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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1971
Page
4
Missouri dump truck haulers win a 14.6 percent interim rate rise for construction work and six percent for other hauling while a PSC hearing on a requested 20 percent boost proceeds. The case covers 85 carriers and the interim grant was rejected for regional rate differentiation.
A flood of new fiction and non fiction titles arrives at the library including Mistai by DeWitt Copp and The Abolitionists by Hugh Hawkins. Other notable works include Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry and 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. Gov Hearnes declares Omar N. Bradley Day in Missouri on May 11 with a banquet in Moberly.
Duke University announced its 119th graduation on June 7 awarding honorary doctorates to seven, among them U Thant the U.N. secretary general. The group includes Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, first black NEA president and Labor Department Women’s Bureau director, and Bishop L Scott Allen of the Holston United Methodist area.
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