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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1971
Page
2
The artifact lists William E H Weldon as publisher and Robert Bloss er as press with a pledge to follow truth and combat error, citing a statement about tolerating error and redeeming liberty through steadfast reporting. The fragment hints at a historic newspaper motto or editorial sentiment.
Missouri lawmakers endorsed extending certain truck lengths to 72 feet despite opposition from the Highway Commission Auto Club State Patrol and safety groups. The measure would allow three feet of front overhang and four feet at the rear boosting overall length by seven feet. Gov Hearnes is urged to veto to protect public safety and highway wear.
The piece critiques Nixon and Mills proposals, calling them costly blunders. Herbert Philbrick likens welfare to a milked cow draining funds from police and schools. It notes New York's welfare reform and urges Mid-M Missouri readers to mail copies to national leaders and local lawmakers.
A San Diego Union opinion notes the Banking Political Action Committee gave 87 008 to six senators and three representatives, many on banking committees, while labor unions spent about 2 million across House and Senate candidates. The piece asks why bankers escape critique and calls for equal scrutiny of all campaign support.
A critical column argues the April Washington riots were caused by civil rights overreach and police actions. It defends law enforcement, disputes constitutional violation claims, and accuses liberal establishments of manipulating public focus away from authorities and the president.
The Vatican archives and John Carter Brown Library scholar Lawrence C. Wroth argue Amerigo Vespucci did not discover the continent. They credit Giovanni da Verrazano with a documented 1524 voyage and suggest Cabot and Verrazano as pivotal to early maps, while Columbus is portrayed as claiming Asia as the landmass.
President Nixon orders a crackdown on military deserters in Southeast Asia amid a widening heroin trade. Laird briefed the president on the trafficking links involving deserters, with 400 to 800 said to operate in Saigon’s Soul Alley. Joint U.S. South Vietnam raids are planned to seize deserters and curb heroin supplied to American troops.
The fragile first official Missouri flag, made by legislative act, was returned to the Capitol after more than four decades. Jefferson City Senior High School musicians join Central Missouri State College summer band and choir camp. An economic survey of MidMissouri Development Council was presented to Gow Joks M. Dalim by president C. L. Harper.
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