Missouri campaign finance bill faces divided support
Missouri lawmakers voice split opinions on a petition driven campaign financing measure. Key officials including Gov. Bond and Lt. Gov. Phelps back the proposal while Secretary of State Kirkpatrick and Atty. Gen. Danorth withhold. The plan would require disclosures, set contribution caps, and include a voter funding cap tied to prior elections.
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Jefferson Cify
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
John C. Danorth
Christopher S. Bond
John Ashcroft
William C. Phelps
Danorth
James Spainhower
Spainhower
Missouri insurers seen cutting auto rates amid energy crisis
A state Division of Insurance report based on April testimony says competition should push Missouri auto insurance rates down as accident and fatality costs fall. Commissioner Edward Farmer notes openness to competition but warns against declaring rates excessive if inflation squeezes margins. Rep. James Mulvaney says he will push for legislative action if rates do not drop by January. The MFA Insurance Co. of Columbia has already reduced its rates.
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Jefferson City
State Division of Insurance
Missouri
Edward Farmer
Farmer
James Mulvaney
D-Jennings
Mulvaney
MFA Insurance Co
Columbia
River Quay plan eyed for Kansas City's riverfront
New Orleans investor Joseph C. Canizaro outlined a two phase River Quay renovation targeting 40 blocks along the riverfront between Broadway and the expressway. The first $10 million phase would restore and modernize 13 blocks, preserving a 1930s atmosphere with expansion into offices apartments a hotel and marina in later work.
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Kansas City
River Quay
Joseph C. Canizaro
New Orleans
Quay Corp
Sth
Delaware
Broadway
US Bridges
Bet
Canizaro
Canizzaro
Lower telephone rate proposed for short distance calls
Missouri Public Service Commission issued a plan to reduce charges on station to station calls within 23 air miles, while raising rates for longer distances. The proposal aims to deter mandatory extended area service by offering cheaper short distance tolls and sets guidelines for possible statewide or mandatory extended area service. For a 10 mile three minute call, cost would drop from 15 to 10 cents. a 60 minute call would fall from $3 to $1.81.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Commission
PSC
Nixon to Lead 6 Nation Mid East Tour in June
The White House announced President Nixon will visit Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria Israel and Jordan June 12 to 18 in the most extensive U S presidential trip to the region. The plan aims to consolidate peace gains with the goal of improved U S Arab relations and talks on the Palestinian issue and oil access.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Israel
Jordan
Gerald L. Warren
U.S
Warren
Salzburg
Austria
Cairo
United States
Anwar Sadat
Damascus
City Health Committee weighs mandatory garbage collection plan
The City Council Health Committee examines a city wide trash collection mandate outlining costs and billing options. Officials estimate a monthly per household charge of about 3.10 dollars and discuss fair use versus flat rates while aiming to submit a state plan by June 30.
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Robert Simonds
Woodman
Jim Garvin
Fred Nichols
Dispose-All Service
Story
Minnesota mine stay blocks early plant closure over tailings
A federal appellate panel granted Reserve Mining Co a 70 day stay on Judge Miles Lords order to close the Minnesota taconite plant over discharges into Lake Superior and the air. The panel set 25 days for abatement and 20 days for comments, with 15 days for further recommendations and 10 days for review.
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8Th Circuit
Argumen
Justice Department
Reserve
Bright
Lord
Minneapolis
Silver Bay
Minnesota
Babbitt
Lake Superior
Page
Kidnap Case Ties Tulsa Business Leader to $70000 Ransom
FBI agents arrested Freddie D. Smith, 45, at his Tulsa home after a man dressed as a flagman abducted Walter H. Helmerich III, 51, president of Helmerich and Payne, demanding $700 000. Helmerich was bound and released near Jenks. ransom details were not disclosed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Freddie D. Smith
FBI
Smith
Walter H. Helmerich III
Helmerich and Payne i Inc
Helmerich
Jenks
Lloyd Ruddell
Peggy Dow
Lawmakers receive dairy co op donations amid milk price probe
Three large dairy cooperatives donated from 100 to 11000 dollars to at least 16 House Judiciary members including chairman Rodino as the panel probes Nixon era subsidies. Some recipients returned funds. others defended no conflict while co-ops backed milk price supports and quotas.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Peter W. Rodino
New Jersey
Rodino
Newark
Justice Department
M. Caldwell Butler
R-Va
Williams. Cohen
R-Maine
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
David W. Dennis
R-Ind
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Harold W. Froehlich
R-Wis
William Hungate
D-Mo
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Robert McClory
R-Ill
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Wayne Owens
Utah
Railsback
Rangel
Jerome Waldie
D-Calif
Kastenmeier
Hungate
Flowers
House
White House
Senate
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Steve Vossmeyer
St. Louis
George Donegan
Springfield
Joh Buechner
Kirkwood
Frank Nutt
Donegan
Greene County
Gerry Darnell
Richard Rabbitt
Bond
William Cason
Clinton
Vossmeyer
Reagan
California
Ronald Reagan
Lynn Campbell
Blake Island
Seattle
Wash
Tillicum Village
Associated Press
Gillis
5Th and
Walnut
Kansas City Board of Trade
Pacific House
Quay
City Market
Wilburn K. DeBruler
Oklahoma
Stone and Frame
Milk Fund
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Thomas Railsback
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Dairymen, Inc
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
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