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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1970
Page
1
Cambodian border fighting claims eight American dead as two U S hel icopters were shot down near the border. Civilian casualties mount in Saigon Phnom Penh reports say South Vietnamese and U S forces push offensives while refugees reach repatriation centers.
Louis Armstrong, born July 4 1900 in New Orleans, will turn 70. A Shrine Auditorium concert planned with proceeds for a Louis Armstrong Statue Fund and many jazz legends expected to attend. Overseas tributes also noted for the famed trumpeter.
Antiwar senators vote to curb funds for future U S troop operations in Cambodia after Nixon sent troops without Congress input. Cooper Church amend ment to the Military Sales Bill advances to battle in the House as draft lottery determines the fate of two million young men.
Washington AP Congress overrode President Nixon's veto of a 2.76 billion Hill Burton hospital construction bill by 76 to 19 in the Senate, after House passage 279 to 98. The measure funds 1.26 billion in grants over three years with 1.5 billion in guaranteed loans, marking a shift toward enforceable grant spending amid inflation debates.
Sen Mondale and Sen Bayh urged higher spending for Pentagon and space programs to free funds for hospital facilities. They cited Nixon’s July health message warning of a massive medical care crisis and argued the Hill-Burton veto contradicted the president’s earlier call for immediate action.
The first of six prenatal classes starts at 7 30 tonight at the East Central Missouri Mental Health Center east of Audrain Hospital on Monroe Street. The program helps expectant parents prepare for the new baby with five more sessions at the same time and place each Wednesday. Financial support comes from the National Foundation and the classes are run by Audrain Hospital nurses and Audrain City County Health Unit staff along with community members.
In Las Vegas at the International Hotel Perry Como reported a highly pleasing reception during his first nightclub appearance in 36 years. The 58 year old singer said he was nervous but surprised by the enormous audience response and vowed to stay active. Also in the news Roosevelt and Felicia Warburg Sarnoff planned to wed, with a honeymoon believed set for Europe aboard the liner France after a Juarez divorce. Pope Paul VI marked his coronation anniversary with hundreds of messages as Vatican staff enjoyed a day off. Teresa Brewer reported a diamond ring and gold necklace stolen from her hotel suite at the Frontier Hotel where she is performing.
AP dispatches report Missouri state government facing a tight fiscal year with 970.998 million short of the predicted 613.377 million revenue after July. Sales and income tax figures lag, cigarette tax yields exceed expectations, and a new fiscal year budget relies on underperforming revenues despite current public schooling aid earmarks. London notes Quintin Hogg receives a life peerage as Lord Hailsham to head the judiciary, with a gathered 47.5 million cigarette tax result and about 3 million less general revenue than prior year.
Jefferson City reports long frustrations over low salaries and a tight budget as state hospital employees and the Division of Mental Health fail to resolve a labor contract. Overtime pay dispute and back wages cited, with strikes possible at multiple hospitals and the state school. Union argues for wage increases and mediation.
The Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily except Sundays and holidays. It provides postal address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265 and pricing for mail subscriptions, carrier delivery, and military members, along with office hours from Monday to Friday and Saturday morning.
Arthur Flacker of Union City New Jersey uncle of Mrs Jjweitzer Mexico Rte 2 joins travelers. At the fair, James Worstell from Mexico leads tractor pulling, Mrs Wax Oliver of Montgomery City directs home economics, and Glen Mauvin of Fulton oversees harness horse racing.
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