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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1973
Page
7
The ninth annual Kiwanis Community Auction will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m in Centralia City Square with Marvin Fair donating auction services for the ninth year. Proceeds go to Kiwanis youth and community programs including scholarships and scouting support.
Missouri official 1973 74 manual to Lincoln University Jefferson City dedicates feature on Negroes in Missouri history with authors from Lincoln University history department Lorenzo Greene Antonio Holland Gary Kremer. Book shipped 40 000 copies and sent to libraries with copies for senators and representatives for distribution.
Janice Marie Hackmann of Benton City Missouri was selected among 37 students at Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville for Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Criteria included a 25 grade point average and enough credits to graduate by summer 1974 plus leadership and merit through extracurricular activities. Also notes weekly lunch menus at Hi Way R-3 elementary school with planned meals from Tuesday to Friday.
Laddonia faces a five day deadline to secure a $51,896 federal grant for a new community center. The city council must hire an architect under Phase III by Nov. 17 to determine if construction proceeds. Mayor Jack Folta and Aldermen Clayton Phears Frank Kessler and Johnnie Naysmith preside. Eugene Kauble is not replaced. The town has about $10,000 on hand plus centennial profits and donor pledges with $7,000 to $8,000 in labor. Several sites are considered after park site was rejected.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Iron County overcharged Missouri Pacific and St. Louis-San Francisco in 1959. It reversed a lower court and ordered refunds totaling 2,080.75 dollars and 841.67 dollars respectively, with protests noted. Intervening districts Arcadia Valley R-2 South Iron R-1 Iron County C-4 participated. The decision clarifies that tax law applies to increases in assessed value including new construction.
A record 133 million bushels of Missouri soybeans are forecast for 1973 by the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service with an 28 bushels per acre yield on Nov 1. The forecast also shows corn at 229 million bushels and cotton at 180000 bales, while grain sorghum is placed at 32 million bushels. In Clayton authorities evacuated over 100 St Louis County Jail inmates after 19 prisoners started fires and disturbances on a fourth floor cellblock.
The Interior Department alerts field offices that churches and schools are now priority propane customers under the mandatory allocation program. Trailers permanently used as residences gain priority, while mobile trailers are not listed. Priority categories include residential use for churches and schools, agriculture, food processing, mass transit, housing for medical patients, certain industrial vehicles, essential government services, oil and gas operations, limited commercial use, and propane air mixtures during peak demand.
Gasoline prices increased about three cents a gallon in the St. Louis area over the past week. Record highs at some stations showed 46.2 cents for regular and 49.4 cents for ethyl, with the regional average around 43 cents. Gerald Kroll of the Missouri Service Station Dealers Association predicts the average regular price could reach 50 cents by spring, though he does not expect rates to climb as rapidly as recently.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Paris on Friday with 134 people donating blood, yielding 125 units. Nine donors were rejected and seven were first timers. Doctors Warbritten and Barnett assisted, with community groups aiding in the canteen and nursery. Nominal satisfaction credited to recruitment chairs Mrs. Callis and Mrs. Gilmore. quota set at 120 units, achieved over 96.
Christmas boxes to Veterans Hospitals wrapped in festive paper. Juniors Auxiliary helpers named, including Gay Lechliter and several sisters. Optimist Club hosts skating nights for grades 3-6 on Nov 15 and 7-10 on Nov 19 with transportation from Paris Library at 6:30 pm. Golden Years Club meets Tuesday at 1:30 pm at American Legion Hall with crafts and a Thanksgiving skit. Mr. and Mrs. Homer T Levings travel to Miami after winters in Arizona. continues on Page 8.
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