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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
12
Mr and Mrs Harold R Edwards have converted the Whitaker Hospital on Fifth Street into the Whitaker Home a boarding house. The three story 36 bed facility opened June 27 with 13 patients and 24 hour staffing led by managers Dorothy Ehrett and Orpha Mae Perfater.
The Agriculture Department issued an illustrated leaflet on finding and eradicating wild marijuana. It notes wild hemp grows in moist woodlands and uncultivated areas and recommends spraying with 2 4 D while warning against exposure to children food and livestock. 500000 copies were printed and the leaflet costs 10 cents each or 5 50 per 100. County extension offices will distribute.
Whitney M. Young Jr. of the National Urban League urged a united black coalition to meet white leaders and negotiate social change. He spoke at the league’s 60th annual convention in New York, saying a broad consensus across groups from Black Panthers to Black Baptists is needed to address racism and materialism shaping the American dream.
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