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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1975
Page
1
The department reports the U.S. balance of payments posted a $10.9 billion fourth quarter deficit after a $1.6 billion surplus in Q1. A $2.38 billion deficit widened the year end. a $1.8 billion surplus on foreign trade ledgers helped reverse a prior $1.45 billion deficit.
London AP report says Earl of Lucan told his mother and a friend he interrupted a scene between his wife and another man at his wife’s London home the night of November 7. Scotland Yard announced murder charges. the case marks a historic flight from justice for a peer.
Gov. Bond vetoes a nursing law rewrite citing open meetings and reorganization concerns. He faults autonomous board provisions and preservation of public records, warning the move undermines open government. Missouri nurses trade association criticizes veto as harming health care progress.
In Charlotte the 115th General Assembly will hear a draft by the Council on Theology opposing belief in devils and demons as superstition while acknowledging evil exists. The paper warns Christians not to claim belief in demons as truth or as a tactic to justify occult or magic interests.
Jennifer Prouty, daughter of Mr and Mrs William S Lowe of Teal Lake Road Teal Lake, earned the Medical Center of Western Massachusetts School of Nursing top academic honor at commencement. She held a 4.0 average and won the Barabara Simpson Memorial Award for bedside nursing. she is wife of Lewis I Prouty of 1191 Tinkham Road Wilbraham Mass.
Weather service office evacuated as tornado struck western Kansas near Goodland causing no reported damage. Forecasters and residents briefed, with crews assessing area afterward.
A Missouri program announced by Joe Robinson of the Mexico office aims to train 30 unemployed or disadvantaged individuals, including veterans, for four agricultural occupations. Trainees will study 26 weeks at State Fair Community College Sedalia with 13 weeks on the job, beginning Aug 18, with interviews by the college and division officials at 208 S. Clark St. Mexico.
A two year old girl died after a wine bottle was hurled from an apartment building striking her in the head. Kalee Etheredge died in St. Luke's Hospital after the incident Tuesday night.
Eric Lee Davis of Mexico is elected councilman of Ward I and Austin Nathaniel Miller of Mexico is elected councilman-at-large at the 36th annual American Legion Boys State of Missouri session at Central Missouri State University. Miller is sponsored by the Mexico Kiwanis Club and Davis by the Traveler's Protective Association. both are sons of local families.
CHICAGO AP A German prison allows mothers to serve time with their young children to prevent damage from separation. About 10 children up to age three stay in small rooms with their mothers while mothers work in the laundry and children attend a prison daycare. Child development expert Dr. Maria Piers notes humane treatment aids learning, though she warns of lack of follow up and potential for mothers to reoffend to remain in prison.
The presidential congressional panel studying U.S. foreign policy urges that the CIA chief come from outside the intelligence community. The draft report also calls broad reorganization to centralize control, with Congress more involved in covert operations via an oversight committee. The panel favors keeping State and NSC posts separate and suggests the national security adviser not join the Cabinet.
Lindsay California police rely on a five year old bicycle patrol to keep crime low. Chief John Beene says 10 speed mounted officers cover similar territory to patrol cars and deter burglars by presence and visibility. About one to four officers patrol daily in the two square mile town of 5000, mainly in mornings and evenings with walkie talkies guiding response.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that a Pittsburgh restaurant owner need not pay a $5 monthly ASCAP license to amplify radio broadcasts for diners. The decision upholds a Philadelphia circuit court ruling that George Aiken did not owe ASCAP fees, which could affect Muzak and wired-music firms.
In Mercury Nevada an underground nuclear test with power far exceeding the Hiroshima bomb was postponed due to high winds. ERDA said gusting winds could risk radiation spread if a leak occurred, delaying the test and aiming for Thursday.
Washington AP: The Postal Service argues that Wenner's rate recommendations would drive major business mailers away, reducing revenue by over 350 million dollars annually. Private couriers would pick up, shifting fixed costs to first class mailers, with hearings set for July and a temporary hike later this year.
A dust storm near Bakersfield caused a chain reaction on Route 99, killing one motorist and injuring 13 as more than 50 cars collided. Visibility dropped from 20 miles to near zero in about 15 minutes, and all lanes were blocked seven miles south of Bakersfield. Firefighters fought a spreading forest fire in Inyo National Forest, covering at least 60 acres in the Mindney District.
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