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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1972
Page
10
The Senate Finance Committee approved a six billion dollar package of Social Security increases and payroll tax hikes to fund them. The plan includes cash benefits, Medicare, and welfare reforms with stronger work requirements, while rejecting Nixon's family assistance plan.
Mexico Missouri voters are urged to confirm registration for the November 7 general election. The county clerk’s office will stay open tomorrow from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. for registration, with National Voter Registration Month noted and endorsements from local parties and organizations.
Mexico School Board debated Hardin options after voters approved a 1 875 000 junior high bond. Citizens group favors using Richardson Hall as admin center and keeping Garfield for study, with 10 acres near Park South for potential future grade school. Lula Hodgin noted tax levy changes. first phase would raise 40 cents per 100, then decline.
About 60 students at Community R-1 High School were sent home to change clothes or hair under the dress code as principal David Wilson rejected reports of mass suspensions. He cited enforcement difficulties and noted violations included hair styling, unbuttoned shirts, and skirts length.
Boone County law enforcement conducted early morning drug raids using 32 warrants. Twenty four people were arrested, including one juvenile, with 39 raiders from the highway patrol, sheriff, and university and city police. Prosecution actions stem from a spring investigation into drug sales.
Blind 76 year old John Mizerak and his 71 year old wife held eight chances in 3,066,612 entries for the state's summer lottery. The grand prize, determined Wednesday, was worth at least $1 million to the couple. Mizerak, blind from glaucoma, called the outcome a miracle and recalled a fortune teller’s 58 year old prediction.
Hoover 22 of 915 Michigan St sustained serious head injuries when his motorcycle hit the curb at Jackson and Jefferson Streets at 10 51 p m Tuesday. He underwent surgery Wednesday at University Medical Center in Columbia and was reported in satisfactory condition today by officials.
Washington AP report says President Nixon’s five ton armored limousine was damaged in a collision with a 10 speed bicycle. The bike rider, Orville Jackson, 32, received a ticket for failure to stay in his lane. Nixon was not in the car. four Secret Service agents were aboard. Police estimated more than 100 dollars in damage on the Lincoln Continental. car value placed at 500 thousand. Jackson, a Washington Technical Institute student, was shaken but not seriously hurt.
Immokalee Florida AP report says an infant boy was traded by parents for a 1971 Chevrolet and removed from critical condition at Naples Community Hospital for malnutrition and dehydration. Warrants issued for Mugene Fire and Jennifer Fire, in their 20s, charged with selling a child. Homer Vanney and Frances Vanney, 34 and 44, held on $5,000 bond for receiving a child. all five involved are believed to be farmworkers from a Tinmwkalee trailer court with Southeast states bulletin issued to locate them.
A Detroit to Oklahoma worker sheared a utility pole at 609 Clark St at 1 28 a m and was jailed. Lewis Bordon Lee of Sand Springs Okla faces leaving the scene and driving while intoxicated with bonds set at 500 and 250. Front end of the car owned by McCullagh Leasing in Roseville Mich was damaged. Passengers Dudley and Harrington were unhurt.
A Callaway County coroner jury ruled 80-year-old Irwin Cave acted in self defense when he fatally shot his 44-year-old son James Ancel Cave with a 12 gauge shotgun during an early morning confrontation at their home. Police quoted the son threatening to kill the elder. the father testified the son banged the back door shouting his intent. Irwin Cave is held at the county jail in Fulton for further investigation.
A federal grand jury probes the Fort Leonard Wood area violence in Pulaski County that left four dead and involved the bombing of a mobile home. Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Anthony White said the inquiry began in late July and centers on a struggle for control of vice, with subpoenas already issued and more anticipated.
Sen George McGovern returns to his strongest issue declaring the Vietnam war assaults the decency and self respect of the United States He spoke to a Philadelphia dinner crowd after winning the Democratic nomination and roused supporters with calls to end the war He said Nixon’s bombing and withdrawal of ground troops have stained America’s honor and warned of a spiraling defense budget advised by his panel to balance security with domestic needs
Retirement tops two busy careers for a Mexican on Page 9. Slight drop in feeder calves predicted on Farm Page 11. Backs the Bulldogs for home opener.
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