Missouri teachers risk eligibility. school ratings face impact
Missouri officials warn that many teachers lacking a required psychology course may become ineligible to teach this fall, threatening course offerings and school ratings. Urban districts await start dates while colleges plan to offer the course. officials call the law generally good but rigid, causing hardship.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Paul Green
Green
Ford Urged To Veto Bill On Care Centers
Washington AP conservatives press President Ford to veto a bill delaying federal staffing standards for daycare centers while increasing outlays by 240 million for 15 months to Sept 30 1977. The measure funds staff ratio rules and faces possible override as supporters argue it helps meet existing standards and aids working mothers.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Congress
House
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Dewey F. Bartlett
Five Eagle Palms Awarded In Troop 38 Court of Honor
Troop 38 of the First Presbyterian Church held a Court of Honor Tuesday awarding five Eagle palms to Luke Lukacs Mark Niederschulte David Lee Gold palms to Mark Niederschulte and Jim Boyce and Matt Lukacs Silver palms to Jim Boyce and Matt Lukacs Additional advancements included Tenderfoot Second Class First Class Star and Life ranks for numerous Scouts Patches for camping miles canoeing wilderness trails and Green Rocks Huzzah and Philmont related programs were also featured Garland Callihan reviewed a summer trip and Matt Lukacs presented a Philmont slide show Scout camp awards covered years of service merit badges and specific skill recognitions while troop meetings continue Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church inviting qualified boys to join
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First Presbyterian Church
Luke Lukacs
Mark Niederschulte
David Lee
Jim Boyce
Matt Lukacs
Tenderfoot
Bill Boyce
Steve Batty
Eric Finley
Tom Stapleton
Bill Campbell
Lloyd Acton
Mike Woods
Jeff Hatfield
John Boyce
Phil Moss
Danny Lee
Loyd Acton
Tim Purcell
Rich Bowen
Darel Cartee
John Groves
Jay Moore
Jim Oliver
Mike Murray
Brent Callihan
Luke Lukace
Steve Griffin
Bruce
Philmont
Brian Stephenson
Bruce Fountain
Greg Irvin
Darell Cartee
Order of the Arrow
Bui Campbell
Steve Baltz
Bil Campbell
Troop 38
McNary calls for less use of property tax reforms
Clayton Missouri AP report on Gene McNary urging local governments to rely more on sales and income taxes and less on property taxes. He backed a ballot proposal to exempt food and prescription drugs from sales tax, arguing revenues should match inflation and that property tax should fund only property services. Mayor Poelker criticized the plan as harming the poor and warned of city revenue losses.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis County
Gene McNary
State Tax Structure Study Commission
McNary
St. Louis
John H. Poelker
Poelker
Robert M. White
Mexico, Mo
Ledger
Gage Park Zoo Names Two New Gnus Weather and Sports
The Topeka zoo announces two new gnus, a four year old female and a one year old male, named Weather and Sports. This playful pair joins the Gage Park collection, highlighting ongoing animal additions.
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Topeka
Kan
Gage Park Zoo
Hamlett Names Committee Heads for Reelection Campaign
Ray Hamlett representative of the 46th district appoints Bill Fountain as campaign chairman and Carl Burchfield as treasurer for the November 2 general election. All campaign contributions are to be sent to Burchfield at 600 Woodlawn. Hamlett completes his first term.
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Ray Hamlett
Bill Fountain
Arcadia
Carl Burchfield
Woodlawn
Hamlett
Burchfield
Hamletta
Two Named To Rights Commission In Missouri
Professor Joan M. Krauskopf of the University of Missouri Law School and Melvin Washington principal of Jefferson Junior High in St. Charles were named to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights by Governor Bond. They join seven others named earlier this year and succeed former commissioners who resigned this spring amid an independent study of the panel's operations.
