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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1972
Page
1
Kennedy and McGovern tour New York and Albany urging contributions from wealthy supporters at a buffet dinner in New York amid large rallies. McGovern promises job growth and welfare reform, while Kennedy faces questions about fundraising viability and gains in public support.
Boynton Beach city finance director Larry Artz struggles with a $1.04 yearly rent for a park leased from the Florida Department of Transportation. A July check bounced, and a later letter noted the error while taxpayers pay postage, including 16 cents, as officials debate the amount.
South and North Vietnamese forces fight bunker to bunker for a third day at Quang Tri Citadel where a 200 strong South Vietnamese unit entered the southeastern corner. A tropical storm could curb air strikes, while U S Command reports Navy aircraft losses and American casualties. Pope Paul VI restricts women from formal church roles, Kissinger eyes a quick US Soviet trade pact, and Hollywood icon William Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy star, dies at 77.
A federal judge upholding California's Medi-Cal copayment experiment finds the plan legal. One third of welfare recipients pay per-visit doctor and per-prescription fees with a $3 monthly cap, aiming to curb costs without reducing services. The suit argued the law lacked authorization for such an experiment.
USAGE BEACH Mo AP Allen E Pritchard executive vice president of the National League of Cities told 600 city officials at the Missouri Municipal League meeting that revenue sharing will force intergovernmental negotiations and staff changes. He urged local administrators to handle ideas while elected officials design goals and strategies. The conference agenda includes resolutions on tax relief, and a Friday session with Kit Bond Dowd Phelps and Schram among speakers.
Missouri gubernatorial hopeful Kit Bond received praise from Nelson Rockefeller at a St. Louis GOP fundraiser attended by about 2,000 Republicans. Bond, 33, touted a 200,000 vote win as state auditor and predicted a Republican victory in November. Danforth contrasted Bond with Dowd, stressing Bond's experience in state government.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower spoke to about 600 at a $25 luncheon by Missouri women’s finance division urging support for her father. She highlighted women voters and federal appointments, touting revenue sharing and reform programs as key GOP aims. Local figures including Danforth and Hardin attended, with Roos recounting the president’s view of a landslide.
U S District Judge John W. Oliver denied a blanket injunction to stop work on the Harry S. Truman Dam near Warsaw Missouri. He enjoined only elements with potential environmental impact, pending an environmental impact statement due by July 1 1973. The ruling allows other dam work to continue to avoid funding loss, with final decision resting with Congress. There are 176 intervenors including state agencies counties towns unions and individuals. The suit claimed wildlife and paddlefish harm and possible extinction, but the judge found substantial environmental impact would not occur until closure, planned for 1976 after study.
A one car wreck on U S 61 near Bowling Green Missouri claimed the life of 52 year old Robert W Hicks of Hannibal The Missouri Highway Patrol said Hicks lost control ran off an embankment and settled in a culvert filled with water
Mexico High School Pep Squad approved seven amendments previously by the executive committee. Members elected Ann Lankford treasurer and named Sharon Callihan and Laura Worstell as freshman section point recorders. A Homecoming float committee meeting was planned after school. The BUS leaves for the Hellos game at 6 30 p m and returns around 10 45 p m. Pep Band members meet in the Band building at 7 p m to organize music for athletic events.
Eileen Fagan a 17 year old worker at a California drive in restaurant had her right hand caught in a two section wall safe. Firemen used jackhammers to remove the safe after a five hour struggle. She was taken to hospital where doctors freed her hand and she was kept overnight for observation.
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