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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1972
Page
6
Missouri will adjust old age assistance so welfare recipients keep a 20 percent rise in Social Security benefits. The plan adds up to $20 more monthly for combined grants while preserving the higher total for most recipients and changing only those with large Social Security boosts.
Enrollment for the first semester classes of the Mexico Evening School is tonight at 7:00. One course, Understanding The Deprived Child, has been cancelled. Available classes include Advanced Sewing and Tailoring, Antique Clock Repair, Antique Watch Repair, Antique Furniture Refinishing and Woodworking, Better Business Letter Writing, Beginning Sewing, Blue Print Reading, Bridge, Cake Decorating, Creative Writing, Crocheting, Decoupage, Drivers Training, Guitar Playing, Income Tax, Interior Decorating, Knits Men’s Wear, Medical Terminology, Macrame, Needle Point, P E For Men, P E For Women, Photography, Rapid Reading, Spanish and Upholstery.
Herbert O Fountain 68 of 724.8 Coal St died at 6 10 p m Saturday at Audrain Medical Center after five days as a patient Burial under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home will be at Elmwood Cemetery The Rev C A Trotter St Paul CME Church will officiate He was born May 7 1904 in Laddonia son of Vince and Katie Fountain He married Emma Tolston April 3 1929 in Mexico A lifelong Audrain County resident and a retired cook at Missouri Military Academy Survivors include his wife nine children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren with two sons one brother and three sisters having died earlier.
A private F86 Sabrejet taking off from Executive Airport slammed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento. The crash killed 22, including a family of four and about 10 children, with 26 others injured. Pilot Richard Bingham survived, crying and apologizing as rescuers freed him. Witnesses described a wall collapse trapping young victims as officials secured the scene and identified victims amid burning debris.
Three American POWs in Hanoi become a political flashpoint as McGovern accuses Nixon officials of delaying homecoming. Laird calls McGovern’s critique propaganda, while Nixon planned speeches in Washington New York and on a fundraising tour. Shriver visits Pittsburgh ethnic picnic. Agnew embarks week of campaigning.
United States urges UN to convene early next year a global conference to adopt a treaty cracking down on international terrorism. Secretary of State Rogers unveils a nine point program, seeking extradition or prosecution with severe penalties for cross border crimes.
Harris Maupin Sr., 95, retired farmer, died Sunday at Allen Nursing Home where he lived since May. Survived by wife Jessie Britt Maupin and four children, service Tuesday at Maupin Funeral Home Auxvasse with Rev. Ostrom. Burial in Montgomery City Cemetery. He was born Feb 19 1877 in Montgomery County. Prior to death, he celebrated 69th wedding anniversary Feb 8.
The narrator, ledger editor Robert M. White, recalls ASNE editors invited to China with 22 delegates. Travel plans shift from Sept 8 to Sept 29 with Hong Kong and Ottawa visa hurdles. He notes briefings, book reading, and conflicting advice on gifts and guides, and promises no further Ledger columns until after returning.
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