Mexico School Board Chooses Bleachers and Carpet
The Mexico School Board approved bleachers for five sets at Bowlus School Supply Pittsburg Kan costing 6 584 with enclosed design and 20 year metal parts guarantee and 58 226 for 7500 square yards of reddish gold tweed carpet from Mohawk carpeting. bids were opened for a student-built home at 1414 Arcadia Street with Orvie R. Nix bidding 29 575. other bids ranged 27 993.46 to 29 351.
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Mexico
Missouri School Board Association
Mexico High
Bowlus School Supply
Pittsburg
Kan
Leonard Davis
Randall Weber
Davis
Frank Sutton
Thomas Hodges
Howard Copeland
Kermit Head
Arcadia St
Orvie R. Nix
George E. James
Rush Hill
Dave Wilkinson
Clifford P. Jones
Larry Weber
Three Teachers Short Superintendent Reports Shortage
Buford Thomas said the system is short three teachers with two at Hawthorne and one special education post at the high school. Guidance counselor David Bell presented a 1972 graduating class survey showing 54.3 percent pursuing some post high school education, 42.4 percent working, and 3.3 percent married and not working.
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Buford Thomas
Hawthorne
David Bell
Bell
Mexico
Quizon College Records Discuss Counselor Grade Access
Board members questioned counselor access to student grades as state schools stop sending transcripts citing right to privacy. Mr Bell said colleges rely on standardized tests and avoid transcripts, while Dr Davis called the stance provincial and urged sending anonymized grades for reporting.
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Bell
Davis
Clampdown Sought on Soybean Futures by CEA
Washington AP The Agriculture Department urged the Chicago Board of Trade to curb soybean futures trading for three months to ease an emergency in the oilseed market. CEA chief Caldwell cited substantial new long positions in old crop 1972 soybeans amid scarce supplies and warned reserves may dip to 40 million bushels by Sept 1 with harvest not until later.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
Warren W. Lebeck
Alex C. Caldwell
Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
Caldwell
Feature To Interfere With Neighbors Power Tools
A Monroe County Wisconsin Democrat item notes a salesman Fred Rahr pitching a set with a feature that will interfere with neighbors power tools, offering a curious prospecting line. The brief appears as a quirky local snippet from the era.
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Fred Rahr
Monroe County
Wis
Bullet-Holed Hat Is Sheriff's Souvenir FULTON
Callaway County Sheriff Wollie C. Salmons shows a hat with a bullet hole from a .22 rifle fire by three juveniles who fled a foster home in Fulton. The youths stole a car, drove to Yucatan area, planned to ambush a Forestry truck, and allegedly intended to kill the sheriff. They surrendered after the shot was fired.
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Fulton
Dick Tracy
Callaway County
Wollie C
Ted) Salmons
Korea
Bill Vaughan
Larry Hager
Yucatan
Highway Patrol
Mike Shannon
St. Louis Cardinals
Lindell Ridgell
Ridgell
Gene McCormick
Reform
Boonville
Mrs William Bramble Dies Rites Friday
Mrs. William A Bramble 61 of 1114 Kent Rd died 903 p m Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center after a lingering illness hospitalized since May 30 Funeral at 3 p m Friday at First Christian Church with Rev George B Wraith and Rev Arthur Landolt officiating Burial in East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Born July 6 1911 in Kirksville daughter of S C and Nettie Fox Callahan Married July 3 1932 in Mexico to Mr Bramble who survives Also survived by her mother of Mexico a son Gary Bramble of Peoria IL a sister Mrs Sam Mundy of Mexico and two grandsons Michael and Mark Bramble She was a member of First Christian Church Eastern Star Annie Arnold Circle The King s Daughters and Sons Memorials suggested to American Cancer Society or First Christian Church Body at Precht Pickering funeral home after 7 p m Thursday.
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William A. Bramble
Kent Rd
Audrain Medical Center
First Christian Church
George B. Wraith
Arthur Landolt
Moberly Christian Church
East Lawn Memorial Park
Lula E. Callahan
Bramble
Kirksville
5.C
Nettie Fox Callahan
Mexico
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Section Six
Church Women United
American Cancer Society
Precht Pickering Funeral Home
Gulf Oil president forecasts gradual fuel price rise
Bob Dorsey, Gulf Oil Corp president, at a Tuesday press conference in Austin says $1 per gallon is no longer a normal price and foresees steady increases in gasoline and other fuels over time. He cautions the rise will be gradual rather than dramatic.
