Nixon Eyes Full Prosperity With No Price Controls
President Nixon pledged 1971 measures to boost jobs and business while rejecting price and wage controls. He urged reliance on the government’s powers to curb inflation, aiming for full prosperity with unemployment around 4 percent by mid-1972 and inflation near 3 percent, per a 300-page Economic Advisers report.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
General Motors
McCracken
Ave
Paul W. McCracken
Herbert Stein
Hendriks
Houthakker
Council
Defense Department
Randolph Cuts Courts Welfare Budget in Randolph County
Randolph County will keep its 50 cent per $100 levy for 1971 amid a budget of 339,748.72 with receipts of 325,678.40. Salaries rise to 236,000 while public welfare and health programs fall to 28,225 and election costs save about 14,000. Court administration drops to 10,600. contingent funds rise to 44,000 and an emergency fund of 16,963.99 is created.
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Moberly
Randolph County
Apollo 14 docking mechanism jeopardizes moon landing
Apollo 14 faces potential delay after a docking mechanism failure between the command ship and the lunar lander. An alternate docking method succeeded and the faulty part was removed for analysis. Decision on a landing is pending, with no danger to the three astronauts. Nixon pledges jobs and anti inflation measures for 1971, promising use of government power. In Vietnam eight Americans killed, 25 wounded as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks hit six U.S. bases. A Mexican-American district in Los Angeles sees one killed, 25+ injured and 70 businesses damaged after protests against police. Israeli raiding parties hit two villages in south Lebanon and reportedly destroyed a regional guerrilla headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space. Center
Houston
Congress
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
MMA Board Of Visitors Praises Missouri Military Academy
The MMA Board of Visitors called MMA a marvelously-run school with excellent cadet morale during a day-long meeting. Ten of thirteen members attended as they heard reports, toured facilities, and witnessed a battalion review in their honor.
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Missouri Military Academy Board of Visitors
MMA
R. B. Cutlip
Fulton
Charles Stribling III
Lloyd Warner
Colorado College
L. C. Hansen
Centralia
John M. Dalton
George Cline Jr
Academy
Dr. Cutlip
Mr. Hansen
G. Duncan Bauman
St. Louis
William Berry
Oklahoma City
Robert C. Epple
Columbia
E. H. Green
Springfield
John H. McHenry
Shawnee Mission
Kan
John C. Mosby
Walter Trump
St. Charles
William J. Yoest
Sullivan
Truck Crashes Into Paula Adult Education Center
A truck carrying 49 000 pounds of mile crashed into the Paula Adult Education Center on Friday. Driver Robert Hood 31 of Butler Missouri was uninjured. The center was closed and no one was in the building when the tractor and two thirds of the trailer penetrated the structure. Hood said he swerved to avoid a car. City Manager Paul Walker estimated damage at 4000 dollars.
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Paula
Kan
Robert Hood
Butler
Houad
Uy Avaid
Paul Walker
Hanson First In Optimist Oratory
Hanson Hanson, son of Wilmer and wife of Laddonia, won first in the fourth annual Boy's Oratorical Contest in Emmons Hall at Mexico High School. Seven boys spoke on This I Believe. Robert Gilmore was second, Martin Hightower third. Top prizes and certificates were awarded by William Johnson. Zone, state, and national contests follow with scholarships totaling $3000. Finalists compete in Minneapolis June 27 to July 1.
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Mante Kent Hanson
Wilmer Hanson
Laddonia
Community A-G High School
Mexico
Believe
Emmons Hall of Mexico High School
Robert Wilson Gilmore
Erwin Gilmore
Missouri Military Academy
Martin Hightower
Sully, Hightower
William L. Johnson
Warren Mays
Joe Mayes
Tim Williams
Warner Williams
Robbie Deagon
Robert Deason
Clyde Oligschlaeger
Ben Oligschlaeger
Rex Easterling
Rex Johnson
Bill Hilton
Jim Landry
Hanson
Canada
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
Rita Hayworth Debuts on Carol Burnett Show as TV Entertainer
Hollywood report notes Rita Hayworth makes television debut on the Carol Burnett Show, performing singing and clowning with her own voice. The piece covers her Columbia years, past vocal limitations, and recent life, including a Canary Islands film and family.
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Rita
Hollywood
Holdouts
Rita Hayworth
Carol Burnett
Harry Cohn
Colin
Columbia
Harry
Gilda
Mame
Joey
England
Beverly Hills Hotel
Canary Islands
Salina
Carol
Rebecca
Yasmin
Bennington
Now You Can Phone Orkneys Now You Can Phone Orkneys
New York AP reports Easter Island the South Orkney Islands and Svalbard were added to the overseas communications network in 1970 per The World's Telephones from AT&T. Easter Island lies 2,350 miles west of Chile while the South Orkney Islands sit 450 miles southeast of Cape Horn near Antarctica. Svalbard is a Norwegian Arctic island group.
