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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1973
Page
6
Fragmented crossword item lists scattered names and numbers such as Indian, Thailand, Soto, Faust and Carson Frost. The readable bits point to a tiled puzzle or word game with partial clues and unclear grid references.
A Missouri Public Service Commission hearing on Missouri Power and Light Co. rate requests will start March 4, 1974, in Jefferson City to cross-examine witnesses. Prehearing conference is Feb. 26, with intervenors filing testimony by Feb. 19. MP&L seeks $5.6 million yearly electric and $969,428 gas rate increases. an interim gas rate rise of $311,919 already granted. City of Jefferson City, City of Mexico, and Missouri Farmers Association are intervenors.
The Hermann Winefest will be held every Saturday in October with tours of the old winery building and cellars. Local craftsmen will demonstrate spinning canning woodcarving weaving broommaking ceramics and quilting. Historic homes and the Hermann Museum will be open and the Fest Wagen will offer town tours.
A short late note poem by Robert Frost, written before his death, appeared in the Boston Herald American. George Glass said he received the poem from Janet Forbes, Frost’s nurse, who recalled Frost asked for a scrap of paper and borrowed her pen to write to Miss Forbes on Jan. 9.
Washington AP reports Republican strategists foresee uphill Senate battles in 1974 after Sen. William Saxbe retires and Sen. Marlow Cook is expected to quit. Democrats eye seats in Kentucky Ohio Utah and others, aiming to widen or preserve their 57 43 advantage. The GOP faces challenges with names like Bennett Young Dole Gravel Eagleton Bayh Ribicoff McGovern and others reevaluating races.
The Heritage Family of Canada gospel singers will perform at Sunnydale Academy in a televised benefit Saturday. Sponsored by American Religious Town Hall Meeting Inc. with VP Robert W. Leiske, an alumnus. Tickets at Sunnydale Auditorium on Highway 22 priced general $2.50, reserved $3.50, children $1.25.
J Paul Getty III, the missing 16 year old grandson of the American oil magnate, has appealed to his family via his mother's lawyer to pay the ransom demanded by his abductors or he will be killed in a brutal and inhuman fashion. The note was reported from Rome.
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