Park Worker and Patrolman Hired Under Emergency Plan in Mexico
City Manager Neil Nielsen said two of the three Emergency Employment Act jobs for Mexico have been filled through the Missouri State Employment Service. William E. Haws, 1023 Clark St., started as a police patrolman, and George J. Henderson, 704 N Jefferson St., was hired Oct. 22 as park maintenance man. One police position remains open as Patrolman Robert Love resigned Oct. 31 to join another Kansas City area department. Applications for the vacancy are now being accepted.
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Apark
Mexico
Neil Nielsen
Missouri State Employment Service
William E. Haws
Clark St
George J. Henderson
N. Jefferson St
Henderson
Haws
Hickman High School
Columbia
Mexico Public
University of Missouri At Columbia
iThe Mexico Police Department
Former Senator Robertson Dies in Virginia at 94
A. Willis Robertson, longtime congressman and senator from Virginia, has died at age 94 after hospitalization for a heart condition and arterial hardening. He entered Congress in 1933, served in the House until 1946, then moved to the Senate to succeed Carter Glass and won re election in 1950, 1954, and 1960 before losing in the 1966 Democratic primary.
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Lexington
A. Willis Robertson
Congress
Robertson
House
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Nobel Prizes Awarded to Gabor and Herzberg in 1971
Two European scientists now working in the United States and Canada won the 1971 Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry. Dennis Gabor of Stamford Connecticut received the physics prize for holography, while Gerhard Herzberg of Canada’s National Research Council in Ottawa earned the chemistry prize for studies of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals.
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Stockholm
United States
Canada
Dennis Gabor
Stamford
Conn
Gerhard Herzberg
Canadian National Research Council
Ottawa
Washington
Gderal
Alaskan
Amchitka
Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Atomicnergy Commission
Kentucky
Mississippi
All Missouri Rating To MHS Mascot
The Mexico High School yearbook Mascot received an All Missouri rating at the Missouri Interscholastic Press Assn convention in Columbia. Laddonia's Community A4 yearbook Trojan earned First Honors as about 37 area student journalists attended the conference with sessions led by noted educators.
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Mexico
Missouri Interscholastic Press Assn
MIPA
University of Missouri At Columbia
Laddonia
Trojan
Don Anderson
Missouri Military Academy
Dora Barnes
Greg W. Bryson
Allen D. Cox
Vickie L. Earle
Jim Edmonston
Lawrence K. Epple
Mary K. Farnen
Cynthia K. Fowler
Capt. E. L. Gilmore
Tim J. Gourley
Rick Grob
Catherine Harrkon
Nancy M. Hotop
Martha E. Hawthorne
Chuck W. Johnson
Marcia R. Lees
Martha K. Milan
Stephen R. Moore
Tom
Margaret A. Reed
Pam Weldon
Faye I
Ritschard
New Florence
Boy Scouts Drive For Members In Great Rivers Council
The merged Great Rivers Council and Lake of the Ozarks Council launches its annual recruitment led by Charles Shaffer. Football themed "Touchdown for Boy Power" encourages boys aged 11 to 17 in Mexico area to join Troops 35 36 38 40 56 57 58 and Post 51 with contacts listed and incentives for quotas and plaques.
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Great Rivers Council of Boy Scouts
Lake of the Ozarks
Mexico
John Weatherspoon
Harold Adams
Robert Besalke
Ed Williams
Clifford Isaacs
Walt Hodgson
James Collison
John Stutsman
States Risk Health Funds Over Nursing Home Standards
Secretary Elliot L. Richardson warned that any state failing to enforce federal nursing home standards risks losing all federal health-care funds. He told governors that the government may take states out of compliance if abuses are widespread, noting many states lack resources more than resolve and pledging action to fix the deficiency.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Mom Can't Control Family's Eating Any More
New York food consultant Dr. Paul Fine told an American Medical Association symposium that Americans eat incessantly now, eight to ten meals daily, while not getting proper nutrition due to outdated ideas of three square meals and poor industry guidance. He urged re education of mothers and criticized manufacturers for a product by product approach and lack of commitment to real food.
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Las Vegas
Nev
New York
Paul Fine
American Medical Association
Fine
U.S
Laird Sees Vietnam Withdrawal Pass Nixon Target Boundary
Secretary Laird, in Vietnam for assessment talks with Thieu and Abrams, signals the U.S. troop pullout may exceed Nixon’s target of 164,000 by December 1 while declining to set a firm remaining-force figure. Pentagon sources project about 40,000 by next summer. current deployments sit around 196,700 with peak at 543,400 in 1969.
