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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
5
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Los Angeles AP reports the 27th Emmy Awards gather at the Hollywood Palladium with 63 Emmys to award during a two hour telecast. Hostesses include Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett. Predictions hinge on MASH and The Mary Tyler Moore Show with strong lead actress races in a special program.
Congress has set spending and revenue targets for the 1975 fiscal year and aims to keep bills within these guidelines. The plan totals 367 billion dollars in spending with an 68.8 billion dollar deficit, exceeding President Ford's budget by 11.4 and 8.8 billion respectively. Muskie notes discipline is needed as enforcement power lies with committees, while a new Budget Office will monitor compliance and suggest preemptive consultations to prevent overrun.
CANON CITY COLO. AP One inmate was killed and 17 injured in a disturbance at the Colorado State Penitentiary. Guards fired warning shots with submachine guns to quell the riot that involved about 190 inmates, with five wounded flown to Pueblo hospital. A post disturbance search found knives and swordlike weapons as authorities described the incident as a small riot sparked by a fight between Mexican American and Black inmates.
Summer Bartholomew of Merced California was named Miss USA 1975 at a televised ceremony in Niagara Falls New York. She described a string of titles from Miss Merced City to Miss California and Miss North American Oktoberfest and will pursue a broadcast journalism career.
WELLFLEET Massachusetts AP nude bathing on Cape Cod National Seashore becomes illegal starting today. Beach rangers will patrol beaches to enforce the rule with five rangers escalating to 42 by early next month. Everyone over age ten must cover genitals buttocks and women over ten must cover breasts. Violators face up to 500 dollars fine and six months in jail.
Audrain Medical Center invites bids for plumbing heating air conditioning electrical and building changes to the Radiology Department. Plans and specifications available at the Director of Buildings and Grounds office in Mexico Missouri with a $50 deposit per set. Bid closing on June 16 1975 at noon.
Former Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. urges the Rockefeller Commission to reopen the Kennedy assassination inquiry. He notes lingering questions about Watergate and questions about $100,000 kept by Bebe Rebozo, asserting most details emerged except that sum. He also comments on Watergate findings.
In Angel Camp California a retired operating engineer won $300 after Ex-Lax the bullfrog leapt 17 feet 6½ inches to take the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee prize. Second place went to Angels Hotel entry Scott Moniz 65 of Gustine, leaping 17 feet 4 inches for 200. The festival recalls Mark Twain's 1860 tale and draws about 10,000 spectators.
Richard Gilbert operates a furnished four bedroom Oceanside house as a halfway house for Vietnamese refugees awaiting sponsorship and security clearances after Camp Pendleton swelled with more than 18 000 refugees. Gilbert and his wife provided essentials and arranged jobs as they plan to help residents settle elsewhere or possibly establish another halfway house.
Orville Willis of Missouri Cities Water Co says residents in the Northeast part of Mexico may notice cloudy water tomorrow as the company begins flushing fire hydrants. Hydrants north of Liberty Street and east of Jefferson Street will be flushed.
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