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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1970
Page
7
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to begin Friday November 13 to consider emergency FY funding and welfare needs. Open ended measures are possible with revenue options including taxes or fees and continued Medicaid funding.
George Litterley reports Republicans gained a strong two party footing in Missouri by winning state auditor Kit Bond with a 200000 vote margin while Democrat Haskell Holman kept attorney general, and Senator Stuart Symington won re election. Bond vows CPA staff and standard accounting, seeks bank deposit reform. Hearnes calls Nov 13 special session to discuss revenue options, eyeing sales tax rise as potential fix.
Missouri Military Academy will honor five groups at Homecoming with registration at 8 a.m. in the Administration Building. About 600 attend yearly and the event grows, featuring a cadet corps decorations contest judged by wives of MMA Alumni Association board members, followed by drills, a Dad’s Day sweepstakes, rifle use, luncheon, officer elections, a football game against Wentworth, and a dinner dance at the Empire Club. Committee members include Roy Gant, Larry Rocke, Jay Renow, John Kloeppner, Ray Zimerman, Larry Green, and Walter Weisert.
North Vietnamese Ambassador Xuan Thuy tells the Paris peace talks that President Nixon has lied to the American people. U.S. Ambassador Bruce rebukes the insult as Thuy claims U.S. policy prolongs the war. Thuy and Hanoi spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le dispute Nixon's peace proposals amid midterm election commentary.
Indiana Senate votes show Vance Hartke ahead of Richard Roudebush by 3698 with a recount likely and weeks for final results. Kentucky House sees Romano Mazzoli leading Wil liam Cowger by 114 votes amid absentee ballots. Michigan Governor Milliken leads Sander Levin by 88587 with 92 percent counted. Maine Governor Curtis up by 702 over Erwin in unofficial totals. Rhode Island Governor Licht leads DeSimone by 2710.
Three Mexican teens and two juveniles were jailed on charges of mischievous behavior vandalism and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after police stopped their car at 1 55 a m witnesses said they turned on fire hydrants and set straw on Fairground Avenue earlier in the evening police noted vandalism at Fairground Park rest rooms and uprooted shrubbery at the Mexico Youth Center.
The Missouri Valley Conference signed a two year contract with options to meet the Pasadena Bowl winner in December. The MVC champion will represent the eastern entry in the classic on December 19, likely facing San Diego State from the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. San Diego State seeks another Pasadena Bowl bid after its 29-7 win last year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved freight rate increases of 8 percent in the East and West and 6 percent in the South, plus a 1 percent increase held in reserve. The plan allows these rises 15 days after a formal request, with potential refunds if later investigations deem them unnecessary. ICC Chairman Stafford cited dire railroad finances and cited Penn Central’s collapse as context.
James Warren Finley 48 was found dead in his car in the 1300 block of N Kentucky Rd Tuesday night. An autopsy at Audrain Hospital showed no evidence of foul play and cited natural or accidental causes. Inquest set this afternoon with coroner's jury. Funeral plans include Elmwood Crematory and Mount Hope Cemetery.
Sen. Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota asked the Agriculture Department to intensify pork purchases to lift low market prices farmers have faced. He urged emergency action as hog prices have fallen about 50 percent in eight months. The department is already buying pork for school lunch programs and plans to buy more for needy families next week.
Columbia area reports four campus enrollment at Missouri University topping 30,000 male and 16,765 female students. Columbia campus shows 21,680 students up 599 from last year. St. Louis 9,861 up 83. Kansas City 9,515 down 199. Rolla 6,069 up slightly. Overall enrollment rises by 524 from the prior year.
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