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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1976

Page

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Dayton Quiet As Court Ordered Busing Begins

First day of court ordered busing in Dayton Ohio opened quietly after a 24 hour prayer vigil. Attendance figures were not available. some parents feared keeping children home to monitor potential trouble. Dayton plans bus 18 421 of 41 928 pupils with 52 percent white and 48 percent black at each school.

Associated Press Dayton Ohio Louisville Loulaville NAACP State Cleveland U.S. District Court James F. Gordon Louisville-Jefferson County James McGee Carl B. Rubin Dave Espin Gordon Ernest Grayson

Blood test shows potential cancer early warning

San Francisco AP reports two University of Tennessee researchers say a blood substance may signal cancer early. In tests of 4,200 people the method was about 90 percent accurate, potentially joining yearly physicals within three years. It flags presence of cancer but not location, prompting further testing.

San Francisco J.C. Morrison E.T. Bucovaz University of Tennessee American Chemical Society Morrison Bucovar

Eight Returning To William Woods

Eight area women return as upperclass students to William Woods College Fulton for the 1976 fall term arriving with all other students before classes on August 30. The returning group includes Joan Balser Twila Gardner Tammy Isgrig Ann Lankford Linda Lierheimer JoDean Miller Jennifer Oliver and Fran Wilson.

William Woods College Fulton Joan Balser Douglas Balser Twila Gardner Fern Gardner Tammy Isgrig Norman Isgrig Ann Lankford Harold Lankford Linda Lierheimer Charles Lierheimer JoDean Miller Charles Miller Jennifer Oliver Nona Oliver John Oliver Fran Wilson Charles Wilson

Advance Ticket Sale Closes For Five Ring Circus

The Little Dixie Fire Protection five ring circus ends advance sales today at Mexico Fairgrounds Park. Family tickets for five cost 9.50 for 4 or 4 p.m. shows, and adults pay 4.50 at the gate. Proceeds fund a state burn treatment center in Columbia.

Little

Auto Death Inquest Will Be Tomorrow

PARIS An inquest into the death of Mrs. Pamela Wright 17 of Moberly will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at the Monroe County courthouse in Paris. The autopsy report is completed but not released until after the coroner's inquest. Wright was found dead in her car about 7 15 p.m. Aug. 24 on a country lane south of Duncan's Bridge. Coroner Harold Garner said she had been dead since about midnight the previous night with no sign of foul play. A coroner's jury viewed the body at the Thompson Mackler Funeral Home at Madison and requested the autopsy before ruling on the cause of death. Jury members are Marlin Wood Robert Hancock Verlin Hancock Leo Hancock Jim Thompson and Bob Mackler.

Paris Pamela Wright Moberly Monroe County Thompson- Mackler Madison Marlin Wood Robert Hancock Verlin Hancock Leo Hancock Jim Thompson Bob Mackler

Next Vice-President Coming To State

In Missouri this month both major tickets travel to aid incumbents. Sen Walter Mondale will headline a Sept 8 fundraising reception for State Treasurer James Spainhower who seeks a second term against Albert Kemp. Sen Robert Dole will speak Sept 14 in St Louis for Gov Christopher Bond facing Democrat Joseph Teasdale.

Jefferson City Missouri Walter Mondale Minnesota James Spainhower Columbia Spainhower Albert Kemp Kansas Robert Dole Ford Christopher S Bond St. Louis Bond Joseph Teasdale

Ford Buys Time For Sept. 7 Talk

President Gerald Ford's campaign committee bought a half hour of prime time on September 7 for a political address. CBS will air the speech from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Kansas City time. NBC had no request and ABC offered no immediate comment.

Ford New York Gerald Ford CBS Kansas City

Meat Cutters Strike At Morrell Pack Plants Across U S

About 6 700 meat cutters walked out at nine John Morrell and Co plants while 1 000 workers struck Wilson Co sites in Des Moines and Indiana after tentative contract talks. Des Moines rejection sparked confusion as Morrell offered a near identical three year pact. Pickets formed as union members demanded answers amid a stalled bargaining scene.

Chicago John Morrell & Co Wilson & Co Des Moines Town Logansport Ind Meatpacking Company Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Swift & Co Morrell Meatcutters Local 1231 Wilson Oklahoma City Indiana Cincinnati Memphis Memphis, Tenn., With 415; East St. Louis, Il, With 600; Arkansas City, Kan Paso Tex Sioux Falls Gene Utech St. Paul

Iran Arms Sales Face Congressional Roadblocks in 1980s

Washington AP reports Ford's 5.9 billion arms package, mainly for Iran, faces Senate and House opposition over fears of an arms race in the Persian Gulf and Israel's security. Sen. Proxmire and Rep. Rosenthal lead efforts to block or trim sales to ten countries as Congress can veto deals over 25 million. Iran would receive the largest share, while Pakistan's 80 million in arms could heighten regional tension with India.

Washington Ford Administration Iran Congress Persian Gulf Israel United States William Proxmire D-Wis House Benjamin Rosenthal Dn.y Saudi Arabia Senate U.S Defense Department Promiire Arabian Gulf Pakistan India Tiewest Henry A. Kissinger Tehran Kissinger

CP School Has Started Season at Audrain County

The Audrain County Cerebral Palsy School opens Tuesday at 9 a.m. with daily classes from 9 to noon. Located at 406 S. Missouri, it expects about 12 regular students this year. Director is Mrs. Jac LaFon. The school offers development programs for children with multiple handicaps.

Audrain. County S. Missouri Jac LaFon

Ashcroft Urges Death Penalty

St Louis John Ashcroft Republican candidate for attorney general called for state lawmakers to re enact a death penalty law meeting constitutional tests He argued capital punishment can deter violent crime but urged no special session and noted Missouri's 1975 law was struck down after the Supreme Court ruling and similar to North Carolina's law.

ST. Louis John Ashcroft Ashcroft James Baker Missouri U. S. Supreme Court North Carolina United States Supreme Court

Integrated arms package for Iran disputed by sources

Sources dispute claims of a unified program to arm Iran while detailing a package that includes 240 million dollars for Israel with advanced munitions such as 300 Sidewinders and 300 Walleye bombs. Other arms sales list 115 million to South Korea 110 million to Singapore 100 million to Norway 89 million to Morocco 80 million to Pakistan 390 million to West Germany and 29 million to Australia.

Iran Israel South Korea Singapore Norway Morocco Pakistan West Germany Australia

Moberly Man Arrested In Garver Case

Willard Shaw Jr. of Moberly faces preliminary charges in Boone and Randolph counties after the disappearance and death of Laurene Garver of Columbia. Garver, 59, was found strangled near Moberly, with a coroner’s ruling and a confession reported by police. Shaw remains jailed on kidnapping and burglary counts with potential murder charges forthcoming as investigations continue.

Garver Moberly Willard Shaw Jr Randolph County Columbia Shaw Boone County Laurene Garver

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