City OK On Bonds For Industrial Development
Mexico city council approved bonds for industrial development to attract prospects from Missouri and adopted a resolution endorsing bond issuance. An ordinance established Park South sewer district and assessed street improvement taxes on Anderson, Curtis, Western, Hendricks and Vine Streets. Ernest Gantt was reappointed to the Mexico Audrain County Library Board. A dispute over a proposed day care center near Breckenridge and Johnson streets prompted discussion. Council President Mayor Harold Enslen did not vote on the sewer district ordinance.
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Mexico
Missouri
Park South
Ernest Gantt
Library Board
Cato Sims
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Johnson St
Breckenridge and
Johnson Sts
Park South Subdivision
Harold Enslen
Leonard Snyder
John M. Boyce
Herman Tolson
Duane Rankin
Gilbert Patrick
Anderson, Curtis and
Western
Hendricks and
Vine Streets
Jefferson Streets
Mexico-Audrain County
Sheryl Ligon
Mexico City
Anderson, Curtis
Richard Vance
City council approves bonds for industrial development sites
Industrial prospects were told Mexico bonding holds interest as a site. The council authorized bond issuance for development projects to be evaluated case by case, per a Division of Commerce and Industrial Development recommendation. Holt Street truck traffic objections linger as grain trucks to MFA Mill create recurring seasonal concerns.
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Pickering
Mexico
Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Chamber of Commere
Nielsen
Holt Street
MFA
Snyder
Fiesta To Be On Square For Mexican Fiesta
The Mexico Optimist Club gains city approval to close Monroe and Jackson Streets on the square for the third annual Mexican Fiesta on Sept 30. The streets will be blocked all day and the street dance will be held that night. Sims objects to the Breckenridge Johnson site citing preschool construction concerns.
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Mexico
Breckenridge - Johnson
Sims
Housing Authority
Overcrowded Block Holds Up Day Care Center Plan
In a city council meeting, residents including Kev Cato Sims warned the proposed Day Care Center would worsen overcrowding and parking near Breckenridge Street. Sims argued health concerns and racial demographics, while officials noted plans and possible appraisals with Mexico Housing Authority.
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Cato Sims
Sims
Snyder
Neil
Senate Votes Tighten Social Service Spending
The Senate approved a $1 billion annual ceiling on state social services for welfare recipients, with day care and family planning exempted from the cap. The vote, 60 to 28, followed six days of debate over how federal tax revenues should be shared among states as part of the revenue-sharing bill.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Mike Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Russell B. Long
D-La
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Mrs Etta Emerick Dies At 85 In Mexico
Mrs. Etta Emerick 85 of 808 N Calhoun St died Monday at Phillips Home after an extended illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Robert R. Collins officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Born April 22 1887 in Mexico daughter of Robert and Melissa McDonough. Survived by son Phillip M Emerick Meima phis Tenn. daughter Alice Kramer Mexico. brother Silas McDonough Marshall. sisters Mignon Towne Melville McDonough Mexico and Mary McGve Bridgeton Mo. two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Etta Emerick
N. Calhoun St
Phillips
Precht-Pickering
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Emerick
Mexico
Robert
Melissa Johnson McDonough
Erastus Emerick
Phillip M. Emerick
Meimaphis
Tenn
Edgar
Alice) Kramer
Silas McDonough
Marshall
Mignon ‘Towne
Melviutte McDonough
Mary McGve
Bridgeton
Legislature Back To Money Tangle
Missouri House reconvenes to tackle the $23.5 million appropriations clash tied to Hearnes budget requests. Senate action pending on appointments and a vetoed bill, with committee votes and potential amendments shaping funding for nursing homes libraries and state agencies.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
House
Department of Community Affairs
House Appropriations Committee
Warren E. Hearnes
E. J. Cantrell
D-Overland
Cantrell
Hearnes
Poultry and Trust
N. Proctor Carter
Missouri
Kansas City
Olympics Close With Bomb Threat
The 1972 Munich Games ended with a bomb threat after an anonymous call claimed a stolen plane would strike the closing ceremony. Two West German fighter planes patrolled the sky for two hours over the 80,000 capacity stadium, but no attack occurred as the final ceremonies proceeded.
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Munich
United States
Olympic Stadium
Finnair
Do Away With Them Suggests Mansfield
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the Olympic Games serve no useful purpose and should be discontinued. He cited the Munich Games as overly political and racist, with refereeing tinged by nationalism, and warned the next games in Montreal in 1976.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hewson
Judge Orders Arguments On Democrats Break-In Suit
A federal judge ordered arguments on a motion to dismiss the civil invasion of privacy suit filed by the Democratic National Committee after last June's break-in of its offices. The judge kept open the possibility to amend the suit to tie former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans to the affair and set a 1:30 p.m. hearing. Democrats' lawyers continued depositions including Hugh Sloan Jr. The amended complaint alleges Stans and Sloan funded Republicans to support the plot and that Sloan gave 114000 to G. Gordon Liddy to finance the operation. The suit names Liddy E Howard Hunt Jr James W McCord and Clark MacGregor as key figures.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Charles Richey
Commerce
Maurice M. Stans
Richey
Hugh Sloan Jr
Committee
Stans
Sloan
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Liddy
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Patterson Verdict Reversed in Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed Wardell Patterson's 30 year murder verdict for the 1969 slaying of Kenneth Russell. It ruled the circuit court should have instructed on manslaughter, noting no malice or forethought proven. Patterson claimed Russell carried a knife. witnesses said Patterson fired three times, with no knife seen.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Wardell Patterson
Kenneth Robert Russell
Montgomery County
Missouri
Audrain
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Robert Russell
Patterson
Russell
J&h
Nixon Charts His Campaign Strategy
President Nixon outlined reelection plans after a three hour meeting with Cabinet members Republican leaders White House aides and campaign officials The briefing followed by brief remarks to 39 breakfast guests Spiro Agnew Clark MacGregor and Ronald Ziegler attended Ziegler said MacGregor detailed efforts for the coming months including a nationwide volunteer canvass and voter registration drive to be launched Saturday He denied any discussion of bugging or campaign contributions Nixon signaled a campaign against a do nothing Congress in 1948 style barnstorming.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Spiro Ageney
Clark MacGregor
Ronald Ziegler
MacGregor
Ziegler
GOP
Truman
Congress
Arens Heads Mexico Community Chest Campaign 1972
Don Arens will drive chairman the 1972 73 fund raising campaign for the Mexico Community Chest. Eleven agencies participate including the Red Cross Boy Scouts and Salvation Army with a goal of 45000000 to be raised mainly in October via door to door solicitation and glass recycling drive.
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Mexico
Mexico Jaycees
Outstanding
Young Men of America
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Cerebral Palsy Association
Boy Scouts
Mexico Recreation Commission
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts
USC
Red Cross
Happy House
Diabetes Association
East Central Missouri Association For Mental Health
The
Mexico Social Service
Arens
Starling
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Charlie Wadsworth
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Smith
Mansfield
James W. McCord
Presidential Campaign Committee
Stann
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