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Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1973

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Nixon-backed Alaska oil pipeline clears Congress

The Senate approved a private construction bill for an Alaska oil pipeline and President Nixon is likely to sign it. The 80 to 5 Senate vote came after the House passed 361 to 14, amid regulatory concerns and veto warnings. If delays occur from environmental lawsuits, a federal build option may be sought.

Washington Senate Today Alaska Henry M. Jackson Nixon Senate House Jackson Roy Ash Office of Management and Budget Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton Sam Steiger Rariz House-Senate Prudhoe Bay Gulf of Alaska Rep Don Young John Melcher Dmont Steiger

How They Voted On Alaska Pipeline Bill Defeat

The House rejected the Alaska Pipeline bill provisions expanding government regulatory power by a 213 to 162 vote on Monday. A yes vote aimed to send the measure back to conference with instructions to delete the provisions. Missouri lawmakers Bolling Burlison Clay Hungate Ichord Litton Randall Sullivan Symington Taylor were recorded as not voting or voting yes or no in the roll call.

Washington House Missouri Bolling Burlison Clay Hungate Ichord Litton Randall

Skylab 3 launch date delayed by new cracks found

Skylab Program Director William C. Schneider says a new launch date for Skylab 3 will depend on further checks after hairline cracks appeared in eight stabilizer fins and seven of eight support beams on the Saturn 1B booster. The astronauts Carr Pogue Gibson arrived to join the decision conference as engineers weigh whether to delay days or roll back to the assembly building.

Skylab Schneider

Gregory Still Fasting In Crusade On Liquor

Los Angeles AP report on Dick Gregory who fasting since 1971 to protest war and poverty now focusing on liquor as a social evil. He has stopped liquor clubs, tours on college dates, and lectures while maintaining a fruit diet and extreme hunger at about 100 pounds.

Los Angeles Dick Gregory Plymouth Mass Gregory

Tragic Fate Too Much For Boy Of 13

CHICAGO AP The 13 year old Gary Cohen faced a sequence of losses starting with his mother’s cancer death, then his sister Janice’s self inflicted paralysis and accidental death, followed by his father Philip’s suicide. On Veterans Day Gary, alone in the basement, used a shotgun to end his life, leaving Sol Cohen to lament a child unable to see a future beyond tragedy.

Chicago Gary Cohen Janice Philip Gary Sol Cohen

CP Board Hears Dr Hall On Bill 474

Dr Leonard Hall of Jefferson City addressed the Audrain County Cerebral Palsy Center board about House Bill 474 and its impact on private schools for handicapped children in Missouri. Public hearings on the bill are scheduled for Nov 26 in Kirksville and Dec 7 in Jefferson City. Don Smith presided, a bylaws committee was formed, Walter Staley to chair with Robert Fenlon and Lee Gullion, and Laurene Miller was named board representative to the county child welfare board.

Leonard Hall Jefferson City Audrain County Cerebral Palsy Center State Department of Education Hall Missouri Kirksville Don Smith Walter Staley Robert Fenlon Lee Gullion Laurene Miller County Child Welfare Board

Nixon's overall rating slides in Harris poll

New York AP reports Louis Harris poll shows Nixon with 58 percent rating for good to excellent in world peace efforts but only 32 percent for overall job performance as president. Among 1,007 households polled Oct 26–29, 64 percent deemed his overall work fair to poor, 4 percent undecided, with 59? exact figures noted for prior year.

New York Louis Harris Nixon White House Mideaat Harris

Drake ND School Board Burns Books Over Obscene Content

In Drake North Dakota the high school incinerator burned three dozen copies of Slaughterhouse Five and the board ordered destruction of 60 copies of Deliverance and Short Story Masterpieces amid protests from parents and clergy claiming obscene language. Residents say the action censors morals and undermines education while officials defend the move as removing deemed inappropriate material.

Drake N.D North Dakota Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five Lester Gerber Vonnegut Deliverance James Dickey Hemingway Faulkner Steinbeck

Truck Fee Hikes At City Landfill

City council discusses two cent per capita contributions to a countywide waste collection plan to meet state requirements for sanitary landfills. Plans include a $16,917.63 tax bill for street work and new paving on Clay and Calhoun streets, with property assessments ranging from 21 cents to $1.22 per front foot. A $1,200 contract funds paving plans for Clay and Olive Streets outside West Underpass Urban Renewal Area. Also noted is a public hearing Dec 7 on discontinuing C and H Transit service between Mexico and Fulton.

