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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1971

Page

5

Capital Hails Rural Lobby Formation in Washington

President Nixon backed a new bipartisan Rural America Coalition aimed at balancing urban rural interests. The 44 member board includes former governors and Orville Freeman. Support came from Humphrey Muskie and Pearson as the group vows to advocate for rural towns and center cities.

Washington Nixon America Coalition Ameiica, Inc Kentucky Edward T. Breathitt Congress Orville Freeman Freeman Minnesota Humphrey Washington, D. C Norbert T. Tiemann Nebraska Winthrop Rockefeller Arkansas

Jetliner Crash Victims Transported To Morgue Base Camp

Federal investigators examine wreckage as rescue teams raise bodies by rope to a base camp on the mountain and move them to a temporary Juneau morgue. AP Wirephoto.

Juneau

Manson Trial Is On Again After Mistrial Denial

Los Angeles AP reports a motion for mistrial in Charles Manson s second murder case was denied as the trial resumed after a two week recess He faces new charges in the slayings of stunt man Donald Shorty Shea and musician Gary Hinman The defense cited publicity from followers arrests in an attempted robbery that ended in a shootout In a separate Tate LaBianca case witness testimony suggested Charles Tex Watson may have brain damage from drug use.

Los Angeles Charles Manson Manson Tate-LaBianca Donald “Shorty” Shea Gary Hinman Irving Kanarek Charles Tex" Watson Tate- LaBianca Watson

Fashion Critic of the 30s Dies

New York AP reports Elizabeth Hawes, 66, a prominent 1930s fashion designer who later critiqued the industry, died Monday. She bitterly attacked fashion design in her books Fashion is Spinach and Its Still Spinach in the 1940s.

New York Elizabeth Hawes

Statewide property tax seen likely for California

Governor Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti agree new taxes are needed to equalize school district funding after the California Supreme Court ruled the local property tax system unconstitutional. The court suggested cost per pupil as a test of quality, and ordered a hearing on a wealth based funding challenge.

Sacramento Calif Ronald Reagan California Assembly Bob Moretti California Supreme Court Los Angeles Sanford Gruskin California Reagan Moretti Supreme Court John E. Coons University of California Law Coons California Law Review

Oklahoma Yes On Teachers Wage Freeze Opinion

Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry said a written opinion will back teachers seeking pay increases this year, ruling contracts began July 1 before the August wage-price freeze. A prior verbal opinion had exempted Oklahoma teachers from the freeze via the Dallas regional Office of Emergency Preparedness.

Oklahoma City Larry Derryberry Oklahoma Derryberry Dallas Office of Emergency Preparedness OEP

Train Crews Can Extend Daily Runs

CHICAGO AP A new work rule allows Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train crews to run beyond the former 100 mile daily limit. The rule, agreed by union and management negotiators, applies to several interdivisional runs and may extend to the entire line. Larry S. Provo, president of the railroad, said a task force is working on wider adoption.

Chicago Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Larry 8S. Provo

Four Reappointed to Missouri Higher Education Panel

Gov Warren E Heatnes reappointed Dr C Brice Ratchford and three others to the Missouri Commission on Higher Education. Ratchford becomes University of Missouri president. Others named were Dr H Tudor Westover Sikeston L M Standley Sikeston and Laurence Kinckrodt St Louis.

Jefferson City Warren E. Heatnes C. Brice Ratchford Missouri Commission On Higher Education Ratchford University of Missouri H. Tudor Westover Poplar Bluff L.M. Standley Sikeston Laurence E. al. Kinckrodt St. Louis

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