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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1976
Page
1
Detroit’s auto makers, after a decade of small car boom fueled by high gas prices and the oil embargo, are cutting back small car production as inventories rise. Big cars regain momentum while imports fade from the market share after a period of saturation.
FDA reports highly preliminary results on Red No 40, a common food colorant. While Red No 2 was banned as a health hazard, Red No 40 has unclear cancer risk based on half of a 400-mice test showing several premature malignant lymphomas. Further examination and committee review are planned to assess potential risks.
Chicago AP report quotes Herb Hugo head of Platts price service saying crude prices will drop in March with a hefty decline at retail. He predicts a slow penny-ante upward trend in April after months of decline.
Audrain Amateur Radio Club elected Mike Wood president of the new group in Mexico. Officers include Tommy Claywell vice president Leslie Claywell secretary J C Scratchfield treasurer Joe Johnson public relations and board members Newton Davis Jr Eugene B Affolter. They plan monthly meetings and a June field day to train operators in traffic handling via generators. Members previously set up at Logan's Drug Store during Christmas to send greetings and demonstrate world reach.
Paul Simon added two Grammys to his tally for Still Crazy After All These Years, winning best pop male vocal and best album of 1975. The awards highlighted a wide slate of winners including Natalie Cole best new artist and Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge for best country duo. Other honors covered pop, rock, jazz, R&B, gospel, and soundtrack categories across the 18th annual National Academy event.
Missouri director Ted Stein of Common Cause says the citizens lobby group will request statewide candidates disclose finances and provide clearer discussions of the issues, seeking more information than in past campaigns.
A former Lockheed official in Phoenix recounts Christmas payoffs to U.S. Air Force colonels linked to foreign contracts. The report notes promises of post retirement jobs and cash incentives, with Hauser citing MAAGs and industry practice while denying direct bribery.
A five week Babysitting course sponsored by the Jaycee Wives begins tonight at 7 to 8 30 PM on the Mexico Methodist Church lower level. Twenty women preregistered with more enrollment at tonight's meeting. A $2 fee applies. Don Bolli Mexico Public Safety Chief leads tonight's home safety program with future sessions on preschool and infant care each Monday for four weeks.
Military police Lt Gaylon L Smith was exonerated after Maj Robert K R Aldinger ruled he acted properly in chasing and shooting Orville Mortimore of Waynesville Mo following a Feb 4 hit and run. Mortimore was wounded and treated at the base hospital after a chase that extended off base.
Norman John Rees, a retired Mobil Oil engineer, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his Connecticut home hours after a Dallas Times Herald report alleged he passed industry secrets to Soviet intelligence and was a FBI double agent. Neighbors and family expressed disbelief amid the espionage claims.
Israel bids for an extra 560 million in U S aid as the House weighs the Ford administration foreign aid package totaling 3.3 billion for Middle Eastern states. The move comes as the House Appropriations Committee reviews the bill and the full House plans votes on related foreign aid measures this week.
President Ford predicts a big Florida win to deliver a knockout punch to Ronald Reagan's bid for the Republican nomination. Campaigns stress a back-to-back win in Illinois and Florida will deter Reagan, as Ford campaigns across Florida with large turnouts and touts economic gains.
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