Mexico City to receive 31000 more HUD funds this year
City officials were told by St. Louis HUD representatives that Mexico will receive 526000 annually for community development for the next three years, up from 495000 under old programs. City Manager Neil Nielsen cited recalculation based on 1968 to 1973 averages and outlined spending priorities with the citizen advisory committee.
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Mexico
St. Louis Area
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mexico City
Neil Nielsen
HUD
Omar Street
Fairground Avenue
Town Branch
Lafayette Park
St. Louis
Nielsen
Federal Officer Charged With Bomb Threats
A Maryland resident and member of the Federal Protective Service was arrested on a false bomb threat charge regarding the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC. He awaits a DC Superior Court appearance as federal buildings faced a wave of threats after recent bomb incidents claimed by Weather Underground. The FBI declined to link him to the other blasts or reveal investigative details.
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Washington
Federal
FBI
Donald W. Gooding
Federal Protective Service
Internal Revenue Service
J. Edgar Hoover
Gooding
Hillside
District of Columbia Superior Court
Dr Huqs Father Dies Rites Today
Afsaruddin Ahmed aged 71 died at 4 am at Audrain Medical Center. He moved from Bangladesh to Mexico in 1971 and later to St. Louis area. Funeral services are at Smith Funeral Home with burial in St Louis. Survivors include wife Shafara Khatoon two sons and three daughters. Memorials asked for to the poor of Bangladesh.
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Afsaruddin Ahmed
Meadowlake
Mohammed Nasrul Huq
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Bangladesh
East Pakistan
Smith Funeral Home
St. Louis
Shafara Khatoon
Dr. Huq
Nixon Papers Ownership Battle Moves to Appeals Court
The federal appeals court assumed jurisdiction in the long running fight over whether Nixon papers and tapes belong to the government or the former president. A Saturday hearing was set after a district judge’s ruling, with a Feb. 9 deadline looming for funds to transfer materials to Nixon in San Clemente. Watergate prosecutors await resolution to access documents.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Charles R. Richey
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Spottswood Robinson II
Richey
Appeals Court
Appeals
Nixon
San Clemente
Watergate
Ford Administration
Watergate Howe Ae
Mexico election prep set two months before April vote
Officials outline filing deadlines for city and school elections with a primary possible if five or more candidates file by Feb 17. The county clerk coordinates elections countywide, registers voters, and maps new precincts after annexation, with Precinct 10 proposed for the annexed area and new party committeemen to be elected. City candidates include Leonard Snyder seeking a fifth term and Walter Crouch already filed. Dr. John Boyce has not stated his plans.
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Mexico
John Jesse
City of Mexico
New Mexico
South Fork
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
CEC
Frank Sutton
Howard Copeland
Leonard Snyder
Walter Crouch
W. Breckenridge
John Boyce
Seek Files From FBI On Leftist Activists
Washington AP The FBI may be forced to release secret files on about 100 political activists who allege FBI counterintelligence targets. The Political Rights Defense Fund seeks disclosure under FOIA for antiwar activists and Socialist Workers party leaders.
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Washington
FBI
Political Rights Defense Fund
New York
Socialist Workers Party
Arizona
William B. Saxbe
The
Defense Fund
Morris Starsky
Arizona State University
Phoenix
Starsky
Socialists Workers Party
Stadegils
Eye for Sale to Buy Wife an Operation
Herbert Gibboney of Grass Valley offers to sell one of his eyes for 35000 cash plus the cost of a cornea transfer to fund his wife’s operation. The 58 year old man and 54 year old wife face mounting medical bills from UCLA procedures and a jaw tumor graft that failed. They rely on $210 monthly Social Security and work 10 hours weekly. They seek help paying their way rather than handouts.
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Grass Valley
Calif
Herbert Gibboney
Gibboney
Ucla Medical Center
Grass Valley Union
Colson Freed Plans Religious Work After Release
Charles W. Colson, once Nixon aide and Watergate figure, is freed from prison after Gesell reduced his obstruction of justice sentence to seven months. He plans to devote time to religious work with family and later write on faith and Watergate. His son Christian, 18, was arrested for marijuana distribution charges.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
Colson
McLean
Christian
University of South Carolina
Daniel Flisberg
140 MPH Winds Hit Lau Islands Fiji Hurricane
AP report from Sava Fiji details Hurricane Val with 140 mph winds devastating villages in Lau islands. The cyclone centered near Ogea. thatched huts forced residents to seek shelter in caves churches and shops as the storm spread across the north Lau chain. Emergency services in Suva lack damage estimates and radio contact with multiple islands was lost.
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Sava
Fiji
Val
Lau Islands
Ogea
Emergency Services Committee
Suva
Audrain County Budget Hearing Set For Monday
Audrain County will hold a public hearing on the proposed 1975 budget before the county court from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the county courtroom. County Clerk John Jesse announced a proposed budget of 989,014.29 dollars and said it is open for inspection at his office.
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Audrain
John Jesse
Hearn
Ford unveils 1976 budget with 52 billion deficit
President Ford announced a 349 billion federal budget for fiscal 1976 and warned the deficit would reach about 52 billion, potentially rising toward 70 billion without Congress backing his spending cuts. He urged bipartisan support to curb spending and bolster the economy.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Administration
State Department
Harry Truman
Truman
Harry
Tariffs On Oil Hit As Critics Press Alternatives
The first stage of President Ford's energy plan boosts crude oil tariffs by a dollar per barrel amid Democratic opposition. Senators Kennedy Church and Jackson criticise the move as flawed and urge varied proposals including gasoline allocations, higher car taxes, and rationing to curb energy use. Udall also pushes for gasoline rationing and oil allocations, stressing energy conservation as essential.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Udall
Sens
Frank Church
Didaho
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Search For 21 Tanker Seamen
Officials searched today for 21 seamen missing since explosions and fire swept a Liberian tanker at a British Petroleum refinery dock in Marcus Hook. The Corinthos split apart after a collision with the Edgar M. Queeny, killing two crewmen and injuring at least 35, with the Coast Guard launching a board of inquiry into the crash and oil spillage in the Delaware River.
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Marcus Hook
U.S. Coast Guard
Corinthos
Delaware
Coast Guard
British Petroleum
Edgar M
Queeny
Harry Schaeffer
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Monsanto Co
New Jersey
Villaneuva Navigation Co
Monrovia
Liberia
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Mary) Reddick
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Richard Vance
Eye For Sale
Asa
Credit Tes Baal
Tlisberg
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Special
Watergate Prosecutor's Office
G. Gordon Liddy
David L. Parr
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Nelson
Edward J. Morgan
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
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