FBI Joins Hunt For School Bus Dynamiters
FBI agents joined in a manhunt for dynamiters who destroyed ten school buses in Pontiac Michigan as a federal integration deadline neared. No injuries were reported and officials said 40 new buses were due to be delivered, with 8 000 pupils to be bused under the plan. Police described multiple detonations tied to wiring under buses and between gas tanks and chassis.
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Pontiac
Mich
FBI
Board of Education
Dana P. Whitmer
Corn Loan Rates and Wheat Policy for 1972
Prospects for a large corn harvest have lowered local prices with corn at 1.02 per bushel, two months after a high 1.50. The county loan rate stands at 1.10, near the October 1969 market, with soybeans at 2.25 and grain sorghum at 1.64 per cwt. Loans available for farmers in the 1971 feed grain program and those growing beans, with storage, inspections, and level bins required. Wheat allotments unchanged for 1972, with substitutions allowed for program benefits.
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ASCS
Mary Bosler
Rte Bosler
Audrain County
Bosler
Phase 2 Will Have Clout Nixon Man Tells Congress
Washington officials outlined Phase 2 of Nixon’s post-freeze program with a Stein led task force to draft recommendations by month’s end. The Cost of Living Council will shape the plan, while earnings and profits measures remain undecided. McCracken warned Phase 2 will be less severe but must carry clout, with possible wage price review board options and a tax route for profits, aiming to boost jobs and GDP next year.Patman criticized the 90 day freeze as too short and ineffective.
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Washington
Nixon
Herb Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Treasury
John B. Connally
Administration
Paul McCracken
Senate House Economic Committee
McCracken
Wright Patman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Patman
Las Vegas
Nev
It Was A Very Good Month for August Weather
August proved cooler than many recall with a high average of 85.6 and a low average of 61.8, both below long term norms. Ten nights dropped to 60 or below, ten 90s in the month, rainfall totaled 3.46 inches, keeping year to date rainfall 23.22 inches, just under the 26.94 normal through August.
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Mexico
Oiling blocks Fairgrounds Street. cars must move by 7 30 am
City official Patrick said residents on Pine Lawn Rosebud and Springdale must relocate cars to allow oiling of Fairgrounds Street from Lakeview to Adams tomorrow. Vehicles should be moved by 7 30 am with street work expected to finish by 6 pm.
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Briginver Iil Patrick
Pine Lawn
Rosebud
Springdale
Fairgrounds
Lakeview
Adams
Citizens Group Backs Food Issue in Audrain County
A Audrain County citizens committee on hunger met this morning to discuss halting surplus commodity foods. All present voiced support for the program which aids 1241 people monthly. proposed rules would require 20 percent cost sharing by the county. Representatives from Head Start, Day Care Center, Human Development Corporation, Church Women United, Senior Citizens, League of Women Voters, and others attended. County judges will decide after a Northeast Missouri Judges Association meeting in Huntsville Thursday.
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Audrain County
Ernest Lehto
Human Development Corporation
Mexico
Vandalia
Church Women United
Senior Citizens
League of Women Voters
Volunteers Against Hunger
Audrain County Welfare
Commodities Program
Huntsville
Northeast Missouri Judges Association
Enrollment Tops 3500 At Mexico Public Schools
Enrollment is creeping up on last year's figures. Today 3501 pupils were in attendance, compared with 3520 on the fourth day last year. Breakdown shows High School 1102, Hardin 627, Eugene Field 724, McMillan 360, Hawthorne 618, Garfield 170.
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Mexico
High School
Hardin
Eugene Field
McMillan
Hawthorne
Garfield
Three Americans Die In Viet Ambushes
In the Da Nang area south of the city three Americans were killed and nine wounded in two ambushes. The South Vietnamese command logged 14 enemy attacks in the 24 hours ending 6 am, with light casualties for them.
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Saigon
da Nang
Sun
Americal
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chiinh
Indochina
Can Tho
Mekong
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
4 H To Sell Baby Beeves Thursday
Audrain County 4 H members will sell baby beeves Thursday night after a 5 p.m. show at the Missouri Livestock Market Center with the sale at 8 p.m. Top animals bring premium prices, others sell near market. Lewis Smithey organizes with area livestock specialist Ross Swofford assisting.
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Audrain County 4-H
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Lewis Smithey
Ross Swofford
State says past master pay scales escape wage freeze
TOPEKA Kan AP top state education officials said teachers under master or system wide salary schedules adopted before Aug 15 do not fall under the federal wage price freeze but local boards must decide if such schedules apply in their districts The joint statement from the Department of Education KNEA and KASB notes that wages are not frozen if a system wide schedule existed prior to Aug 15 and performance began before Aug 18 or an individual contract was executed before Aug 18 Local boards may interpret the guidance differently while some members urge inclusion under the freeze Kansas education leaders emphasize district by district decisions remain required
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Topeka
Kan
State Department of Education
Kansas National Education Association
Kansas Association of School Boards
Office of Emergency Preparedness
United States
Melvin Neely
KNEA
Kansas
KSB
State Education Department
Kangas
Marion McGhehey
KASB
McGhehey
C. Taylor Whittier
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Pontiac Police
Pontiac Fire Department
Charles Marion
Robert FF
Howard Graf
Joe Sydenstricker
Richard Vance
William Howard Taft
K&m
Congress
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