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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1975

Page

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Police Network Stirs Controversy Across Cities

AP reports disclosure of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit activities sparked investigations in Cook County Dallas Houston and Atlanta. The LEIU with 1.3 million federal funds maintains a 18000-name index and faces scrutiny over data requests and undercover spying by a former agent linked to AIM and SEIU membership suspensions.

Washington Cook County Ill Chicago Pace Dallas Tex Leiu SEIU Associated Press United States Houston LETU Senate Douglas Durham Des Moines Iowa FBI American Indian Movement AIM Sir Durham Wounded Knee S.D Durham Lincoln Neb American Civil Liberties Union Herbert McCoy Kansas City, Mo McCoy LETA Atlanta Ralph Berkowitz State’s Attorney's Office SETA Berkowitz Chicago George Allen George Schrader Allen Jack Moore Idaho Department of Law Enforcement Boise

Miss Patricia Wood Named Welfare Training Specialist

Patricia E. Wood 21 Marine Drive has joined the Missouri Division of Family Services as welfare training specialist for Districts 6 and 7, overseeing casework training for 93 staff across eight counties in each district. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Washington University and co authoring a University of Missouri child abuse prevention video.

Patricia E. Wood Marine Drive District 6 Family Services E. Liberty Missouri Division of Family Services Audrain Callaway Marion Monroe Montgomery Pike Ralls Shelby Franklin Jefferson Lincoln St. Charles St. Francois Ste. Genevieve Warren Washington Misa Wood Culver-Stockton College Canton Division of Welfare Division of Family Services Washington University St. Louis Mexico Protective Services University of Missouri University of Missouri, Washington University University of Iowa

Purcell Transfer to Green, Strange and Russell Posts

Purcell, now Sulphur Springs works manager, moves to Mexico as manufacturing training director for A. P. Green Refractories Co. starting June 16. Norman Strange becomes Sulphur Springs works manager after moving from Philadelphia. Peyton Russell shifts from Fulton plant to Mexico as manufacturing product cost analyst. Purcell’s long service includes plant roles and community leadership in Mexico and Sulphur Springs. Strange has held multiple Green positions since 1939. Russell, a Murray State graduate, is a retired Missouri National Guard lieutenant colonel.

Murray FE. Purcell Sulphur Springs Texas Mexico A.P. Green Refractories Co Norman W. Strange Philadelphia Peyton T. Russell Fulton Purcell U.S Southeast Missouri State College Green Company Mr. Purcell Gail Margie Timmy Scot Mr. Strange Russell Murray State University Missouri National Guard Mildred S. Muldrow

Families Say Prayers Answered After Mayaguez Rescue

Families of the Mayaguez crew express relief and thanks to President Ford and Congress as Marines return the ship’s 40 crewmen amid early reports of casualties. Parents, spouses, and siblings in Mississippi, Alabama, Ohio, and New Jersey praise the mission and mourn Marines lost.

Associated Press Congress John Mullis Wilmer Ala James Jack Mullis Mayaguez U.S Pentagon William Earl Gilbert Pascagoula, Miss Earl C. Gibert Jerry Gilbert Linda Shemper Hattiesburg Miss Frank T. Conway Ervin Anderson New Orleans Clifford Myregard van Nuys Calif Jared Myregard

Congress Will Overspend Says Mahon After Budget Vote

Washington AP Chairman George Mahon of Texas predicts Congress will overspend despite new budget procedures. He notes a $68.8 billion deficit forecast and a $367 billion ceiling, with funds to be kept on a tight leash and individual bills minimized. The plan aims to shift spending toward social programs and job-stimulating projects.

Washington Congress House Appropriations Committee George Mahon Dtex Ford Mahon Congressional House Senate

Stolen Art Recovered, Now It's Stolen Again

In Milan the Museum of Modern Art is again looted as three or four masked thieves steal more than 30 paintings by Cezanne Renoir Van Gogh Modigliani and Corot from the Grassi Gallery after bypassing a wall ladder and a second floor window. Police note the February thefts of 28 works were valued at 1.5 to 3 million dollars and recovered recently. An alarm was not yet active at the targeted window.

Milan Italy Milan Museum of Modern Art Cezanne Renoir van Gogh Modigliani Corot Grassi

Rolla Man Named To MU Curators

Gov. Bond named Rex Z. Williams chairman of Rolla State Bank to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. The Democrat will replace John Sam Williamson, pending Senate confirmation, with a term through January 1, 1981. Williams, 65, is a Missouri School of Mines graduate and former MU faculty member.

Jefferson City Rolla State Bank University of Missouri Board of Curators Christopher S. Bond Rex Z. Williams John Sam Williamson Senate Williams Old Missouri School of Mines University of Missouri-Rodla

Families Band Together To Build Own Homes

In Eden Wisconsin a dozen Fond du Lac area families labor nightly to panel walls nail roofs and raise beams for self built houses aided by a nonprofit group and a federal grant. The program uses Farmers Home Administration seed money with loans at 1 to 4 percent and requires 30 to 35 hours weekly from participants who also take carpentry plumbing and electronics courses.

Eden Wis Fond du Lac Farmers Home Administration U.S Debbie Tautges Dan Neubauer Miss Tautges Daniel Stokely Stokely

Million Dollar Sikeston Loan Suit Filed In St Louis Area

Union Planters National Bank filed three Chancery Court suits in Memphis seeking more than three million dollars from Cecil F. Montgomery Helen M. Johnson Richard Henley Montgomery and Joel A Montgomery and Mary Lou Montgomery for defaulted loans. Collateral includes 11 624 shares Sikeston bank stock 18 564 Malden bank stock 3 302 Himmelberger Harrison Lumber stock and $28 400 in debentures.

Memphis Union Planters National Bank Southeast Missouri ‘Investments Chancery Court Cecil F. Montgomery Helen M. Johnson Sikeston Richard Henley Montgomery Joel A. Montgomery Mary Lou Montgomery First National Bank of

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