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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1975
Page
5
A scrambled newspaper crossword puzzle page includes across and down clues with numerous misspellings and garbled entries. It also lists price figures and payment terms for classifieds, followed by a note that ads must be prepaid and a call to place ads.
The FTC says six cigarette companies violated a health warning agreement and asks the Justice Department to pursue civil penalties. The vote was 4 to 1 to seek action. Mayo J. Thompson noted possible $10,000 daily penalties and listed violations including warning sizes on ads and vending machines and foreign language warnings. Firms named include American Brands, Brown and Williamson, Liggett and Myers, Lorillard, Philip Morris, and K. J Reynolds.
Jurors resume deliberations in the bribery conspiracy trial of former Sen. Edward J. Gurney and three co defendants. They left a white sack containing 56000 in cash behind the government exhibit but were later located by the clerk. The case centers on a Florida builder funded political influence and FHA favors. Co defendants include aide Joseph Bastien and former FHA officials Ralph Koontz and K Wayne Swiger. All deny the charges.
Two Chicago physicians report cases of patients swallowing pull tabs from beverage cans. A tab blocked an airway and another moved through the digestive tract. one was retrieved endoscopically. They advise holding the tab until drinking is finished to avoid injury and litter.
Nevada judge Robert Stone McFarland, born in Paris Missouri, died July 20 at a Nevada golf course. He served Vernon County as magistrate and probate judge since 1966, established his Nevada law office in 1939, and held roles including municipal judge and city attorney. Survived by wife Verna, daughter Margaret Workman of Paris, three brothers Edward, Maurice, Marshall, and two grandchildren. Burial in Calvary Cemetery, Nevada.
Former Israeli premier Golda Meir sues Commentary magazine in New York for 3 million dollars accusing the publication of libel by alleging she supplied Josef Stalin with a list of Soviet Jews who would fight in Israel’s war of independence and that Stalin sent them to concentration camps. Meir says any award will aid Jewish immigrants to Israel.
Off Catalina Island a 14 foot great white shark weighing about 1000 pounds was landed after being harpooned. Biologists found two harbor seals weighing 175 and 125 pounds in its stomach. Sea World, Scripps and the San Diego Natural History Museum expressed interest in the specimen.
Time magazine refused to sign a government drafted censorship statement in New Delhi and announced it would withdraw its correspondent David Aikman. Several major outlets including Newsweek Washington Post London Times Telegraph BBC and VOA did not sign, while NYT joined those that did. The statement requires reporters to accept censorship guidelines and responsibility for their reports.
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