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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1975
Page
1
Washington AP reports the nations economic output slipped only fractionally in Q2, marking a stabilizing trend after the longest postwar recession. GNP fell at a 0.3 percent annual rate, inflation cooled to 5.1 percent, real disposable income rose, and per capita savings reached about 10.6 percent.
In Portland the Kokomo Plan or LACRES aims to measure routes by miles steps and loads then assign workloads by computer. Union leaders warn it could cost 15 000 jobs and threaten a nationwide walkout if not halted after August reviews.
Washington AP reports a near settlement in the railroad labor dispute as marathon talks continue with Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and major railroads. Federal mediator W J Usery Jr and union president C L Dennis say progress, with final issues centered on cost of living wage increases vacations for low seniority workers and health benefits. Postal talks also loom as Postmaster Bailor and Darrell Brown seek a mutully satisfactory deal before Sunday deadline.
Two Audrain County medical programs received Missouri Regional Medical Program funds for 1975 76. The Community Base Hypertension Project of the City County Health Unit got 13956 50 dollars to run through December. Audrain Medical Center received 3525 dollars to continue emergency medical personnel training for ambulance attendants and other staff.
The House seeks to appoint a new intelligence panel after rejecting moves to end its separate inquiry. Reports link CIA funded LSD experiments in Texas and possible mind altering drug tests by Army and Maryland Medical School in the late 1950s.
A UCLA dentistry professor describes a brace based system to alter facial growth in children around age ten. By plotting 12 facial points, a computer predicts the 16 year old face and guides early treatment with removable braces costing about 1500 dollars to steer jaw and lip development and avoid later jaw surgery.
Miami AP report says 24 year old Anthony George Townsend, a Miami Dade College student with a history of mental illness, started a fire in a rear lavatory of National Airlines flight 1601 and died from smoke inhalation. No other injuries. plane diverted but landed safely in Jacksonville. Townsend had prior psychiatric care and reported hearing voices.
In Raleigh North Carolina the first Black juror joins the Joan Little murder trial after the state used three of nine peremptory challenges to remove Black prospects Pecola Jones a 4 year old Black woman was seated despite reservations about capital punishment Prosecutors and defense spar over evidence access and prior statements Hobgood ordered state materials including death scene photographs and clothing for defense review Miss Little 21 a Black defendant faces possible death if convicted of first degree murder for the killing of Clarence Alligood 62
New York AP reports CBS NBC and ABC agreed to provide live telecast of a Soyuz spacecraft landing Monday from deep inside Russia. Coverage would run 6:30 to 7:00 a.m. if all goes well, following Tuesday's historic live launch. NBC researchers estimate 12 million watched the Soyuz takeoff and 30 million viewed the Apollo launch.
State departments face a possible 3 percent budget cut before next June as a $2 million tax shortfall prompts Budget Director Mark Edelman to warn agency heads. The note asks agencies to plan with 97 percent of appropriations and notes reserve funds may not be allotted. Bond's budget team cites weak sales tax and general state tax receipts as the real indicator of the economy. A baby announcement closes the piece, noting Sgt. and Mrs. Robert W. Krouse welcomed a boy at Audrain Medical Center.
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