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Jefferson City
University of Missouri Law
Missouri Commission On Human Rights
Christopher S. Bond
Joan M. Krauskopf
Melvin Washington
Jefferson Junior High School
St. Charles
State Senate
Mark Wilson Receives PCA Scholarship to Missouri
Mark Wilson son of Kenneth and Mrs Margaret Wilson of Thompson has won a Production Credit Scholarship to attend the University of Missouri Columbia. A 1976 Mexico High School graduate Wilson plans to study agriculture with a mechanization emphasis and aims to become a farmer. PCA official Gary Wrye announced the selection.
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Mark Wilson
Kenneth Wilson
Thompson
University of Missouri At Columbia
Mexico High School
University’s
College of Agriculture
Mexico
Wilson
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Mark
Key Club
Gary Wrye
PCA
Audrain County
University of Missouri
Maddox Nominated by American Independent Party in Chicago
Lester Maddox secured the American Independent party presidential nomination amid internal dissent from New Right conservatives unhappy with his segregationist stance and ax handle past. He led on the first ballot with 177 of 339 votes, denouncing Carter as dishonest while criticizing Ford over Nixon pardon.
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Chicago
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
American Independent Party
Alabama
George C.wallace
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Kansas City
Maddox
Pickrick
Atlanta
Robert Morris
Dallas
U.S
John R. Rarick
Louisiana
Carter
George McGovern
Walter Mondale
Richard M. Nixon
Man Killed Outside Front Door In St Louis
A north St. Louis man, 25-year-old William Neal, was shot near his home about 6 a.m. as he left for work at Combustion Engineering. He died at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Police have not identified a motive or suspects.
Mondale and Dole to speak at state legislatures meeting
In Kansas City the vice presidential nominees Sen. Walter Mondale and Sen. Bob Dole will address the National Conference of State Legislatures during the Aug 31–Sept 3 meeting at Crown Center. Transportation Secretary William Coleman also speaks at Wednesday luncheon as about 2,000 lawmakers and staffers attend.
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Veep
Kansas City
National Conference of State Legislatures
Ihe
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Bob Dole
Kaness
Crown Center
Transportation
William Coleman
Fraternity Honors Hocker With Achievement Award
Glen Hocker of Mexico receives the Sigma Tau Gamma Distinguished Achievement award. A charter member of Beta chapter at Northeast Missouri State University, he led Dairy Queen franchising, built 150 owned and franchised stores, and directed related national trade bodies. A former Unionville high school head, he later led Missouri Military Academy work and diversified as a farmer real estate developer and civic leader in Mexico Missouri.
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S. Glen Hocker
Mexico
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity
James C._ . Kirkpatrick
Missouri
Hocker
Northeast Missouri State University
Goetze Educational Foundation
Kirksville
Unionville
Dairy Queen Company
Brother Hocker
Camp Fire Girls move headquarters to Kansas City
National Board of Camp Fire Girls Inc. votes to relocate corporate headquarters from New York to Kansas City. The New York supply division and Englewood Colorado service center will also move to Kansas City to reduce costs and improve central access for operations. Clifton E. Woodcock of Detroit chairs the board and notes travel savings and lower expenses as justification.
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Portland, Ore
National Board of Camp Fire Girls Inc
New York
Kansas City
National Service Center
Englewood
Colo
Meas City
National Cones of Camp Fire Girls
Clifton E. Woodcock
Detroit
Mich
Iguana Back Home After Escape Short Tale
Alice the iguana is back home after a three week freedom. She was found by three children who chased her, then trapped in a garage and windowed shut to prevent escape. Burglars had left the apartment door open, Diana Chambers reported.
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Portland
Ore
Alice
Diana Chambers
Vorster Says No Crisis In South Africa
Prime Minister Vorster told a National party branch in Johannesburg that South Africa faces problems but not a crisis amid week of rioting in black townships and 35 dead. He blamed critics of apartheid and urged unity while Chief Buthelezi urged Africans to unite against oppression. Police Minister Kruger said the country is tense but not in crisis.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
John Vorster
Vorster
National Party
Soweto
Gatsha Buthelezi
Buthelezi
James T. Kruger
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