Better Cities Act set to boost Mexico housing funding
Mexico officials expect at least $500,000 yearly for five years under the Better Cities Act, replacing categorical grants with city discretion on urban renewal needs. About $2.5 million over the period will fund administration, engineering, and streets and sewer projects in the West Underpass area and beyond.
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Mexico
Ford
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Neil Nielson
Mr. Nielsen
Nielsen
Mexico Housing Authority
Housing
Fairgrounds Avenue
W. Liberty
Buchanan Streets
Webster
Grove Streets
Ford revives wage and price council to curb inflation
President Ford signs the Wage and Price Stability Act creating a council to monitor wages and prices. It will not set ceilings but seek to expose abuses and persuade unions and businesses to avoid fueling inflation. About 25 staff costing $1 million. Key appointees include Roy J. Ash and Kenneth Bush. Public Elderly group comments highlight inflation as a top concern.
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Janet Stashar
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Ford
White House
Nixon
Roy J. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Kenneth Bush
Ash
Wall Street
New York
Jerald F. terHorst
Jack Ossofsky
National Council On Aging
Mary Mullen
Laguna Beach
Calif
National Association of Retired Teachers
Oregon Couple Start Pet Clinic On Wheels
Blake and Connie Riscoe operate a 24 hour on call pet ambulance in northeast Portland with a 1962 ambulance. They transport poisoned and injured pets to veterinary clinics or a 24 hour pet hospital. They charge 15 dollars per run plus 40 cents a mile and carry antidotes and sedatives.
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Portland
Ore
Blake
Connie Riscoe
Riscoes
Riscoe
Biscoes
Bellingham
Wash
MMA Enrollment To Reach 5-Year High
The Missouri Military Academy expects enrollment to hit a five year high with about 300 cadets for the 1974-75 school year starting Sept 3 at Mexico MO. As of this week about 290 had registered, with 294 admitted in September 1974. Major Ronald Kelly credits strong admissions efforts and broadened appeal to parents and sons, plus a revised curriculum and longer counseling time, for the surge. The academy also unveils a Fall Furlough, a new catering firm Food Unlimited, Inc., and campus renovations including barracks, the infirmary, and the Ad Building dome. New instructors join MMA’s junior and high schools.
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Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Ronald Kelly
Mmaa
Knight News Service
Charles Stribling III
Kelly
MMA
Food Unlimited, Inc
O. D
Dan Beeson
Robert Fedora
John Foster
Clayton T. Ramsay
Stuart E. Smith
Don Bristow
Hearst Heiress and SLA Members Hiding in Los Angeles
Reports say Patricia Hearst and two Symbionese Liberation Army members may be sheltered in a racially mixed Los Angeles neighborhood. Investigators link them to a San Quentin convict and a fugitive mother, amid FBI inquiry. The SLA trio face bank robbery and armed robbery counts. the Harrises face firearms charges.
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SAN Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Ed Montgomery
The
Examiner
Miss Hearst
Harrises
SLA
Los Angeles
U S Proposal Faces Pushback at World Population Talk
At the U N World Population Conference in Bucharest the United States proposal for a slower birth rate to avert hunger met strong opposition. The U S delegation warned that today and next year food may be scarce even at minimal diets, while many Third World and Communist delegations argued that social economic development, not population growth, drives the issue.
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Bucharest
Romania
United States
U.S
Grocery bills rise as 1974 food prices projected higher
Agriculture Department economists warn grocery costs for a typical basket could hit 23 dollars or more by year end, with mid August forecasts showing 13 to 17 percent annual increase. Weather problems and demand factors drive the upward revisions, while July market basket data show farmers’ share down slightly and retailer costs up.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Outlook and Situation Board
Midwest
Economic Research Service
U.S
Gas Prices Break 50-cent Barrier
Two Mexico stations break the 50 cent per gallon barrier as Clark Street outlets trim prices. Clark Super 100 lowers regular to 49.9 and low lead to 52.9 while Brixey's follows with competitive cuts. Others report allocations limiting sales despite ample supply.
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Mexico
Dave Gardner
S. Clark St
Mr. Gardener
Brixey
Carl Brixey
Ford
Western
Monroe St
Rose Roger
Greeks Reject More Cyprus Talks With Turks
Greece rejects further three power talks in Geneva over Cyprus and backs a Soviet plan for an 18 nation conference. Prime figures warn of guerrilla warfare as Turkish forces advance, U.N. peacekeepers face pressure, and food for refugees dwindles while Waldheim visits Cyprus.
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Cyprus
Associated Press
Greece
Turkey
Britain
George Mavros
Athens
Geneva
Mavros
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
U.N
Jacob Malik
New York
Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Meneya
Constantine Caramanlis
Franghelos Averoff-Tositsas
Glafeos Clerides
Clerides
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Cletides
Rauf Denktash
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Missouri
Joe Eckley
Reinhardt Co
New Commerce Bank
W. Monroe
N. Western Streets
Eckley
Richard Vance
Cost of Living Council
American Petroleum Institute
America
API
Abel Halim Khaddam
Dennis W. Camden
Route 6
Audrain Medical Center
Camden
Spooner
Wis
Advocate
Oregon
Forest Hatfield
Hatfield
Liberty St
Phillips Petroleum Company
Duncan
Conoco
Leo Swaim
Liberty Sinclair
Sinclair
Highway 54 E
Kevin Nichols
Nichols
Skelly
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