Junk-Draft Debate Starts
Senator John Stennis said an all volunteer army would cost at least 4.3 billion dollars yearly, and the plan, backed by Hatfield and Goldwater, faces Senate committee hearings this year. Stennis called the amendment irresponsible while Hatfield framed it as enforcing Gates Commission recommendations to abolish the draft for volunteer inducements.
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Washington
John CG
Stennis
Mississippi Democrat
Armed Services Committee
Mark O. Hat
Field
R-Ore
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mike Manisfield
Montana
Senate
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Edward M. Keaney
D-Mass
Me. Y
Ohio National Guard
Kent State University
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Barry ‘Goldwater
Arizona
John Stennis
Dmiss
White House
Pentagon
Hatfield-Goldwater
Hatfield
Gates Commission
Senators Back Clean Car Plan Aimed for 1975
Washington AP reports a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to set national air quality standards and require a non-polluting car by 1975. The measure, authored by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, would give DoHES to craft a plan within four months and allow stricter local standards. The bill targets health-based standards and includes traffic controls, bans, emissions rules, land use oversight, and mass transit, with industry ingenuity to achieve the goal.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Public Works
Edmund S. Muskie
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Muskie
4-H Beef Sale Brings 684.44 Dollars At Auction
The 4 H beef event featured 30 calves including 15 Angus and five each of Shorthorn Charolais and Hereford. Reserve grand champion Tommy Spurling sold his Angus to Jays IGA for 46 cents a pound. Buyers and prices span multiple firms and individuals including Jane Fisher Hereford Burchfield Seed 43 The list notes buyers such as Mike Nordwald Angus MFA Soybean Mill 43 and Sarah Turner Hereford Smith Implement 40 with many more entries and prices. Final total reported is 684.44 dollars.
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Tommy Spurling
Eddie
Jay
IGA
Jane Fisher
Burchfield
Mike Nordwald
MFA
Sarah Turner
Smith Implement
Marcia Smithey
Charolais
Tony Jesse
Shorthorn
Orscheln’s Farm and Home Store
MFA Exchange
Jill Woolfolk
Angus
Baker Packing Co
National Order
Jeff Rudasill
Erdel’s Hardware
Diane
Lee Melson
Smiley
Barry Nordwald
Gilmore Implement Co
Hereford
CMLMC
Bill Wilson
Janet Woolfolk
Mila Smithey
Smith Implement Co
4-H
Central Mo
Livestock Market Center
Don Spencer
Production Credit Association
Consolidated Electric Meet to Feature Queen Crowning and REA Leader
Consolidated Electric Cooperative holds its second annual meeting with registrations at 8:20 and business at 10.00. Three board seats are elected, followed by a co op queen pageant from 23 candidates. Guest speaker David A. Hamil, REA administrator, will address attendees after the crowning around 2 p.m. Hamil, a two term REA leader and Colorado cattle rancher, is noted for serving under two presidents.
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Consolidated Electric Cooperative
National Rea
David Hamil
Joy Ball
Theodore Ball
Paris
Keena Bryson
Lester Bryson
Centralia
Susan Coose
Ernest Coose
Mexico
Patricia Crump
Charles E. Crump
Thompson
Martha Dowell
House
General Assembly
REA
Eisenhower
Colorado
Department of Institutions
Nixon
Logan County
Colo
Schools Ready To Open 3 List
The Mexico Public Schools board hired eight new teachers and a principal, announced summer repairs and new facilities at Hardin Junior High and other campuses, and set Aug. 31 as the start date. They approved bids for gasoline and insurance, discussed a proposed middle school, and scheduled a Sept. 22 meeting on a state constitutional amendment to raise the district levy from 3.75 to a higher threshold.
