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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1970
Page
1
Washington AP reports President Nixon plans a firmer inflation alert urging labor unions and big business to curb wage demands and prices. The move targets GM UAW contract gains and Ford talks, with emphasis on not passing costs to consumers.
A Kansas City embargo on all grain shipments requiring inspection was ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission due to a strike by grain inspectors. Six Missouri inspectors and a trainee resigned, about 400 carloads of wheat corn and soybeans were expected today, and some shipments may be diverted. Dexter Davis sought a settlement with inspectors.
Dick Westermann, 55, keeps faith in Santa as North Pole Santa Co. reports 85 000 dollars in gross profits last year. With 112 Santas in red suits across 75 stores, 17 malls, and 25 parties, workers earn about 107 dollars weekly for four weeks. The retirees and laid off aircraft workers fill shifts across Southern California, Las Vegas, and Phoenix, all carefully screened and bonded. no promises and no drinking, with a 250 dollar fine for violations.
AP reports Pope Paul VI arrives in Sydney after stops in American Samoa and Western Samoa. The 10 day tour includes a three day stay in Australia, marking the first papal visit to the continent. The journey continues as officials confirm itinerary and reception plans.
DANBURY Conn AP Rep William Anderson of Tennessee says two Roman Catholic priests Daniel and Philip Berrigan imprisoned for destroying draft records are not plotters and should testify before a federal grand jury. He may seek a congressional probe into Hoover's charges about their alleged plan to bomb power lines and kidnap a government official.
Officers were elected at a congregational meeting after Sunday worship. Elders named include Dr. Frank Sutton Wallace Witchie Marvin Dishman Alfred A. Mitchell Glenn Torreyson. Deacons named include Mrs. Harold James Mrs. Jim Inlow Harald Toll David Wilkinson Ralph Lierheimer Lester Runnels. Trustees James Gallaher Charles D. Smith. Rev. Robert Collins presided. Clerk Hudson C. Long. Nominating committee members were Major Derrill Kuhlman Donald D. Smith Steve Sutton Mrs. John C. Young and Miss Laurene Miller.
At its 24th clinical convention in Boston, the American Medical Association opened consideration of reversing a long-standing ban on doctors accepting federal financial help for medical practice. President Walter C. Bornemeier urged allowing low cost federal loans or grants to spur private practice groups in low income areas to improve access to care for the poor. The proposal faces bitter debate alongside other resolutions, including abortion policy and restoring cyclamates as prescription agents, to be discussed over the next three days.
CHARLOTTESVILLE AB A newspaper called him a millionaire yet Lewis Glaser says he is America’s only quill pen maker. He works daily in a walkup workshop crafting 10 inch quills for the U S Supreme Court and other clients. He credits President Eisenhower with launching his business, noting annual output around 50,000 quills. He earns little money but prizes his role as a spokesman for America and his craft.
The federal government contends the tobacco industry may pose a health hazard and seeks to cease all support direct and indirect and ban all tobacco product advertising.
Washington AP Railpax the National Railroad Passenger Corp will take over management of medium and long distance passenger runs starting May 1. Commuter trains are excluded. Trains will be fewer but cleaner faster and better heated with more sleeping and dining cars and improved connections and ticketing.
Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima appears on a balcony at a Self Defense Camp in Tokyo with four rightist followers. He later dies in ritual harakiri after returning to the camp, with a sword injury reported in the general's office. AP wirephoto from Tokyo.
Washington AP Nixon receives a large American flag crafted by a Negro owned Los Angeles firm. The company recently landed a Veterans Administration contract valued at over $900,000 for flags.
Washington AP reports the Black Panther Party shifted from drafting a new Constitution to pursuing a utopian Communist world society. About 5,000 delegates from racial, women, and homosexual groups gathered for the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in Washington, with Huey P. Newton addressing 400 inside a church and 1,000 outside. He spoke of a raincheck convention to liberate Washington and remake society with equal voice and meaningful work.
The Black Panther party held a largely peaceful weekend with Marshals keeping order while Newton pressed a shift from nationalism to revolutionary socialism. He cited Maoist ideas and urged gun ownership in certain cases, blaming Howard University for detouring the gathering. The sole formal move was naming its Algiers headquarters as the international representative.
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