National Health Plan Debate Shapes 1960s Congress
Washington reports a mid June start for sweeping national health insurance legislation. Proposals span government run to private plans with tax incentives, aiming to cover all and control costs. Key players include Mills, Nixon, AFL-CIO, AMA, and HMOs shaping a Ways and Means bill.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Afl-Cio
American Medical Association
G -House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
AMA
Medicredit
Farber Cemetery Plans Lucky Party and Board Election
The Farber Cemetery board will sponsor a Lucky Party on Saturday April 24 at 7 30 p m at the Farber Community Center. The 10 member board will meet Monday April 26 to elect two three year members and fill an unexpired two year term. Officers will be elected at the Hull home that evening. The meeting is open to the community.
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Farber
Farber Cemetery
Calvin Hull
Civil Air Patrol Begins Search for Missing Linn Creek Pilot
The Civil Air Patrol started a search in Independence Missouri for George Sterling of Linn Creek who reportedly flew from Independence around 10:30 Sunday night toward Lamar in a red wing Tri-Pacer with serial 7041 M. Lt Cal Frederick Degler, CAP mission coordinator, said details are vague and Sterling was believed to be alone.
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Independence
Civil Air Patrol
Linn Creek
Lamar
Cal
Frederick Degler
Air Patrol
George Sterling
Degler
Sterling
Soviet Launch Could Lead to Space Station
The Associated Press reports the Soviet Union launched another spacecraft believed manned, signaling progress toward an orbital space station as U S air raids target North Vietnamese positions in the A Shau Valley for a second day in support of an allied offensive.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Saigon
U.S
A Shau
C5 Transport Unsafe Says Sen Proxmire
Senator William Proxmire accused the Air Force of accepting defective C5 transport planes from Lockheed. He urged returning 35 delivered aircraft for factory repairs at Lockheed’s expense, citing GAO findings of pervasive deficiencies including landing gear, braking, wing cracking, and incomplete systems. He warned the plane may never meet design performance and could require further wing modifications and fixes to flight controls and navigation.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Air Force
Wisconsin Democrat
Pentagon
Lockheed Corp
Senate
Proxmire
Defense Department
General Accounting Office
Lockheed
Earth Week Activities In National Spotlight
National Earth Week features dramatic displays and community actions. In Atlanta a live man sits among garbage in the primate building to dramatize pollution dangers. New York workers stop traffic as scientists measure air contaminants. Des Moines households collect waste paper, Hartford hosts a fundraiser for Earth Action Group.
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James Phillips
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
New York
Madison Avenue
Des Moines
Iowa
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Earth Action Group
Atlanta
Vernon Kisling
Michigan
William G. Milliken
Rhode Island
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Hugo Magnuson
New York City
John W. Lindsay
Central Park
Motorcyclist Collides With Pickup Truck in Columbia
Bobby Woolridge 26 of Route 1 Martinsburg in fair condition after his motorcycle hit a pickup driven by Willard A. Whalen at Olive and Breckenridge. Woolridge suffered fractures and abrasions. Whalen reported a stop sign violation by a green car. Woolridge says throttle stuck, preventing braking. John Whalen 12 sustained minor injuries.
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Bobby Woolridge
Route 1
Martinsburg
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Woolridge
Willard A. Whalen
S. Muldrow St
Olive and
Breckenridge Sts
Olive
Whalen
Breckenridge St
Audrain Medical Center
University Hospital
John Whalen
Mrs J R Stuart to undergo surgery tomorrow
Mrs J R Stuart of Moberly, formerly of Benton City, has been an Audrain Medical Center patient for a week and is scheduled to undergo surgery there tomorrow.
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J. R. Stuart of
Moberly
Benton City
Audrain Medical Center
Governors Confer To Target 18 21 Vote In 1972 Rise
In Williamsburg AP reports Republican governors gather to map 1972 strategy aiming to attract new young voters aged 18 to 21 under a revised voting age law. Nixon and Agnew attend as Dole criticizes FBI attacks and touts Vietnam peace focus amid party unity and education drug sessions.
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Williamsburg
Nixon
GOP
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Therr
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
FBI
Dole
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Vietnam
Court Clears Way For Suit On Daley
The Supreme Court cleared the way for a suit alleging patronage abuses by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley’s political machine. Michael L. Shakman claims public employees are coerced into contributing to Daley’s organization, with estimates of affected workers ranging from 8,000 to 30,000.
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United Mine Workers of America
Central Intelligence Agency
Nancy Sinatra
Shakman
Daley
Cook County Organization
Federal District Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
Hearnes Reappoints Two To State Poultry Board
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes re appointed C. Wesley Turner of Columbia a Republican and Carl Thomas of Mountain Grove a Democrat to the Missouri State Poultry Board in Jefferson City.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
C. Wesley Turner
Columbia Republican
Carl Thomas
Mountain Grove Democrat
State Poultry Board
Engineers Will Hear Skylab Man
The Central Chapter of Missouri Society of Professional Engineers meets in April on Tuesday at 6 30 pm at the Empire Club of the A P Green Refractories. Roger Chassay Jr a project engineer from Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabama will discuss the NASA Skylab project after a steak supper and social hour. Attendance is open to engineers in the Mexico area with reservations via Gilbert Patrick or Paul Lewis.
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Central Chapter
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Empire Club
A. P. Green
Roger Chassay Jr
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Mexico
Gilbert Patrick
Paul Lewis
NASA
Louisiana State University
On This Date History Highlights for April Nineteenth
On this date in history, April 19, 1775, the American Revolution begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord. It also notes 1782 Holland recognizes American independence and 1783 Congress declares the Revolutionary War ended.
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Associated Press
Lexington and
Concord
Holland
Congress
Twiggy Shifts Image Toward Movie Career
LONDON AP Twiggy, famed as a frail model, is reportedly maturing for a movie role in The Boy Friend. Publicists differ on her body changes with some saying she’s blossoming, while others doubt any shift from her 92 pound frame. Rehearsals are underway though filming has not begun.
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London
Twiggy
Bailey Sellick
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Geoff Freeman
Elstree
Freeman
Nat Weiss
MGM
Britain
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