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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1972
Page
12
The Senate approved a bill providing $80,000 federal death benefits retroactive to 1967 for police and fire retirees slain on duty and covers prison guards and national guardsmen enforcing criminal laws. It also offers $25,000 for loss of an eye or limb and $50,000 for multiple dismemberment.
Congressman Bill Hungate releases subcommittee report on the Occupational Safety and Health Act. He urges revision of complex standards so small businesses can understand and comply. Hearings underway in Senate and House. copies available by writing from Washington, D. C.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Wayne Stallard and their daughter Jennifer from Shawnee Mission Kansas who previously lived in Centralia. The note adds that the gathering followed a group in Centralia, reflecting local social exchanges and cross town ties.
Farber residents share updates from worship services at Farber Christian Church to meet visiting Scrogums. Families and friends gather for Labor Day meals and celebrate the birth of Scott Stewart, with grandparents and other relatives listed. Community groups plan meetings, and a senior citizen library program includes poems and Centennial photos with treats shared.
Ted Hale 37 drove from Missouri to Houston to search for a girl about six named Ladonna Ruth after recalling a rabid dog sighting near his home. He told juvenile officers he feared no one would believe him and hoped the bricklayers union could help locate the family.
Mrs Joe Peck and Linda and Danny Eckman were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Kendrick on Sunday evening. Roy Pressnell Mr and Mrs Warren Ransdell Warren Jr and Rebecca Lynn Ransdell brought supper to Mr and Mrs Eugene Sharp in honor of Mrs Sharp birthday and the Sharps 47th wedding anniversary on Sept 5.
A federal grant of 6.86 million and a loan guarantee up to 8.242 million were approved to build the 308 bed Harry S Truman Medical Center Teaching Hospital in Kansas City. The center will link with the UMKC Medical Center on Hospital Hill, with government subsidies on part of loan interest. Kansas lawmakers were notified of the action by HEW.
Kansas City board of education votes unanimously to close city public schools at the end of today’s classes if striking maintenance workers and custodians do not return to work in substantial numbers. Henry Poindexter says the move follows a two hour closed session and will be finalized in an executive meeting. The strike began August 23 over a 10 percent pay demand.
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