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Cason Pledges Campaign Reform WESTPHALIA, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Senate president pro-tern, Sen. William J. Cason, D-Clinton, says he will make reform of campaign financing one of his priorities for the 1975 legislative session. A compromise bill was' passed by the Missouri House a half hour before adjournment last Tuesday night 'Best Of Showed Loss The Mexico Jaycees report they failed to earn any proceeds for the Miss Missouri scholarship fund with the "Best of America" production they presented at Presser Hall Saturday night for that purpose.

Jim Compton, board member in charge of the presentation, said today the Jaycees have apparently failed by $700 to $800 to meet their expenses of the production. He said however, "While we failed to make a financial profit from the show, it was a success among the Miss America pageant finalists who took part, other pageant officials, the audience of more than 300 who attended and those of us who worked on the project." The eight Miss America pageant finalists here for the event was the largest number ever reunited for such an occasion in the state of Missouri, Jaycee officials said. The state winners from Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arkansas were met at the airport in St. Louis Friday night by local Jaycee representatives and came to Mexico in a bus provided by Jack Baker. On Saturday morning, Miss Illinois and Miss Missouri joined the group.They had breakfast at the Air Park Lounge where they also conducted a press conference.

Mayor Herman Tolson welcomed the girls at that time and presented each with a long stemmed red rose. The girls held autograph parties Saturday afternoon at various places of business in Mexico. Jim Dye was emcee for the program Saturday night which included piano selections by Miss Oklahoma, Andrea Hanson; Miss Illinois, Colleen Ann Metternich; Miss Missouri, Terri Dodson. Singing were Miss Louisiana, Debbie Ward; Miss Indiana, Karen Rogers and Miss Kentucky, Lydia Lewis. Miss Texas, Judy Mallett, was apparently the favorite with the crowd as she presented the "fiddle" tunes which won the pageant honors for her and Miss Arkansas, Becky Hume, performed the balance beam as well as free form.

The Golden Girls from the Marching Mizzou at the University of Missouri; the double sextet from Columbia College and the Miss Mexico Pageant Band also performed. but time ran out before the Senate voted on the measure. Cason, speaking here Sunday night to an Osage County Democrats' dinner, said, "We just ran out of time. But you can bet we are going to try again next January." Cason has been criticized by Gov. Christopher S.

Bond and the Republicans in the House for insisting that the Secretary of State be on the proposed elections commission that would have administered the new campaign practices act. After seven hours of negotiations by a conference committee, it was agreed the Secretary of State would be a nonvoting member. Another point of disagreement was Cason's provision, approved by the Senate, of having a $10,000 ceiling on the amount of money a candidate or his family could spend in his own behalf during each election, primary and general. Cason said, "after we put the anti-millionaire clause in the bill there was quite a change of attitude by what you might call the Danforth-Bond supporters in the legislature. "They obviously did not want to limit the contributions of a candidate's family to $10,000, instead of the $35,000 that was in the House bill," Cason said.

He was referring to Gov. Bond and Atty. Gen. John C. Danforth.

Jet Fighters To Be Over Area Pilots of the 183rd Tactical Fighter Group, Illinois Air National Guard, Capital Airport, Springfield, 111. will be flying over or near this area at low altitudes and high speed. Their altitude will be 1,000 feet above the ground and at speeds of 360 to 600 miles per hour. These speeds are not sufficient to cause sonic booms, the 183rd says. Flights will be flown during daylight hours only, with the F-4C Phantom jet aircraft in part of the training program by the United States Air Force.

The low level air route extends from Warsaw, Columbia, Moberly to Hannibal in Missouri and north to Jacksonville, 111. Transcript Book Rushed Into Print NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Employes of a Nashville printing firm worked non-stop during the weekend setting type for an 898-page paperback book containing transcripts of President Nixon's Watergate conversations. Bantam Books, Sunday flew the printing mats to Chicago where the books will be printed. Bantam officials said copies will be on the newsstands in 30 key cities by Tuesday afternoon.

The Bantam version of the Watergate transcripts will be one of at least two such books being prepared. Dell Publishing Co. of New York is expected to have copies on the newsstands later this week. Tale Of Times Is Told In Movie 'Serpico 1 playing at the Liberty Theater, now through Thursday, is a tale of our times. The film is an adaptation of a true story of "the only cop in New York City who wasn't on the It presents the classic confrontation of idealism and practical realism most of us learn somewhere in late adolescence.

But this theme is understated in both of the character of Frank Serpico and the action of the film. Frank Serpico does not swagger around the screen, muttering platitudes like a politician. He is a little man, doing what he loves and trying to hardly the stuff heroes are made of. Through flashbacks, we see the quick education of a rookie cop. From his first call he learns of the lethargy into which the department has fallen.

