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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1974

Page

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Arabs Cut Prices and Raise Taxes on Oil Expected

Three Arab oil states Saudi Arabia Qatar and the United Arab Emirates cut posted crude prices by 3.5 percent while boosting taxes and royalties on foreign oil companies by 17 percent to protect revenue. Iran Kuwait and Iraq declined to join, leaving OPEC to decide at its Vienna meeting. Separately the US signed a 200000 ton wheat sale with Egypt and Israel unveiled a sharp austerity plan to rebuild currency reserves amid protests led by Rabin. Arafat warned of a forthcoming war unless US aid to Israel ends.

Holger Jensen Associated Press Saudi Arabia Qatar United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Persian Gulf Iran Kuwait Iraq Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Vienna Middle East United States Egypt U.S Earl L. Butz Cairo Tel Aviv Yitzhak Rabin Israel Yasir Arafat Abc-Tv Palestine Liberation Organization America Arafat Lebanon

City Council Set to Review Priority List Tonight

The Mexico City Council meets at 7 30 p m to consider the Citizens Advisory Committee priorities for community development funds. Top items include urban renewal, street and drainage work, housing rehab, and parks. Estimated annual funding is about 500 000. The body also flags tax bill issuance for summer street work and parking code changes on Love and Jefferson streets to add meters for a doctor and a law office.

Citizens Advisory Committee Mexico Woodlawn Olive Leve North City Henley Western Clark Maple Pearson Wade Jefferson Love Street Coal Street Jefferson Street Anderson Street Neil Nielsen Pearl Motor Co Planning and Zoning Commission

Mayor Tolson to Speak at Black Officials Conference

Herman C. Tolson will be one of the speakers at a Black Officials Leadership Conference at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis on November 21 and 22. Sponsored by the Missouri Municipal League, attendees include Black elected and appointed officials key staff state and federal legislators.

Herman C. Tolson Chase Park Plaza Hotel St. Louis Missouri Municipal League

Israeli jets bomb Lebanon targets amid war warning

Israeli jet fighters bombed Arab guerrilla concentrations in Lebanon after three weeks with no damage reported. The attack followed a warning to press the all-out war against terrorists. Spokesman said planes returned safely from southeast Lebanon in the area known as Fatahland, amid no immediate guerrilla action cited.

Lebanon Tel Aviv Israel Fatahland al Fatah

Queen Honors Dead Of Wars Ceremonies Under Guard

Queen Elizabeth II and royal family members joined ceremonies honoring World War I and II dead under police vigilance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Uniformed and plainclothes officers guarded against bombs after more than 20 deaths in England in the past year linked to IRA bombings.

London Whitehall England Irish Republican Army

Fish Kill Smothers 60,000 Missouri Fish Loss Estimated

State officials estimate the value of nearly 60,000 fish killed in southeast Missouri at about 3300 dollars. Conservation biologists probe the incident with unknown cause. A New Madrid County farmer first reported the kill, affecting 10 miles of drainage ditch and stream below Malden's sewage plant. About 53,000 minnows plus bullheads carp sunfish and pickerel perished. Dr and Mrs R L Searfoss have been in Chicago and Kansas City attending optometry meetings.

Malden Missouri Conservation Department New Madrid County

John Hook and the gaited horses of Little Dixie

Editor's note recalls John Hook, famed horse trainer, through a recreated 1958 interview and notes. The feature celebrates his influence on gaited saddlebreds, detailing his Missouri roots, Saddle Horse Museum ties, and legendary showmanship, and recalls his Mexico Missouri barn, staff, and era of national acclaim.

John Hook Missouri Life Joan Gilbert Saddle Horse Museum The Audrain Historical Society Hook Rex McDonald Rex Ringo Hotel Mexico Columbia Denmark F.S Missouri Little Dixie Europe

Horse Scribe Reveals Fire Losses and Legendary Horses

In 1958 Hooke, age eighty, recalls Bourbon Beauty lost in a barn fire in Fort Worth and the impact on his stable, including Patricia and Tinker. He recounts My Major Dare as the first ten thousand dollar horse and Dicky Chu, plus stories of the Gingerbread Man and Rex Blees line, with anecdotes from auctions and shows.

Hooke Bourbon Beauty Fort Worth Texas Patricia Bourbon Tinker Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Adolphus Busch St. Louis Chickashay Denver Dicky Chu Leonard Dicky Dave Gingerbread Man Rex Blees

Courageous Invader Proves Promising In Stall Preview

A horse named Courageous Invader is unveiled in a stall at the farm. The tall chestnut, described by trainer Leonard Hook, shows a steady walk trot as the boss's son prepares to debut him this fall. The scene includes empty stalls and neglected tack, underscoring a quiet yard.

Leonard Hook

Ford faces pressure from left and right after elections

AP analysis notes Democrats claim voters want stronger leadership to fix the economy while liberal Republicans tilt toward supporting Ford. Conservative GOP figures led by Ronald Reagan resist his choices on Rockefeller as VP and amnesty for Vietnam-era dissenters. Ford offers no immediate plan, risking friction with Congress if he delays bold proposals.

Carl P. Leabsdorf Washington Ford California Ronald Reagan Nelson A. Rockefeller James L. Buckley Rn.y Congress GOP South Reagan

Energy depletion forecast shocks Yale physicist

Yale physicist Arvid Herzenberg warned in New Haven that the United States will exhaust all known energy resources within about 60 years if current consumption continues and no new reserves are found. He cited oil by 1988, gas by 1989, coal by 2032 and outlined a nationwide speaking tour next year.

New Haven, Conn United States Yale Arvid Herzenberg U.S

Stand in God's Stead as Bridge and Shepherd

The text proclaims that to stand in God's stead is to bridge God and mankind, to be a shepherd and beacon, a standard guiding to God. It defines priests as dedicating to the world’s salvation, witnessing to good and true, and ready to sacrifice all for the greater good.

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