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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1974
Page
1
Government data show May wholesale prices rose 1.3 percent seasonally adjusted, with unadjusted up 1.5 percent. Industrial commodities led the gains, while farm product costs fell 2.2 percent for the month. Overall, prices were 16.4 percent higher than a year ago, with metals fuels and chemicals driving most of the rise.
Hebron Lodge 34 AF and AM of Mexico to host the quarterly gathering of the district deputy grand lecturers of North Central Missouri at Burroughs Masonic Temple. Stanton H. Brown grand lecturer will conduct. About 50 deputies expected with the business session at 9 am.
Otterbein cadet David L. Burget graduated last in his class at the U S Military Academy to claim the title class Goat and win 827. He plans to use the money for a Pago Pago vacation. Burget recalls two colonels urging him to improve but says the act was a challenge, not a insult to the academy. He mentions George Custer as a recalled class goat who became a general.
Robert M. White II program chairman will speak on Douglas MacArthur The Man at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Mexico Country Club Friday. White served on General MacArthur staff during World War I.
Mrs Fern Lemasters is named teacher coordinator of the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing to replace retiring Peggy Sterner RN. Lemasters trained at Rochester Mayo and Iowa programs, with a nursing career including University of Iowa Hospital, Van Buren Memorial, Fairfield schools, and Iowa Methodist Hospital later directing student nurses and health services.
Two ecologists say increasing rainfall acidity endangers East Coast farming and woodlands despite pollution controls. In Science, Likens and Bormann attribute rising acidity to smokestack scrubbers removing visible particles, noting levels up to 1,000 times normal over two decades and accelerated corrosion of structures.
A flag ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday near the Girl Scout cabin in Plunkett Park marks the start of the Mexico Girl Scout Day Camp with daily sessions through the week. Activities include nature crafts hikes outdoor skills campfire cooking dancing singing and an ecology project. Bring A Buddy Day highlights the schedule and safety rules.
Missouri Clean Water Commission revises a priority list to allocate up to 60 million in federal funds for sewage treatment. The May 22 hearing led to reductions and reordering. Bourbon may set funding cutoff as 16 million is withheld for cost increases. Top projects shifted, delaying several large secondary treatment efforts beyond the July 1, 1977 deadline.
The Missouri Municipal and Grants Commission considers 60 projects totaling 59.5 million dollars with Independence as the cutoff. St Louis Metropolitan Sewer District, St Peters and Washington reduce requests, allowing Independence to fund two thirds of its 4.6 million project if reserves are kept at five million. Disputes arise over a 963000 St Peters request duplicating services of nearby utilities. Bucklin protests lack of notice on changed rating priorities and missing May 22 testimony.
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