From his second, he learns of the corruption. Serpico's quiet refusal to look the other way and take money from numbers men, gamblers and pushers engenders a feeling of uneasiness in his department that gradually becomes outright hostility, he loses one after another partner. This undercurrent culminates in the shooting of Serpico by a pusher, brought on by his partners' refusal to help in a crisis situation. As the Don Quixote of the 37th Precinct, Al Pacino builds his characterization of the off-beat cop with steady precision. His sense of frustration and rage smoulder throughout the performance, in throw-away gestures as well as the high-impact scenes.

Pacino finally has found the role that proves him a consummate artist rather than the non-actor required in "The Godfather." Sidney Lumet's direction and fast-paced editing drive the film home, bogging down only once in a series of rapid- fire scenes in which Serpico takes his grievances from one authority to another. But the progression of Pacino's character takes up this slack. The overwhelming question with which we are left is how pur society has come to a state in which the police are the criminals and their superiors their guardians, and how one man who wants simply to do his job becomes a fighter of D. K. lpe 99X Sterner Day' Dinner Honors Retiree MEXICO (MO.) LEDGER Page Monday, May 6, 1974 "Peggy Sterner Day" was formally proclaimed and observed Saturday night at a dinner honoring the retiring teacher-coordinator of the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing.

Mayor Herman 0. Tolson made the declaration official for the city as he read from a placque-embossed proclamation citing the "outstanding contribution she has made to the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing and to the improvement of health care for the people of Mexico, Audrain County, and surrounding communities." The dinner at the Empire Club was attended by about 200, with professional associates of the honoree from Jefferson City, Sedalia, Moberly, Hannibal, Kansas City, and Arkansas joining local residents in showing appreciation of the 17 years of service in establishing and developing the school. Col. C. R.

Stribling Jr. presided and Frank Wilfley Sr. gave the invocation. Both were members of the Audrain Medical Center board during that time. The city's proclamation declared that "the nursing care in hospitals, nursing homes, and doctors' offices has been significantly improved in this geographical area as a result of Mrs.

Sterner's tireless effort and high A resolution by the Missouri State Senate was presented by William D. Hayter of Jefferson City, representing Sen. Norman Merrell. It recited senate recognition that "she has taught and guided 292 student nurses who are now members of the health team serving in many areas of the state of Missouri" and pointed out that "under her direction the Mexico School each year has ranked in the upper fifth in the Missouri State Board of Nursing Examinations for licensure." Rep. James L.

Lemon of the 48th district read a resolution enacted by the House of Representatives which declared that "due to her outstanding devotion and dedication, her untiring efforts in behalf of nursing, and her many contributions to society through her endeavors and great success in nursing education in Missouri, an impact will be felt for many years to come." Entertainment was by members of the nursing school class, with Mrs. Nancy Bartlett as president, and included a song written by the members of the class. A memory book was presented by Supt. of Schools L. Buford Thomas and an enlarged photograph of the retiring teacher, to hang in the school, was presented by Davis Hart, director of vocational and technical education.

Wpodrow Lee, administrator of AMC, announced for the hospital and the Mexico School District, joint sponsors of the school, that "on the occasion of your retirement as teacher- coordinator of our Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing, having served continuously and faithfully educating hundreds of licensed practical nurses for Missouri and the U. S. it is with a deep sense of appreciation that we announce establishment of the Peggy M. Sterner scholarship" for the school. Mr.

Lee said today that the newly-established scholarship fund would provide for one nursing student for the coming year, and that the principal would remain intact to provide income for a student each future year, and possibly for more with growth of the fund. Lowell Hagan of the AMC board spoke for the trustees, and a gift presentation was made by Mrs. Nelson Willingham, with others introduced being Mrs. Jean Thompson and Richard Nye, members of the committee of arrangement. Seated with the honoree were her husband, James E.

Sterner, Mayor and Mrs. Tolson, Col. and Mrs. Stribling, Mr. and Mrs.

Wilfley, Mr. and Mrs. Hagan, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Hart. HONOREE at dinner marking "Peggy Sterner the retiring nursing school teacher- coordinator greets friends after the speechmaking and proclamations.

At right of Mrs. Sterner are Mrs. Herman Tolson, Mrs. C.R. Stribling Jr.

and Col. Stribling, master of ceremonies at dinner. (Ledger Photo by Richard Vance). Corporation Hughes Money Led To 'Transient' Illegal Gift WASHINGTON (AP) A Pennsylvania corporation, Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, pleaded guilty today to making an illegal $50,000 contribution to President Nixon's 1972 campaign. The cooperative was fined $5,000 by U.S.

