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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1975

Page

5

Iberia in Turmoil as Leftists Clash in Oporto

Radical leftists battled in Oporto injuring 60 as authorities blamed far right groups for provocations. In Lisbon the Revolutionary Council backed the moderate government after meetings with Premier Azevedo. Riot police evacuated UDP defenders from their headquarters amid three hours of gunfire, grenades, and stone throwing as thousands clashed outside.

Lisbon Portugal Oporto Revolutionary Council Military Council Movement For Reorganization Proletarian Popular Democratic Union MRPP Communist Electoral Front Marxist-Leninist Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo Revolutinary Council UDP Mario Soares Soares

Spain names hardline general to lead anti terror campaign

Madrid reports Lt Gen Angel Campano is appointed head of Spain's Civil Guard after 11 Basque terrorists were released for lack of evidence. The move follows 20 police deaths this year and a push by rightists for harsher action, with four ETA members awaiting possible death sentences in a high profile case.

Madrid Spain Angel Campano Leon Herrera Campana Jose Vega Rodriguez Rodriguez Jose Ignacio Mugica ETA Liberty Mugica Luis Carrero Blanco

Ford Not Taking Chance On Election

President Ford says he is not afraid of challengers yet campaigns as if he will lose. In a second news conference in as many days he faced more questions about the 1976 race and his strategy.

Ford Washington Detroit Congress California Ronald Reagan Sen Barry Goldwater Arizona Reagan

Boy In Coma Dies State Warns Quinlans

Randal Carmen, 17, died after 20 days on life support following a football injury. His parents considered disconnecting the ventilator as doctors said brain activity was flat. Ohio Attorney General Hyland warned against shortening a life and potential criminal liability.

State Quinlans Elyria Ohio Randal Carmen Elyria Memorial Hospital Morristown N.J William F. Hyland Joseph Quinlan Karen Anne Carmens Wellington Randal Lorain Carmen

Ford Holds Grain To Reach Deal

President Ford keeps U S grain embargo on the Soviet Union while talks for a long term Moscow sales pact proceed. Agriculture officials project record corn and near 2.14 billion bushel wheat harvests with Polish purchases likely to rise, easing price pressures.

Ford Washington U.S Soviet Union Detroit Poland Moscow Earl L. Butz Russia Butz American Farm Bureau Federation William J. Kuhfuss Elmore Bathurst Oklahoma Wheatgrowers Association Agriculture Department Warsaw Don Paarberg USDA

Fulbright Made Honorary Knight by Queen Elizabeth II

Former Sen J William Fulbright receives an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II for outstanding contributions to Anglo American relations. Ambassador Sir Peter Ramsbotham presents the cross at a ceremony in Council Bluffs.

Washington J. William Fulbright Order of the Elizabeth II Peter Ramsbotham Fulbright

Best Weekend to View Missouri Fall Colors Drives Nearby

The peak weekend for Missouri foliage is likely this May Be Best Week End To See Missouri Fall Color. Scenic drives near Mexico, Mark Twain State Park, Route 19 from New Florence Junction to Portland, and Auxvasse routes showcase red sumac, asters, milkweed pods, corn shocks, pumpkins, and ivy amid oaks and dogwoods.

Missouri Mexico Mark Twain State Park Santa Fe New Florence Junction Portland

Picture Of Crops Improves

The Agriculture Department report shows gains in corn, wheat, and soybeans since Sept. 1, with corn up 50 million bushels to about 0.74 billion and soybeans up 31 million to 1.47 billion. Sorghum grain output fell 10 million to 776 million, and cotton slipped 250,000 bales to 9.1 million.

Washington Agriculture Department

Seek Favorable Oil Purchase

A U.S. official said Washington seeks oil at favorable prices from the Soviet Union in exchange for grain sales. The Soviet Union has limited excess oil capacity and initial U.S. purchases may run 200,000 to 300,000 barrels daily, about 4 to 5 percent of imports, with a possibility of gradually increasing after precedent is set.

Washington United States Soviet Union U.S Ford Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC Moscow

Aurora team bus crash in Marionville leaves one dead

A pickup camper collided head on with a bus carrying the Aurora High School football team to Columbia. The camper driver, Dean Lafe Rinker, 26, of Mt. Vernon, was killed. Nine people on the bus, including driver Frank Sharron 40, wife Coleen, coaches Eugene Jackson 51 and Ron Bachman 28, and five players, suffered minor injuries and were treated and released. The trip was canceled after the crash on the north edge of Marionville.

Marionville Aurora Columbia Highway Patrol Dean Lafe Rinker Mt. Vernon Rinker Missouri Frank Sharron Coleen Eugene Jackson Ron Bachman Charles McCallister

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