Social Security Debate Resumes
The House resumes a year long welfare reform battle with a bill to raise Social Security benefits and payroll taxes. A central feature would replace state funded welfare with a Washington administered program including income guarantees for families. Critics fear too low a federal level and expanded eligibility, while backers expect passage. The Social Security portion encounters less resistance.
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House
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Welfare People Will Have Work
New York officials say about 50 000 welfare recipients must work to keep benefits after July 1 under stricter state laws. Employable recipients would take private jobs or be used in public works like hospitals, schools, and parks, without displacing regular city staff. About 60 000 of the roughly 1.2 million welfare recipients would be classified as employable.
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New York
Jule M. Sugarman
Sugerman
Sugarman
Jimmy Ellis
Ali
Pentagon study leak in Vietnam war history case continues
New York Times and Washington Post pursue court battles to publish more material from a secret Pentagon study on the Vietnam war. Lyndon Johnson reportedly says the study near treasonous in its portrayal. Muskie to propose independent board to lift secrecy labels on government documents. Several legal and political angles unfold as courts review information access and security policy.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Time
Newsweek
Lyndon B. Johnson
Court Winds Up Heavy Session with Major Action
The Supreme Court winds up a heavy term, with 16 argued cases and about 200 petitions for hearings before adjourning until October. In a marquee matter, Cassius Clay faces a potential five year prison term over a draft exemption appeal. The Court also weighs federal construction grants to church-affiliated colleges and state salary aids, testing church and state boundaries. Pending cases include juvenile jury trial rights and strip search authority, with the Nixon wiretapping policy as the biggest unsettled issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
Ali
Cassius Clay
Houston
Astrodome
Nixon Administration
Supreme Court to decide wiretap legality in domestic groups
The Supreme Court will hear the government's appeal next term on whether judicial approval is needed for wiretaps of domestic groups. Attorney General John N. Mitchell argues presidential power allows tapping without prior court approval, while the Cincinnati appeals court held it unlawful under the Fourth Amendment. The case centers on Lawrence Plamondon of the White Panther and aims to define limits between domestic surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Federal Appeals Court
Cincinnati
White Panther Party
Mitchell
U.S. Circuit Court
Lawrence Plamundon
Center Inteligence Agency
Ann Arbor
Mich
Old Favorite Cereals Return To Favor After Fortification Shift
Washington reports that after a Senate committee hearing by civil engineer Robert Choate, major brands Kellogg, Post and General Mills regained popularity with fortified cereals. Chains like A&P found overall sales stable, while Jewel and Giant Food noted higher market share for fortified cereals. FTC is reviewing industry competition and FDA weighs limits on fortification. Choate shifted focus to cereal advertising.
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Washington
Robert Choate
Senate
Post
General Mills
A&p
Chicago
Jewel, Food Stores
Giant Food
Choate
Cereal Institute
Kellogg's
And
Kellogg
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Ai Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles Edwards
Boy's Appeal To Higher Power In Frantic Car Ride
In Kansas City a six year old boy, urged by his mother to calm his crying baby brother during a frenzied car trip, finally told his mother in frustration that he would pray for him in hopes God would make him quit crying.
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Kansas City
Free University Charges for Witches
Denver AP reports the Denver Free University lists a 10.90 surcharge for course 32 Introduction to Theory and Practice of Witchcraft. The fee covers candles bats blood and other items needed for the practice portion of the class as stated by the school.
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Denver
Denver Free University
Secret Witness Is Permanent Setup
New Orleans program by the Times-Picayune offers up to 100000 in rewards for violent crime information. Rewards range from 1000 to 5000 dollars and police agencies will not seek source details but will investigate tips leading to arrests and convictions.
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New Orleans
The
Times-Picayune
Muskie calls for independent board to declassify Pentagon papers
Sen. Edmund Muskie in Garden City urged an independent seven member board to release Vietnam war Pentagon documents after a two year wait, with power to forward relevant material to Congress. He argued the plan would curb disbelief, protect national security, and require frank government accountability. McGovern and Symington echoed concerns that Johnson officials misled Congress and the public about Vietnam.
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N.Y
Edmund S. Muskie
Associated Press
Edmund
Muskie
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Pentagon
U.S
New York Times
Washington Post
Congress
George McGovern
South Dakota
Vietnam
Lyndon BE
Johnson
Congress of
United States
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Massacre Witness Gar Wood Dies at 87 in Miami
Gar Wood, famed inventor of the first hydraulic lift for dump trucks and financier of Chris-Craft, died at Victoria Hospital at age 90. A racing boats pioneer, he built PT boats for WWII, won eight Harmsworth Trophies, and promoted an electric car on Miami roads in 1960 while advocating cleaner technology.
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Miami
Gar Wood
Navy
Victoria Hospital
MacArthur Causeway
Biscayne Bay
Garfield Arthur Wood
Chris-Craft Boat Manufacturing Company
Witness to Union Station massacre dies at 87
Mrs. Lottie M. West widow of a Travelers Aid worker and key eyewitness to the 1933 Union Station massacre in Kansas City has died at 87. She identified Pretty Boy Floyd during the attack on FBI agents escorting Frank Nash and testified at trials related to the case.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Lottie M. West
Travelers Aid Society
Floyd
Corn Blight Spreads to Six More Iowa Counties
Ames Iowa AP Southern corn leaf blight found in Tama Black Hawk Hardin Page Hamilton and Carroll counties, raising infested counties to 16. One infected field suffices for inclusion. Corn borers reported up to 100 percent in parts of southeast Iowa, with 10 to 1000 borers per 100 plants in 30 to 40 inch corn. Army worms attack western Iowa corn, concentrating in minimum tillage fields and fields where grass was killed by herbicides.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Tama
Black Hawk
Hardin
Page
Hamilton
Carroll
Towa State University Extension
Harold Gunderson
Gunderson
Hereditary schizophrenia claim shocks researchers
Dr Lawrence Kolb, a leading American psychiatrist, argues that schizophrenia can be inherited and that marriages between schizophrenics may spread the mental disease through the population, challenging common belief about insanity.
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America
Lawrence Kolb
8th Man Dies From Shooting in Detroit
Detroit AP reports Robert Lee Gardner, 28, an ex convict and suspected narcotics pusher, died from gunshot wounds after gunmen entered a suspected dope den and killed seven others. Gardner was described as the apparent target, with police saying he had robbed or sold watered down narcotics. He died Sunday at Ford Hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Detroit
Robert Lee Gardner
Gardner
Ford Hospital
Dr. Neff Opens Fulton Dental Practice
Dr Patrick D Neff a native of Mexico now Fulton s new dentist resides with his wife Mary Martha Williams and their three month old daughter Elizabeth Ann at 1880 N Binfé St in Fulton He studied at Iowa State University and the University of Michigan plans to open an office in Fulton next month.
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Patrick D. Neff
Fulton
Neff
George Neff
Southfield
Mich
Mary Martha Williams
Mexico
Elizabeth Ann
N. Binfé St
Iowa State University
Ames
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
mid-Missouri
Mexico Ledger Classified Rates and Office Hours
The Mexico Ledger lists distribution charges and subscription prices by region and delivery method. Rates cover in-town mail, neighboring counties, all other Missouri counties, out-of-state, and armed forces, with monthly and yearly options. Office hours run weekdays and Saturday mornings.
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Mexico Ledger
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Mexico
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