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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1971
Page
1
Lyndon B Johnson in his forthcoming Vantage Point depicts foresight of large scale US military involvement in Vietnam in 1964. He describes hesitancy on bombing, then approval of a graduated pressure program and later escalation to 75,000 troops, with notes on Kennedy policy and a 1967 summit.
A Great Bend youth received 30 days in jail for direct contempt of court after shouting pigs outside the Barton County district courtroom during the trial of Craig Foraker. He turned himself in after fleeing the building when authorities sought him. Foraker faced charges of LSD and marijuana sales. Burgett had been convicted previously on related counts and was free on bond pending sentencing.
A week long Vacation Church School begins Monday afternoon at Lockewood Park Baptist Church with Rev. Delbert Admire as principal. Classes run 1:30 to 4:30 p m daily for age groups from three to 12 years and older. Miss Beverly Allen leads piano, and a refreshment committee is named. Graduation is set for Sunday evening July 4.
The Supreme Court considered appeals by the government and The New York Times to intervene in the dispute over a series of articles on the secret Pentagon history of the Vietnam War. Heavy fighting raged around abandoned Fire Base Fuller as U S B 52 bombers supported South Vietnamese infantrymen hunting enemy mortar crews below the DMZ. President Nixon urged a new alliance across ages and called for a generation gap solution while Lyndon B Johnson’s scale of American involvement loomed. The Senate extended the draft two more years and increased soldiers pay by 2.7 billion dollars per a Newsday report. Contempt charges loomed against CBS chief Frank Stanton as the House pressed for court action on what a broadcaster may deny Congress. A ruling was awaited on charges against Capt Ernest Medina for the My Lai massacre. A mining official linked a Feb 9 earthquake to a methane gas explosion that killed 17 workers. A heroin detection test for GI’s leaving Vietnam showed promise in identifying hard drug users.
FBI reported an unsuccessful attempt to extort $30,000 from Walter T. Ridder publisher of the Gary Post Tribune. A former employee, John E. Ward, was critically wounded in a gunfight during a payoff attempt prompted by a bomb threat in the press room. Ward, discharged from Ridder Publications, faced federal extortion charges. Ridder advised to place an ad for payment, then walk alone, but agents intercepted the plan.
London AP reports Titian’s Death of Actaeon and 26 Old Masters sold at Christie's for a record 8.74 million dollars, the highest one day total yet and below expert forecasts. The Titian went to London dealer Julius Weitzner for 4.032 million, who declined to reveal its purchaser.
Des Moines AP reports Waterloo cook Dortha Gardner loses unemployment appeal after telling a customer last November that the stew was burned and refused to serve it. Hearing officer Thomas Kieft upheld the misconduct finding, saying the restaurant's reputation was at stake. Gardner plans to repeat the act if necessary, arguing she would not serve burnt stew that gagged a customer.
In Nevada Missouri a 35 year old ballplayer Harry Brun dridge died after a broken bat fragment pierced his neck during a softball game. He died on arrival at Nevada City Hospital.
A $500,000 potato processing plant will be built at Old Monroe in Lincoln County. The facility, described as the first of its kind in Missouri, will handle over one million pounds of potatoes daily and be constructed and operated by H. R. Bushman and Son, Inc. of St. Louis.
SEDALIA Mo AP Missouri State Fair Secretary Wilbert Askew said Thursday ticket sales entry fees and other income must produce 754000 this summer to meet an operating budget over 1 million. The excess above 754000 would come from state general revenue payable after July. The fair faced tight finances this year and would have benefited if the legislature allowed higher admission prices.
Washington AP reports the U S Surgeon General condemns a Nixon advisory panel plan to abolish the Public Health Service commissioned corps 5500 officers and integrate them into civil service The corps pursues missions including hospitals for merchant seamen and lepers aid to states health facilities and care for prisoners Steinfeld calls the report damaging and urges Congress and the public be consulted while corps officers submit feedback on a national career health personnel system
Dr William E Everheart of Springfield was chosen as moderator for the Presbyterian Synods of Missouri for a one year term at the June 2021 annual meeting at Westminster College Fulton He holds degrees from Trinity University and Princeton Theological Seminary and serves as president of Drury College He is active in Springfield civic groups and received the 1967 Liberty Bell Award from the Green County Bar Association for service to law.
Dr Robert L D Davidson president of Westminster College is awarded the Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service at Fort Riley Kansas during a meeting of the Army Advisory Panel on ROTC Affairs.
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