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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1972
Page
1
The Senate approved a billion revenue sharing bill 63 to 20 after a 12 hour conference with the House. If agreed, first payments to 39,000 states, counties, and cities could go out by October, though defenders warn deficits loom and some oppose the plan’s social service limits.
Washington AP reports two revenue sharing proposals for states and localities diverge on tax linkages and urban subsidies. The Senate plan favors central cities and cuts suburban relief, while the House plan ties aid to income tax effort and urban need. Both promise about 5.3 billion yearly growth, totaling 29.6 billion over five years, but formulas vary.
Two Soviet aircraft conducted a 12 hour reconnaissance mission off the U S East Coast from bases in Cuba. The Pentagon said it was the first time Russians flew such a mission from Cuba and back. The jets from the Forrestal tracked the mission as land based radar monitored from the coast. The closest point was about 0 miles off the mainland, a distance smaller than earlier intelligence ship approaches.
Auto industry leaders tell the Price Commission that dropping annual style changes would save only about 2 percent on a one time basis due to ongoing retooling needs. Chrysler head John Riccardo and Lynn Townsend uphold consumer demand for new styles despite Ford's example in 1972. In a separate case, Prosecuting Attorney Thomas I. Osborne seeks a prompt retrial for Wardell Patterson after the Missouri Supreme Court remanded the second degree murder verdict. Patterson would face trial possibly in the second week of November.
The Senate passed a 6 billion revenue sharing measure 63 to 20 after a 12 hour session and sent it to conference with the House to resolve differences. The bill’s core dispute centers on how funds are allocated between poorer, populous states and urban, industrial areas. Also report: Nixon campaign donations from Mexico tied to secret funding in a suit case rushed to Washington. North Vietnam dogfights end with three MiG 21 downings. Kissinger stays in Moscow for secret talks. two Democratic House chairmen defeated in primaries.
Martha Mitchell named Steve King as the man who tore a telephone from the wall during a dialogue with a reporter last June. She accused him of throwing her to the floor and kicking her when an injection was given against her wishes. King, then a bodyguard, later became head of security for Nixon reelection after suspicions swirled around the Democratic committee bugging case. Mitchell said she was confined in a hotel room for 24 hours with her daughter and that the injection caused a hand wound requiring six stitches. She also claimed King and secretary Lea Jablonsky left after the story surfaced. King and Jablonsky did not comment. A close aide denied rumors of a nervous breakdown and endorsed Mitchell’s account as accurate in parts of the tale.
An early dawn quake measuring six on the Richter scale struck near Navplion, 65 miles southwest of Athens. The Greek Seismological Service placed the epicenter near Navplion as police reported dropped ceilings and cracked walls but no casualties or major damage.
SAIGON AP three North Vietnamese MIGs and a U S Phantom were shot down north and west of Hanoi. The total of American airmen listed as missing over North Vietnam since March 30 now stands at 100 with 37 reported captured. The ground battle at the Quang Tri Citadel continued with heavy bombardment and Marine casualties.
Denise Sprayson survived five days trapped under a car after the wreck that killed her husband Frank and two friends. Maggots feeding on her wounds helped prevent blood poisoning, doctors said, while she remained shocked but improving in hospital.
Riverside County Supervisor William Jones opposed a pay raise for the board after colleagues boosted pay from 15000 to 17500 a year. He circulated petitions, the board received 20142 signatures, and elected to rescind the raise by a 3 1 vote. Jones has opposed every pay raise proposal for 24 years.
Carthage voters approved a 1.6 million general obligation bond issue and a one cent city sales tax. Bond funds will finance improvements at McCune-Brooks Hospital with construction to start within two months. Excess sales tax receipts may go to capital expenditures including streets and recreation programs.
MHS announces annual Open House for parents on Thursday September 21 at 7 30 pm in the auditorium. Parents will follow their child s daily schedule with each class 10 minutes. Latin Club elected an all junior officer slate at the first meeting Joanne Kasper consul Susan Fried berg vice consul Terry Page scriba Gary McFarland quaestor. Tennis GAA opens with 12 girls playing after school with sponsors inviting any MHS girl to attend 3 4 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The 90,000 ton USS Enterprise with 5,000 crew heads to Vietnam after a protest at Alameda and San Francisco Bay. Demonstrators line the shore with banners. coast guard and Navy boats push back about 30 water protesters as the carrier passes under the Golden Gate Bridge. Several demonstrators fall or jump into the water during the scene.
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