District Judge George L. Hart Jr. The fine was the maximum possible. Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski charged that the contribution was made between April 19 and April 27, 1972, "in connection with the aforesaid general election and with primary elections, political conventions and caucuses held to select candidates for the offices in violation of the United States code." Lehigh Valley is a dairy cooperative but not one of the three giant cooperatives frequently mentioned in connection with the milk fund contributions and a raise in the dairy support price of 1971. Land Sales Firms Ordered To Stop JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

(AP) Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick said today an order has been issued against Lake Lucie Estates, of Miami and Opa- Locka, and its sales agent, Florida Development and Sales also of Miami. The order halts further sales in Missouri, on an installment basis, of real estate located in Lake Lucie Gardens, St. Lucie County, Fla. Kirkpatrick said the companies have not met the registration and other filing requirements of the Missouri Uniform Securities Act.

Break-in, NEW YORK (AP) Senate investigators believe the case of the two $50,000 Republican "campaign contributions" by billionaire Howard Hughes supplies the missing motive for the Watergate break-in, the Wall Street Journal said today. The Journal said the investigators contend that former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell "tampered with" a case involving the Dunes Hotel of Las Vegas "and that fear of discovery of the facts led to the Watergate break-in mission" in 1972.

Mitchell denies this. The Journal said that the money had been given by Hughes to Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, one of President Nixon's closest friends, soon after favorable government action on Hughes' proposed purchase of the Dunes. Hughes never bought the hotel. The paper said that Senate investigators now believe that Mitchell was afraid Lawrence M.

O'Brien, then the Democratic National chairman, knew about the Dunes case and the Hughes donation because he had been a public relations consultant to the Hughes organization. O'Brien says he was unaware of the transactions. Richard Danner, a Hughes executive, testified Friday in Los Angeles in a suit involving two factions of the Hughes organization that he gave Rebozo the $100,000 in 1970 in two installments of $50,000 each. But Danner said the money was to be used for Republican congressional candidates, not Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. The Journal said Danner and Mitchell met prior to the contribution to discuss Hughes' acquisition of the Dunes and the antitrust Soys aspects involved.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard McLaren, then head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, had already informed Mitchell that the purchase would violate the government's merger guidelines, the paper said. The Journal said that soon after Danner's meeting with Mitchell, Hughes got "a high- level go ahead." Carbon Monoxide Killed Prisoner CLAYTON, Mo.

St. Louis County medical examiner's office has issued a report saying a teen-ager found dead last week in the Dent County Jail died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a fire. Medical Examiner George Gantner Jr. said Saturday that Phillip Farmer, 16, of Boss, did not appear to have been beaten. Farmer had been arrested April 28 on a burglary charge.

He was found dead in his cell the next morning. A shirt was pulled over his head and scorched mattressess were thrown out of his cell. Dr. Hayden PoweU, county coroner, has scheduled an inquest for this week to further investigate the cause of the fire. Speller Brenda Colley, 14, of Mexico, an area semifinalist competing at St.

Louis fhis weekend for a chance to go to the National Spelling Bee, placed seventh in the event. She failed to spell correctly the word "transient." The only boy among the( eight contestants was the winner. He was Gary Blagg of Harville, who was also a semifinaist in last year's competition. Brenda, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Bennie Colley, 2209 S. Fairground, received a book "Yearbook of 1973 History," for competing in the event which was taped on Friday night and telecast on Channel 2 Sunday. She had won the local championship, the district championship at Hannibal and on April 27 was one of the top eight from 57 competing as semifinalists. Live Grenade Around Long Time RUDDINGTON, England (AP) A police bomb squad blew up a live World War I hand grenade that Eric Gray's father had kept for 56 years with other ammunition from the war. Gray gave the grenade to the police after his father died recently.

"No one in the family realized that it could have gone off at any moment," a police spokesman said." Millionaire's Rebel Girl In Art Theft Three States Carl Aulbur (AP) The rebel daughter of an English millionaire was to be arraigned today for taking part in the biggest art theft in history. Bridget Rose Dugdale, 33- year-old former debutante and holder of a Ph.D. from London University, was arrested Saturday when she drove up to a country cottage near Glandore, in southwest Ireland, police said. The police said that in the cottage they found 16 of the 19 paintings stolen April 26 by a woman and four men from the country home near Dublin of Sir Alfred Beit, and the other three paintings were in the trunk of the car. They included masterpieces by Vermeer, Hals, Rubens, Goya and Velasquez and were valued at more than $20 million.

