Teasdale selects Leah McCartney to PSC preserves diversity
Governor Teasdale announces Kinloch judge Leah McCartney as the first black member of the Public Service Commission to understand the poor and middle class. He says she will genuinely represent campaign promises while Mulvaney agrees to a full six year term as PSC chairman. Pierce to resign June 13 with replacement named after legislative adjournment and Senate consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Teasdale
Public Service Commission
Leah Brock McCartney
University City
Teasdale
Kinloch
PSC
McCartney
Commission
Mulvaney
A. Robert Pierce
Pierce
Senate
George Washington University School of Law
Visting
Tulsa University
Florida A&m University
St. Louis
Kansas City
Blue law local option measure signed for Kansas City area
Gov. Joseph P. Teasdale signed a bill allowing Jackson, Clay and Platte counties to vote on repealing the Sunday blue law. Local option takes effect Sept. 28. Rep. Phillip Scaglia backs repeal by Christmas shopping season, citing $9 million annual lost sales tax to Kansas. Critics fear religious harm and family disruption. clerks unions oppose Sunday work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Joseph P. Teasdale
Jackson
Clay
Platte
Teasdale
Phillip Scaglia
Fuel adjustment power is upheld by Missouri court
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Byron Kinder ruled the Missouri Public Service Commission may authorize fuel adjustment methods for electric utilities to recover fuel costs. The decision overruled Public Counsel Barvick's bid to halt the commission's authority and noted the commission has full statutory control over electric utility rates and fuel cost recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole County
Byron Kinder
Missouri Public Service Commission
The
Public Service Commission
Kinder
William Barvick
Commission
Con
Barvick
Planning control and plat approval by county court
Planning from page 1 outlines that property within 1.5 miles may be regulated. a town can overrule planning commission denials by unanimous county court vote. disputes may go to a five member board of adjustment appointed by the court. Inspections will enforce regulations, with funds sought to hire a full time inspector. Paul D Schleer, county court presiding judge, commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Ounty Court
Paul D.schleer
Linn Tech Debate Sparks Higher Education Tension
In a heated discussion Linn Tech officials and lawmakers debated the impact of higher education on vocational programs. Uthlaut and Yesemeyer clashed over snobbery in higher education circles while Robertson suggested Missouri consider a near Lincoln University college to avoid de facto segregation. No bill action followed as observers awaited a possible future visit and master plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uthlaut
Yesemeyer
Robertson
Missouri
Lincoln University
Linn Tech
Tech
Stim
Vossmeyer
Viking mission results cast doubt on life on Mars
Pasadena reports that NASA scientists largely doubt the Viking landing experiments found signs of life on Mars. Viking 1 and Viking 2 collected soil samples and ran biology tests until their labs ran dry, while orbiters continued atmospheric and surface observations. Theories suggest non living chemical processes could explain the results, though definitive proof remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Viking
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking 1
Red Planet
Viking 2
Earth
Don DeVincenzi
NASA
DeVincenzi
Martian
Deaths of Knipp and Spear Noted in Obituaries
Two obituary notices from Tipton and California report deaths of Joseph A. Knipp, 58, of Tipton, after a long illness, and James M. Spear, 67, of Gravois Mills from an apparent heart attack. Knipp leaves a large family, extensive survivors, and a memorial to the American Cancer Society. services set at St Andrew Catholic Church Tipton with rosaries and burial at the church cemetery. Spear, a former California resident and Iron Workers Union member, leaves a wife Elaine Nail and son Don, with services at Bowlin Funeral Home California and burial in Hawthorn Memorial Gardens Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Spear
Gravois Mills
Elmore County
G.W
Frances Roy Spear
Elaine Nail
High Point
Mr. Spear
California
Iron Workers Union No. 10
Kansas City
Friendship Baptist Church
Don Spear
Pleasant Hill
Fred Spear
Montgomery
Ala
Ernst Spear
State of Florida
Pauline Hunton
Miami
Fla
Bowlin Funeral Home
Loren Belt
Troy Rhoden
Hawthorn Memorial Gardens
Jefferson City
Former resident dies at hospital in Independence
Robert T. Zumwalt 66 of Independence dies Monday in an Independence hospital. Born December 13, 1910 in Ashland, son of Willard and Mary Zumwalt. Survived by wife Alice A. Zumwall, two stepsons, a step-daughter, two sisters, a half-brother, and six step-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements set in Independence and Jefferson City with graveside services at Hawthorn Memorial Gardens. Leo Andrew Hartman 78 of Tipton dies Tuesday at St. Marys Health Center. Born February 4, 1899, son of Herman and Mary Koechner Hartman. Married Gertrude Knipp in 1923. Lifelong Tipton resident, retired farmer, member of St. Andrew Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. Survived by wife, one daughter, one brother, two sisters, seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Rosary and Knights of Columbus rosary planned in Tipton. burial at St. Andrew Church Cemetery.