Audrain City of Mexico Harold Enslen Enslen Ruth Olson Leonard Snyder Sheryl Ligon Gilbert Patrick Clay Street Jefferson Clark Calhoun Street Love Summit Grand Ave Promenade Anderson Pollock Road Grand Bend Washington St Allison Calhoun Pollock Washington R. W. Booker and Associates of St. Louis Clay Olive Western S. Clark Street High Street Nielsen Missouri Public Service Commission C and H Transit Inc Fulton Louisiana U. S. Highway 54 Public Service Commission Jefferson City D. W. Addicks C and H. Transit Northeast Missouri Lines Addicks Kingdom City Missouri Research Institute MFI Chamber of Commerce MRI School Board

Miller Has Surgery On Leg Artery

Henry Miller, 81 year old novelist of Tropic of Cancer, is recovering at home after graft surgery to correct a circulation disturbance in his leg. His doctor reports he is in fair condition.

Los Angeles Henry Miller Miller

Ford Predicts Nixon Will Be Exonerated

Vice President designate Gerald R. Ford told a National Association of Realtors convention that Watergate has not paralyzed Nixon or made him a prisoner. He predicted Nixon and the American system will be exonerated as the full truth emerges and praised Nixon's Middle East diplomacy and unemployment improvement as part of a strong track record.

Washington Gerald R. Ford Nixon Ford National Association of Realtors Middle East U.S England Churchill Israel

Hesburgh Says Nixon Lets Rights Commission Die On Vine

In Indianapolis AP report former Civil Rights Commission chair Hesburgh says President Nixon delays naming a new chairman, reflecting the administration's neglect of civil rights. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, resigned as chair nearly a year ago.

Indianapolis U.S. Civil Rights Commission Nixon Theodore M. Hesburgh University of Notre Dame Hesburgh

Bakke Tells Of Political Workshop

Quentin Bakke, local MNEA representative, says a teachers workshop on political processes will be held at the Monterey at 7 30 Friday. He notes the split between MSTA and NEA, who now counts about 11 000 to 12 000 members, and explains how candidates are chosen and elections decided.

Monterey Quentin Bakke Missouri National Education Assn M-Nea St. Louis Missouri State Teachers Assn MSTA NEA MNEA Bakke Hardin Junior High School Mexico

Faisal Seeks 51 Percent Share in Saudi Oil Firms

Prince Saud al Faisal says Saudi Arabia plans to boost foreign oil company participation from 25 to 52 percent. Saudi control in Aramco, now at 25 percent, aims to rise to 51 percent by 1982 with Kuwait Abu Dhabi and Qatar varying in acceptance.

Beirut Lebanon Saudi Arabia al Anwar Faisal Saud al Faisal Desert Kingdom Aramco Arabian-American Oil Co Standard Oil of California Texaco Exxon Mobil Oid Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani Persian Gulf

Bond Favors Speed Limit At 60 MPH

Gov. Christopher Bond advocates a voluntary 60 mph speed limit to save energy, aiming to persuade Missouri motorists to slow from higher limits. He noted no bus or truck pleas and said any legal change rests with the Legislature, likely next spring or summer, with current limits at 70 or 65 on major roads.

Kansas City Christopher Bond Missouri Bond Missouri Energy Commission

MMA Elected To CEEB Board

Missouri Military Academy wins a five year CEEB membership joining a select three percent of U. S. secondary schools. Major John E. Reddick notes eligibility depends on curriculum credentials and college entrance records while MMA reports 88 percent college placement over 27 years and has served central Missouri as a test center for more than a decade. Col. Charles Stribling ITI calls it a well deserved tribute to cadets and faculty.

Missouri Military Academy John E. Reddick MMA CEEB College Board Central Missouri Anne B. Speirs Charles Stribling

MHS News Highlights Testing Results and Sadie Hawkins Tickets

Missouri State-Wide Testing results are in the counselors’ offices for freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors. Seniors must book a 30 minute conference to review scores grades career plans and graduation procedures. Tickets went on sale in the cafeteria for the Sadie Hawkins Dance set for Saturday 8 30 to 11 30 pm at the Armory. Open House basketball scrimmage and varsity game follow at 7 8 and 8 pm respectively.

Armory MHS

Harshbarger Hurt After Fall From Ladder

Centralia farmer Donald Harshbarger remained in satisfactory condition at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after a Saturday ladder fall while sawing a tree limb. He suffered facial injuries and a badly bruised shoulder from a 10 to 12 foot drop at his father Frank Harshbarger’s farm eight miles north of Centralia.

Centralia Donald Harshbarger Audrain Medical Center Mexico Harshbarger Frank Harshbarger

Mrs Bozarth Returns Home After Major Surgery

Mrs F L Bozarth of 612 S Washington retruned home from University of Missouri Medical Center after major surgery. Dale Bozarth has returned to Oakland California after visiting with his mother.

F. L. Bozarth S. Washington Sr University of Missouri Medical Center Columbia Dale Bozarth Oakland Calif

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