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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
8
In Virginia City Nevada conservationists descended on a hidden canyon trap built to catch wild mustangs. They toppled the crude device consisting of boxes wires and chutes after storming the area. The group included locals and about 25 high school and college students from Reno.
The Kiwanis Club heard of Sing Out Mexico a music program linked to Up with People and wild horses near Virginia City Nevada. About 60 youths from sixth grade through high school participated. guests included Clark Mefford and Marjorie Purthorne among others as the event highlighted energy and community action surrounding the mustangs.
New York AP Arthur Treacher, once typecast as a dour English butler, says he will quit the Merv Griffin show to resume acting and focus on managing his restaurant business. The 76 year old actor marked a bizarre moment during a taping, noting his last regular appearance would be August 14.
A congressional study warns a compact suitcase atomic weapon could be plausible, challenging the Safeguard plan for the ABM system. The group argues such a device, potentially small enough to be carried by one person, could be used in nuclear blackmail and complicate defense planning, while noting operational drawbacks and security risks.
Columbia voters rejected a proposed 38 cent per $1000 increase in the school tax with 59.7 percent against, tallying 3,200 to 2,163, while Bethany residents approved a $275,000 general obligation bond 793 to 11 to fund a Lambert Manufacturing Co. plant for caps.
Washington AP Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri says presidential commissions should be used sparingly and their recommendations acted on. He argues commissions are often created as a substitute for action and to take heat off from addressing problems.
Eagleton criticizes blue ribbon study groups like the Kettner Eisenhower and Campus Unrest commissions as duplicative and failing to solve poverty discrimination urban decay crime and violence. He argues commissions can help if used to study specific problems and build support but warns they risk becoming PR gimmicks.
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