08 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
1
Local data shows a weather update with partial readings for the day. Observations include a 1.8 rainfall figure and a mention of river conditions with a setting sun around 5 30. The text is garbled but indicates routine hourly data and general conditions.
Mary Rieke of Saint Mary College Leavenworth Kansas joined the dean's list, with honor roll classmates Diana Lann Gordon Betty Kay Hitz Eat Meyer and Donne Marie Jacquin. Jacquin a University of Missouri Columbia senior majoring in business administration, reflects the 1971 fall term recognition amid Jefferson City Post Tribune coverage.
Intermittent light snow is forecast for Mid-M Missouri as the Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee advances a compromise bill to abolish capital punishment and narrows it to three offenses. Sen. Raymond Howard pushes to remove execution in all but certain crimes while seeking broader abolition. The panel also backs a Missouri Fair Housing Bill and a hostages to kidnapping equivalence, with measures on consecutive sentences and conditional release on return for trial.
The American Bar Association declined to endorse a no fault divorce proposal that would liberalize divorce laws, arguing it would weaken family life and raise divorce rates. The measure failed 170 to 72 after critics urged the ABA to oppose it. The article notes ABA supported abortion legalization but opposed looser divorce terms.
The State Commission on Higher Education backed a coordinating board to oversee budgets and programs for state colleges and universities with a geographically distributed membership. Individual curators and regents would keep operating their schools, while the plan aims to reduce duplication and save money. Senator Albert Spradling hailed the action as an endorsement of his constitutional amendment proposal, though some noted lack of unanimity. The commission also supported Dr Brice Ratchford's initiative to apply similar coordinating strategies across other colleges.
In Washington AP reports a multistage reform effort to block Nixon's debt ceiling hike unless tax reform is approved. The House Rules Committee will consider raising borrowing from 430 to 450 billion, with Ways and Means trimming to 20 billion. Rep. Henry Reuss plans to push a May 1 tax reform plan condition and challenge procedural rulings to force a floor vote.
London AP reports the British government to declare a state of emergency and impose a dimout to conserve power amid a five week coal strike. Floodlight and sign bans will start, then rotating cuts at power stations. Riot police clashed with miners at a Birmingham coke depot, injuring five, four officers.
One witness opposed fluoridation of Missouri water supplies at a hearing. Nelson Perrey of Jefferson City, representing the State Association of Water Districts, warned it would be premature and costly. Proponents included the Division of Health and Welfare and the Missouri Dental Association. No action was taken on the fluoridation bill.
A St. Louis AP report outlines benefits of placing a regional airport on the Illinois side, citing Economics Research Associates findings that an Illinois location could boost central city redevelopment and East St. Louis while a Missouri site might hinder westward growth plans. Lambert Field could become a general aviation airport after passenger use ends.
The Missouri Senate confirmed Monday the appointment of George E. Taff of Ellisville, a Republican, to the Missouri Industrial Commission for a two year term. He succeeds Lawrence Presley, who resigned.
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