Missouri Protest Over Dead Gun Control Bill
Thousands of demonstrators rallied at the Missouri Capitol to protest a gun control bill that was already dead. Protesters in car caravans and buses signed petitions and filled a Senate committee hearing in the Capitol Rotunda. Senator Franklin Payne said his measure reflected outrage at rising violence, though it had little chance this year.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Capitol
Senate Committee
Capitol Rotunda
Senate
William Cason
Public Health, Welfare and Environment Committee
Franklin Payne
D-St. Louis
Payne
John Brime
Washington
William Blackwell
Cason
William J. Cason
Cambodian Kids May Now Be Without Country
A group of 28 Cambodian children flown to the United States lacks the immigration releases required for adoption. Officials say the youngsters, landed at Dulles from a program run by the Agency for International Development, are not legally here yet were allowed to land due to no alternatives. Red Cross volunteers and various local groups care for them as the situation is reviewed.
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Leesburg, Va
United States
U.S
Dulles International Airport
Agency For International Development
Immigration Department
Red Cross
Veto Possible For Reduced Farm Bill
Washington AP report says a conference committee version of the farm bill would raise 1975 target prices and dairy price supports but remains subject to a presidential veto. House approved bill totals about 210 million. Senate version around 950 million. Dairy price boosts could raise milk, cheese, and butter costs. targets set at 45 cents cotton, 2.25 a bushel corn, 3.10 a bushel wheat.
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Washington
House
Senate
Butz
Ford
Robert Dole
Rembrandt Portrait Stolen In Bold Boston Museum Heist
Police say a Rembrandt portrait valued at $500,000 was stolen from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by two bandits. One robbed guard with a pistol and fired three shots as getaway car sped off. FBI joined local police as experts estimate the work at about $500,000 with uncertainty about exact value. The work, Portrait of Elisabeth Van Rijn, had been on loan since 1930 from Richard C. Paine’s collection.
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Rembrandt
Elisabeth van Rijn
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
FBI
Rich
Beef Grading Changes Face Court Trial
A government attorney said a prompt trial will determine the fate of USDA beef grading standards. The 8th Circuit upheld a temporary injunction and sent the case to Judge Denney for trial within 45 days, denying a stay at the request of the Independent Meat Packers Association of Omaha. Judges Lay Stephenson and Bright emphasized hearing both sides in district court.
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Omaha
Neb
US. Department of Agriculture
Stephen Meuhlberg
U.S. District Attorney
the &Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Department
U.S. District Court
Robert V. Denney
Denney
Independent Meat Packers Association of Omaha
Donald P. Lay
Roy L. Stephenson
Des Moines
Iowa
Myron H. Bright
Fargo
N.D
Lay
Latin contest success for Mexico High School students
Mexico High School's Latin department shone at Saturday's statewide Latin convention in Columbia with Marilyn Maupin winning first in grammar for fourth year, Teresa Rentschler second in Latin 4, Carrie Higgins third in Latin 3 grammar, Bill Baker second and Sharon Jennings third in Latin 1 grammar, Dianne Smith second in Latin 4 mythology, and Lisa Evans second in the costume contest.
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Mexico High School
Columbia
Marilyn Maupin
Teresa Rentschler
Carrie Higgins
Bill Baker
Sharon Jennings
Dianne Smith
Lisa Evans
Sue Ann Moore
Feisty Truman On Washington Stage
Feisty impersonator James Whitmore portrays Harry S. Truman in a Ford’s Theater set piece recreating the Oval Office and wartime scenes. The show includes a Dewey headline gag and jibes at Paul Hume and Richard Nixon, with focus on Bess Truman and Truman’s letters.
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Salty
Feisty
Truman
Washington
Harry S. Truman
James Whitmore
Whitmore
Will Rogers
USA
Ford’s
Oval Office
U.S. Senate
Symphony Hall
Boston
Mayflower Hotel
Gallu
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Richard M. Nixon
California
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Hume
Margaret
Bess Truman
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Ans Koa
Temple's Big Shopping
Bing
Eafteyye
Pdisstoe
Briggs & Stratton
Erde
Ard C. Paine
Merrill C. Rueppel
Paul Revere
Gerald Schirar
James Fack
New York City
Sotheby
Parke- Bernette
Liberty
Mexico, Mo
Kelly
Nie
Thomasville
Kelly’s
Themasville
Reune Ben
Mexico
Frank Pospishil
Meuhlberg
Ierdel
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