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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1970
Page
6
Tony Jesse, president of Mexico FFA, urges farmers to slow for slow moving vehicles and use signals when passing. The 1970 SMV safety campaign covers tractor speeds, correct hitching, and driver awareness to prevent accidents.
State education department notes on Aldrin and Dieldrin pesticide use and registration shifts as EPA readiness nears. It covers Shell’s stance, corn belt usage, and potential reevaluation of registrations and DDT phaseouts amid environmental agency changes.
A local page notes harvest season and features Decrease and Curt Mecklle as teen leaders of the Mexico FFA chapter. The fragment hints at a school or club activity with agricultural education emphasis. Further specifics are unreadable in the clipped text.
A father recounts a near fatal farm accident where his young son Timmy was nearly crushed by a tractor tire. The boy pleads not to die while the guardian angel idea frames a second chance and a life lesson about caution around machinery.
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