Admirals Say Russian Navy May Be Building Into Lead
U.S. and allied admirals warn the Soviet Navy is expanding faster, outbuilding the U.S. by a wide margin and moving to greater global reach. The piece notes higher Soviet shipbuilding, aging U.S. vessels, rising costs, and strategic shifts toward sea denial and long-range power projection.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
U.S. Navy
U.S
United States
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Navy
Soviet Union
Congress
Pentagon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Russia
Raymond W. B. Blackman
Jane's Fighting Ships
Blackman
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ad. Zumwalt
Zumwalt
Baltic
Black
Japan
Middle East
Indian Ocean
Africa
Scouts Return From Canadian Canoe Trip
Fifteen boys and four adult leaders from Boy Scout Troup 54 completed a Canada canoe expedition. They traveled by bus, with stops in Vandalia Mexico and Jefferson City, camped at Bear Head Lake and Ely, then reached the Wilder ness Canoe Base in Minnesota. Over eight days they logged 175 miles and 37 portages, learned navigation by sun, and held an Order of the Arrow tap out.
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Boy Scout Troup 54
Canada
Ray Callanan
Vandalia
Mexico
Jefferson City
Minnesota
Stewardville
Bear Head Lake
Minn
Ely
Charles L
Don Trower
Dr. Cordry
John Stutsman
Jim Watson
Duluth Air Force Base
Wisconsin Dells
Fairbanks Morse
Beloit
Wis
Rockford
John Allen
Dan Cordry
Stuart Smith
Melvin Dempsey
Rick Atkinson
Mike Lemasters
Boyce Branstetter
Robert Dunn
Matt Snook
Jay Price
Erie Coil
Keith Drake
Uss Haerer
John Buckner
Junior Charlton
Eddie Babb
Charles Stroker
Charles Holt
Ken Callanan
Greg McCollum
John Moore
Kevin Shaw
Ray
Don ‘Trower
Transportation Bond Issue Off Ballot
Jefferson City Missouri AP report details that a 730 million transportation bond petition failed to meet required signatures across seven districts. Only the 1st and 3rd districts met the 8 percent threshold, while 4th 5th 8th and 9th fell short amid suspected forgeries. Kirkpatrick announced no ballot and noted possible grand jury investigations and statewide prosecutor notices.
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Jefferson City
James C. Kirkpatrick
St. Louis
Kirkpatrick
Bth
St. Louis County
Jackson County
Kinloch
Atty
John C. Danforth
Secretary of State
Hunt Named Information Director for Missouri Farm Bureau
Ronn E. Hunt, formerly with the Mexico Ledger, is named director of information for the Missouri Farm Bureau. A Central Missouri State College Warrensburg graduate, Hunt served eight years in the Air Force as a noncommissioned officer. Next item compares U.S. and Soviet missile strength.
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Jefferson City
Ronn E. Hunt
The
Mexico Ledger
Missouri Farm Bureau
Hunt
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Air Force
Rain chances spread across Missouri forecaster says
Forecaster predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers possible across Missouri through Friday. Rain chances rise statewide by Friday with cooler nights in the 60s to 70s and daytime highs mainly in the 80s and 90s. Temperatures Tuesday ranged from 40s to 90s across towns such as Kirksville and Joplin.
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Kansas City
Migsouri
National Weather Service
Kirksville
Joplin
St. Joseph
Farber Community News Highlights and Centennial Events
Personal News from Farber recalls visits with Hull Claggett and Mae Claggett, a kangaroo court adjournment, Lions Club donation to Audrain Heart Association, and slow pitch softball tourney plans with a final night prize. Wedding attendance at Hannibal, visits by Claudie Tipton and Eugene Kirtlink, and Farber church services are noted. Also covered are dinner gatherings, burglar alarm seminar visit, Farber Centennial Parade marshal, white elephants for a fishpond, and coon dog water race winners with 35 dogs entered.
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Lions Club
Audrain County Heart Association
Wilmer Teague
Stotler’s Cafe
Jim Allen
Tommy Eisele
Spencer Creek
Sylvester Gutermuth
St. Peters
Fred Williams
Jefferson City
Darryl Singer
Taos
John Fletcher
Holt Summit
Bob Gutermuth
Jack Hogue
Vandalia
Bob Branstetter
Farber Area
Bond backs reorganization amendment in Missouri
Missouri State Auditor Kit Bond urged voters to approve a constitutional amendment on August 8 to streamline state government. He tied the measure to his audits noting poor management in agencies and urged use of program budgeting and accounting to measure costs. He pledged to push reform from the governor’s office.
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Kirksville
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Bond
Missouri
Little Hoover Commission
Department of Revenue
Department of Business and Administration
General Assembly
R.S. Mo
Missouri reform call for capable, nonpartisan personnel
A Missouri Ledger article argues for government reform centered on competent dedicated staff rather than partisan politics. It cites the state auditor’s office success as evidence that service improvement matters more than cost savings for a responsive state government.
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Missouri
Egypt and Libya Move Toward One State Union
Cairo and Benghazi sources report President Anwar Sadat and Libyan leader Col. Muammar Kadafi near a historic declaration to form a single state. The exact timing remains unclear whether the merger will be immediate or phased as talks continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Benghazi
Anwar Sadat
Muammar Kadafi
Tripoli
Sadat
Kadafi
Russian Gift To Nixon On Way
The Soviet Union gifts Nixon a 28 foot Volga 70 hydrofoil aboard the Bratsk freighter. It will be trucked 40 miles from Baltimore to Washington while Baltimore longshoremen weigh unloading the gift amid a historic policy against Soviet freight. Brezhnev gave Nixon a Cadillac during the visit.
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Baltimore
Nixon
Soviet Union
Bratsk
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Brezhnev
Baltimore Stevedoring Co
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