The gang had sent the police a note saying it would destroy the paintings unless $1.2 million in ransom was paid by May 14 and unless the sisters Dolours and Marion Price were transferred to a prison in Northern Ireland. The sisters are serving life sentences in a London jail for bombings in the british capital. Miss Dugdale is the daughter of Col. James Dugdale, chief of an insurance syndicate at Lloyds of London, and was one of the first women accepted as a member underwriter at Lloyds. She lectured on economics at London University and in the United States and worked as an economist for the British Ministry of Overseas Development and United Nations agencies.

Last year she was given a two-year suspended sentence for leading a gang that burgled her father's home of $192,000 worth of silver and art works while her mother and father were attending the Derby. "I love you but I hate everything you stand for," she told her father in court. She said her parents had tried to turn her into "marriage fodder" when she wanted an academic career. "My hate of the system my parents practice and gain by is stronger than ever," she said as she walked out of the court. "I am going back to the poor." She is wanted in England on a charge of arms smuggling and in Northern Ireland for the bombing of a border police station by a hijacked helicopter.

The Beit paintings were found because farmer Connie Hayes became suspicious when the man and woman who rented a cottage from him "kept the door locked, the windows closed and the curtains down." He mentioned his suspicions to Sgt. Pat O'Leary and Constable William Creedon in Glandore, and they called in help to stake put the cottage after learning it had been rented two days before the art robbery. The paintings were insured for $2.4 million, and the insurance company offered a reward of $240,000 for their return and information leading to the arrest of the thieves. But the company said no reward would be paid since the paintings had been recovered by "routine police inquiries." LITTLE DIXIE Now Showing 8:20 ''TRAP ON COUGAR MOUNTAIN" Plus BIG JAKE (G) LIBERTY EVE: Are Balloting Elected R-6 Tomorrow FFA President By The Associated Press The 1974 election season expands Tuesday when nominees for two governorships and three Senate seats will be chosen in Alabama, Ohio and North Carolina. The primaries will inaugurate a busy six-week period in which 20 states will choose nominees for the Nov.

5 midterm elections. In Alabama, Gov. George C. Wallace is heavily favored to win nomination to an unprecedented third four-year term. He faces four other Democrats, headed by state Sen.

Eugene McLain and former Gov. James E. Folsom, Should Wallace fail to get 50 per cent of the votes cast, the runoff with the No. 2 finisher would be held June 4. Should he win, however, he would face only token November opposition, from Republican Elvin McCary.

Alabama's other major race includes freshman Sen. James B. Allen against John Taylor. Allen is favored to win and there is no Republican candidate. In Ohio, Democrats will settle a strong fight between former astronaut John H.

Glenn Jr. and Sen. Howard Metzenbaum. Ralph Perk, the mayor of Cleveland, meets Peter Voss, a Canton businessman, for the GOP senatorial nomination. In the Ohio gubernatorial contest, Democratic Gov.

John J. Gilligan has token opposition. His GOP predecessor, James J. Rhodes, has encountered opposition from maverick state Rep. Charles Fry and 33- year-old Combiana County engineer Bert Dawson Jr.

In North Carolina, nine Democrats and four Republicans seek the seat being vacated by Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Democratic chairman of the Senate Watergate committee. In voting Saturday, Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe squashed his opponent, Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, by picking up 70 per cent of a light primary turnout in which about 1.5 million ballots were cast.

There are 5.3 million registered voters in Texas. Briscoe is favored to win in the general election against Republican Jim Cranberry. Among incumbent congressmen renominated in primary races were Reps. Jake Pickle of Austin, Wright Patman of Texarkana. SCOTTS CORNER- Tne Audrain County R-6 Chapter of the Future Farmers -of America held their annual Parent and Student Banquet Tuesday.

Serving the meal at tne banquet were the Future Homemakers of America with Joyce Bertels as head server. After the meal the Foundation Awards were awarded in 13 areas. Other awards that were given were the Scholarship Award and the Phil Brown Award, which were received by Bill Schafer. Elsie Aston received the Star Greenhand Award and Joe Stuckenschneider was presented the Honorary Chapter Farmer Degree. One of the highlights of the banquet was the installation of the new officers by the retiring officers.

The new T4- '75 officers are, Carl Aulbur, President; Steven Maxwell, Vice- President; Randy Dahl, Secretary; Gary Stucken- schneider, Treasurer; Kenny Fairchild, Reporter; Ronnie Harris, Sentinel; and Marty Bertels, parliamentarian. A slide presentation was given of the projects that some of the students achieved in the past year, this was given by Bill Schafer and Gary Stuckenschneider. The special entertainment for the evening was the St. Paul Baptist Church Brotherhood of Wellsville, Mo. who sang gospel music for those attending the banquet.

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