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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1973
Page
8
President Nixon announced a 60 day price freeze on all consumer goods excluding wages rents and some exemptions. The plan aims to curb inflation while Phase 4 controls tighten standards and require greater compliance with new export and farm measures.
Jeb Stuart Magruder testified at the Senate Watergate hearings that Nixon had no knowledge of the wiretap plan though a White House aide was told of it three months before it happened. He said Mitchell approved the final $250,000 bugging proposal on March 30, 1972, at Key Biscayne Florida after earlier rejections, and that Liddy proposed the plan. Magruder claimed the cover up followed quickly after the wiretaps were detected and that he would plead guilty to one count of conspiracy.
The Mexico Jaycees approved a record 1973-74 operating budget of 54,775.39, the largest in 39 years. President Lewis Brooks Jr. announced a $6,401 increase from the prior year as community service spending reached 51,151.12. The group awarded 553.20 in donations, including 100 to 4-H, 150 to Khoury League, and 303.20 to Handi Shop.
In Jefferson City 40 of 72 Missouri House members favor repealing Sunday sales bans. Rep. Phillip Scaglia notes the House has 163 members and the repeal bill died in committee this session. The law allows only food and drugs sales on Sundays with curio shops exempt. Eleven would circulate petitions for a public vote while 42 would not.
In Elkhorn Wisconsin the old saying surfaces about a child who acts out to attract notice. The line recalls a time when disruptive behavior was a way to get attention in the community.
Washington AP critics vow to push ahead to cut off funds for bombing Cambodia despite Kissinger appeal for time to reach a new agreement. Scott signals personal decision to oppose bombing, while Viet Cong issues cease fire in South Vietnam effective Friday noon Saigon time. Peace talks in Paris produce a provisional framework, with lingering issues of North Vietnamese troop presence in South Vietnam and in Cambodia and Laos unsettled.
Skylab 1 astronauts Weitz Conrad and Kerwin completed the final earth resources photo run of their 28 day mission as clouds obscured much of the planned geologic shots over California Nevada Arizona and New Mexico. Officials weighed another space walk to install a second sun shade as a backup.
Roosevelt W Kinney 68 of 1023 E Whitley Sr Sedalia died at Bothwell Hospital Tuesday evening after a long illness He was WWII veteran retired from A P Green Refractories Mexico and attended International Railway Correspondence Institute in Indianapolis He is survived by son Ronnie Shocks Mexico brother Leroy Kinney Fayette and two sisters Mrs Naomi Snodgrass and Rev Anna M Williams Sedalia Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Green Funeral Home with Rev C A Trotter officiating Burial Elmwood Cemetery
Washington AP report says Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz viewed a federal gasoline tax increase as very unlikely. He had indicated the administration considered boosting the 4 cent per gallon excise tax to curb usage amid shortages, but he ruled out the proposal during a press conference on Nixon's new 60 day price freeze. The option had been discussed in recent weeks amid economy talks.
Mexico Housing Authority voted to raise rent schedules to offset a possible loss of a $20,000 federal subsidy. One bedroom rents jump from $19 to $30, two from $29 to $45, three from $39 to $60, and four from $49 to $75, while 25 percent of adjusted gross income remains the cap for affordable housing. An elderly pensioner may see little change if the 25 percent rule keeps rent steady. The authority projects about $15,000 additional yearly revenue starting Oct. 1 and added a $270,000 West Street site improvement contract for 15 projects.
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