Fiesta parade and events mark Mexico Fiesta day
A Mexican atmosphere fills the town for the first Fiesta with a 11 am parade led by Mexico High Dixie Grey Band and community bands. Miss Terri McClain and Miss Becky Rives ride in the parade. Floats, art show, cake walk, Sing Out Mexico, talent show, fiddler contest, and optimist tacos and enchiladas highlight the day on the square.
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Mexico
Community Service Committee
Optimist Club
Mexico High Dixie
MHS
Terri McClain
Wellsville
Becky Rives
Consolidated Electric,Cooperative
National Guard
Armed Guards On US Planes Move To Counter Hijacks
President Nixon ordered armed guards to operate on overseas and domestic airline flights to deter hijackings. Guards will start on Saturday, drawn from Treasury investigators and military personnel, with plans for a wider uniform guard service under the FAA. Congress faces a small ticket tax increase to fund the program, and an international aviation council meeting is to be convened to discuss a coordinated response.
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Nixon
Treasury Department
Bela Aviation Administra
Congress
White House
United States
International Civil Aviation Organization
John Shaffer
FAA
Peter Flanigan
John McCormack
D-Mass
Tire
U.S
Treasury
Federal Aviation Administration
Trang World Airlines
Pan
GM and UAW near strike as GM offers second proposal
GM presented a revised contract offer to the United Auto Workers with a $500 million wage increase and a higher cost of living formula ceiling, while Chrysler also moved toward a deal. Union leaders criticized GM’s plan as insufficient, warning of possible plant shutdowns and a strike unless demands are met.
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General Motors
United Auto Workers
Irving Bluestone
General Motors Department
Arel
General ‘Motors
Chrysler
Bluestone
Earl R. Bramblett
Aer Corp
Bramblett
United
Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Woodcock
WAW
Ford
Social Security Visit Planned for Mexican Fiesta
Representatives from Social Security will be in Mexico to answer questions about benefits. A booth will be on the courthouse square at 9 30 a m with displays about the program and pamphlets.
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Social Security
Mexico
Longshoremen Call For Total Boycott Of Hijacker Countries
John Bowers president of the Port of New York Coordinating Council and vice president of the International Longshoremen's Association urged the International Transport Workers Federation in London to boycott cargo and ships from countries that harbor or aid plane hijackers. The call encompasses air sea and land actions.
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New York
John Bowers
Port of New
Nixon to Deliver Lecture at K State
Kansas lawmakers said President Nixon will deliver a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in Manhattan on Wednesday. Details of the visit are not completed but it is expected he will fly from Washington Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Kansas
Nixon
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Nixon blasts Congress and urges action on 69 proposals
President Nixon declared that a Democrat controlled Congress has blocked vital legislation for political reasons. He released a list of 69 administration proposals awaiting final action and urged Congress to act before the autumn campaigns. The message accompanied campaign activity with Republican candidates and a sendoff to Vice President Agnew.
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Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Penn Central Head Sees Passenger End
Harrisburg, Pa. AP The new Penn Central president William H. Moore forecast that U S rail passenger travel will be nearly extinct by 1980. He warned only heavy federal subsidies and a rise in ridership to 85 to 90 percent occupancy could make passenger service profitable, as trustees oversee railroad reorganization under bankruptcy law.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Penn Central Transportation Co
United States
William H. Moore
Penn Central
Moore
Galbreaths Welcome Daughter Born at 3 01 PM
Mr and Mrs Lewis Galbreath of Mexico welcomed a daughter yesterday at 3 01 pm. The newborn weighed 11 ounces and the Galbreaths’ family announces the arrival. Mr Galbreath works for Clay Truck Lines.
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Lewis Galbreath
Mexico
Galbreath
Hostages deadline lapse in Jordan hijack standoff
Arab guerrillas canceled a 72 hour deadline for a deal to free more than 280 hostages on three hijacked planes in the Jordanian desert. No new deadline was set as Western powers and Israel rejected a swap and urged release of all hostages. International Red Cross officials sought humane handling and a Pentagon comment noted U.S. naval units near Jordan stood ready to assist if needed.
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Associated Press
State Department
Washington
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front
Amman
Cyprus
Israel
Iraq
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organization
Andre Rochat
International Red Cross
Geneva
Marcel Naville
International Red Cross Committee
Beirut
Desert
Red Cross
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Jordan
Open House To Mark Her 103rd Birthday
Open house plans mark Mrs. W. W. Pollock s 103rd birthday with family worship and a home gathering at 603 E Promenade. Friends and relatives will join a buffet dinner after services at First Baptist Church, as guests arrive from Kansas City and Springfield for the weekend.
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W. W. Pollock
Alden Hays
Kansas City
Paul Bradshaw
Jean Paul
Springfield
First Baptist Church
Pollock
E. Promenade
Hurricane Ella Aims At Gulf Coast Near Brownsville
Hurricane Ella strengthens to 90 mph as it nears Brownsville Texas near the Mexican border. Evacuations begin for low areas. Rains up to six inches and tides 5 to 8 feet forecast while Red Cross sets up refugee center and agencies mobilize.
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Ella
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Texas
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Port Isabel
Cameron County
South Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Ateast
Beulah
Port Aransas
Celia
Rio Grande Valley
Red Cross
Staions
Rio Grande
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