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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1971

Page

10

Bill Exempts Welfare Folk From Sales Tax

Jefferson City AP report shows Senate proposals including exempting welfare recipients from sales tax with ID cards, a uniform consumer credit code capping interest rates, and a constitutional plan to place a $475 million highway bond issue before voters if a fuel tax is increased. Bills cover bank facility reach, merit system goals, hospital revenue bonds, higher education aid, and aging homestead tax exemptions.

Jefferson City Missouri Senate Franklin Payne D-St. Louis Albert M. Spradling Dcape Girardeau Consumers Credit Code Missouri Retailers Association Spraching Spradling Little Hoover’’ Commission House Commission On Higher Education Kansas Kansas City Blue Cross Blue Shield State Insurance Division

Missouri House Debates Bills on Labor, Voting, and Holidays

The state Senate and House advance proposals including NLRA related labor plans, utilities commission oversight for condemning property, and funding for schools from federal revenue sharing. New bills set MLK Jr. Day for Jan 15, allow 18 year olds to donate blood and vote, curb bank control, require interest on deposits, and limit nonresident freshman enrollment to 15 percent with reciprocal agreements.

State Public Service Commission Senate Nixon Martin Luther King Jr

Rural Job Bill Reintroduced Aims at Rural Growth

In Washington a Rural Job Development Act reemerged offering 7 percent tax credit on machinery and real estate, accelerated depreciation, and a 50 percent wage training deduction. Eligibility requires no harm to other areas, hiring half the workforce locally, and targeting regions with low income or job decline, with Indian reservations auto-qualifying.

Washington James B. Pearson Kan Senate Finance Committee

Extension Adds Five New Audrain Extension Members

Audrain County University Extension Council certifies five new members elected by mail. From Saling Township: Bobby Dale McBride. Wilson: Mrs. Wayne Shellabarger. Salt River: Mrs. John Rudasill. South Fork: Mrs. Ed Hesterburg. Prairie: William Azdell. Linn: Joe Becker. Cuivie: Mrs. E. L. Northcutt. Loutre: Mrs. Wayne Robertson. Northcutt and Azdell currently serve. New Foundation Board members Charles G. Wilson, Martin Maxwell, Mrs. Lester Arens and Lindell Davenport were also elected. The council plans to organize Feb 25 and assume duties March 1.

Audrain County University Extension Council Council Saling Township Bobby Dale McBride Wilson Wayne Shellabarger Salt River John Rudasill South Fork Ed Hesterburg Prairie William Azdell Linn Joe Becker Loutre E. L. Northcutt Cuivie Wayne Robertson Northcutt Charles G. Wilson Martin Maxwell Lester Arens Lindell Davenport Route D University Extension Council

Dior Holds Line At The Knee In Spring Couture

Paris Dior rejects short shorts trend and showcases knee length bermudas in its haute couture collection. Skirt lengths stay about two inches below the knee for day wear and at the ankle for evening.

Paris Dior

Cause of Pvt Mead's Death Confirmed Pneumonia

Military authorities at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri announced that laboratory tests confirmed Pvt Donald Joseph Mead age 19 from Kansas City Kansas died of bacterial pneumonia not meningitis. He died at the fort hospital on Monday.

FT. Leonard Wood, Mo Pvt Donald Joseph Mead Kansas City Kan Mead Fort Hospital

Wellsville Personal News Notes and Community Updates

Personal news from Wellsville reports the birth of Anita Kaye Davis at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis to Nelson and Anita Davis with weights of 8 pounds 1 ounce. Davis is a vocational agriculture teacher at R-1 High School and Mrs. Davis taught kindergarten locally last year. Grandparents and great grandparents are named. The piece also covers a local Jaycees membership drive adding Harold Christian Dan Yelton and Sam Haislip, visitors from Hermann, plans for a Red Cross Bloodmobile event on Feb 8 and a Chicken Barbecue on Feb 13, plus a note of Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Willis Wilkinson of Cuba with Rev and Mrs Clarence Smith.

Page Nelson Davis Anita Kaye St. John’s Mercy Hospital St. Louis Davis R-1 High School Jeff Scaggs Sam Toppins Annapolis D. B. Hellman Slater E. C. Davis Napton Diagcees Harold Christian Dan Yelton Sam Haislip Robert Oliver Hermann Roger Bloomer Don Bushman Alvin Batley J. W. Jackson Darrell Miller Willis Wilkingon Cuba Clarence Smith

Personal News of Paris: Mrs. Cook obituary details

Mrs. Cook, in her late 60s, daughter of Frank and Dolly Harrison Morgan, lived in the Paris area. She and her late husband Mr. Cook once ran Paris Monument Works and the local abattoir and frozen food locker. Surviving are son Bob and daughter Helen Cook of Illinois. Body taken to Boulder, Colorado for burial.

Bob Kansas City

Senate confirms Morton as Secretary of the Interior

The Senate confirmed Rogers C. Morton, former GOP chairman, as the new Secretary of the Interior in a Nixon administration appointment. Morton succeeds current holdover in a cabinet post tied to energy and land management. The confirmation comes amid ongoing debates over conservation and resource policy.

Senate Washington Senate Today Nixon Rogers C B. Morton Secretary of the Interior

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