Tests for College Credits in Mid Missouri
Forty two participants including six adults and thirty six high school seniors paid 690 to take the College-Level Examination Program test yesterday at the Center southeast of Mexico. The CLEP tests, administered by Dr. Margaret Fagin with Gil Rhodes assisting, offer college credit based on scores in five liberal arts areas with each test lasting one hour.
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Mid-Missouri
College Entrance Examination Board
Mexico
Margaret Fagin
University of Missouratee
Gil Rhodes
Audrain Extension
University of Net
GOP Chilly On Nixon in Party Fallout
Washington AP report shows GOP leaders cool to Dean Burch's insistence that Nixon's record defines the party. Some say primaries and state issues will guide candidates. few raise enthusiasm for a presidential-year push with Nixon at the center. Burch hints impeachment evidence may surface next week.
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Washington
White House
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
Dean Burch
Republican National Committee
Burch
Ohio
GOP
Kent McGough
Indiana
L. Keith Bulen
Hollywoodstars
Michigan
William McLaughlin
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Alle Aeda
Haldeman Kept Cash For Gifts To Staff
Former White House aide Lawrence M. Higby testified that Haldeman hid a stack of $100 and $20 bills in his safe to give gifts to staff for moving costs after Nixon’s election. Senate Watergate panel nears final report due May 28 with depoliticizing and agency independence proposals amid impeachment fight. White House adviser Dean Burch says Nixon will present compelling data to the House Judiciary Committee next week.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Lawrence M. Higby
U.S
Charles R. Richey
Higby
Haldeman
Office of Management and Budget
Nixon
California
Senate Watergate Committee
Justice Department
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Dean Burch
House Judiciary Committee
Oil profits data show a $3.73 per barrel gain on cheap Arab oil
Washington reports outline how oil majors earned about 3.73 dollars per barrel on oil costing ten cents to produce, aided by embargoed foreign supplies. Sawhill notes Saudi oil profits rose from 79 cents to 2.73 per barrel amid price controls and possible reinvestment to boost U.S. production. Trade deficit grows due to rising foreign oil costs as Mobil and others reveal sharp first quarter gains despite contingency reserves.
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Washington
New Energy
John C. Sawhill
U.S
Sawhill
United States
Amer
Mobil Oil Co
Texaco Oil Co
Exxon
Texaco
Mobil
Gulf
Standard of California
Portugal junta frees prisoners as revolt widens
In Lisbon the military-led government begins a purge of old regime ties, freeing 43 political prisoners from Pinoche Military Prison and 79 at Caixas Fortress. Police units surrender, crowds cheer, and Spinola moves toward a provisional president while promising civil liberties.
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JUNTA
Portugal
Lisbon
Piniche
Caixas
Directorate General of Security
Antonio de Spinola
Spinola
Avenue of Liberty
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Marcello Caetano
Madeira
MRPP
Portuguese People’s Revolutionary Movement
Africa
Maternal Care Bill Again In Danger
Missouri Senate debates a combined maternal health care and hospital aid measure with opposition-led delay. Governor Bond backs a separate maternal health bill, while Linehan warns accountability if the maternal bill fails. Also: port authorities approved in St Louis, Kansas City auto approval, and pay raises for circuit and appellate judges.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Larry Marshall
R-Columbia
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Edward Linehan
D-St. Louis
Marshall
St. Louis
Kansas City
Department of Transportation
Centrate
Circuit
Courts of Appeal
Senate
House
Sewing Machine Man Arrested On 2 Charges
John Henry Wickman, 47, of Salt Lake City, was arrested by Mexico police at 6 p.m. Friday on bait advertising charges linked to a failed sewing machine sale to Mrs. Ann Belcher of 621 E Park St. A $10 deposit was paid, a $39.95 machine was shown, and a higher priced model was offered at $225 then cut to $200. The arrest by Sgt. Frank Cason followed a demonstrator posing as a relative. Prosecutor Thomas I Osborne said formal charges would be filed and noted two buyers who purchased through mailed coupons. Wickham also faces selling without a city business license on a $32.50 bond.
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John Henry Wickman
Salt Lake City
Mexico
Ann Belcher
E. Park St
Wickham
Belcher
Osborne
Kissinger Heads to Geneva for Nuclear, Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger heads to Geneva for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko to narrow differences on a new nuclear weapons treaty. He will also visit Algeria, Egypt, Israel, and Syria to seek Israeli withdrawal after the October war and says progress is likely without a quick solution. He downplays Watergate timing and says policy must not be driven by domestic headlines.
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Heny A
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
America
Nixon
Kissinger
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Algeria
Egypt
Israel
Syria
State Department
Moscow
Brezhnev
Henry M. Jackson
D-Waah
Soviet Union
Jackson
Three Area Men Pass Bar Exams
Louis John Leonatti of Route 5 Mexico joins Edwards Seigfield Runge Hodge after passing the Missouri Bar exam. He studied at the University of Missouri law school in Columbia and previously lived in St. Louis. Also passing are William Patrick Cronan of Vandalia and John Martin Cave II of Fulton.
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Louis John Leonatti
Route 5
Mexico
Edwards, Seigfield, Runge and Hodge
University of Missouri Law School
Columbia
St. Louis
William Patrick Cronan
Pat Cronan
Vandalia
John Martin Cave II
John M. Cave
Fulton
GM Profits Take Beating
General Motors reports its first quarter profits at 120 million, down 65 percent from 1973, with revenue falling 27 percent to 6.94 billion and U.S. sales off 27 percent. Executives Gerstenberg and Cole foresee a rebound as costs rise and large car demand weakens.
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Detroit
General Motors
U.S. Gato
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Edward N. Cole
U.S
Exxon Corp
Gerstenberg and
Cole
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
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