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Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1974

Page

3

Missouri Fiscal Panel Balks at Expanding Law Enforcement Council

Jefferson City officials report the state Fiscal Affairs Committee delayed action on a plan to let the Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council increase its staff and require regional units to match federal ant crime funds. Atty. Gen. Danforth warned that without approval federally funded programs could end. The panel also borrowed 1.4 million for Highway Patrol pay raises and approved federal funds for salaries in education and instructional TV director roles. A grant for rehabilitation pilot projects was not endorsed.

Jefferson City GAP Asffeirs John C. Danforth Missouri Danforth Robert ‘Gruensfelder General Assembly Highway Patrol Smith State Department of Education Public Defender Contingency Fund State Educational Department Northwest Missouri State University Clarence Heflin D-Independence

Tractor kills Lebanon pastor on farm slope accident

The Rev. Samuel Bradford, 72, of Lebanon, Missouri, was killed when a tractor overturned while he was clearing brush on his farm. Bradford was pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Lebanon.

Lebanon Samuel Bradford Bradford Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Miracle Save: 10-Year-Old Rescued From Drainage Ditch

In St Louis County a 10-year-old boy, Tim Varnum, was swept 70 feet through a closed drainage ditch at Sylvan Springs Park during a Holy Family School picnic. Truck driver Steve Rey leaped into an open ditch and pulled him to safety before he was carried to the Mississippi River. Varnum suffered only cuts and bruises and received treatment at Cardinal Glennon Hospital. The preacher Father Arthur Leivinger praised the rescue as a miracle amid a day of rain across the area.

ST. Louis Arthur Leivinger Tim Varnum Sylvan Springs Park St. Louis County Varnum Holy Family School Father Leivinger Holy Family Catholic Church Steve Rey Leivinger Rey Mississippi River Cardinal Glennon Hospital

Record Flooding Damages Worsen Across Regions

On Wednesday May 22 1974 heavy rain drove further flooding along the Missouri and eines rivers. Officials monitored rising waters as this spring’s flood left hundreds homeless and caused millions in damage, with additional rainfall stretching into the afternoon.

Eines River Missouri

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