Compromise on Missouri college funding shifts dollars
Conferees reach a compromise on the state university budget boosting Northeast Missouri State by about 400,000 while preserving the total 136 million for the system. The plan trims 377,442 from extension division operations, reallocating funds to general university operations and splitting the budget into operations, extension, research and services.
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House
Senate
Northeast Missouri State
University of Missouri
House Rules Committee
Public Service Commission
House Economics Committee
Missouri
City of
Sen. J. Banks
D-St. Louis
PSC
Commission
Carter seeks energy help from key Congressmen
President Carter pressed House and Senate members to back his plan for a new energy department with broad price setting powers. A House energy package would strip such powers from the secretary, creating a five member commission to regulate natural gas prices, and give Congress a veto over agency rules. The move reflects a tug of war over who controls electricity and gas policy as the energy crisis deepens.
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Washington
Carter
House
Senate
Department of Energy
White House
Ways and Means Committee
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Congress
Energy Secretary
John Moss
Moss
FPC
Federal Energy Adminstration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Department
Department of Transportation
Indicators show U S economy improving in May
May wholesale prices rose 0.4 percent and unemployment fell below 7 percent for the first time since 1974, as farm price declines helped ease inflation. Employment rose by 400,000 to 90.4 million while the jobless total held around 6.8 million. The Labor Department cited lower farm product prices and slower industrial commodity gains, with unemployment projection uncertain for coming months.
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Carter
Labor Department
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Bert Lance
Labor pledges $20 million for youth summer jobs plan
The Labor Department announced an additional 20 million for 33,600 summer jobs in 38 large cities with high unemployment. Allocation targets inner cities to help black teens, whose unemployment rates are markedly higher. New York City leads with 5.7 million, overall program totals rise to 1,083,400 opportunities across the year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Labor
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Mass
Newark
Jersey City
N.J
Buffalo
Rochester
Yonkers
Syracuse
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Philadephia
Miami
Tampa
Fort Lauderdale
Dutch, Moluccans discuss mediators in twin sieges
Dutch authorities and South Moluccan extremists discussed possible mediators to end the 11 day siege at a train north of Assen and a Bovensmilde schoolhouse. Hostages include a 23 year old pregnant woman and several teachers.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Holland
Wim van Leeuwen
Justice Ministry
Bovensmilde
Toos Faber
Faber
Bavensmilde
Watergate figures Haldeman and Mitchell face prison terms
John N. Mitchell and H. R. Haldeman learn they must report to federal prisons by June 22. Sirica indicated sites likely Allenwood Pennsylvania for Mitchell and Lompoc California for Haldeman, with a long 214 to 8 year sentence. The pair sought delays to arrange affairs and Haldeman hoped to attend his daughter's law school graduation.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
U.S
John J. Sirica
Mitchell
Allenwood
Haldeman
White House
Lomp
High Court
Richard M. Nixon
Democratic Party
Watergate
Plato Cacheris
John J. Wilson
Sirica
Los Angeles
Charles Ruff
American jet crashes at Paris Air Show
An American Fairchild A10 fighter crashed during aerobatics at Le Bourget Airport in Paris. Pilot Howard W. Nelson died en route to hospital. The plane, observed losing tail and wings after a loop, was described by witnesses as an anti tank attack aircraft making its first air show appearance and Fairchild noted Nelson’s 10,000 hours of flying time.
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Paris
le Bourget
Jackie
Fairchild
Fire victim files $21.5 million lawsuit
Ronald Schuman badly burned and his wife Rosalie died in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire. A $21.5 million damage suit was filed in Covington on behalf of the Bright Indiana couple, alleging improper construction, lack of fire safety features, overcrowding, and delayed warnings. The case names 4-A Corp, Richard Schilling and sons, architect William Reeding, the City of Southgate, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky as defendants. Official counts list 161 deaths. two Ohio women are missing. Coroner says search for remains to begin.
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Southgate
Ronald Schuman
Rosalie
Beverly Hills
Bright
Ind
Ohio
Fred Stine
Campbell County
Evelyn Shough
Dayton
Judy Bohrer
Western Hills
Cincinnati
Stine
Schumans
U.S. District Court
Covington
The
4- A Corp
Richard Schilling
William Reeding
Blue Ridge Summit
City of
Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Tibet
Jerry B. Buxton
Missouri Division of Insurance
H. W. Edmiston
Higginsville
Lexington
Missouri Bar Association
Buxton
Secretary of State
Patricia Louise
Mark
Malcolm
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
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