6500 Students Enter Northeast Missouri Music Festival in Mexico
Officials estimate 6500 students will display musical talents before judges as the Northeast Missouri Music Festival closes at Mexico High School. Readouts include instrumental, vocal ensembles, and multiple quartets, sextets, and trios from numerous towns such as Warrenton, Glasgow, Louisiana, Centralia, Montgomery Co., and others with varied ratings and placements.
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Hampton
James
Mexico
Henderson
Farris
Gerlt
Fayette
Rohlfing
Larue
Monroe City
Perkins
Higbee
Winford
Girls Sextet
Girls Trio
Langley
Pitzer
Adama
Tesino
Quattrocchi
Chism
Girls
Fay
Anderson
Jones
Kansas City Schools Order Return To Class
KC district asks teachers and staff to return Monday to reopen. Superintendent Wheeler says classes may start Tuesday if enough staff report. The strike has idled about 2,000 teachers and 51,000 students across 92 schools for ten days amid a restraining order. Basil North Jr. warns noncompliance could violate the law.
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Kansas City
Robert R. Wheeler
Wheeler
Basil North Jr
North
Farm Bureau Mission Opens Markets for U.S. Agriculture
Missouri Farm Bureau President C R Johnston says a 10 day Europe trade mission with American Farm Bureau Federation may create new markets for soybeans wheat hide and tallow. He notes European officials want to trade and reduce trade barriers and aims to gain equal agricultural consideration in G A T T talks.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
C.R. Johnston
American Farm Bureau Federation
U. S
Johnston
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Netherlands
Teasdale Fires Fire Marshal In Kansas City
AP reports state fire marshal Robert L. Morrison was fired and replaced by James Helbig a 40 year old St. Louis license office employee. W Kenneth Carnes state public safety director confirmed the replacement citing political alignment with Teasdale who appointed Morrison in 1973 after the 1972 law creating the post.
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Robert L. Morrison
St. Louis
Kansas City Star Dispatch
Jefferson City
W. Kenneth Carnes
Morrison
Lee's Summit
James Helbig
The
Star
Bob Morrison
Teasdale
Carnes
Christopher Bond
Carter Teasdale Talk On Base Move
Missouri Governor Teasdale met with President Carter and Defense Secretary Brown urging reversal of the Air Force plan to move communications service from Richards-Gebaur to Scott Air Force Base. About 1,660 personnel would move and 1,530 would be cut. GAO cites savings of 19.6 to 23.9 million annually.
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Missouri
Air Force
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Joseph T. Teasdale
Carter
Teasdale
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Kansas
Richards-Gebaur
Scott Air Force Base
Ilinois
General Accounting Office
GAO
Kansas- Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
Dmo
John Danforth
Carter Delays Major Reorg Until June Plan
President Carter gains authority to reorganize federal agencies with a 60 day automatic effect unless rejected. He will first revamp the Executive Office of the President, aiming to reduce roughly 1900 agencies to about 200, as part of a long term process. Granum said no quick fixes, and plans will unfold over three years with a cap on pending plans.
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Carter
Rex Granum
Granum
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Senate
White House
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Gramum
Executive Office
US May End Base Pact Deadlock
The Carter administration may move to end a months long stalemate over U S base agreements with Greece and Turkey as Cyprus peace talks in Vienna influence gains. Turkey would receive 1 billion in aid for access to Turkish bases while Greece would get 700 million for continued U S rights, though Athens has suspended talks for internal political reasons.
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Carter
U.S
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
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Ford
United Nations
Vienna
Ford Administration
United States
World’s Largest Strawberry Pie Made At Louisiana Festival
In Pontchatoula Louisiana the Louisiana Strawberry Festival is producing a pie weighing six and a half tons with a 15 foot diameter. The pie uses about 6 000 strawberries and will be donated portions to local children's hospitals and nursing homes. The pie is funded by a local restaurant chain with strawberries valued around two thousand dollars at current prices.
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Pontchatoula, ‘la
Running Mate Ad Gets No Response
Dale Parker, an independent candidate for governor in Florida, advertises for a running mate offering a $36,000-a-year job with advancement prospects and no required experience. Parker, 51, a retired aerospace worker from Orlando, says the ad is a novel approach and has seen no replies as of Wednesday.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Dale Parker
Parker
Orlando
St Joseph Schools May Sue Collector Over Tax Funds
The St Joseph school board authorized its attorney to pursue action including possible litigation to obtain full payment of 1976 77 funds from Buchanan County collectors office. The district has received 1 million but awaits 2.3 million while a 1.5 million loan was repaid with 13684 interest. County collector A J Bilby cited tax form errors slowing distributions.
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St, Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Buchanan County Collectors Office
Don Trout
A.J. Bilby
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