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Austin
Tex
Gulf Oil Corp
Bob Dorsey
Court backs local standards in obscenity ruling
In a 5-4 decision Chief Justice Burger led the Supreme Court to let states apply local community standards to obscenity cases. The ruling rejects national norms and sets guidelines for juries to assess works for serious value and explicit content. It also notes broader desegregation reach and police searches with conditions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
South
Nixon
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
High Court
California
Marvin Miller
Brezhnev Nixon Sign Agreement At Camp David
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to sign an outline agreement on the principles of arms talks at Camp David. The second pact covers peaceful uses of atomic energy. Talks focus on reviving stalled SALT discussions and a banquet follows at the Soviet Embassy.
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Camp David
Nixon
Leonid J. Brezhnev
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Dogwood Lodge
Brezhnev
Washington
Geneva
Moscow
U.S
Herbert Healy 55 Dies at Home in Missouri
Herbert Healy 55 of Mexico Route 1 died at 2 50 am at his home from a heart condition. He was a lineman for Missouri Power and Light Co for 18 years and served in World War II. Surviving: Edith M Bird wife. three sons Larry David and Steve. two daughters Mary Cooley Betsy. mother and sister Juanita Thompson. Funeral at St Brendan Catholic Church with Rev Patrick Dolan Friday rosary 7 30 pm. burial Catholic Son. Healys moved from Palmyra 22 years ago.
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Herbert Healy
Mexico
St. Brendan Catholic Church
Patrick Dolan
Lawrence Patrick
Helen Mattes Healy
Healy
Macon County
St. Stephens
Indian Creek
Camp Hattiesburg
Miss
Edith M. Bird
Missouri Power and Light Co
Healys
Palmyra
Monroe City
Larry Healy
Auxvasse
David A. Healy
Tonawanda
N.Y
Steve M. Healy
Denver
Colo
Mary Cooley
Centralia
Betsy Healy
Juanita Thompson
Monroeity
Arnold Funeral Home
Hoodlums Beat Hatton Youth in Audrain County
Audrain County Sheriff Bud Riley reported at 4 a.m. today that David Neal Foster, 20, of Hatton, was admitted to Audrain Medical Center after a beating. Foster, with a broken jaw and facial injuries, would undergo surgery. A companion identified his attackers, who were not yet charged, and the assault was said to have occurred on Route J.
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Audrain County
Bud Riley
Audrain Medical Center
David Neal Foster
Hatton
Foster
Route J
First Block Concreted In Two Hours
The first block of Mexico�s summer concrete street program was poured on Latney Street east from Morris Street, completed in two hours. A total of 15 blocks will be poured at about $270,000 under director Max Berrey. City engineer Gilbert Patrick said slurry seal work continues Friday on Robinhood, Holt, Christy, and other streets, with closures and car removals coordinated for 9 am. Seal coating of Hitchlot is near completion and to reopen Friday, aiming to start a full street program Monday after delays.
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O Latney Street
Morris Street
Max Berrey
Mexico Housing Authority
Gilbert Patrick
Robinhood
Curtis
Sherwood Street
Holt Street
Boulevard East
Dead End
Christy
Liberty
Holt
Omar
Gray
Margaretta
Patrick
Kirksville
Living Costs Rise Sharply in May Across Goods
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose sharply in May driven by food, clothing, and gasoline. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites a 0.6 percent monthly gain and a 7.2 percent annual rate, with food up 0.9 percent and overall inflation easing yet remaining high. Meat prices fell slightly unadjusted due to policy actions. The report notes reduced purchasing power for workers and references Phase 3 controls and anticipated effects of Phase 4 freezes.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Agriculture Department
Nixon
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Columbia
Central Mo
Missouri
Mexico Area
Quizon College Records
Steve Graham
Fr. Scott
William Bramble
Oil Exec
Hoodlums
Hatton Youth
Herbert Stein
Afl-Cio
George Meany
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