Feb 3 at 8 15 pm with reserved seats 2 50 in the Assembly Hall box office.
Buffies, massive glazed ceramic elephants, travel from Vietnam to the United States as thousands per week are shipped despite shrinking troop numbers. Named from a wartime acronym, buffies arrive loaded on cargo planes at air mail depots, trading a mix of kitsch and folk art in American homes.
A long feature compares oversized buffy statues shipped from Vietnam with mail dangers and costs at APOs in Saigon and the U S West Coast. It then reports AMA physician Dukelow noting nonsmokers exposed to smoke filled rooms inhale tobacco byproducts similar to smokers, stressing health risks to bystanders.
Belfast dispatch reports Provisional IRA blamed for most bombings in Northern Ireland two days of heavy blasts. A 100 pound mine killed one officer and wounded another west of Belfast, and a 20 pound booby trap outside Londonderry police headquarters killed two more officers. Snipers hit army posts with no injuries. Army detained three men in Ballymurphy and disarmed 40 UDA members in Belfast as violence spread through Catholics and Protestants.
Ba2 commander Captain Michael J. Heck of Chula Vista California has asked Senator John V Tunney for help ending the Vietnam War He says he refused combat missions and is now doing administrative duties in southern Thailand while the Air Force considers court martial resignation or conscientious objector status His letter seeks congressional action and mentions potential discharge or prison if convicted for failure to obey orders
Chicago HL A free Beltone ad offers a free non operating tiny Beltone gid to readers. It claims the device weighs under a third of an ounce and has no wires, with home use and no cost or obligation. Readers are asked to write to Beltone Electronics CorpDep 9771 21 W Victoria Chicago IL 60646 for theirs.
Delegates from 34 nations led by the United States resumed negotiations in Helsinki to draft an accord for a European security conference. Talks may last a month or into February with Western powers seeking a travel and information exchange agenda. Soviet opposition was renewed January 5. The current round began November 22 and ended December 6.
Observances mark Martin Luther King Jr birthday with memorial services and school closures across major cities. Atlanta closes city offices and schools as Corette Scott King lays a wreath and attends services at Ebenezer Church. New York, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, Kansas City, Newark, Oakland, Hartford and others plan ceremonies and business closings. Public schools in Pittsburgh are reopened with black students excused to attend services. University of Pittsburgh cancels classes. Governor Cahill of New Jersey signs a statewide memorial proclamation. Georgia’s Carter issues proclamation. Connecticut’s Meskill designates King Day without holiday status.
Chrysoberyl, normally semiprecious, was found in Minas Gerais and valued at 800000 dollars. The discovery highlights the gemstone's high price in the regional market.
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