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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met in Washington to discuss foreign policy with focus on the Middle East. Kissinger joined the two in the talks, which were not announced in advance.
Missouri reported five traffic fatalities during the Christmas holiday counting period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday, a notably light toll compared with the usual two-day weekend average of about ten. A prior report of two bodies pulled from a Missouri River car near Hermann Tuesday night proved erroneous.
During a four day Christmas period 507 people died in traffic accidents nationwide, below the National Safety Council's pre holiday estimate of 550 to 650. The council noted the gas shortage and fewer drivers helped cut fatalities while cautions remain about pinpointing precise causes in the days ahead. Local fatal incidents in St. Louis and Kansas City included Carolyn Henry 22 and Dorthine McMahen 49, both die in separate crashes. Ona Lee Hale 62 and Virginia Lee Newell 4 killed in Kansas City. Mamie Edith Mason 73 struck on Missouri 139 after exiting a disabled vehicle.
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile plans to collect 240 pints during a two day visit at First Christian Church. It will be at 329 E Capitol Ave from 12:30 to 5:15 p m Thursday and Friday. Officials urge volunteers from the downtown area to participate.
An attorney general's opinion from Jefferson City says two Missouri employment laws clash with federal standards. One requires seating for women, and the other bars work for pregnant women in three weeks before or after childbirth in various workplaces. The federal rule permits seating and breaks by business necessity and forbids sex-based restrictions. The request came from Edwin Pruitt Jr., head of the Missouri Human Rights Commission.
President Nixon signed emergency aid legislation authorizing 2.2 billion dollars for Israel with flexibility to grant or credit aid and to cover U.S. share of United Nations Emergency Force costs in the Middle East. The first year U.S. assessment is about 17.3 million dollars.
Space Center Houston AP reports Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr and William Pogue spent seven hours outside the station snapping Kohoutek photos to study the comet. Edward Gibson remained inside to maneuver. Doctor Maya Greenberg of Dudley Observatory praised the effort as groundwork for history of the solar system.
Washington reports Secretary Kissinger risks a Watergate scale controversy by blocking testimony on Sonnenfeldt security questions. The case centers on alleged leaks to Israeli intelligence, prior oversight by the Senate Finance Committee, and White House influence over Sonnenfeldt’s State Department role while Rep. Ashbrook presses for full testimony from Francis Niland.
In Kansas a family disaster unfolds as Myrple Lee Newell is shot on January 12 while returning home from a grocery. Her mother Ona Lee Hide, 62, gains custody of two Newell children. A hit-and-run killed Halegail’s granddaughter Vironia Christmas Eve. Dyche and relatives reflect on loss, with Virginia and Charles left with caregiver Mrs Hale.
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