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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1974

Page

5

Hunger strikes end for IRA sisters and companions

London AP report: Price sisters Dolours and Marion and three other IRA members end hunger strikes after liquid meals. Hugh Feeney Gerard Kelly and Frank Stagg, all in UK prisons, resume nourishment. five remain in fair condition. IRA mourns Michael Gaughan with a funeral plan in Ballina.

London Price Sisters Irish Republican Army Home Office Hugh Feeney Gartree Gerard Kelly Wormwood Scrubbs Frank Stagg Parkhurst Isle of Wight Dolours Marion Price Feeney Kelly Stagg Coventry Michael Gaughan IRA Gaughan Dublin

Council Bill Will Formalize Refuse Plan

Mexico City Council meets Monday at 7 30 p m in council chambers. Agenda includes third reading of an ordinance banning parking on the north side of Liberty from Elmwood Drive east for 595 feet. New business covers first reading of Bill No 74 33 placing garbage disposal on the city and cooperation with the housing authority for local grants in aid. also first reading to approve Huntington Park subdivision No 3 and dedicating adjacent streets.

Mexico City City of Mexico Liberty Elmwood Drive Housing Authority Huntington Park

Horses Found Starving Near Maddox Shelter

In Winfield Missouri the Missouri Humane Society found two horses near starvation at Foley after a tip the animals were abandoned by Charles Maddox. Maddox, already charged with cruelty to animals in the deaths of about 200 dogs and cats, has not been seen since an arrest warrant was issued Thursday. He operated the Humane Society shelter in Lincoln and St. Charles counties where the other animals were found.

Winfield, Mo Charles Maddox Missouri Humane Society Foley Here Maddox The Humane Society of Lincoln St. Charles Counties

Rec Program Gets Under Way

Summer recreation in Mexico opens with Boys baseball at Hardin Junior High and Plunkett Park from 9 to noon Monday through Friday. Supervisors include Jim Marley and Lewis Melahn with craft activities at McMillan School and Plunkett Parks. Various art dance guitar drama and Red Cross swimming instruction run June to July under named facilitators Debbie Deason Julie Copeland and others. Gym facilities open for basketball and weight lifting in mid June with schedules through July.

Mexico Hardin Junior High Plunkett Park Jim Marley Lewis Melahn McMillan School Plunkett Garfield Lafayette Lakeview Ounda Margaret Duncan Jo Lynn Goff Nancy Ollis Donna Davis Eleanor Vaughan Debbie Deason Lawrence Shelter House Julie Copeland Shell Red Cross Park Arthur Hills

US Pressure Hurting Jews

Secretary of State Kissinger says congressional pressure may be shrinking Soviet Jewish emigration. May visa drop about 25 percent follows 1973 totals of 35,000. Geneva figures show five months in 1974 behind 1973. Panov case noted amid emigration debate as hearings proceed with protests and a closed room.

Washington Soviet Union Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger Senate Foreign Relations Committee George McGovern D-S. C Congress Henry M. Jackson Moscow Nixon U.S Vietnam

Panov and wife cleared to emigrate from Soviet Union

Valery Panov a famed Kirov dancer and his wife Galina win permission to leave Russia after a two year struggle. They were told to report to the Leningrad visa office. Observers link the timing to Nixon's Moscow visit and Congress debates on Soviet trade. Panov says he faced artistic suppression and arrests since their dismissal in 1972.

Senate House Geneva Switzerland Intergovernmental Committee On European Migration Soviet Union Israel Valery Galina Panov Panov Leningrad Moscow Valery Panov Galina United States Nixon Congress Alexander Solzhenitsyn Kirov Ballet Company Kirov Russia

Napier Elected Chairman of Audrain County Jail Board

Robert Napier was elected chairman of the Audrain County Board of Visitors for jails at the circuit court meeting. He succeeds G. Andy Runge. Mrs. Lewis DeHart was elected secretary, with Dr. Elenore Schewe and James Landry on the board. Judge George P. Adams will appoint a new member to replace Mrs. William Courtney, who resigned. The board, named two years ago, has visited jails and foster homes and advised on juvenile facility improvements.

Robert Napier Board of Visitors Audrain G. Andy Runge Lewis DeHart Elenore Schewe James Landry George P. Adams William Courtney Adams

Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing Commencement

The 17th class graduation in the Fellowship Hall of the Methodist Church featured Rev. Patrick G. Dolan as principal speaker and led to diplomas and pins for graduates. Scholarships were awarded to three former graduates, and a class gift of $100 to the Peggy Sterner Scholarship Fund was announced amid a standing ovation.

Patrick G. Dolan Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing Methodist Church Father Dolan L. Buford Thomas Woodrow Lee Audrain Medical Center H. J. Nesheim Jacqueline Bishop Susan Bolton Donna Butcher Angela Desjardins Colleen Epps Irene Exendine Doris Fischer Merri Todd Tina Grimes Deborah Harlow Brenda Higgenbotham Harriet Knipp Carol Maupin Carol McCormack Linda Simcoe Cindy Smith Jennifer Smith Mary Walkup Linda Wright Guy Pitts Davis Hart Mexico Area LPN Mexico

Judge Revokes Grand Jury Order in Watergate Papers

WASHINGTON AP A federal judge lifted the secrecy order on grand jury papers naming Nixon as an unindicted co conspirator in the Watergate cover up. Supreme Court review may determine public release timing as other judges warn Nixon over withheld records ahead of the Ellsberg break in trial. The DC Circuit refuses to disqualify Sirica from the cover up trial amid bias disputes involving Mitchell Ehrlichman Colson and Liddy related to the Fielding break in.

Washington Grand Jury President Nixon Supreme Court U.S. District Court John J. Sirica James D. St. Clair Nixon Leon Jaworski Gerhard A. Gesell Ellsberg U.S. Circuit Court For District of Columbia Sirica Atty John N. Mitchell White House Gordon Strachan John D. Ehrlichman Kenneth W. Parkinson Charles W. Colson Gesell Ehrlichman G. Gordon Liddy Daniel Eltsberg Lewis Fielding Fielding William Frates St. Clair

US and Saudi Arabia sign broad economic and military pact

United States and Saudi Arabia sign a pact to expand economic cooperation and strengthen military ties. The four joint working groups will address industrialization, manpower and education, science and research, and agricultural development, with a Saudi audience for U S technical assistance and a review of defense programs.

Washington United States Saudi Arabia Henry Kissinger Fahd U.S Kissinger United Nations Joint Commission On Economic Cooperation Treasury William Bk Simon Mohamed Abu Khail

Albert Douglas Dies Here Today

Albert Douglas 79 of 417 E Central St died at 9 30 a m today at the Allen Nursing Home Funeral services are pending at Arnold Funeral He was born Sept 9 18 in Pike County He was a veteran of World War I He was survived by a nephew Charles W Rudd of Eolia and had lived in Mexico since 1926 He belonged to the Second Baptist Church and worked as a laborer for A P Green Refractories Co before retirement.

Albert Douglas E. Central St Allen Nursing Home Arnold Funeral Home Mr. Douglas Pike County Tracy May Douglas Douglas A. P. Green Refractories Co Charles W. Rudd Eolia Mexico Second Baptist Church

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