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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1973
Page
1
The Street Committee voted to ban left turns at Madison and High streets after a 90 day trial. The plan, hailed as a safety measure by supporters, faces final council approval Monday night amid debate over pedestrian risk and downtown access.
The Missouri General Assembly sent to the governor a bill requiring statewide voter registration and a 33 1/3 percent true value property tax assessment. It includes 1 per new registered voter reimbursement to counties, with Dec 1, 1974 effectiveness. The package also allows resorts in unincorporated areas to sell liquor by the drink and increases state patrolmen to 800, plus subsidies for foster parents and higher aid to dependent children and needy relatives.
The Missouri Banking Board rejected the April 12 decision to grant a new charter for the Mark Twain Cape Girardeau Bank. Eight banks, including three local Cape Girardeau County lenders, opposed the plan arguing market saturation and legal concerns. First National Bank of St. Charles joined objections citing anti-branch banking laws.
The Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen will present a one cent sales tax plan to citizens at 7 p.m. on June 27 at the School of the Osage. A special election would be required for voter approval. A previous city tax proposal was defeated 165 to 73 in April 1972. Audrey Frandson, city clerk, said an Aug. 14 special election could be called and that the board would discuss the ordinance and read it aloud. The plan includes phasing out the property tax within three years after accepting the sales tax.
The city launched a two day shoppers attitude survey in the Missouri Boulevard business district. Ed H. Rackers, public works director, said Urban Programming Corp of St. Louis conducts the study as part of the West Side Study. Data will guide long range planning by city departments. Survey runs 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm.
Eleven grants totaling 123000 will go to agencies to provide health services and transportation for seniors. Through the Department of Community Affairs the funds support meals on wheels hot meals and transportation via vans and minibuses to medical centers clinics and homebound seniors.
Gov Christopher Bond signed seven bills into law covering uniform merit pay for state workers urban rural equity licensing for small commercial trucks election board staffing foreclosure notice by registered mail voter reentry at election office disability determinations withHealth Education Welfare and investments limits for life insurers. National Geographic notes sinkholes widespread in Central Florida Alabama Indiana Shenandoah Valley Kentucky Bluegrass Ozark limestone regions worldwide.
An eight year old Hayti girl Regina Ruth Jackson drowned near Hannibal Thursday when she slipped from a plastic raft into Crystal Blue Lake. She fell from the raft while playing with her brother Charles Raymond Jackson, 19, of Hannibal. The girl was recovered 15 minutes later and died at Levering Hospital in Hannibal. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson, Hayti.
The Coast Guard announces a self instruction booklet to teach the basic rules of the road, operation, navigation and safe boating practices. It notes that home study cannot replace formal classes by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, U S Power Squadrons, or Red Cross, but the Skipper's Course gives a basic understanding and useful review for experienced boaters.
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