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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1976
Page
4
In Lisbon Portugal Socialists form government after 27 months of carousel rule following 1974 revolution. Mario Soares 51 sworn in with Socialist cabinet as Gen Antonio Ramalho Eanes promises firm action against unrest and economic woes. Soares rejects broad coalition calls.
Rep Allan Howe vows to stay in the Utah 2nd District race despite a guilty verdict on soliciting sex from police decoys. He plans an appeal after a jury of three women and one man found him guilty. Judge Uno fined him 150 dollars and 30 days, suspended on payment. bail set at 300. State leaders urged him to quit. Howe insists on his innocence and will fight on.
Angier Biddle Duke announces his resignation as New York City's official greeter to take a larger role in Democratic presidential and senatorial campaigns. Duke, 60, formerly US chief of protocol under Kennedy and Johnson, has long served as ambassador to Spain, Denmark, and El Salvador. In 1974 Mayor Beame named him ceremonial commissioner of public events and later chairman of the NYC Democratic Committee.
In Jefferson City Secretary of State James Kirkpatrick lauded Democratic editors for better campaign issue coverage and informed voters. U S Representatives Symington and Litton attended, with talks on defense, agriculture, rural doctors, welfare, and party integrity. Warren Hearnes was absent. Betty Hearnes attended. Cason criticized Governor Bond's blind trust filing, noting lack of disclosed values.
INDIANAPOLIS AP The Midwestern Governors Conference opens Sunday with 14 governors and aides, focusing on federal relations energy education and agriculture. Attendees include Republican Otis Bowen and Democrats Richard Knelp Wendell Anderson and more. A PCB study and interstate higher education cooperation are proposed. Two children died in St Louis from a bedroom fire caused by an electrical cord and window air conditioner.
At the University of Missouri Columbia campus from September 7 to 10, a mass vaccination for swine flu will be offered to students, staff, faculty, and their families. Dr. William Galeota, head of Student Health Service, notes plans depend on timely vaccine delivery and adequate quantities, with seven air injector guns provided by the State Division of Health. Two killed virus vaccines will be used for different age groups, and egg allergies are advised to consider before inoculation.
Greek and Turkish forces tense as the Turkish research vessel Seismic 1 sails from Istanbul toward the Aegean to conduct seismic research. Greece protests rights to open seas while Turkey asserts continental shelf claims and vows protection against interference.
Congress voted to end the home office deduction for most taxpayers while exempting employees lacking office space from their bosses. The Senate Finance Committee trimmed the broader tax package by removing 11 of 73 targeted business cuts, saving about 175 million from a 1 billion annual package and advancing changes to alimony and sick-pay rules, with a permanent 1.7 billion small business tax cut.
The 220 acre Iman Brothers Farm near Hatton Missouri is offered with 60 acres east of M Highway and balance west. Bids start at 88000 sealed in writing to Holt Krumm Hamilton Shryock by August 13 1976. Auction August 14 1976 at 10 AM with bidding open to those with sealed bids only. Buyer assumes 1976 taxes and 10 percent earnest accompanies bids. For details contact attorneys at Fulton Missouri.
More than half of the 182 cadets charged in the U S Military Academy cheating scandal press a united defense. Six cadets held a Friday news conference alleging West Point officials violated their constitutional rights while Col Gilbert Kirby defends the prosecution system as properly administered. Civilian lawyer Michael Rose claims the academy breached its own regulations by replacing the honor committee with the Internal Review Panel, arguing contradictions in punishments and process.
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