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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1971

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Ahsens Reports View Of Washington Demonstrations

Robert J. Ahsens III, a Westminster College student studying at American University, offers a firsthand account of Washington protests. He contrasts the April 24 demonstrations as orderly and peaceful with the May Day violence, noting damages around the Washington Monument and Tidal Basin and the heavy police and federal presence.

Washington Robert J. Ahsens American University Westminster College of Fulton Ahsens Richard H. Tehord Missouri Washington Monument Monument Mao Hatfield R-Ore Congress

World finance clash over crisis and war march in capitals

West German and French finance chiefs clash over steps to fix the international monetary crisis as Washington plans a protest march with Reverend Carl McIntire promising President Nixon will hear the voices. Rogers in Rome reports some narrowing of the Arab Israeli gap. Senators plot a Vietnam funds cut with House approval doubtful. Buddha’s birthday cease fire is marred by two ambushes in Saigon. Hot pants hurt Miami garment workers. Nixon hosts Salute to Agriculture with Glen Campbell. The Selling of the Pentagon earns Emmy attention. Mariner 8 set for Mars orbit tonight.

Buck Frisbie Elected Cheermaster for Bearcats

Buck Frisbie son of Mr and Mrs John Frisbie 1303 Lakeview Mexico was elected Cheermaster for the Southwest Baptist College Bearcats Buck is a freshman at Southwest College cheerleading squad remains active in campus life

Buck Frisbie John Frisbie Lakeview Mexico Southwest Baptist College Bearcats Buck Southwest

Al Capp Charged With Morals Crime

Al Capp faces charges of sodomy attempted adultery and indecent exposure in Eau Claire Wisconsin. The case involves 61 year old Alfred Kaplin of Cambridge Massachusetts who helps present Capp branding himself as Li l Abner creator. Capp denies the accusations calling them part of a leftist campus campaign.

Eau Claire Wis al Capp Dist Atty Lawrence W. Durning Thomas Barland Capp Alfred G. Kaplin Cambridge Mass U.S Vietnam

Judges Cancel Arrests At Capital Amid Protests

DC judges reversed many police actions from a week of antiwar and antipoverty protests. Judge Halleck dropped charges against 200 demonstrators outside Health, Education and Welfare for parading without a permit. Greene barred fingerprints from FBI files for 346 detainees. Belson ordered transfers from an overpacked cellblock deemed cruel. Medical critics cited disease risks and abuses at detention sites.

Washington District of Columbia Superior Court Charles W. Halleck Department of Health, Education and Welfare Capitol D.C United States Harold H. Greene Greene Federal Bureau of Investigation James A. Belson Ronald Gregor Terrence Carroll

Infant born to Curry couple in Madrid base hospital

Anna Elizabeth Curry Sr and Mrs Charles Curry announce the birth of a daughter in Madrid at 2:00 AM weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. Lt Curry serves as a physical therapist at Terrajon Base Hospital. Grandparents are Harold and Mrs. Curry of 1009 South Western Avenue. Mrs. Curry is formerly Miss Mary Lynn Chilton of Florissant. STOCK MARKET data listed follows with several company quotations. A Parks Drug notice states Sunday operating hours.

Charles Curry Madrid Spain Anna Elizabeth Curry Terrajon Base Hospital

First Negro School History Told On Channel 12 Mexico

Mrs. Quinnie Benton, longtime Garfield School principal, will present a history of Garfield School and Negro education in Mexico on Channel 12 See To Monday evening at p.m. The program, sponsored by the Audrain County Historical Society, begins with 1866 when two white women started a school for the Negro population at Holt and Johnson Streets, the site later becoming Ward Chapel AME Church. John Webber, a Mexico High School junior, will host, with a noon Tuesday showing.

Quinnie Benton Garfield School Mexico Audrain County Historical Society Holt and Johnson Sts Ward Chapel Benton

All in the Family Tops TV Emmy Awards Contenders

CBS programs dominate the Television Academy preliminary Emmys with The Selling of the Pentagon winning in documentary programs and All in the Family taking outstanding new series. Hamlet also wins four Emmys.

Hollywood CBS Television Academy Pentagon Carroll O’connor Flip Wilson Mary Tyler Moore NBC Norman Lear Hamlet

George E. Vomund Dies In California

Funeral services are pending in Wellsville for George E. Vomund of Walnut Creek California formerly Martinsburg He died in Walnut Creek on Friday Surviving nieces nephews include Mrs Raymond Lowry Wellsville and Lee Linton Vomund Martinsburg A daughter and her family were killed in a 1959 car crash

Wellsville Myers George E. Vomund Walnut Creek Calif Martinsburg Vomund Raymond Lowry Lee Linton Vomund Vorund

Mrs. Florence Ray 82 Dies in Middletown

Mrs Florence Ray 82 of Rural Route Middletown died at home of her daughter and son in law Richard Nalley in Middletown She was born Aug 16 1888 in Audrain County to John and Nancy Lowe Farris and was member of the Christian Church in Middletown Survivors are her daughter and son in law Funeral is 2 PM Monday Myers Funeral Home Middletown with Rev Hugh Ash officiating Burial in Fairmont Cemetery Visitation after 2 PM Sunday at the funeral home

Middletown Florence Ray Middleton Richard Naney Audrain County John Nancy Lowe Farris Christian Church Nalley Myers Funeral Home Hugh Ash Middletown Christian Church Fairmont Cemetery Funeral

Mrs. Daisy Hughes Dies at 71 in Van Buren

Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Hughes 71 who died at Riversways Manor in Van Buren are pending at Precht Pickering funeral home. A sister Mrs. Delores Sparks of St. Louis survives. The family plans to travel to Mexico on Sunday to make final arrangements.

Daisy Hughes Riversways Manor van Buren Precht Pickering Funeral Home Delores Sparks St. Louis Mexico

Aichele Burial Held in Stillwater

Graveside services for CourtneyAnn Aichele infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Aichele of Stillwater Oklahoma were held May 1 The infant granddaughter of Mrs George Keen of 802 W Love St was born April 40 and died the same day at Stillwater Municipal Hospital Mrs Koen recently returned home from Stillwater where she spent several weeks with her daughter

CourtneyAnn Aichele Douglas Aichele Stillwater Okla George Keen W. Love St Stillwater Municipal Hospital Koen

Steel firms join in boosts

Bethlehem Steel Co, the nation second largest steel producer, has matched 6 percent increases announced Wednesday by U S Steel, the industry giant, in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.

Bethlehem, Pa Bethlehem Steel Co U.S. Steel

Missouri Weather Outlook and Local Police Briefs

Partly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s to 70s and a chance of showers west regions. Extended outlook shows possible showers and thundershowers Monday into Tuesday with mild, variable cloudiness. Audrain Medical Center lists multiple admissions and discharges. deaths include John Joseph Stephens and others. Police and Highway Patrol report minor accidents, a sling shot incident, injuries from falls and a near head-on crash near Sturgeon with both drivers cited for careless driving.

Missouri West Breckenridge St Charles Krueger McCredie Mr. Krueger Jessie Jenkins W. Love St Krueger Haney Hamilton Liberty St South Clark St R. E. Besalke Southmor St Barney E. McNatt W. Carrico St Beverly J. Callison Gibson’s Discount Center S. Jefferson St McNatt Callison James Johnson Lafayette St Audrain Medical Center Johnson M. P Boots) Griffin Hardin Park Pamela A. Weldon Montgomery City Werges Weldon Shirley Ann Wills Holliday Paris Roger Dale Fricke Centralia Bradley

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