Special session urged to boost Missouri taxes and bonds
Gov. Warren E Hearnes calls a Sept 8 special session to raise individual and corporate income taxes by year end to net 65 million dollars annually. The plan also seeks higher municipal bond interest rates and supplemental appropriations for welfare, food stamps, and a salary rise for the State Highway Patrol, with a target to fund enactments of the 11th General Assembly. The measure aims to start January 1 next year and requires rapid legislative action.
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Weekend Breakins In Jefferson City Reported
Police reinvestigating six breakins and burglaries reported over Labor Day weekend. Major burglary at Canteen Service Co. 902 Stadium Dr. netted $824.700 in cash. Window broken on west side of PB Op Wildhaber at Stadi Dr. Offices ransacked. vending machine cash taken. Roark Aluminum on Jaycee Dr burglarized. $3 from a vending box. Rifles and shotguns stolen from Goodin's Sporting Goods on Walnut St. Cash box taken from Trans-Mo Airlines at Memorial Airport. whether money inside undetermined. Breakins coverage continues on page 5.
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Roark” Aluminum
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Goodin
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Breakins
Cable TV progress report for Jefferson City
A report from International Telemeter Corp. attorney Joseph Stevens to Mayor John G Christy and the City Council outlines progress toward Jefferson City cable service. ITC aims to start partial service in sections within weeks, but no start date or sign-up time is given. The plan faces zoning and land issues in Fulton and local complaints about transparency and franchise obligations. Construction work includes pole prep by Missouri Power & Light and Capital City Telephone, with a cable stringing contract expected this week and a 5 week completion window for the cabling and equipment. Residents may not yet have a signup date.
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ITC
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Missouri Power & Light Co
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Governors push federal takeover of welfare costs
Governors led by Nelson Rockefeller call for the federal government to finance all U.S. welfare payments within five years, arguing current plans do not meet needs. Rockefeller warned many states with generous aid will owe nothing under a nationwide funding shift, as Nixon defends domestic programs and urges fiscal restraint.
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Kennedy inquest delay eyed as court weighs cross examination
Massachusetts Supreme Court was asked to overturn District Judge Boyle’s ruling denying cross examination rights for potential witnesses in the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest. Kennedy lawyers argue the inquest is accusatory and warrants cross questioning, while Boyle allowed witness-attorney presence for rights questions. Security tightened in Edgartown as news crews gather and authorities plan coverage guidelines.
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