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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1972
Page
11
Forecasts show generally fair conditions through Friday across Missouri with highs in the 85 to 92 range, slight cooling tonight, and minimal precipitation. Local river and lake levels change little while hospital notes list admissions, births, and deaths including Mrs Anna Strong and local police court fines and cases in Mexico City.
The University of Missouri Columbia earned 1.8 million dollars in HEW grants split among Educational Opportunity Grants 487 014 for low income students National Defense Student Loan 703 454 and College Work-Study 656 570. Funding levels reflect reductions from last year and will be managed by George W Brooks director of Student Financial Aid. Over 2700 schools participate in HEW program.
BEIRUT AP The suspension agreement on Palestinian guerrilla attacks from South Lebanon faced renewed threat a day after its launch. One guerrilla faction vowed to keep fighting while another claimed no knowledge of any negotiations with the Lebanese government.
Mrs Leona Marie Harrison 63 of 3 Kellogg Dr died early today at Ellis Fischer Hospital Columbia after a lingering illness. Funeral services 11 am Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev Joe Acuff officiating. Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens. Memorials established. Survived by husband Glenn M Harrison Jr two sons James Crockett Harrison Marshall Kent Harrison a granddaughter Tracy Lynn Harrison mother Leona Barker five brothers and other relatives. Born December 26 1918 in Martinsburg.
Anna M. Strong of Farber died at Audrain Medical Center after a lengthy hospital stay. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Waters Funeral Home Vandalia with Rev. John Maple officiating. Burial in Farber Cemetery beside her husband Charles C. Strong. She lived in Tri-County Nursing Home since fall. Born October 16, 1884 in Dennison Texas, she married Charles C. Strong in 1908. they moved to Farber in 1910. Surviving are daughter-in-law Earline Strong of Kansas City and grandson Charles E. of Overland Park, plus three great-grandchildren and a niece.
The high court split 5 to 4 over whether citizens may compel admission of Mandel, and whether lawmakers or aides can be compelled to testify. It also ruled colleges need not hear nonrenewed teachers in most tenure cases, but allowed unwritten tenure-like rights in rare instances. The Gravel Pentagon Papers decision allowed questioning of aides about publication arrangements.
SIMLA India AP Pakistan and Indian officials sought to avert a breakdown in peace talks between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The leaders met briefly and ordered a delay as aides work on disputed agenda items. A Pakistani source said Gandhi pressed for Pakistan to recognize the cease fire line as a boundary.
Washington AP reports The New York Times may face action under the 1971 Election Campaign Act for an impeachment advertisement. Phillip S. Hughes of the Office of Federal Elections said the omitted disclaimer prompted referral to the Justice Department for appropriate action.
Rapists on death row celebrate as the U S Supreme Court overturns capital punishment. Lucious Jackson Jr a Savannah man and two others express hope of new trials or resentencing after the decision. Prisoners on Georgia State Prison death row cheer the news heard first by radio then by Warden Caldwell announcing the ruling.
Attorney General John C. Danforth expressed surprise at the Supreme Court decision calling the death penalty unconstitutional. He plans to study the justices opinions before commenting on Missouri's implications. Seventeen men in Missouri's penitentiary remain under sentence of death, with changes in prison policy since March abolishing the old death row segregation.
The nine county Missouri Human Development Corporation plans a 462000 grant to fund local programs and staff as it reorganizes finances after a 10000 deficit over three years. Robert Joplin, executive director, says the low income group will expand self help projects and move its Columbia office to 10 S Seventh St to save rent.
A St Louis County man wounded when he rammed his car into a hijacked jet as it prepared to take off is recovering in hospital. David J Hanley, 30, of Florissant, is in fair condition at St Johns Mercy Hospital and faces a federal charge of damaging an aircraft in interstate commerce.
Elzen Painter of Rush Hill is in fair condition at Woodland Hospital in Moberly after a fall two weeks earlier broke his hip.
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