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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1971
Page
12
Fragmentary text indicates Gegel discusses years long freeze lifting last year and notes counties facing high costs. Mentions federal discrimination in employment and highway work, with Ogilvie involved in devising a plan and charges arising from ra end.
Frisco oil spill endangers Bolinas Lagoon feeding grounds for great blue heron and white egret. Volunteers deploy booms, spread straw, and clean thousands of oil-tainted birds as officials warn for substantial wildlife losses.
In Springfield Missouri police say a teen-ager burglar stole an estimated 5000 to 7000 dollars in gold and about 200 dollars in cash from Krause Dental Supply. Witnesses describe a similar young man who entered a liquor store around 9 30 p m and held a clerk at knife point for an undetermined amount of cash.
Four highway construction projects in Madison and St. Clair Counties totaling more than seven million dollars will be shut down Friday due to not meeting the Ogilvie minority hiring rule of one black trainee for every four journeymen. An assistant highway official said only one black trainee accompanied 45 journeymen across the four projects. Work may resume once compliance is achieved.
Washington AP The United States allowed convict Igor A. Ivanov a Soviet spy to return to the Soviet Union to visit his sick father staying until his presence is required for a U S court hearing He left New York Wednesday night and had been free on bail pending an appeal but was restricted to certain areas The Justice Department noted a court order required his return when directed by the court Russian ambassador Anatoly F Dobrynin provided assurances he would not violate bail conditions The case began Oct 29 1963 when Ivanov and John W Butenko were arrested and the FBI seized documents related to a secret Air Force project involving the Strategic Air Command Butenko received 30 years in prison and remains confined
A fire in Hayti Missouri early today destroyed Mack's Bar and Lutder Clothing Store, with city officials estimating losses up to 100000 dollars. No injuries were reported and the cause was not determined. The blaze started around 2 30 a.m. and was under control about two hours later.
Macon couple Ward and Cynthia McDaniel celebrate their 81st wedding anniversary living quietly in a four room Macon home Their ages 102 and 101 mark a life-long partnership with rare odds of 191000000 to 1 reportedly noted by statisticians The pair have received greetings from five U.S presidents and foreign heads of state as they reflect on decades of farming and family in Missouri
Cyril McDaniel announced that his deaf but visually able parents will close their Macon house this month and move to Columbia to live with their son and daughter-in-law, ending a long chapter of their life.
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