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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1975
Page
1
Ankara asserts Washington must begin negotiations within 90 days on status of U S bases in Turkey amid warnings of staged pullback. Foreign Minister Caglayangit accuses U S actions of unjustness and says Turkey may retaliate by shutting bases and altering military holdings as Cyprus tensions persist.
Missouri Farm Bureau weekly survey shows average food prices dropping on 13 of 23 items. Only four meat items rose with T bone steak at 32.30 per pound and round steak at 1.76, while beef rib and ground beef held near prior levels. Dairy and poultry prices fell, whole milk 1.44 per gallon, 2 percent 1.47, eggs large 63 cents per dozen, medium 51 cents. A 10 pound bag of red potatoes showed the largest increase.
Stephen Miller remains in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center after a motorcycle crash on June 11. He has a fractured right cheek bone, fractured right thumb, severe right knee laceration, fractured right ankle, and multiple scrapes. His brother David Miller received ten stitches and a knee laceration, was treated and released. Stephen is in room 331. the Millers reside at 1009 N Kentucky.
Dial-a-Ride transit programs gain popularity across the country but officials in some areas say they cannot afford to keep them. A Minn program runs on subsidies and aims to attract drivers from private cars, with fares as low as 35 cents. The concept targets fuel savings and mobility for those without cars, yet many projects struggle to cover operating costs despite subsidies.
Seven major natural gas producers were ordered to turn over confidential reserve data to a congressional subcommittee after resisting FTC attempts to obtain the records. The panel seeks whether reserves were understated to influence price ceilings. data due by July 22. Contempt citations possible if records are withheld.
A Missouri crash left two people dead when a 20 ton crane driven by Larry Lang struck a bridge railing and toppled onto a car near Eldon on Highway 52. Paula Anticoli, 11, of Bellevue, Nebraska, and Larry Lang, 26, Independence, Missouri, died in the collision. The parents and a sister of Anticoli were seriously injured. A separate crash near East Prairie trapped 12 year old Larry Woods inside a overturned car.
Denver, a guest on IBC Tonight, visited Barrow Prudhoe Bay Point Shishmaref and other northern Alaska villages. The crew will tour southern and central Alaska later in the summer.
James A Ruppert devised a plan to kill his mother brother and eight relatives during an Easter gathering in Fairfield Ohio to inherit 200000 He reportedly planned to feign insanity later to gain freedom and 900000 in postal funds Prosecutor John Holcomb outlined the staged massacre after Ruppert emerged with three revolvers and a rifle firing 21 shots into 11 victims before waiting hours to call police.
SEC probes 25 largest defense contractors for possible improper payments at home and abroad. SEC orders swift staff allocation as Senate leaders seek review of records to uncover unusual payments or slush funds over the past five years. Names cited include Northrop, Gulf Oil, General Dynamics, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, GE, Hughes, Raytheon, IBM, Exxon, GM, and others.
In West Vancouver a man and his wife tried a murder death by own action pact using an old 22-caliber pistol. The weapon misfired when the bullet hit a hair curler causing a scalp wound to the wife. The man then shot himself in the ear but survived. police said the gun and ammo had been unused for 50 or 60 years.
Richard Vance captured a duck crossing in last Thursday’s Ledger. Mrs. Conrad Harrison reports a car struck the ducks yesterday afternoon killing the mother and four ducklings, injuring the father. Six ducklings remain in captivity with Duane, 10, and the family tends the remaining ducks. Separately, Mrs. Elmer Smith survived a windstorm Saturday night as a large tree fell onto her home and yard, crushing tomato plants.
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that state and local bar associations cannot enforce minimum fee schedules. The decision ends a 17 year system that set standard charges for housing, wills, divorces, and small business work. ABA had reduced its backing as states weighed abolishment.
Joseph Kopechne says there will be new developments in his daughter Mary Jo Kopechne's death tied to Senator Ted Kennedy. In a Boston Globe interview from Swiftwater Pennsylvania he voiced his feeling but offered few specifics. He and his wife recently visited Chappaquiddick Vineyard where Mary Jo drowned in Kennedy's car after the crash. He spoke with Sheriff Huck Look and diver John Farrar about testimony and the salvage. A 1969 Kennedy study suggested she could have remained conscious briefly and might have been revived if rescued earlier.
CHICAGO AP A Wisconsin study finds lowering the legal drinking age to 18 from 21 did not increase traffic fatalities among 18 to 20 year olds. From 1968 to 1973, about 60 percent of tested fatally injured 18–20 year old drivers showed alcohol in their system, a rate similar to earlier years.
Missouri Senate leader William Cason announced summer investigative committees to examine the Missouri Public Service Commission and to review state agency rulemaking powers. The panel on urban affairs will assess metro area needs and draft related legislation. The probe may also address funding for the public counsel's office, which handles rate cases.
The Missouri School Food Service Association held its 21st annual state convention in Columbia last week with five members of the Mexico Public School staff attending. Ruth Stotler, retired director of food services, was recognized for her past membership. Attendees from Mexico included Velma Batts, Dorothy Edwards, Priscilla Fishburn, Mildred McFarling, Mary George, and Mrs Stotler.
A GAO report warns that sponsor shortfalls may force extending resettlement camps beyond a planned one year. It cites delays in moving 131,000 Indochinese refugees, possible need for more than the 40 million dollars approved, and bottlenecks in securing sponsors.
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