Awards Honor MHS Student Achievements
Mexico High School honored its outstanding graduates in a morning ceremony with top honors awarded to senior Chuck Worstell who received the Bill Johnson Memorial trophy for a third time. Numerous scholastic and athletic scholarships and certificates followed, including awards from A P Green Refractories, Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary, Business and Professional Women, Central Missouri State College, University of Missouri, and various local clubs, with recipients named throughout the list. Juniors selected for Boys State and a Danforth Foundation award were noted as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Chuck Worstell
Bill Johnson
William §. Lowe
A. P. Green
Bruce Moore
Audrain Medical Center
Thomas M. Hodges
Dana Hinton
Nancy Hotep
Mary Senwalt
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Jane Fisher
Sherri Minney
Dorothy Glasford
Kim Everett
Central Methodist College
Susan
Cathy Harrison
Eleanor Vaughan
Hardin Club
Becky Rodes
J. Earle Moore
Arthur Ray Lecrease
Morris T. Crews
Tim Lankford
Mike Stuart
Mexico Community Teachers Association
Kathy Farnen
Martha Milan
Chester Trotter
Barbara Rigby
Mexico Kiwanis Club
Susan Schneider
Brenda Nolting
Wells VanWyngarden
Mexico Rotary Club
Vince Fuemmeler
Anita
Juanita Wilson
Mexico Women’s Club
Jack Viar
Bob Berrey
Iris Holtcamp
Missouri School-College Relations Commission
DuBus
Ed Boyd
Caryn Cline
Lawrence Epple
Mike Farrah
Cynthia Fowler
Janie Gardner
Martha Hawthorne
Gene Hubert
Kathy Jamison
Chuck Johnson
Jim Kiburz
Marcia Lees
Phyllis Mollett
Becky Hodes
Mark Rucker
Carl
Chuck Rentschler
Northeast Missouri State College
J. R. Houchins
Jim Forbis
Optimist Club
Les Tate
ALS Music Club
Peggy Gillam
Vickie Earle
Delbert Healey
American Legion Auxiliary
Leroy Sperry
American Youth Foundation
Camp Minivanca
Linda Henderson
John Stutsman
Glen Torreyson
Band Mothers
David Adams
Steve Collins
Larry DeBonds
Cory Ezell
Ben Given
Tim Hotep
Lee Kehl
Joe Long
Jim McKitterick
John Sparks
Dave Sutton
Andy Tribble
Danforth Foundation
Bremer Had Companion On Mysterious Trips
Milwaukee AP report details Arthur Bremer traveling with a swarthy Greek-descent companion on three Lake Michigan ferry trips in April and May 1972 as investigators link him to the Wallace shooting. Ferry records show trips Milwaukee Ludington and back, with a third man present but not entering the office. Bremer’s movements and conversations sparked questions about his political plans and campaign organizing across Wisconsin and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukeee
Milwaukee
Arthur H. Bremer
Bremer
Lake Michigan
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
C&o
Dington
Mich
Ludington
C&q
Earl
Nunnery
Associated Press
FBI
Wisconsin
Michigan
Wis
Supreme Court allows 9 to 3 verdicts in noncapital cases
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that state court convictions for noncapital crimes may be based on a 9 to 3 vote, not requiring unanimous verdicts. The decision, covering Louisiana Oregon and others, preserves a cross section of jurors as essential, while dissents warned of weakening rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Oregon
U.S
Byron KR. White
Oklahoma
Montana
Thurgood Marshall
William Douglas
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
White
Warren E. Burger
Harry A
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William C. Douglas
Law Here Adds Breathalizer Units in Police Field
The Mexico Police Department received a new breathalyzer to measure intoxication in driving cases after two weeks of training by Police Lt. Delbert Sanders. The state patrol certified Sanders as an operator following training at the patrol academy in Jefferson City. Two units are now at the police station and one at the highway patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Delbert Sanders
State Highway Patrol
Sanders
Jefferson City
Highway Patrol
Nixon arrives in Moscow for summit with Brezhnev
More than 100000 Muscovites greet President Nixon as he lands at the airport and proceeds to the Kremlin. The scene contrasts with Beijing welcomes and signals the start of a nine‑day visit focused on arms limits trade and space cooperation. Brezhnev not at the airport, Nixon and Podgorny receive officials and diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nixon
Kremlin
Peking
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nixons
Dip
Lomats
Pravda
United States
Tass
Bruno Kreisky
Salzburg
Kreisky
Klessheim Palace
Pperas
Leonid I. Brazhnev
Robert W. Hager Dies at 50 in Mexico
Robert W. Hager, 50, of 1509a S West St, died Saturday evening at Audrain Medical Center. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Delbert Admire officiating. burial Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico. Survived by wife Onita M Stringer. three sons Larry, Ronnie L, Danny. two daughters Debbie and Marilyn. two stepdaughters Roberta Plotner and Alice Reitman. mother Mrs Annie O Connor Hager. three sisters. 14 grandchildren. Mr. Hager, a WWII Army Air Force veteran, was a brick setter for Kaiser Refractories and A P Green Co before retirement in 1952. He resided in Mexico 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Hager
S. West St
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Delbert Admire
Elmwood Cemetery
Mexico
Hager
Perry
Annie O'Connor Hager
Fulton
Clifford W. Hager
Onita M. Stringer
Larry
Ronnie L
Danny
Debbie Hager
Mike
Marilyn) Lambert
Roberta Plotner
Robert
Alice) Reitman
Little York
Gene Baise
Fred Brooks
Merle Graves
Farber
Army Air Force
Mr. Hager
American Legion
Wadsworth
Kan
Demonstration At Pentagon Fails To Block Access
A Washington antiwar rally at the Pentagon drew a large crowd but failed to block the Defense Department entrance. About 500 to 1,000 protesters faced police lines as 13 demonstrators were arrested for disorderly conduct. Notable attendees included Dr. Benjamin Spock and David Dellinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Mall
Potomac River
Memorial Bridge
Military Complex
Benjamin Spock
James Gropps
Milwaukee
Capitol Grounds
Sidney Peck
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Constitution Avenue
Cicadas Invade Mexico in Large Swarms After 13-Year Cycle
Centralia tree expert Robert Sanders cautions against spraying as hundreds of thousands of cicadas emerge across Mexico after 13 years underground. The 13-year, 17-year, and annual cicadas all have distinct cycles and soon will mate. Adults live only weeks and do little lasting damage to trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sanders
Centralia
Mexico
Mr. Sanders
Senders
Also Mentioned on This Page
MHS
A.P. Green
Sandy Nininger
CTA
Lawrence Epple MU Curators Ledger Citizenship
Ation
DAR History Award
Anita Wilson
Merle Mitchell
GREEN
William S. Lowe
The
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Richard Vance
Patrick Henry
David Dellinger
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