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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1974

Page

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Gift Linked To Milk Price Hike

Washington AP report alleges Bob Lilly of Associated Milk Producers Inc sought 150000 to 2 million in pledges to Nixon campaign to derail a government antitrust suit. Proceedings tie to 1971 milk price support increase and impeachment inquiry. Mehren and Nelson discussed Kalmbach talks and wrist slap outcome.

Washington Herbert L. Kalmbach Bob A. Lilly Associated Milk Producers Inc Lilly Nixon House Judiciary Committee White House Lily Senate Watergate Committee Watergate Grand Edward L. Wright American Bar Association Cooperative Justice Department Antitrust Division Wright George L. Mehren Coop Mehren Harold Nelson Kalmbach

Post Reports Probe Into Milk Case

The House Judiciary Committee angling impeachment talks links President Nixon's 1971 milk price supports rise to a $2 million campaign pledge. The Post-Dispatch reports committee staff outlined a conspiracy involving Nixon, staff, and American Milk Producers Inc. Memoranda mention 138 White House conversations on the milk case, ITT, and Watergate. Named figures include John B. Connally Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, and Charles W. Colson. Milk supports rose to about 85 percent parity on March 3, 1971.

Post-Dispatch Judiciary Committee White House International Telephone & Telegraph Corp Treasury John B. Connally Jr John D. Ehrlichman Charles W. Colson The

Father Charged Over Son Castration Plot With Cesium

A Harris County grand jury indicted Kerry Andrus Crocker on five counts for allegedly exposing his 13-year-old son Kirk to cesium pellets during visits, causing sores and deteriorating testicles. Crocker denies the charges and is jailed on bond. The boy testified detailing pellet placements from mid-1972, while Crocker claimed the substance was oil well logging material with a health permit.

Houston Harris County Kerry Andrus Crocker Kirk Crocker Crock Barbara Smith John Bible State Health Department

Best of America Show Brings Eight State Reps to Mexico

Plans are set for the Best of America production in Mexico featuring eight state representatives and Miss Missouri pageant leaders. The event at Presser Hall includes autograph sessions, rehearsals at 3 p.m., a 8 p.m. show, and proceeds to raise pageant scholarships with Miss Missouri Terri Dodson among Missouri participants. The Miss Mexico Pageant Orchestra will provide music, Gary Spencer produces, and James Dye hosts.

Mexico Jaycees Mexico Missouri Frank Boyle Lee Gibson Pilchers Texas Neate’s Louisiana Charm Shop Oklahoma Montgomery Ward Illinois Sears Pearl Motor Company Arkansas Walmart’s Indiana Kentucky Presser Hall Stephenson’s Motel

Gunmen Kidnap Paris Banker in Neuilly Garage

Three gunmen abducted Angel Bernardo Balthazar Suarez, 43, head of Bank of Bilbao in Paris as his two teen children watched. Police sources say no contact has been made yet, with speculation that Basque or Spanish extremists may be behind the kidnapping in Neuilly, near Paris.

Paris Bank of Bilbao Bilbao Madrid Angel Bernardo Balthazar Suarez Neuilly

Two 30 Year Veterans Retire From A P Green Refractories

Two 30 year veterans of the A P Green Refractories Co Cecil C English and Cleo M Belcher have retired. English of Auxvasse joined in 1937 later transferring to loading and bracing railroad cars. Belcher of Columbia joined in 1941 and moved from dry press to loading cars, previously working 13 years for Continental Bank Supply. Belcher active in Second Baptist Church plans missionary work with wife. Faculty council at the University of Missouri found campus police surveillance fears exaggerated after reviewing records from 1969 to 1972. calls for periodic reviews and an administrative board to oversee police operations.

A. P. Green Refractories Co Cecil C. English Cleo M. Belcher English Auxvasse Harmony Baptist Church George Ward Belcher E. Holt Continental Bank Supply Green Company Second Baptist Church Brotherhood Columbia, Mo University of Missouri Robert §. Daniel Herbert W. Schooling Daniel

Steel Signs New Contract 28 Hour Hike

The nations 10 largest steel producers and the United Steelworkers union began signing a new three year pact. Inland Steel Co. led the signing with others to follow in a three hour ceremony. The contract raises wages and benefits for 350000 workers with extension plans to 500000. Wages rise 6.3 percent or 28 cents per hour, plus staged increases through 1976 and extensive cost of living adjustments. The agreement includes pensions, dental coverage, and enhanced unemployment benefits. In other news, Mr and Mrs John W Jasper of Eufaula Alabama welcomed their first child a daughter Cassaundra Lynn born at 3:30 am Friday April 19 weighing seven pounds 14 4% ounces.

