iE economy faces bigger shocks in 1975 forecast
Washington AP reports the Ford administration, amid the worst postwar recession, predicts higher unemployment averaging 8.1 percent in 1975 with inflation around 11.3 percent. GNP is seen shrinking 3.3 percent, markets forecast a late summer bottom and a slow 1976 recovery while unemployment may stay near 8 percent into 1976.
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Washington
Peigger
W Ford
The
Congress
Newsmen
Roy J. Ash
Ash
White House
Thieu Cracks Down on Opposition Newspapers in Saigon
In Saigon the Thieu regime shut five opposition papers and arrested 19 officials and staff as Communist infiltrators. The crackdown follows bans on Sunday editions tied to charges against Thieu by Father Tran Huu Thanh.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Tran Huu Thanh
Dien Tin
Telegram
Dong Phuong
Orient
Song Than
Thep
Tin Sang
Hoa Hao
Mekong Delta
Interior Ministry
MMA Board of Visitors Praises Missouri Military Academy Progress
The MMA Board of Visitors commended progress at the academy after a day-long evaluation. Chairman L C Hansen and Vice-Chairman John C Mosby Jr were re-elected for 1975 76. The board heard reports on enrollment admissions and development and made 40 recommendations for improvements.
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Missouri Military Academy
L. C. Hansen
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Hansen
John C. Mosby Jr
Skyprints, Inc
St. Louis
Cadet Council
John M. Dalton
Tax Help Session With State Revenue Official
Cecil Bradley of the Missouri Department of Revenue will be in the county superintendent of schools office on the Audrain County courthouse third floor from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to answer questions and assist with Missouri state income tax forms and senior citizen property tax credit forms. Bring completed 1975 federal return and state W-2 copy.
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Cecil Bradley
Missouri Department of Revenue
Audrain County
Bradley
Missouri
Bank Cuts Rate Below 9 Percent
New York AP reports Michigan National Bank set its prime lending rate at 8.4 percent effective immediately, first to fall below 9 percent since last March as recession and easing policy push rates down. Manufacturers Hanover Trust also cut its prime to 9 percent from 9.44.
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New York
Michigan National Bank
Lansing
Federal Reserve
Hanover Trust
Man offers eye sale to fund wife operation in California
Herbert Gibboney, 58, placed an ad offering to sell one of his eyes for 35000 to pay for his wife Jean’s jaw tumor treatment. The offer was canceled after Pioneer Community Hospital and doctors provided free services. Hospital tests, prior surgeries, and medical costs strained the couple's finances, and Gibboney's Social Security income funds were limited.
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Grass Valley
Calif
Herbert Gibboney
Pioneer Community Hospital
Placerville
Gibboney
Jean
Gary Jones
Bas Kupeies Sidtuth
Tercety
Mathewson
Howard Graham
Jones
Ethiopian Jets Flatten Eritrean Rebel Villages Amid Fighting
Ethiopian air force jets destroyed two Eritrean rebel villages as government forces battled Moslem insurgents seeking independence. In Asmara, fighting left at least 75 rebels and civilians dead with about 200 injured as troops solidified control after repelling guerrilla attempts to retake Asmara and nearby areas.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Asmara
Eritrea
Asmarra
Eritrean Liberation Front
U.S
United Nations
Fulton Jail Escapee Caught
Kent Means 18 of Fulton escaped through a jail utility room window during cleaning early today and was recaptured about three hours later. Earlier in November a jail blackout allowed a week of freedom. He was found sleeping in a west Fulton residence and after sheriff W C Salmons Jr kicked in a door Means surrendered without further resistance.
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Fulton, Mo
Royce
Kent Means
Fulton
W.C. Salmons Jr
Means
MS Society to Honor Tim Hagan at Mexico Chapter Dinner
Tim Hagan, Mexico area chairman of the St. Louis Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will receive a special award at the chapter's annual awards dinner Saturday evening. Hagan has led the MS chapter in Mexico for the past five years.
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Tim Hagan
Mexico Area
St. Louis
National
Abortion Rates Rise as Second After Tonsil Surgery
In a Family Planning Perspectives study, abortion became the second most common legal surgery after tonsillectomy following the Supreme Court decision. 1972 saw 600,000 legal abortions, 1973 at least 750,000, and 1974 an estimated 900,000, with investigator Christopher Tietze noting the court rulings enabled safer legal abortions.
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New York
Supreme Court
High Court
United States
Family Planning Perspectives
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Christopher Tietze
MHS Drama Squad Advances In Tournaments
The MHS Drama Squad returned from Hickman Mills with the individual sweet stakes trophy. Advancing to finals are Emilee Cline Kim Forrest Mark Farnen Carl Fuemmel er Tim Williams Warren Nordwald Diana Linder Kim and Diana placed fourth in dramatic and oratory. Farnen and Fuemmelier placed second in their duet. The next tournament is Feb 8 in Warrensburg. Junior Homeroom Representatives meet tomorrow at 6 05 in the west basement. An important Latino Club meeting is Tuesday at 3 05 in room 100 to plan the March Roman Banquet. Pep Squad signups Tuesday and Wednesday for the bus to Friday s game at Helias. Price 1.
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Hickman Mills
Emilee Cline
Kim Forrest
Mark Farnen
Carl Fuemmeler
Tim Williams
Warren Nordwald
Diana Linder
Kim
Diana
Farnen
Fuemmeier
Warrensburg
Helias
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