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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1973

Page

4

House Vote Fast On Benefit Boost

The House approved a Social Security bill to boost benefits for aged recipients by 11 percent next year, with a 7 percent rise in April and 4 percent in July. Funding comes from raising the taxable wage base to 13,200, increasing taxes for workers and employers. The measure also speeds welfare payments to the elderly poor, the blind and the disabled, and moves future cost-of-living raises to June.

House New York California Massachusetts Wisconsin Michigan New Jersey Senate Finance Committee

Nixon Denials Shadow Richardson Lie Charge Amid Watergate

Several Republican senators report President Nixon said former Attorney General Elliott Richardson lied in sworn testimony about firing Archibald Cox. The White House denied the accusation, while senators including Charles Mathias called for Judiciary Committee review and Haig’s testimony. Richardson maintained his account, saying he opposed Nixon’s plan to limit the Cox probe and rejected tying it to the Stennis plan.

Washington Nixon Atty Elliot L. Richardson Archibald Cox White House Richardson Charles McC. Mathias Jr Judiciary Committee Mathias Alexander M. Haig Jr Haig GOP Senate Cox House Judiciary Roman L. Hruska Rneb Federal Court of Appeals U.S. District Court John J. Sirica John C. Stennis Dmiss Stennis

Centralia Local Notices and Club Updates

Continued from Page 3 residents can donate until noon Saturday with pickup calls at 662-3336 2304 2794 or 29055. Auction starts 1 30 p m at Centralia City Square led by auctioneer Marvin Fair. Arts and Crafts Workshop hosts a carry in Thanksgiving dinner at noon bring a covered dish and a small turkey cost. Mrs Irene Marshall will teach Christmas decorations with nylon net. bring scissors needle thread thimble and small ornaments. Mrs James Carlyle top honors and Mrs Harold Keely runner up as Mrs Wade Younger hosted Pla Mor Club. next host Mrs Kimbrough Green. Rebekah Lodge met with 12 members. Mrs Resa Bailey and Mrs Marvin Hombs presiding. District Deputy trip report by Mrs Weldon Long. planned November 26 Mexico and Auxvasse Lodges invited. Cadette Girl Scout Troop 240 holds community paper drive Saturday 8 am to 12 pm at United Methodist Church. accepts newsprint only with magazines if dull finished. tie bundles or bag groceries.

Centralia Centralia City Square Marvin Fair Arts and Crafts Workshop Irene Marshall James Carlyle Harold Keely Wade Younger Kimbrough Green Resa Bailey Noble Grand Marvin Hombs Rebekah Lodge Weldon Long Eldon Hombs Mexico Auxvasse C. L. Brown Tommy Patton Sr John Bagley George Wiest W. K. Pilcher Long Cadette Girl Scout Troop 240 United Methodist Church

Christmas Carry In Dinner And Motherhood Daze News

Personal notes from Paris describe a 12:30 noon Christmas carry-in dinner. Members of the Motherhood Daze club met at Jaycee hall for November, canvassing residential areas for the Cerebral Palsy fund and returning for a soup supper. They plan to canvass the business district later. Approximately 21 Monroe Manor residents attend an eight hour nursing course at Salt River Nursing Home in Shelbina to improve their work. The AGNEW ambulance transported Waldron Littrell from Monroe Manor to Community Hospital in Moberly on Tuesday and Mrs. Misha Boyer from Boone County Hospital in Columbia to Wheeler Rest Home in Paris on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Vitt of North English, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cupp of Moberly were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vitt near Paris.

Motherhood Daze Club Jaycee Hall AGNEW Waldron Littrell Monroe Manor Community Hospital Moberly Misha Boyer Boone County Hospital Columbia Wheeler Rest Home Paris Franklin Vitt North English Iowa Raymond Cupp Charles Vitt

Oil Men Demand Immediate Gas Rationing

A coalition of oil executives led by Shell Oil Co. urges swift federal gasoline and heating fuel rationing to avert unemployment and trillions in lost output. Keith Doig criticizes Nixon energy policy as weak and notes industry had predicted rationing a year earlier. The National Petroleum Council backs immediate mandatory cuts to curb use.

ST. Louis Keith Doig Shell Oil Co National Petroleum Council Interior Department Doig

Wellsville Wellsville Middletown high school events and schedules

Community notices from Wellsville Middletown R I High School include a 5:30 to 7:00 supper with spaghetti and tea, tickets 1.50 for adults and 1.00 for younger children, proceeds to fund the Junior Senior Prom, bake sale sites at Wiggs Wellsville and Middletown Feed and Seed, Thanksgiving break on Nov 22 23, and a PTA Gospel Sing at 3 PM with local choirs and a free will offering for health benefits. Menus show weekly meals for junior senior high and elementary students, with turkey dishes, Sloppy Joe, fish, burgers, and desserts across days. The Wellsville Baptist Women met for a carry in supper with a program including Passport to People and a film strip by Rev. Rissmiller.

Wellsville- Middletown R-I High School Wellsville-Middletown A-I Future Homemakers of America Wiggs Wellsville Middletown Feed and Seed Middletown PTA Health Committee United Methodist and Presbyterian Church Don Bass Scanlon Austin Rissmiller Troy

Hancock High School Students Walk Out Over Activities

In LeMay Missouri Hancock High School students held a one day walkout protesting the absence of after school activities. Principal Richard Eichhorst said attendance was near normal after the protest and that teachers had refused to supervise dances clubs and other extracurriculars.

LEMAY Hancock High School St. Louis Richard Eichhorst Hancock

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