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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
4
Cole County commemorates 150 years with medals showing Lohmans Landing and a county outline. Copper $2, sterling silver $10. limited serially numbered versions locally available at $4 and $15. Orders to Cole County Sesquicentennial Committee Box 592 Jefferson City MO 65101.
An Agriculture Department report shows 1969 farm woodland cuttings added 258 million dollars to farm incomes and wood products boosted earnings through non timber lines. Southern farmers led gains with over half of the 238 million total. The report forecasts rising woodland income and notes 47 percent of woodlands are privately owned small holdings. A national incentive program is in development with pilot loans cost sharing and incentives to boost nonindustrial forestland output and public benefits.
Phyllis Schlafly releases a June survey claiming grassroots Republicans doubt Nixon can win in 1972 and favor Ronald Reagan if Nixon bows out. The poll of 3,423 home interviews shows 60 percent would back Reagan without Nixon, 23 percent would back Agnew, and highlights regional vote projections and potential tossups.
Bobby Lee Shuler, 29, sentenced to 99 years for second degree murder in the September explosion of a Tri-State Co. truck west of Springfield that killed driver John Galt, 48, of Oklahoma City. Shuler, of Joplin, plans to appeal after conviction May 7 and Judge Jack Powell denied a motion for a new trial.
Washington AP The Agriculture Department reports soybeans continue to vanish at a record pace this marketing year though crushing and export rates ease recently. The fats and oils outlook says total usage will reach about 1.5 billion bushels, 3 percent above last year, leaving a carryover near 100 million bushels by next September, down from 230 million last year.
William S Brandom Jr son of Liberty County Prosecutor bound over for trial on LSD possession. Arraignment set for Sept 7 in Platte City Missouri. He is free on $10 000 bond. The 18 year old was arrested May 20 in Riverside during a raid organized by his father. Seven others arrested. four charged.
Washington AP report notes an Agriculture Department scientist says spraying fungicides on corn may be economically practical for some farmers to combat southern corn leaf blight. Illinois and Indiana officials expect three to five applications could control the blight and keep yields at 80 percent or more, with fungicide costs around four dollars per acre per treatment.
William Gooch, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Gooch of Vandalia Route 3, received a $100 College of Agriculture scholarship. He will be a freshman at the University of Missouri Columbia College of Agriculture after graduating from Vandalia R-1 High School.
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