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New York
Easter Island
South Orkney Islands
Svalbard
American Telephone & ‘Telegraph Co
Raster Island
Chile
Cape Horn
Antarctica
Arctic Sea
Tiger Hunter's Bullet Wounds Nepal Queen
Queen Ratna of Nepal was wounded in the stomach after a bullet ricochet during a tiger hunt. The 42-year-old monarch underwent surgery after a 300 mile flight from Kanchanpur where she and her husband were on an official tour. Her progress was described as satisfactory by her doctor.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Ratna
Kanchanpur
Connally's Texas Fees Reported
NEW YORK AP says John B. Connally Jr. was paid at least 225000 dollars while Texas governor by the Sid Richardson Foundation for executor duties on the 105 million Richardson estate. Foundation records show 225000 dollars in 1966, paid over years to reduce taxes, ending before Connally left office in 1969.
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NEW York
John B. Connally Jr
Texas
Sid W. Richardson
New York Times
Connally
Nixon
Treasury
Martin Waldron
Fort Worth
Tex
Bass
International Revenue Service
Times
Houston
Richardson
Union seeks charge on Union Electric over strike gains
Labor leaders said they will file complaints with the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Federal Power Commission asking Union Electric Co. to return money saved during a 73 day strike. They cite $10 million saved and a 4 point stock rise while more than 4,000 workers were off in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Public Service Commission
Union Electric Co
James E. Meyers
St. Louis Labor Council
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Operating Engineers Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Meyers
Union Electric
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Cahokia, N
Quintuplets Die After Breathing Trouble In France
In Grenoble France AP report states the last of the Riondet quintuplets died Sunday night. The three boys and two girls were born to Michele Riondet a 29 year old schoolteacher last Thursday. Respiratory complications attributed to the deaths.
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Quints
Grenoble
France
Riondet
Michele Riondet
It Was A Cold Night In Missouri
The Missouri forecast calls for continued sub freezing temperatures with possible light snow flurries. Overnight lows ranged from 1 above at Kirksville to 20 at Joplin. Sunday highs varied from 11 to 32 degrees. Expectes highs in teens northeast, 20s central, 30s south with lows 10 to 20 tonight and a slight warm up Tuesday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kirksville
Joplin
West Plains
Violence erupts in East Los Angeles after anti police rally
A weekend demonstration in a mainly Mexican American district of East Los Angeles triggered a four square mile riot. One man died and at least 25 were wounded as rioters damaged or burned businesses and threw rocks at deputies. Over 60 arrested as 68 were held for assault inquiries.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Deputies
Girl Crochets Snake Sweater in Tucson Classroom
Coleen Olson, a one-year knitter in Walter Douglas School, crocheted a hot pink and banana hued snake sweater for Fred, her 40 inch long glass-fronted classroom snake. The snakeneck pullover fits snugly in Coleen's third grade project.
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Tucson
Ariz.ap
Fred
Coleen Olson
Coleen
Walter Douglas School
Alabama investigates secrecy contract for night police plan
Alabama officials probe a $91 570 contract awarded to Criminal Justice Systems Inc of Huntsville seven months ago to prepare a federal funded law enforcement manual. The firm proposed a covert night detail with unmarked black cars and secret operations, drawing rebuke from current Gov George C Wallace and state officials. An FBI style audit by SERA is underway and the project faced federal funding questions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bill Baxley
Criminal Justice Systems Inc
Huntsville
Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Melba Till Allen
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
SEAA
Atlanta
George Murphy
Albert Brewer
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Taylor Hardin
Florissant Girl Crowned Missouri Junior Miss Hopeful
Jan Marion Wallace of Florissant will represent Missouri May 8 in the National Junior Miss contest in Mobile Alabama. Runnersup named at the Missouri Junior Miss pageant include Martha Webster of West St Louis County Rebecca Bain of Cape Girardeau and Denise Downs of Boonville.
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Jefferson City
Jan Marion Wallace
Florissant
Missouri
Mobile
Ala
Martha Webster
West St. Louis County
Rebecca Bain
Cape Girardeau
Denise Downs
Boonville
Parker seeks Republican nomination for Missouri treasurer
State Rep George W Parker a 21 year Air Force veteran and first Boone County Republican in Civil War era to win a seat in the Missouri House seeks the GOP nomination for state treasurer He filed in Jefferson City as the lone Republican candidate so far Three Democrats L B Morris Jefferson City Hunter Phillips Kansas City and Donald L Carpenter St Louis have filed for the treasurer race Parker born May 16 1923 in Joplin Mo attended Nevada High School and the University of Maryland. taught agr science at MU Columbia.
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Jefferson Gity
George W. Parker
Boone County
Parker
Joplin
Nevada
University of Maryland
University of Missouri, Columbia
L. B. Morris
Jefferson City
Hunter Phillips
Kansas City
State Tax Commission
Donald L. Carpenter
St. Louis
Milton Carpenter
Expectant Parents Series Begins At Audrain Health Unit
A six class program for expectant parents starts Wednesday February 3 at 7 30 PM in Audrain City County Health Unit at 502 E Monroe St. The first session covers care of the mother and psychological aspects for both parents.
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Audrain City- County
E. Monroe St
Audrain Medical Center
Audrain City-County Health Unit
National Foundation
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