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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1971
Page
7
On June 14 1971 an amendment expanded widow pensions for state employees and legislators with six years service or 10 years for state workers. It added a surviving spouse option for those dying before retirement and limited spousal pensions for legislators. Judith Grace O Connor filed for her late husband s seat as a special election looms.
Seattle AP report says 25-year-old James Brinton vanished at sea while attempting a 7000 mile kayak voyage from LaPush Washington to Japan. His 17-foot craft was found intact by a fisherman four miles off Washington's Olympic Peninsula about 24 hours after he departed for the voyage. Brinton had a lifelong love of the water and was described by his stepfather as driven by a quest to be the first to cross an ocean in a kayak.
Missouri House approved a resolution to extend voting rights to 18 year olds by a 132 to 14 vote, joining the Senate in ratifying the U S constitutional change. The measure makes Missouri the 33rd state to ratify, with 38 needed to take effect. A parallel proposal granting all maturity rights to 18 year olds stalled in the House.
President Nixon convened a White House session with seven U S ambassadors and top officials to review U S efforts against drug abuse and trafficking. Ambassadors to Mexico, Turkey, South Vietnam, Thailand, France, Luxembourg, and the United Nations joined Secretary Rogers Attorney General Mitchell and Treasury Secretary Connally, with notes on Saigon drug reports and a forthcoming government initiative.
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld Jackson County Circuit Court’s injunction against the motion picture Curious Yellow, ruling public exhibition of obscene film is not protected by the First Amendment. It rejected Dickinson Operating Co and staff defenses. Separate ruling upholds Beal conviction and death sentence for armed robbery that killed Ward Wooderson. court directs Avdrain County circuit court to suspend Baresh case for lack of preliminary hearing and notes unrelated bid for ConE Coop theft charges.
Fefferson Board of Education may lower the 1971 72 school levy by five cents dropping the total rate to 3.24 from 3.29 The teachers fund rises to 1.72 the building fund climbs to 16 cents while the incidental fund drops to one cent and the debt service rate falls to 38 cents The board meets at 7 30 p m to approve the estimate reorganize appoint officers and set salaries for next year including potentially naming a school physician and a principal Winston Rutledge is expected to be named principal of one city school and Don Campbell remains treasurer with Marcia Weaver secretary Also on the agenda are wage adjustments for cafeteria workers and staff appointments the facility plans through 1975 76 and the Citizens Insurance Committee annual report with Fred Vogelrow as writing agent and a vacancy due to Benson Wood’s term expiration Nelson Vincent to remain on the committee.
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