Senate Eyes House-Passed Usury Bill in Missouri Special Session
Jefferson City Missouri AP lawmakers push to raise the states 10 percent ceiling on most loans with amendments before sending to the Senate. The House approved a bill similar to the Senate plan but kept a lower limit on points, aiming to keep federal home loan participation and spur construction. A compromise awaits a joint conference committee as debates continue on an emergency funding measure for welfare programs. The session also sees approval to raise judgments interest from 6 to 8 percent and extend payment timing. The Senate confirmed Frank G Zarb as administrator of the Federal Energy Administration.
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House
Richard de Coster
DeCoster
Senate
Canton Democrat
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Kenneth Rothman
D-Clayton
House Senate
James Baker
Kansas City
Baker
Washington
Frank G. Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
Protesters Beef Going To Poor Families
Twenty Hereford cattle valued at 7350 dollars left the Agriculture Department lawn to be slaughtered and meat worth 12640 dollars donated next week to poor Washington families in 10 pound packages. Twenty seven more cattle remained overnight in portable steel pens on the Mall opposite Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz's office as protesters staged a day of demonstrations over livestock industry conditions.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Washington
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ofice
Postoffice Dog Licks Stamps For RFD Carrier
Hornbeak Tennessee post office features a mongrel named Hex who licks stamps for rural carrier Tucker. Postmaster Jerry Short says the dog has been an attraction for two years and can lick stamps off a hundred rolls, sometimes biting to swallow one. Tucker accepts the stamps and rewards Hex with a candy bar from Darnell's Grocery next door.
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Hornbeak, Tenn
Hornbeak
Jerry Short
Hex
Jerry
Tucker
Rex
Short
Memphis
Darnell’s
Army Patrols Rangoon After New Outbreak
Rangoon, Burma. Thousands of troops patrolled nearly deserted streets after a second spasm of arson and shooting on Thursday night. Rangoon Radio reported a tribunal sentenced 35 people to prison for three to five years for destroying public property as schools and markets closed and traffic scarce. Nine killed and 74 wounded in clashes since government forces recovered the body of U Thant.
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Rangoon
Burma
Rangoon Radio
U Thant
United Nations
All-Star cast on list of suckers
A 100 million securities swindle indicts 13 in Los Angeles. Robert S. Trippet and 12 former Home Stake Production officers face a 39 count indictment for a forged oil drilling scheme. Celebrity and political investors included Andy Williams and Barbra Streisand among others.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. Trippet
Oklahoma
Home Stake Production Co
Trippet
George J. W. Goodman
Adam Smith
Andy Williams
Jack Benny
Buddy Hackett
Liza Minnelli
Walter Matthau
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Walters
Bob Dylan
Robbie Gentry
John Goodell
New York
Jacob K. Javits
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
California
HomeStake
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Securities and Exchange Commission
Layoffs Rise at Chrysler and Ford Across Industry
Chrysler extends Newark plant shutdown to February as Ford announces 19,000 indefinite layoffs plus 13,950 hourly workers furloughed for a week. Industry totals show about 106,000 open-ended layoffs, with GM reporting 57,000 to start January and Ford 19,000.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
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Del
Dodge
Warren
Mich
Lima
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
General Motors
Badaracco Files For Congress In 1976 Run
ST. LOUIS AP Aldermanic president Joseph Badaracco, 55, filed as a Republican candidate for the 3rd District seat held by Leonor Sullivan. He plans to leave the aldermanic post when his term ends next April and believes Sullivan will not seek a 13th term. He had earlier announced a 1974 bid but withdrew when Sullivan sought reelection. Badaracco has served as aldermanic president for six years.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Badaracco
Leonor Sullivan
Badaracco
Sullivan
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