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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1977
Page
1
The Senate moves to curb fuel inefficient autos with a bill banning cars under 16 mpg starting 1980 and rising to 21 mpg by 1985 as part of President Carter's energy program. The measure aims to push automakers toward higher efficiency while the House focuses today on a wage hike to 2.65 dollars per hour effective January 1.
In the Oval Office Carter meets with Archbishop Bernardin and Bishop Kelly as Catholic leaders seek specifics on how his human rights crusade would shape foreign policy. They back his Panama Canal treaty outline and oppose abortion funding, urging a constitutional ban. public reception and polls cited.
Wood, once a universal heater, returns as a low cost energy option amid high gas and oil prices and coal restrictions. Industries in Michigan and other wooded states see wood as a viable fuel, with potential plants planned by Consumers Power and widespread interest from manufacturers and sawmills.
The 12 hour NBC ceremony honored Roots with best limited series and writing directing acting prizes for Louis Gossett Jr Edward Asner and Olivia Cole. ABC led with 27 Emmys followed by NBC 21 CBS and PBS. The telecast featured Ang ie Dickinson co hosting at Pasadena Civic Auditorium amid a four month delay caused by Academy splits.
Susan Yvonne Perkins of Columbus Ohio becomes Miss America 1975 in Atlantic City. The 23 year old Republican conservative former Ohio Legislature aide said she will speak her mind and may pursue law and politics after her year. She won the talent prize with blues singing and could earn at least fifty thousand dollars in bookings next year. Perkins endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment and said marijuana should not be a crime. Runners up include Barbara Mougin Miss Indiana Catherine Hinson Miss South Carolina Mary D Arcy Miss New Jersey Mary D LaBelle Miss Florida.
A 16 year old was being held after the shooting death of Daviess County Sheriff L Houghton near a rural Gallatin home. The sheriff died after being shot twice, with a handgun later found at the scene. The youth and his mother were involved as officers investigated the fatal incident in northwest Missouri.
Three youths escaped from the Nancy Hunt Juvenile Home at Fort Madison Iowa and stole a car traveling south on U.S. 61 toward Canton Missouri. The chase ended when the vehicle struck a Canton police car near the Illinois border and the trio were hospitalized in Quincy Indiana with serious injuries.
The second class of the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing began today with 25 students enrolled. After 12 months they will be eligible for the state LPN exam. First 20 weeks are classroom, with clinical training at Audram Medical Center from 7 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Each day. Students include Miss Tamera Boyer and many residents from Fulton Centralia Mexico and surrounding towns.
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