Jaycees and Wives Install Officers in Mexico Club Banquet
More than 150 people attended the 1972 installation banquet and dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Rex Johnson served as master of ceremonies while Lewis Brooks Jr. gave the invocation. Mrs. Morris Crews presided over awards to Wives members and the club awarded Sparkette and Spakette honors to numerous members. The event honored past presidents, installed officers, and concluded with dancing to Bernie's Combo.
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Mexico
Wives Club
Nolan Wilson
Bob Barnes
Fire Base Bastogne Reoccupied Near Hue
South Vietnamese forces recaptured Fire Base Bastogne 12 miles west of Hue after 36 hours of heavy fighting and B52 strikes. North Vietnamese pressures pressed Kontum defenses, while Saigon-Phnom Penh highway was cut 25 miles north west of Saigon amid clashes near Trang Bang. U S planes airlifted Montagnard families from Kontum as Okinawa was returned to Japan in a pact praised by Agnew. Glenda Jackson and Keith Michell led Emmy night. Dan Blocker burial announced in Texas after his death from lung clots at 43.
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Saigon
Bastogne
Hue
Central Highlands
Kontum City
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Trang Bang
U.S
Mexico Ledger Telegraphed Publication Details
Publication information for the Mexico Ledger lists publication schedule daily except Sundays and holidays, office address at 630 N Washington St, subscription rates by mail and carrier across multiple regions, and office hours from 8:00 p m to 5:30 p m weekdays and 8:00 a m to 3:00 p m Saturdays. Rates vary by region with yearly, semiannual, and quarterly options, including special military rates.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Mexico Jaycees install officers and directors 1972 73
Front row shows Fred Hemlin as director Larry Weber treasurer Bill Williams secretary Charles Peck president Lewis Brooks Jr second vice president and Bob Barnes first vice president. Standing are Lee Gibson Darriel Douglas Nolan Wilson Jim Wilson Ron Gipson Wes Hauser Jim Dye and Dr. Robert Peak past president. Lower photo captures Mexico Jaycee Wives Club officers and directors with Mrs. Hemlin president Mrs. Dye treasurer Mrs. Arens vice president and Mrs. Nowell secretary.
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Jim Dye
Robert Fenlon
Ron Gipson
Jay Gourley III
Ray Heaton
Bill Hilton
Rex Johnson
Jim Kropf
Ed Lang
Barry Moore
Richard Tiller
Bill Williams
Freedom Guard
Fred Heivlin
Dahl White
Jaycee
United States
Jaycees
Robert 5
Green Memorial Park
Hilton
Bob Barnes
Region 2
Bernie
Richard Nye
Tony Milian
al Schindler
Mexico
Jack Creason
Dwight Schindler
Richard Vance
Pearl couple marks 19th Parade of Bands attendance
Mr and Mrs Fred Pearl attended the Mexico school bands Parade of Bands for the 19th consecutive year. They have one more year to complete two decades of attendance, with their children having performed in prior years.
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Fred Pearl
Mexico
GOP Plans To Keep Eye On Ballots
Washington AP reports Republicans are creating a nationwide poll watching system to deter vote irregularities on election day. Murray Chotiner leads the effort amid concerns of Democratic influence and past fraud claims in Illinois and Texas. Plans include verifying registrations, pre opening machine checks, and early intervention to deter improper voting.
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Chotiner
Cook County
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New Jersey
Diana
Kentucky
Texas
New Mexico
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Illinois
Nixon
John B. Sayre
Republican National Committee
Sayre
Okinawa Reversion to Japanese Rule Ends 27 Years
Sirens and horns mark the turnover as Okinawa and the Ryukyus revert to Japanese rule one minute after midnight. Ten hours later, Vice President Agnew reads Nixon’s proclamation at a Tokyo ceremony attended by Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Sato. Protests and boycotts shadow the transfer amid U.S. military presence concerns and Nixon shocks.
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United States
Okinawa
Japan
Spiro T. Agnew
Ryukyus
Agnew
Nixon
Hirohito
Eisaku Sato
U.S
Socialist Party
Budokan
America
Sato
China
Southwestern Bell Execs See Pay Hikes Amid Rate Increase Request
Missouri officials report Southwestern Bell executives across the company received raises of 8 to 25 percent while the firm seeks a 63.5 million rate rise. About 67 executives earn 40 thousand dollars annually, with company president Angus S. Alston at 165 thousand after a 10 percent rise. Bell vice president R. R. Shockley notes the boosts align with a 5.5 percent companywide average.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Missouri Public Service Commission
Kansas City Star
PSC
Angus S. Alston
R. R. Shockley
Bell
Missouri-Ilinois
Truce Line Emerges After Belfast Bloody Weekend
Northern Ireland endured its deadliest weekend in months as clashes erupted around Ballymurphy and Springmartin. A car bomb at Kelly's Bar wounded many, including children, while IRA guerrillas fought Protestant and British troops in a wide perimeter. Troops encircled the city to halt reinforcements as sporadic fire continued.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Ballymurphy
Springmartin
Kelly’s
Irish Republican Army
TRA
Nightly clashes erupt as sectarian fighting escalates near Dublin
A British soldier is killed as troops storm an IRA strongpoint in a city suburb. The conflict spreads to the outskirts with mobs stoning each other and a match factory set ablaze. Eight miles of the Dublin highway are sealed off as 350 paratroopers push through Ballymurphy to separate Catholic and Protestant factions. Paratroopers seize Springfield road, dispersing stone-throwing youths with rubber bullets.
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Ballymurphy
Dublin
Springfield Road
Landon praises Haiphong action in Nixon blockade
Alf M. Landon, former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee, labels Nixon’s blockade of North Vietnamese ports as America’s first strategic move in the long war. He compares it to Lincoln’s Civil War strategy and notes divisions over IndoChina policy, speaking at Mount St. Scholastica Academy.
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Nixon
United States
Alf. M. Landon
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
London
Mount St. Scholastica Academy
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