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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1975
Page
9
Daily weather outlook for Ledgerland Missouri and surrounding area notes a slight chance of showers with highs near 90. Public safety and court notices list two vehicle collisions, a burglary incident, and several magistrate and circuit court actions along with livestock market data and farm futures.
In Baton Rouge Louisiana House action ends ERA ratification for the session. A committee rejected the bill 8-7 and the full House purged the measure from files. It marks the third straight year the legislature has failed to ratify the proposed constitutional amendment.
Boston AP report says the Ford administration plans to admit hundreds of Chilean political prisoners as refugees on a case by case basis. State Department official cited 4,000 to 5,000 detainees, with some held up to 21 months, and said no known Communists could enter.
London AP reports Britain's inflation soared to a record 25 percent over the past year, reflecting sharp price rises across the economy and affecting households and businesses nationwide.
Over the counter listings show Wetterau at bid 14 and 14 percent asked. NYSE results include Bobble Brooks at 2 percent, 900 shares. Combustion Engineering at 53 percent, 14,800 shares. Dresser Industries at 66 percent, 8,700. Emerson Electric 37 percent down. Interco unchanged. Kaiser Aluminum 26 percent up. Panhandle Eastern 29 percent down. Ralston Puma 41 percent unchanged. US Gypsum common 16 percent up. US Gypsum preferred 22 percent up. Wal-Mart up 1 percent to 22 percent with 4,000 shares. Dow Jones Thursday close at $19.31. The noon Dow fell 2.59 to 16.72 as NYSE losers edged gainers 3-2 amid rate and capital concerns. ASX market value index slipped to 89, down .01. NYSE composite over 1,500 stocks at 47.68, down .07. coal stocks slump tied to steel demand.
President Ford signed a 15 billion dollar supplemental appropriations bill freeing delayed GI education checks for 219,278 veterans and 50 dollar checks for 34 million Social Security and railroad retirement recipients. The measure ends a rail funding dispute, funds dozens of agencies, and aims to mail June veteran checks promptly.
A Missouri Senate bill proposes a 10 member legislature and 15 citizen panel to study how state agencies create rules and report findings by December 1976. The measure pauses a controversial repeal power, while another bill would require a Missouri Registry printing all agency rules.
In Audrain Circuit Court Janet Ashcroft and Thomas Osborne file a petition seeking $2,403.75 in delinquent sales tax from Dick Dean Crouch, former Park and Shop owner. Park and Shop was recently bought by Smiley's IGA, with Ed Juenemann as manager. The suit claims three percent tax on the purchase price plus a 10 percent penalty and interest, covering Oct 1 1874 to May 23 1975, and seeks judgment for the total plus interest.
Ford Motor Co reports 25 percent fewer sales in the first 10 days of June vs 1974, with 36,870 cars sold compared with 49,262 a year earlier. AMC shows a rise to 8,590 from 8,069 in the same span. Industry analysts peg total four-company sales at 145,000 to 150,000, down 11 to 14 percent from 1974.
Financier Arnholt Smith, confidant to former President Nixon, pleaded no contest to defrauding the U.S. National Bank he ran for 40 years. Judge Schnacke gave a two year suspended sentence, two years probation, and a $30,000 fine. Prosecutor Reese lamented prison was avoided.
Garden club members from Nature's Helpers work on the triangle on Highway 22 near Morris Street with city aid to smooth paths and decorate existing plantings. A. P. Green Refractories Co will furnish brick to line the beds within a week as the club plans a red white and blue floral display for the bicentennial.
Rep. Walter Flowers of Alabama says White House confirms that David Mathews president of the University of Alabama will be nominated as secretary of the US Health, Education and Welfare Department. Flowers expects the nomination to reach the Senate in about two weeks.
In Jackson Mississippi both sides regret a mistrial in the Charles Evers federal income tax case. Prosecutors vow new efforts to convict him after a four day trial collapse triggered by a witness remark. Evers, 52, planned to pursue the Democratic state Senate nomination as trial ended.
Mary Harrison a 23 year old manager of a downtown sandwich shop refused to be short changed after a man in Kansas City tried to short her on a coffee deal. He assaulted her and she noted his car license before police arrested James Earl Taylor 44 on common assault charges. Police seized the five dollar bill as evidence.
Off duty police, firemen and 24 other unions handed out pamphlets to travelers at Kennedy Airport to protest budget crisis layoffs. Despite court orders against the campaign, union leaders vowed to follow the law. The leaflets show a skull and the line Welcome to Fear City as unions warn of drastic cuts in a crisis budget.
Senator Ike Skelton of Lexington, sponsor of the bill, declined to comment on 20 changes but noted two or three cause concern, including a proposed legalization of homosexuality for people 18 and older. He remained optimistic that the 140-year-old code could be revised this session, with changes taking effect October 1, 1977 after more than six years of work by the legislature and a special commission.
In a May 21 report to Ford the committee urged indefinite 12 percent investment tax credits for utilities and tax deferral on dividends reinvested in new common stock. It urged extending five year fast tax writeoffs for pollution controls and coal plant conversions, plus looser environmental limits to boost domestic energy output.
The New York Times reported Ford at a White House luncheon used the word assassinations in CIA talks. CBS and others echoed concerns about CIA domestic actions and possible assassination plots. The Rockefeller Commission noted a 1953 death after drug exposure. The New York Daily News alleged CIA ties to NYPD and a CIA seminar for detectives in 1972, plus burglaries tied to anti Castro activists.
Mrs Josephine Glover of Auxvasse a Hawthorne School fourth grade teacher in Mexico has been chosen among Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America for 1975 The teachers were selected for professional personal and academic achievement Glover will have a biography in a book and compete for one of five national 500 awards
Nick Hentoff, 14, won a March auction for a vellum document signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The item announced George Gale's appointment as Supervisor for the United States in the District of Maryland, with the bid totaling $2,200. The sale took place in New York, and Nat Hentoff is the writer connected to the event.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger may resume Middle East shuttle diplomacy next month if Israel and Egypt narrow gaps on Sinai terms. Rabin’s Jerusalem visit boosts talks but Ford’s final decision hinges on post summit reviews. Assad and Hussein call for Arab unity amid Israeli occupation concerns.
Getty Oil Co reports a major discovery near Creola Alabama hailed as the Southeast's most exciting find in two decades. The Lyles Hatter 4-10 No. 1 produced 5 million cubic feet of gas daily and over 1500 barrels of condensate with high gravity oil, near Getty's Peter Kline 3-14 No. 1 site, as tests continue to map potential reserves and impact on supplies.
Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p.m. today for Mrs. Lewis Callaway at the Arnold Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Jones officiating and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs. John Willer was to be the organist. Pallbearers were to be Don Bule, Tom Gantt, Harvey Turner, Roy Stevens, Kenneth J. Wilson and George Neale Sr.
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