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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1974
Page
3
Jefferson City AP notes the Missouri Public Service Commission will urge General Assembly to require both electric utilities and rural co operatives to file line location maps. The commission would hold hearings to resolve disputes over line placement and competition, addressing statewide duplication.
College Park Maryland AP reports University of Maryland researcher Dr. Dennis Westhoff says a new sterilization method preserves milk flavor for indefinite storage. Taste tests comparing sterile milk with pasteurized milk will begin with researchers, then expand to the public.
In Higginsville Missouri Dr Walter Edwin Koppenbrink Jr 54 was found dead with head wounds in his home. Major Case Squad says foul play is presumed and autopsy results due next week. Seventeen detectives worked the scene as leads narrowed.
Negotiations on a new coal industry contract pause today as miners gather in Bessemer Alabama for the funeral of Sam Littlefield a union official slain during a hotel robbery in Washington. The pause pushes the nationwide strike into at least a third week with a final industry offer on wage rises and benefits pending UMW bargaining council approval before member ratification.
A joint gathering of Audrain County Democratic Club Central Committee and Women's Democratic Club is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday in the First National Bank Show Me room. Light refreshments will be served.
An Associated Press survey finds Thanksgiving turkey prices have fallen about 20 cents a pound to 49 to 69 cents, while most other dinner ingredients rise. Poultry producers cite abundant supply and note losses of up to two dollars per bird as costs to raise a pound sit around 35 cents.
The HEW proposes paying the lowest price for chemically equivalent drugs for Medicare and Medicaid patients, aiming to save over 100 million dollars annually from a 1.2 billion dollar drug budget. Doctors could prescribe brand name drugs only with written certification that treatment requires it, drawing pushback from manufacturers and physicians.
Annabel Battistella an Argentinian 38, pulled from the Tidal Basin incident in Washington, opens tonight at Boston's Pilgrim Theatre as Fanne Fox. She is billed as The Washington Tidal Basin Bombshell earning 3500 dollars weekly.
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp plans to disclose December shutdowns across nearly all plants. President John Riccardo says cuts will be decided Monday, denying a plan to close five of six assembly plants. The move could idle about 30,000 workers immediately, with further plant shutdowns hitting up to 50,000 more. Chrysler faces 120 days of unsold inventory as industry layoffs mount.
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