Rent Guidelines Are Coming Soon
Washington AP The Price Commission moves toward guidelines for residential rent and health costs, with decisions likely late Tuesday or Wednesday. Pay Board to issue wage reporting forms. debates loom over raises above 5.5 percent. Proposals, delays, and recent federal actions shape post-freeze controls across rail, construction, and aerospace contracts.
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House
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North Indian assault nears Dacca as talks stall
Indian troops move within 15 miles of Dacca from three directions while Pakistani officers predict an attack by Tuesday and vow not to surrender. The U.N. Security Council prepares a vote on a cease fire and withdrawal amid stalled diplomacy. In Hong Kong two Americans are freed as China softens terms. Nixon seeks talks in Azores with Pompidou before Peking and Moscow. In Saigon 6000 South Vietnamese troops drive deeper into eastern Cambodia under U.S. air cover with no contact reported.
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Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
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Pakistan
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N.Y
Security Council
U.S
India
Soviet Union
George Bush
General Assembly
Saigon
Cambodia
Chup
Crea
Senator Javits Aims To Nominate A Woman To Annapolis
New York Senator Jacob Javits considers nominating a woman to the U S Naval Academy before the January 31 selection deadline arguing anti discrimination. Navy officials weigh curriculum and facility changes to accommodate women including a potential ladies locker room while denying a formal ban on girls at Annapolis.
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Davy Jones
U.S. Naval Academy
New York
Jacob K. Jayits
Senate
Navy
Annapolis
West Point
Air Force Academy
Javits
John H. Chafee
Javit
Frank Cummings
Cummings
Chafee
Academy
Teamster Union jailed leader in whisky theft
Ken neth B. Fults, president and business representative of Teamsters Local 729, remained jailed on federal charges of receiving and concealing part of a $100,000 whisky shipment. After a fire at his Fairview Heights home, agents recovered about 500 cases linked to 641 cases stolen in December from a truck in St. Louis. Also charged were Albert V. Zitta and Daniel J. Zitta and John F. Zitta, held on bonds totaling $30,000 each.
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Teamsters Local 729
East St. Louis
St. Clair County
U.S. Atty
Henry Schwarz
Local 729
Kenneth B. Fults
Fairview Heights
Fults
Schwarz
St. Clair
Albert V. Zitta
Daniel J. Zitta
John F. Zitta
Highland, Ill
Missouri Airport Site Is Urged
More than 45 area businessmen signed a newspaper ad urging further study of the proposed 350 million second St. Louis area airport. The ad, sponsored by Citizens for Missouri Airport, calls for evaluating sites west of St. Louis in St. Charles County and near Columbia Illinois, about 20 miles east, as the East West Gateway Coordinating Council weighs federal land purchase. The Metropolitan Airport Authority backs Illinois site. the ad urges time for informed decision.
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ST. Louis
Citizens For Missouri Airport
St. Charles County
Metropolitan Airport Authority
Illinois
Snow White To Wed The Wolf in Omaha Offer
Snow White from Disney on Parade road show to marry the Big Bad Wolf during a six day engagement in Omaha Nebraska. Valerie Smith daughter of Erith Smith of Victoria BC plays Snow White while B B Wolf from St Joseph Missouri remains anonymous per company rules. Wolf’s family will travel to Canada for the December 18 wedding. Snow White’s father edits Victoria’s Daily Colonist.
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Snow White
Big Bad Wolf
Valerie Smith
Erith Smith
Victoria
B.C
Disney
B. B. Wolf
St. Joseph Mo
Canada
Daily Colonist
JFK Center To Close For Funds Shortage
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close to the public except for performances starting Saturday as Congress debates providing additional funds to manage visitor demand and sightseers.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Congress
State Senate Districting Suit Fails in Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that redistricting changes could only be pursued if the regular redistricting commission failed, leaving the state Senate lines as is. The case involved Paul W. Preisler, who argued the commission’s work was inadequate though the court did not rule on merits. Preisler died November 19 in St. Louis, noted as a longtime advocate of one person one vote.
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Jefferson City
Paul W. Priester
Missouri Supreme Court
Preisler
U.S. Supreme Court
St. Louis
State Senate
State Supreme Court
Scott County
Marshall Craig
Scott-New Madrid- Mississippi Electric Cooperative
New Ramada Inn
Miner
Missouri Utilities Co
Cape Girardeau
Co-Op
Robert T. Donnelly
James A. Finch Jr
Donnelly
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger details daily publication hours, addresses, and postage rates. Prices vary by delivery area and duration, with different rates for in-state, out-of-state, and military subscribers.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Bombing Blame Is In Doubt In East Pakistan
In Dacca doubt rises over who bombed an orphanage last week. Initially blamed on an Indian airstrike, India denied involvement and Bengalis offered uncertain proof the Pakistan army attacked. Guerrilla factions are also suspected while the propeller plane suggests no jet power. Death toll feared up to 300 boys. Direct contact with Dacca is cut.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
India
County ASCS Committee Elected
The Audrain County ASCS committee was re elected Saturday morning at the meeting of the newly elected community committeemen Garnett Culwell of Vandalia Rte 1 continues as chairman Bob Berry of Mexico Rte 4 vice chairman and Linwood Martin Centralia member Alternates are Robert Kilbourn of Centralia and Paul Clithero of Vandalia
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Audrain County
ASCS
Garnett Culwell
Vandalia
Rte. 1
Bob Berry
Mexico
Rte 4
Linwood Martin
Centralia
Robert Kilbourn
Paul Clithero
Uncertain On 4th Trial For Huey P Newton
Oakland AP reports District Attorney Lowell Jensen has not decided on a fourth trial for Huey P. Newton in the 1967 slaying of Officer John Frey. A mistrial followed a hung jury after three days deliberation with an 8 member panel split 6-8. No blacks sat on the jury. Judge Lyle E. Cook set a date for potential new trial proceedings.
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Calif
Lowell Jensen
Huey P. Newton
Newton
Superior Court
Lyle BE. Cook
William J. Hayes
John Frey
Jensen
Donald Whyte
Doris Leonard
Missouri’s Largest Ashe Juniper Recorded in Taney County
The Missouri Tourism Commission reports the state hosts the largest Ashe juniper in the United States. The tree stands about 30 feet tall with a 7 foot 10 inch trunk circumference and is estimated to be 750 to 1000 years old on private property in Taney County.
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Missouri
United States
Missouri Tourism Commission
Taney County
Prime Rate Cut To 5% By Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co the nation s fifth largest bank lowered its prime lending rate from 5% to 5% effective immediately citing soft money market conditions and loan demand The move follows other banks adopting floating base rates and comes after a Fed discount rate cut to 4% per cent The reduction is seen as a stimulus to business expansion and the economy
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
First National City Bank of New York
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Federal Reserve Board
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