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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1973
Page
5
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St Louis aldermen condemn Rand Corp study predicting decline and a doomed future for the city. They call the report a crabgrass philosophy and cite $400 million in downtown construction plans and civic resolve as evidence against Rand’s conclusion. The resolution thanks Rand for studying St Louis while labeling its obituary wrong.
The Agriculture Department announced a 395000 purchase of 386010 pounds of ground beef for school lunch cafeterias, the first since January 1972 amid high prices. Prices ranged 99 cents to 1.05 per pound, with 1972 averages around 58 cents.
Don J. Smith, conservation agent in Audrain County since May, won the Midwest spitting championship as a MU forestry team member. Contestants from eight schools across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin competed in 1971. Spitting distance determined points, with events like log rolling and cross-cut sawing. Smith trained by daily tobacco chewing and month-long spitting practice, spitting 10 feet at marked paper targets.
McDonnell Douglas engineers say new tech could enable a supersonic transport plane meeting federal environmental rules. A 300 foot airliner for 270 passengers could fly by 1983 if development starts in 1975, with no immediate plans to build. Sound suppressors and oversized engines would be needed to meet noise standards and preserve thrust.
AP analysis notes a broad consumer gloom as Michigan surveys show record pessimism. Despite rising corporate profits and industrial output, wage growth lags and housing costs soar, with 66 percent deeming Phase 4 controls ineffective. High rents and mortgage rates dampen demand in cycles of expansion and recession.
The piece notes mobile home sales jumped 10 percent to 420,770 units in the first eight months, reflecting housing demand shifts. It also discusses stock market behavior, consumer mood, and Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo, who died at age 60, with his work appearing in about 450 newspapers.
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