Pittsburgh United Steelworkers Union Inland Steel Co William Ryan Inland Washington John W. Jasper Eufaula Ala Cassaundra Lynn Jasper Regina Tipton Cindy Tipton Marvin Tipton Farber Robert Jasper

Dolls From Aurora Woman Bring Joy to Sick Kids

Rose Fleming, 80, of Aurora, has gifted 700 handmade Pixie dolls to children in hospitals and missions across Oklahoma City Nevada Missouri and St Louis. Each doll, crafted from scraps, carries a unique expression and none are sold. The effort has kept her active and away from feeling useless in old age.

Aurora, Mo Rose Fleming Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital St. Louis

Embargo on Canada Mail Lifted by Local Post Office

Local postal authorities announced the embargo on mail to Canada is over. Residents who had mail returned may resend it to Canada in the same wrapper with no extra postage.

Canada

Dali Painting Sets Surrealist Auction Record at Sotheby’s

Salvador Dali's Resurrection of the Flesh sold for 245000 at Sotheby Parke Bernet, a world record for surrealist paintings. Milan's Galleries International bought the piece along with Ernst's La Fleur du Desert for 230000, while Leger's Composition fetched 265000. Ninety eight works of 19th and 20th century art grossed 6930000, with many buyers from Europe.

New York Salvador Dali Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries International Milan Max Ernst Fernand Leger Parke- Bernet

Ownership dispute over Kingdom City Post Office building sparks two suits

In Kingdom City Missouri two lawsuits arise over the building housing the post office. Reeds claims $460 back rent plus $270 for land used for refuse disposal and seeks eviction for breach of contract. The USPS withholds $60 monthly rent until Reed proves ownership, while Reed says he fulfilled legal duties by recording the deed. A federal judge must decide jurisdiction as transfer to U.S. District Court is pursued.

Kingdom City, Mo Kingdom City Callaway County Patrick Horner Reed Henryetta Woods Bunch Mexico Callaway Postal Service Area Real Estate and Buildings Mission Kan Johnny Reed Mrs. Bunch

Parole Board May Bar Common Law Marriages

Jefferson City Missouri attorney general opinion holds the state Board of Probation and Parole may set rules banning parolees from having common-law marriages for inmates released in Missouri or sent here under the interstate compact.

Jefferson City State Board of Probation and Parole Missouri

Technicality Voids Charge On Lawyer

WASHINGTON AP U S District Judge George L Hart Jr dismissed a Watergate perjury indictment against Texas lawyer Jake Jacobsen over a technical defect in the wording of a grand jury question The judge said the testimony cited was literally true and that asking if it was true was necessary for a perjury charge Legal observers expect a new indictment citing other Jacobsen grand jury testimony with his lawyer saying he testified the money remained in a Texas bank vault for years before being taken out last November 27

Washington U. S George L. Hart Jr Texas Jake Jacobsen Treasury John B. Connally Sidney Glazer Hart Jacobsen Glazer Charles McNelis FBI

Prosecution Plea Bargain in Connections to Texas Scandal

Jacobsen allegedly offered to change his resume and testify that Connally took money, then returned it, in a plea for charges to be reduced to misdemeanors. Connally denies ever receiving money. Prosecutors had not responded to the offer as the report ended.

Jacobsen Texas Savings and B G Connally Jacosen

St Louis Globe Democrat Raises Daily Price to 15 Cents

St Louis Globe Democrat announces a price increase to 15 cents for daily editions beginning Monday due to rising newsprint and wage costs. Weekend papers will stay at 39 cents. Publisher G Duncan Bauman cites a 54 percent jump in newsprint costs and over 55 percent wage increases since 1968.

ST. Louis St. Louis Globe Democrat G. Duncan Bauman Thorning Globe Las Bauman

William McIntyre Receives Dean's Award at UMSL

William McIntyre of 807 S Washington St a senior at the University of Missouri at St Louis received a Dean's Award for significant contribution to university community. He was among 100 students honored from a 12000 enrollment.

William McIntyre Warren McIntyre S. Washington St University of Missouri At

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