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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1977
Page
1
Audrain County district proposes a future grade separation project at a key interchange to improve traffic flow. Officials outline location considerations, funding prospects, and timelines while seeking community input and potential staging options.
The Missouri Highway Commission approved the northern loop as the official bypass for Mexico, starting at Route D and running northeast past Teal Lake Road, crossing A P Green Refractories land, and reconnecting near the Burlington railroad. Farmers east of Mexico hailed the decision after months of opposition to southern routes that would cut across productive cropland.
Investigators say arson caused Monday night blaze at Vandiver Furniture and White Front Barber Shop in a quarter block building at Washington and Promenade Streets. State Fire Marshal James Helbig cites two origins and witnesses note multiple fires. Police seek suspects as polygraph testing planned for Wednesday.
The two county area including Audrain and Montgomery posted a 3.6 percent unemployment rate in March. Steven Oppy of Missouri State Job Service in Mexico cited 16,186 employed in the labor force. Audrain had 3.2 percent with 11,585 workers, Montgomery 4.5 percent with 5,212, and the regional rate compares favorably to the statewide 5.7 percent.
An explosion and ensuing fire at Aramco's Abqaiq oil field near Dhahran shut a key pipeline and halted part of Saudi oil exports. Officials said the blaze was contained within 12 hours and under control, with one Saudi foreman killed and 26 to 30 injured, including serious burns. No Americans were reported harmed. The Abqaiq field, producing over 800,000 barrels daily, was shut but no threat to nearby facilities remained. Cause unknown though sabotage was considered. some reports suggested Palestinian terrorists, a claim denied by Aramco. Production delay seen as temporary.
Mexico public schools present the 26th annual Parade of Bands Sunday afternoon at Presser Hall. John Willer, creator of the concert, will direct the fifth grade band and the Dixie Grey High School band closes the program. Willer retires at year end after 26 years as instrumental music director. Robert Murta will lead the middle and junior high bands. About 675 students perform across six bands. Concert starts at 1 15 pm with admission 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, the same price since the first concert three bands performed.
NATO leaders agreed on strengthening Europe forces to counter Warsaw Pact growth. Defense ministers will meet in Brussels for a three day strategy session and US allies accepted Carter's invitation to a Washington summit next May for 1980s defense planning. Brent Brown to present ammunition and deployment proposals and lessons from the 1973 Middle East war.
Senate Republicans prepare a rival energy bill to President Carter’s plan. It would lift price controls on oil and natural gas to boost domestic production, allow higher profits with a windfall tax if profits are not reinvested, and include conservation incentives similar to the administration proposal.
In Jefferson City the Senate considers an appropriations bill that would eliminate funds for enforcing Missouri Lobbyist Registration Law. It would also remove $21,000 from Cole County prosecuting attorney’s budget to enforce the lobbyist law and slash $404,380 from the Missouri Elections Commission amid questions about the law’s constitutionality. A separate maritime joke appears in the text.
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