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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1977
Page
5
The Jefferson City Noon Lions hosted a Wednesday night fireworks display and carnival at Washington Park featuring rides games of chance and refreshments. Proceeds from the festival supported the club's charitable activities and community programs.
Jefferson City Housing Authority leader Ted Herron says progress on the Progress Urban Renewal Project is about 70 percent complete for property acquisition. The Capitol West area shows roughly 75 percent land parcels bought, with 60 percent area completion, as 150 owners have sold so far and 45 more targeted. Authority plans to finish acquisitions by December 1980, with summaries released monthly but full reports kept private under legal advice.
A consortium of Missouri grocery and marketing firms filed to stop the Division of Liquor Control from pursuing investigations into supermarket sweepstakes and bingo games. The group says stores will continue the games while courts decide, asserting prior assurances of legality from the attorney general. The case centers on two liquor rules banning gambling in liquor-selling businesses and prohibitive advertising to buy liquor. Local prosecutors would handle any violations if found.
Authorities hunted across four Arkansas counties for two men in the slaying of Magazine City Marshal Marvin E. Ritchy and wounding of ranger David Small, with Opal James missing. The suspects, in a stolen Louisiana car, were armed with .357 and .44 magnums, as a large search with roadblocks and a plane focused south of Blue Mountain Reservoir near Booneville.
Authorities think Gene Leroy Hart still hides near Locust Grove Oklahoma three days after an air and ground hunt ended due to scarce leads. FBI notes place Hart in the camp area around the killings, while locals dispute charges. Dist. Atty. Wise says other suspects have been questioned but Hart remains the strongest suspect.
A federal judge set a July 11 hearing on HEW's plan to cut Missouri Medicaid payments by one third. The state seeks to block the action with a temporary restraining order, arguing the department’s rules demand annual nursing home inspections and effective review, not necessarily yearly counts, while the dispute involves 300 severely disabled residents in skilled care and about 1,800 in medium skilled facilities. Missouri contends the safety net could force elderly or ill residents out of nursing care.
President Carter announced the United States will stop deployment and production of the B1 bomber while preserving testing and development. He backed continuing airborne and submarine cruise missiles as key alternatives, aiming for clarity on cost and effectiveness amid talks with the Soviet Union. The House had voted to proceed with the bomber.
The House voted 241 to 181 to keep the $12,900 raise for members and over 20,000 federal workers, approving a $928.8 million legislative appropriation. Missouri Democrats split. Republicans backed the increases. Salary would rise from $44,600 to $57,500 as the bill advances to the Senate.
Charlotte Grosse, 15, was dragged from a remote Girl Scout campsite by a heavyset man and later called home to say she was safe. The FBI joined the search as officials voiced optimism she would be freed, while investigators traced the clues to Bradenton and Manatee County.
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