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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1976
Page
1
Christians said Phalange forces seized Kfar Kiar in night house-to-house fighting. Leftist Lebanese Arab Army claimed attackers pushed back to village fringes near the Israeli line. A communique cited aid from Israeli commandos and border artillery backing.
The Commerce Department cut its estimate of national output growth to 3.8 percent for the fall quarter, citing weaker foreign trade. Inflation was trimmed to 4.2 percent for July to September. Fed Chair Burns opposed a tax cut now, while signaling openness if growth stalls. In Lebanon, fighting and Syrian occupation widen, with Beirut tense and air service resuming to Europe.
Sixty-one juveniles were referred to the 12th circuit juvenile office in October for tampering with a motor vehicle and sixty three for destruction of property. A total 240 cases were reported, including 225 boys and 15 girls, with Montgomery county contributing 151 cases, Audrain 80, and Warren 9. Ages ranged from under 10 to 17 with most between 10 and 14. Other top referrals included vandalism, possession of toxicants, traffic violations, stealing, and breaking and entering.
A 12 foot 1,500 pound Megamouth shark, caught off Oahu, tangled in a Navy vessel anchor, is studied by Leighton Taylor and Paul Struhsaker. Scientists suspect a new genus and family, with bioluminescent mouth features and a diet of tiny sea life. The shark, identified as male, is preserved on ice pending container construction.
Missouri public counsel estimates electric utilities spent about 750000 dollars to defeat Proposition 1, a measure barring pass through of construction costs. Union Electric led with 379000, KC Power and Light 129400, Missouri Power and Light 49600, St Joseph Power and Light 35000, Missouri Edison 15800, others unreported. Voters approved 1109123 to 673432, law takes effect upon certification with 90 days to end the practice.
Federal Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr. asked whether Secretary Coleman could authorize a new St. Louis airport in Illinois and weighed the wishes of Missourians to keep Lambert Field against Coleman's authority. A decision could be appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit.
Springfield residents queued for swine flu shots at several clinics causing two to three block traffic jams. Police noted lines thinned later as some chose to seek vaccination later. a separate Rotary Club luncheon program featured Louis Leonatti and Don Decker with Jerome Seigfreid as chairman.
Boston residents learn a federal study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows pregnancy with an intrauterine device raises death risk from septic spontaneous abortion by more than fifty times. Researchers from the Center for Disease Control analyzed 50 spontaneous abortion deaths in 1972–74, noting removal of IUDs during pregnancy reduces fatalities.
Jeffrey Clinton Wylie, 30, pleaded innocent to four charges of manslaughter over the Sept. 24 drownings of his wife Nancy Myers Wylie, 35, and their three children Karen and Kevin Myers, 8, and Jeffrey Richard Wylie, 3, when their station wagon sank at Bolivar Landing on Lake Pomme de Terre. The sole survivor, Wylie, was trapped in the vehicle as a Polk County coroner's jury found culpable negligence for driving into the lake and failing to rescue them.
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