Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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la Over 6,000 people attended the dedication of the Winston Churchill Memorial Chapel and Library in Fulton, Missouri, scene of his famous Iron Curtain speech during World War ll. Earl Mount- batten was principal speaker at the May 7 ceremony. Claire L. Westlake, jr., tbottom left! a 7965 graduate of Mexico High School, was killed in Viet Nam in january. Sgt. Michael A. Lederle tcenterj also a '65 graduate, was struck and fatally wounded by a sniper's bullet on january 24. Sgt. Lederle had been in Viet Nam since December. trightl Lt. fj.g.J Alfred H. Suhr, '59 was killed March 26 in a Viet Cong raid on the Ninth Division headquarters at Don Tam, south of Saigon. Lt. Suhr had been in Viet Nam only two weeks.

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High Flood Waters, Empt Grandstand Top Local News A train passing through late at night in the rain . . . appointment of a Mexicoan to the new President's staff . . . moving government and business to new locations . . . the ringing of a bell . . . These are some of the events that headlined local news in 1968- 69. The funeral train carrying General of the Army and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed through Mexico at 11:47 p.m. Monday, March 31, on its way to Abilene, Kansas. Two thousand or more citizens turned out, despite the rain, to pay their last respects to the General. Eisenhower passed away after a long illness at 11:25 a.m. March 28. President Richard Nixon appointed Alan Woods, a 1963 graduate of Mexico High School and former Growl editor, to his White House press staff. Mexico citizens passed a bond issue for funds to buy and remodel the old Kaiser office building, mak- ing it suitable for a new city hall. The new hall was initiated in july. Construction of a new Florsheim shoe factory was delayed due to a number of problems. This caused the proposed opening for the first part of june to be delayed. The 90-year-old bell in the belfry of the First Presbyterian Church rang for the first time for a year Sunday, March 2. The bell was moved earlier to its new home in the recently built church at 400 Lake- view Road. Celeste Holme was present for the dedication of the new Mental Health Center in Mexico in july. The new center will serve the needs of Mexico and surrounding areas. Heaviest rainfall on record for june and early luly caused water in Mexico and the surrounding area to rise to flood proportions. Missouri Military Academy's new fieldhouse ttopj received 550,000 damage. An auction of fair paraphernalia on April 8 wiped out all traces of the well-known Audrain County Fair and its famous horse shows except for the grandstand, tcenterl now standing empty and deserted. Purchasers of the 50-acre site, the Mexico School Board and the city of Mexico plan a new middle school and a city recreation area. The last Northern and Western passenger train tbottomj passed through Mexico on Thursday, April 17. Passenger service ended because the public no longer had a need for railroad transportation. 48 Local News 4355? iw k,.......-.4 uw ..1a-A--vamp,-mr

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Peace Found nly in Headlines in '69 Senator Edward Kennedy, D. Mass., delivers the eulogy at his brother Robert's funeral. RFK was downed by an assassin's bul- let in june, 1968, following his victory in the California primary. A brace of plow mules pulls the casket of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. in its funeral procession through Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King was assassinated April4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. lacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis, Creek shipping magnate, on the island of Scorpios on October 20, 7968. Mrs. Onassis is the widow of former Presidentjohn F. Kennedy. Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, commander of the captured in- telligence ship, the Pueblo, is pictured here in films released by North Korean captors. Bucher and his crew were released in December. Police battled demonstrators in Chicago during the Democra- tic National Convention in August. Here, they are clearing Grant Park of hippies and yippie demonstrators. Richard M. Nixon was elected President of the United States in the November '68 election, defeating democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey. With the President is his daughter Tricia. Cll C29 . ii -Q, 50 National News