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Mexico Public Schools
Hardin Junior High Library
J. B. Houchins
Dixie Grey Band
Garfield School
Eugene Field
L. Buford Thomas
Joe Hagan
Eugene Field School
Barbara Ann Baker
Centralia High School
University of
University of Missouri
Peggy Welsch
Garfield
Blue Springs High School
Thomas
Frank Sutton
Continental Oil Company
Presser Hall
Left Turn Crash Injures Two Women in Missouri
Miss Mary Katherine Milan 22 of Mexico and Mrs Ruth Virginia Garrett 61 of Hugo Okla were hurt in a 430 pm accident on Highway 54 south of Route D in front of Borden's Motel. Garrett treated at Boone County Hospital ICU for internal injuries and fractures after surgery. Milan treated and released at Audrain Hospital. Garrett left turning south failed to see Milan in a 1964 Volkswagen, Milan in a 1968 Plymouth. Garrett cited for careless driving and failure to yield.
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Mary Katherine Milan
Mexico
Ruth Virginia Garrett
Hugo
Okla
Borden
Garrett
Boone County Hospital
Highway Patrol
Audrain Hospital
Columbia
Miss Milan
Leslie Milan
Milan
VFW group opposes Miami Beach flag on stamps
The South Carolina delegation to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention asks the Post Office Department to stop using the American flag on stamps.
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Miami Beach
South Carolina
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention
Post Office Department
Delegation Calls Stamp Defacement Issue for Convention
A delegation urged the 71st convention to adopt a resolution condemning stamps constantly hit upon and stamped as causing severe defacement, highlighting a persistent problem and seeking formal action.
Orange County approves lifeguard T shirt funding
In Orlando, the Orange County Commission routinely approved spending 387 for lifeguard T shirts at peaches, while denying a 223 request for swimming trunks. Also recorded is the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Michael T Doedlis of Mexico East Highway 54 at 3 20 am at Atrium Hospital weighing six pounds 15 ounces. Mr Doedlis works for AB Chance Co in Centralia.
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Orlando
Fla
Orange County Commission
Peaches
Michael T. Doedlis
Mexico
Audrain Hospital
Doedli
A. B. Chance. Co
Centralia
Storm Devastates Sudbury Area Killing Ten
A freak storm with torrential rains and 9 mile an hour winds swept the Sudbury region near Lake Huron. Ten people were killed and many injured as electrical wires fell and boxcars, a tractor, and a lumber mill were destroyed. Copper Cliff and Field suffered severe flooding and widespread damage. Mayor Fabbro declared Sudbury a disaster area as thousands were left homeless.
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Sudbury
Ont
Lake Huron
Lively
Copper Cliff
Canadian National Railways
Fabbro
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India
Lée Melson
Warren Nordwald
Gilmore Implement
Justin Woolfolk
Pete Ekern
Steve Sweitzer
Central Missouri Livestock Market Center
Diane Newbrough
Reed and Bell
Lynn Earle
Timmy Jesse
Morris Fort
Baker Packing Company
Elgin Muir
Route 2
Bob Berry
Richard Vance
Consolidated Electric
Merle Foster
Kyle Ann Foster
Merle Dean Foster
Kathy Garrett
F. W. Garrett
High Hill
Jane Hendren
Knoble Hendren
Madison
Cathy Johnson
Harry C. Johnson
Holliday
Valery Jones
Kenneth Jones
Sherry A. Klusman
Charles Klusman
Paula Loyd
Elmer L. Loyd
Mary Lou Laird
Wayne Laird
Vandalia
Mary Beth Mitchell
Dallas Mitchell
Pamela Kay Neale
George S. Neale Jr
Jan Northcutt
E. L. Northcutt
Benton City
Joyce Remley
Joe Remley
Laddonia
Susan Strode
Bernard Strode
Lynn Whalen
Leslie
Grace
Missouri
Hardin
Robert R. Collins
St. Andrews College
Delmer Fisher
Paris High School
Central Methodist College
D. &. Fisher
Fisher
Ledger
Rex Hein
Kansas City Royals
Gary Wayne Porter
Monroe City, RI
Northeast Missouri State College
Lois Runnels
Hawthorne School
Wiliamsburg High School
NMSC
Lee's Summit
Kirksville
N. Jean Shoemaker
Thayer, Me
Southwest Missouri State
Frederick Town Mo
Clark National Forest
St. Louis
John L. Sadowsky
VFW Group
Doedlis
Copper Clif
Texarkana, Tex
Texarkana
Tex
U.S
Hope
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