Fire at Quebec home kills dozens as search ends
Police and welfare officials halted rescue work after removing up to 39 bodies from the charred debris of a welfare home in Notre-Dame-du-Lac near the Maine border. Officials estimated 40 to 58 perished as firefighters fought snow and low visibility. cause under investigation with electrical faults suspected. The 75 year old Repos de f Ieillard home, once a school, had safety features but rapid spread doomed the blaze.
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Notre-Dame-Du-Lac
Que
Welfare Department
Cyville Charron
Maine
Notre Dam du Lac
Quebec
Nixon wins 6 to 1 House backing on Vietnam policy vote
The House approved a Vietnam policy resolution by 333 to 55 with a 12 vote margin in favor of supporting Nixon’s plan. The measure affirms free elections for South Vietnam and endorses the president’s position while clarifying POW and war scope issues. Some opponents abstained from final approval. The vote occurred as the president argued for Vietnam policy in a November speech.
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House
Vietnam
Washington
Thomas E. Mor
South Vietnam
Dent Nixon
D-Pa
Silent Reign Affairs
Erient
North Vietnam
House of Isure
Nix
Tal
Viet Nam peace resolution faces party lines in House vote
The House backed a resolution urging the administration to press for a just peace in Vietnam with a separate POW provision. The POW clause passed 392 to 0 amid debates over procedure and amendments. Fifty-four Democrats opposed. 161 Democrats and 172 Republicans supported. A Senate version with a mutual ceasefire is pending.
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Ogden R. Reid
New York
Senate
Nixon
Hearnes Doubts Sales Tax Bid Amid Tax Referendum Uncertainty
Gov. Hearnes warned a statewide income tax increase referendum is likely and a defeat could block any sales tax proposal. He noted the $49 million accelerated tax plan would be needed next year, risked by overrun from an emergency bill, and cited prison crowding and university needs as pressing state issues. Cantrell and Blackwell clashed over fiscal facts, Cantrell arguing the tax hike mainly benefits high income individuals and corporations.
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Warren EB
Hearnes
General Assembly
Blackwell urges action to stop rising taxes in Missouri
Senator Earl Blackwell, a Democrat from Hillsboro, urged direct action by Missourians to stop an endless tax and spend cycle. Speaking at a Kiwanis Club luncheon, he promoted a ballot referendum on the 1969 income tax increase and argued that current natural revenue growth could fully fund state services without new taxes. He claimed normal growth would cover state aid to schools and other agencies at record levels.
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Missouri Commission On the Status of Women
Jefferson City
Springfield
Earl KR. Blackwell
Dhillsboro
Blackwell
Kiwanis Club
Governors launch drugs conference
Washington AP report notes President Nixon urges governors to tackle narcotics as a national problem. He cites rising drug use, with millions using marijuana and high school and college students affected, and pledges a nationwide information campaign.
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Washington
Nixon
Ipoor
Local leaders to speak at Cerebral Palsy of Missouri meeting
Three local residents from the state United Cerebral Palsy branch will join 70 participants at the 16th Annual Cerebral Palsy of Missouri gathering in Columbia. Donald M. Cox Rex R. Wylie and L. B. Hartley will take part in a Saturday panel and attend the officer installation ceremony. The conference drew most U S governors and officials for talks with State Department staff and adviser Henry Kissinger.
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United Cerebral Palsy Branch
Donald MT. Cox
Donald Ave
Rex R. Wylie
W. Edgewood Dr
L. B. Hartley
Taylor
State Department
Offi ‘Cials
Henry A. Kissinger
Death log from Missouri Highway Patrol shows recent toll
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 24 hour deaths ending at midnight with three more fatalities. For the year to date the death toll is up 12 percent versus last year, while the same period last year recorded 1,372 deaths.
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Missouri Highway Patrol
Waffie
Grand jury case targets seven in Tate death
Authorities prepared a grand jury indictment against at least seven linked to the Sharon Tate murders. Manson follower connections and hippie cult ties are cited. Miss Atkins and Kasabian face murder or related charges as hearings set in California and Missouri counties.
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Po/Tex
Patricia Krenwinkel
Mobile
Ala
Sharon Tate
Aretenes
California
Caballero
Miss Atkins
Jas
Sadie Glutz
Manson
Tate and
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Satan
Edward M. Davis
Davis
Miss Tate
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Bel Air
Mar Ly
Jay Sebring
Iagail Folger
Voiteyk Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Nursing home group seeks emergency mental health funds
Missouri Nursing Home Association officials urged Gov Hearnes to provide emergency funds for the Mental Health Division to keep custodial patients in nursing homes. They delivered petitions with over 20 000 signatures supporting an emergency appropriation, while a separate petition urged curbing a referendum driven by Sen Blackwell. Leader Bern ard Turine said 130 plus member homes back the drive and noted help from the Information Please group in countering the referendum push.
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Missouri Nursing Home Association
Warren 5. Hearnes
Turine
Alert
Nursing Home Association
E. J
Lucky) Cantrell
D-Overland
Blackwell
Three-Car Crash Injures Two Women In Fulton
Rosanna Dieckmann 43 and Mary Headley 36 were involved in a three car crash on South Highway 34 near Ellis Daniel Boulevard exit. Dieckmann was admitted in serious condition while Headley was treated and released. Augustine 48 of Morrison sustained damage as his car was struck from the rear. Charges of careless and imprudent driving were filed against Headley.
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Dieckmann
Ellis
Daniel Raymond Augustine
Highway
Morrison
Headley
Miss Headley
Mary A. Headley
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