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Joseph A. Knipp
Tipton
Mr. Knipp
Louis J
Mary Helen Hartman Knipp
Pilot Grove
Helen Cullen
James Knipp
Columbia
John Knipp
Wichita
Kan
Joseph Knipp
Mary Faith
McGuire
Boonville
Maureen Bret
Rosalee Bealer
Mary Elizabeth Moon
Fortuna
Laura Knipp
Gertrude Knipp
Arthur Knipp
Norbert Knipp
Louis Knipp
Edwin Knipp
Ray
St. Andrew Catholic Church
Bernard Mullen
Church
Conn
American Cancer Society
Robert T. Zumwalt
Independence
Independence Hospital
Ashland
Willard
Mary Zumwalt
Jefferson City
Zumwalt
Utotum
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Alice A. Zumwall
Melvin C. Devis
Richard F. Campbell
Fort Bragg
N.C
Patricia Ann Thompson
Blue Springs
Pearl Taber
Edna Pruett
Hartsburg
Benjamin Zumwalt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carson Funeral Chapel
Hawthorn Memorial Gardens
Leo Andrew
Andy) Hartman
St. Mary's Health Center
Herman
Mary Koechner Hartman
Hartman
Knights of Columbus
Melva Dean Arnold
Henry Hartman
Rose Knipp
Anna Hartman
Kansas City
Conn Funeral Home
Fire probers' theories still just opinions in Beverly Hills blaze
SOUTHGATE Ky AP Investigators say theories about the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire remain opinions and no definite origin is set. Officials differ on where the fire began with Basement theories questioned. Coroner lowers dead to 158 identified, Gov says full probe may finish next week. Safety deficiencies at club noted in February inspection.
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Southgate
Beverly Hills
Ken Brandenburgh
Warren Southworth
Southworth
Campbell County
Fred Stine
Julian Carroll
Brandenburgh
Richard
Eickhoff, Versailles Native, Dies at 80
Arthur Bish Eickhoff 80 of Versailles died Tuesday in a Versailles nursing home. Born September 14, 1896 in Cole Camp, he was a World War I veteran and longtime carpenter and band director. Survivors include two brothers and a sister. Services set for Friday at Kidwell Garber Funeral Home with burial at Bickholf Cemetery near Cole Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur “‘Bish’” Eickhoff
Versailles
Eickhoff
Cole Camp
Albert G
Margaret Kroencke Eickhoff
Alma Jones
Leonard Eickhoff
Leo Eickhoff
Sedalia
Opal Morris
Youth ordered to detention for school shooting case
A Caseyville boy, age not stated, admitted shooting Assistant Principal Ronald Ganschinietz at Collinsville High on March 7 and was ordered held in a detention center until age 21. Judges refused adult certification. defense urged drug treatment, citing heavy marijuana use and other drugs. Lora Massena, 18, was wounded. principal survived after extensive care.
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Belleville, Ill
Caseyville
Robert A. Hayes
Illinois Department of Corrections
Collinsville High School
Ronald R. Ganschinietz
Greenwood
Lora Massena
Ganschinietz
St. Clair County
Clyde L. Kuehn
Hayes
Rhodesians Seek to Bypass Criticism in Mozambique Raid
Rhodesia's government said it would ignore foreign criticism over a 60 mile raid into Mozambique. About 700 Rhodesian troops crossed the border and seized Mapai, destroying four guerrilla bases. U N Secretary General Waldheim condemned the operation and called for immediate withdrawal.
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Salisbury. Rhodesia
Mozambique
Jan Smith
Mapai
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Retired road official dies in Kansas City wreck
Wilbur F. Stegner 65, former head of the Joplin district of the Missouri Highway Department, died after suffering a heart attack and crashing his car into a house in Kansas City. He was pronounced dead at Independence Sanitarium. No one in the house was injured.
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Independence
Wilbur F. Stegner
Joplin
Missouri Highway Department
Stegner
Independence Sanitarium
Kansas City
Dissident Shcharansky Charged With Espionage in Moscow
Anatoly Shcharansky, a leading Soviet Jewish activist detained since March, has been formally charged with espionage. The charge carries the death penalty, though officials warned it could be reduced. The case follows an Izvestia article alleging a spy ring tied to U.S. Embassy personnel.
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Moscow
Anatoly Shcharansky
Shcharansky
Izvestia
U.S
Andrei D. Sakharov
Central Intelligence
Shcharansty
West
Yitzhak Rabin
Natasha
Britain
United States
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James P. Mulvaney
Cartney
Robert H. Deusenberg
St. Louis County
State Coordinating Board of Higher Education
Charles W. Johnson
Missouri State Board of Health
Daniel J. McAuliffe
Webster Groves
State Banking Board
James Spear
Andy Hartman
Jefferson City High School
G. Nelson Duke
First Baptist Church
Field House
News Tribune
Schilling
John Bramlage
Boiler Bureau
State Fire Marshal's Office
Walter Bailey
Bailey
Mr. Eickhoff
Nursing Home
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