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Washington
Sec
Melvin R
Laird
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Nixon
Pentagon
Hawaii
Saigon
Creighton W. Abrams
Ellsworth
Vietnam War Now Total 8 004 Increases Again
A U S Navy A 6 Intruder scored the 70th strike of the year on North Vietnam after surface to air missiles were fired at it. No damage was reported. The mission targeted the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos while U S bombers hit depots in Cambodia. Ground combat continued with helicopter losses and Western forces reporting 24 enemy killed in the Mekong Delta. In Cambodia Marshal Lon Nol toured the northeastern front amid ongoing clashes along Highway 6.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Mu Gia
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Mekong
Cambodia
South Vietnam
North
Lon Nol
Baray
Jurors Pay Frozen by Nixon Wage-Price Freeze
St Louis jurors will not receive a pay increase after the Nixon administration froze wages and prices. The Missouri legislature approved raising jury duty fees to 12 dollars daily, effective Sept 28, but the Office of Emergency Preparedness ruled the increase violates the freeze.
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ST. Louis
James P. Roddy
Missouri
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Fog And Strike Tie Up Airport
Fog and a wildcat strike shut Heathrow Airport affecting more than 10 000 passengers. Baggage handlers and counter staff clashed with police on the tarmac in protests over a ground servicing contract awarded to Canadian firm General Aviation Services. Over 2 000 workers walked out and BEA canceled 50 flights with many more Europe bound services likely. The dispute began Monday as crews resist changes despite an inquiry ruling a year ago that their jobs would not be affected.
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London
Heathrow
General Aviation Services
British European Airways
Europe
Mediterranean
British Overseas Airways Corp
Extra Police Guard Queen Elizabeth II in London
Four thousand police were deployed in central London to protect Queen Elizabeth II during a Parliament opening after two weekend bombings. Police, helicopters, and river patrols guarded the royal route while investigators pursued anonymous tips amid IRA and Angry Brigade claims and denials.
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London
Queen Elizabeth II
Scotland Yard
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Thames
Parliament
Guy Fawkes
James I
Westminster
Queen Victoria Tower
Houses of Parliament
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Desegregation Bill Faces Busing Amendments in House
The administration’s desegregation measure survives but may be altered by busing amendments. The House voted 222 to 135 against the bill under short-cut procedures, needing 238 for passage. It could be attached to a general higher education bill later this week, with antibusing measures possible. President Nixon seeks a prohibition on using any funds for busing to overcome segregation.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Carl Albert
D-Oklaw
Nixon
Seven Year Old Leads Police To Mother's Marijuana
A 7-year-old boy wandered from home and invited Patrolman Ronald L. Quirk to view marijuana in his mother's apartment. The officer found a knapsack with a green leafy substance and pills. The mother, 29, was arrested but later released. the boy remained in juvenile custody.
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Kansas City
Ronald L. Quirk
Quirk
Charles J. Frans Jr
Optimists Plan Dance and Breakfast for Mexico Youth
The Mexico Optimist Club names a Youth Appreciation Week Committee chaired by Marvin J L McCowan with members David Wilkinson Bob Brown Mert Bancroft Bob Sewell Bob Ligon and Lewis Brooks Jr The club will hold a youth dance at the Mexico Youth Center on Saturday to honor local youths and a breakfast on Saturday Nov 13 to recognize student leaders from St Brendan's School Hardin Jr High Mexico High and the Audrain Medical Center Candy Stripers Also plans were announced for high school students to air Youth Appreciation Week segments on local radio and TV Ministers are urged to involve youth in services on Nov 14.
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Mexico
St. Brendan’s School
Hardin Jr. High
Mexico High
Fellowship of Christian Athdetes
Audrain Medical Center
Community of
McCowan
McGovern Backs UN Seat for China Over Taiwan
Senator George S. McGovern praised the United Nations vote to seat Communist China and oust Taiwan. He called it a substantive victory for the U S and said it would help remove myths, curb superpower bullying, and empower the UN to address major international issues affecting world peace.
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New York
George S. McGovern
United Nations
China
Taiwan
United States
People's Republic of China
Peking
U.N
Mexico Ledger publication and subscription rates
The Mexico Ledger lists publication details and pricing including daily issues except Sundays and holidays at 800 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65265. Subscription rates vary by delivery method region duration and format with specific prices for in area mail rail and out of state plus armed forces rates and office hours.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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Y. B. Chavan
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