Road funds cut threatens state maintenance program
In the Senate a stalled road funds bill risks delaying highway maintenance funds. A 16 percent cut is at stake with June 25 as a deadline for action. If not restored, maintenance costs, estimated at 79 million dollars this year, could force major program reductions. An immediate hearing may be sought to delay federal action and buy time for a state plan.
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Dow Jones gains as market nudges higher on indicators
Dow Jones industrial average climbs 7.33 to 900.38 as advances outpace declines on the NYSE. Treasury Secretary Connally says Nixon will not seek tax relief or higher federal spending nor establish wage price controls. Brokers credit rally to a government index of leading indicators. Chemicals metals and aircrafts mix as other sectors rise.
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Tom Sawyer Days Bring Hannibal Events Back to Life
In Hannibal Missouri the Tom Sawyer Days festival features raft races frog-jumping and fence painting Saturday. Officials report mixed national news with market volatility and education funding debates affecting parochial aid discussions at state and regional levels.
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Guard Against Sex Ads A Post Office Program Here
Jefferson City Postmaster William C Blair announced a new program to stop unsolicited sex oriented advertisements. Individuals who sign up will have their names placed on a list preventing smut mail to their address after 30 days. Mailers sending ads to listed addresses face civil or criminal action under the Postal Reorganization Act and Pandering Advertisement Laws.
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Parochial Aid Plans Face Setback After Court Ruling
The ruling challenges per pupil funds to nonpublic schools for secular services, with New York’s 33 million bid program questioned. Church and civil liberties leaders warn the decision reshapes state aid plans, prompting legal challenges and alternative funding ideas across several states.
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House Antiwar Vote Sets New Record in 1969 Clash
The House rejected the Sepete Amendment 219 to 176 on a draft-extension bill amid plans to forward it to a Senate-House conference. The vote marks the largest antiwar bloc yet, with 14 Democrats and 33 Republicans voting for a deadline to withdraw from Indochina. The measure would have tied withdrawal to prisoner reviews, a move criticized as advisory.
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Miami Beach to host 1972 Democratic nominating convention
The Democratic National Committee chose Miami Beach, Florida over Louisville, Kentucky to host the 1972 nominating convention for 16 000 delegates and staff. Both cities bid with offers around 990 000 in cash and goods. Chicago and Houston were eliminated for venue dates and capacity concerns.
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City explores humane society and temporary dog housing
Councilman Strong Scrivner and Woodman had been assigned to search for alternate sites. The Jaycees appointed two members to study starting a humane society but not a shelter. NAACP opposed temporary housing. residents warned of odor and noise from a dog pound formerly on Locust Street.
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St James Trucker Critically Injured in I-44 Crash
A 32 year old St James Missouri man Lauder Light was critically injured when his two ton truck veered off the shoulder struck a bridge pillar on Interstate 44 just inside Springfield. He suffered multiple fractures lacerations and possible internal injuries and was taken to Cox Medical Center.
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Senate debates halting airlift and Pentagon spending
The Senate considers a four to seven billion dollar cut to the Defense Budget and aims to halt the Havana to Miami refugee airlift that has moved about 250000 Cuban refugees to the United States. Aimed at boosting funding until August, the measure stalls over military spending. Laird warns of job losses and weakened national security. The Appropriations Committee also proposes ending long secret CIA funding of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and funding them openly.
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PSC Moves to Bury Power Lines in New Subdivisions
The Missouri Public Service Commission orders underground electric lines for subdivisions of two or more units established after July 14. Investor owned utilities may charge 50 dollars per residence or 10 dollars per dwelling unit, reduced 28 percent annually for five years. A second underground plan for high density commercial areas will be addressed later.
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