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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1976
Page
3
Missouri Power and Light Co faces a Public Service Commission inquiry into a proposed rate rise for large commercial and industrial gas users over 50 000 cubic feet monthly. The suspension lasts four months beyond Sept 6 with possible six additional months. hearings may follow.
A federal indictment charges six men and a TRW Credit Data clerk with conspiracy to alter credit records for fees up to 1500 dollars. The scheme, centered in Anaheim, involved deleting bad marks and inserting favorable data to obtain loans and cards, potentially affecting 26 identified victims and up to 150 overall. Arraignment next week.
The Illinois Pardon and Parole Board has received over 3000 letters and telegrams urging denial of parole for Richard Speck. Speck, 34, is serving eight consecutive terms for the July 14, 1966 stabbing deaths of eight student nurses in Chicago, with a hearing set for Sept. 15.
Anheuser-Busch disclosed an internal audit suggesting as much as 2.7 million dollars may have been spent on questionable marketing practices from 1971 to 1975. The firm said most spending occurred in trade practices used to maintain market position and continued only up to 1973 with about 40 thousand dollars in 1974.
The FBI's ten most wanted list now shows only Katherine Ann Power as a political radical remaining. Others have been captured, dropped, or charged in related crimes from the late 1960s and 1970s, with several cases moving toward trial or resolution. Officers note Power remains at large in the United States amid ongoing tips and investigations.
Washington AP New government rules allow Americans to take low cost charter flights worldwide without joining groups or buying hotel stays. Advance booking charters require 30 days domestic and 45 days European notice, round trips with fixed dates, and a 40 passenger minimum. Airlines lobby against the change, while a charter group seeks a court ruling to challenge remaining restrictions.
The Mexico Audrain County Library releases next weeks bookmobile routes and times. On Monday a holiday. Tuesday visits Vandalia south elementary from 9 to 3 and Tri County Nursing Home from 3 15 to 3 30. Wednesday at Community R46 elementary 8 50 to 3 30. Thursday stops Pin Oaks Nursing Home 10 30 to 11, Centr a lia middle 12 30 to 3 and Thompson 3 15 to 4 15. Friday stops Littleby Methodist 9 to 10, Lafayette Circle 10 30 to 11 30 and Martinsburg 1 30 to 4 15.
The Air Force ordered a full probe into cadets accused of forging checks and stealing identification at the Air Force Academy since 1972. An academy spokesman cited one cadet forger court-martialed, another resigned in 1975, and said there have been few isolated forgeries since. Attorney Edward Joel Meyer claimed a larger ring robbed cadets of thousands, involving at least four cadets among more than 4,400.
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