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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1973
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 2.1 percent rise in the wholesale price index from April, pushing annual wholesale inflation to about 25.2 percent. Farm products lead gains with a 6.1 percent jump, continuing a tightening trend amid Phase 3 anti inflation efforts.
Jefferson City Missouri AP Rep Fred DeField of Charleston led four southeast Missouri lawmakers to demand a meeting with Gov Christopher S Bond about the Cape Girardeau flood emergency They said the governor hurriedly ended the session to see a St Louis legislator seeking a job DeField said the governor ignored the people in distress Bond aides disputed the account saying the meeting lasted 20 minutes and more county information was needed to aid flood victims with Clemency requests also noted by Rep F Cline from Sikeston for Stoddard County data collection.
Pensacola Florida AP Two of the first eight women admitted to the Navy flight training program have dropped out. Ensign Jo Anne Hellman quit after marrying Navy Lt James Wilsey of Los Angeles. Ensign Kathleen McNary of Plainfield Tennessee was dropped as physically unqualified for flying. Ensign Rosemary Memms of San Diego married Ensign Douglas Conatser, another student, and remains in the program.
President Nixon will deliver the commencement address at Florida Technological University in Orlando on Friday. He will stop there on the way to his Key Biscayne home for the weekend, with Deputy White House Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren cautioning against predicting the speech topic or a Watergate forum.
Saigon reports a fourth day of Communist assaults in the Mekong Delta with heavy clashes near Kien Thien. The army says 46 attackers were killed and government losses were 3 dead and 16 wounded amid ongoing fierce fighting since Sunday.
In Amoret Missouri two men are being held in a case involving Cecil and Dorothy Gaston. Witnesses say the Gastons were abducted from their Bates County home between 5 and 6:30 pm and later found unharmed near Amoret on Highway 52. Authorities from Missouri and Kansas collaborate as the investigation continues.
The Veterans Administration office on wheels will tour Missouri communities and stop in Mexico on Tuesday June 12 from 10 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. The red white and blue mobile unit will offer on the spot help for veterans and dependents with claims and benefits. A Missouri Employment Service representative will provide job counseling. P 8 Pollock, VA regional director in St Louis, says the National Assistance for Veterans program aims to bring services to veterans, including those in rural areas, and the program began in 1972 in Austin Texas with nine tours planned this month across 10 states.
Missouri lawmakers wrestle with a 2 billion dollar budget for 1973 74 as the Senate passes a 52 million capital improvements bill and the House backs a 35 million higher total. Law requires all appropriations to reach the governor a week before adjournment on June 15 while debates over higher education welfare corrections and mental health funding continue.
Mexico Park Board president Don Decker spoke at the Audrain Pachyderms noon meeting at the Air Park Pilot Lounge on the proposed $250000 park bond to be voted on Tuesday.
President Nixon rode the Potomac aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia with Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. White House chief of staff, former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally now a special adviser, and Bryce Harlow the former White House congressional liaison head.
Police probe the death of oil executive George Franklin Getty II son of J Paul Getty with no immediate foul play evidence. He died after being admitted to Queen of Angels Hospital from a chest injury and cerebral hemorrhage autopsy results awaited.
The UN famine early warning system reports a red alert as FAO lists 28 drought hit countries. Prolonged dry spells, the worst in 26 years, have devastated cattle and crops across Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, threatening food shortages and malnutrition for millions.
The Mexico Audrain County Library and City P.T.A. will start the summer reading program Monday. Children in grades 1 to 6 may register next week, and those who read at least 20 books qualify for a late August party. Mrs Anabel Gooch chairs the program for the P.T.A.
Two armed men in their early 20s held up an armored car in South Daytona Florida after a delivery to a supermarket. They demanded the guard’s bag and fled in a waiting car, escaping with only empty money bags.
Space center reports Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz are nearly as fit as before launch after 13 days in orbit. Tests show heart rate blood pressure and breathing near preflight baselines with exercise endurance similar to baseline. Large spacecraft design and lack of motion sickness contribute to their condition, a Skylab flight surgeon said.
State librarian Charles O Halloran and assistant Susanna Alexander attended the Mexico Audrain County Library trustees meeting. The board elected Rev. Robert Collins as chairman Mrs Ernest Gantt as vice chair and Howard Maxwell as treasurer. Circulation rose in May across Mexico and all branches, with guests Mrs Beynon and Mrs Courtney present.
Two Mexico residents were elected to campus offices at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Bill Crews was chosen president of the College Republican organization, while Ronnie Shocks was elected treasurer of Sigma Zeta, the national honor society for science and mathematics students.
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