Budget Pay Rise For Congress Officials In Nixon Plan
The Nixon budget includes a 10,300 dollar annual raise for all Members of Congress and top federal officials over three years, boosting House salaries from 42,500 to 52,000 by 1976 and granting 7.5 percent yearly increases for top aides and cabinet officers. The move faces House opposition and excludes Nixon, Ford, Albert, and Eastland.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House of Congress
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Gerald R. Ford
Carl Albert
James O. Eastland
Budget Highlights For Farm Rural Development Plan
Associated Press details the new farm and rural development budget led by Jerome A. Miles. The proposal includes $111.8 million for conservation efforts and tree planting, increased rural electric and telephone loan funding, modest cuts to rural housing, and reductions in farm labor aid and water projects. The plan preserves a long-standing school milk program with a $120 million allocation.
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Associated Press
Jerome A. Miles
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
U.S. Crest Service
U.S
Beautiful Country Days Space Walker Debuts Friday
Space Walker Sare to end their record M-day space flight Friday as Beautiful Country Days prepares for a milestone event.
Your Share Is Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars
The Nixon budget forecasts a national debt of 406.4 billion dollars by July 1. With 211,844,000 Americans, each person’s share is about 2,296 dollars. One seven cent of all receipts will go to interest.
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Washington
America
Bureau of the Budget
Nixon
Congress
Census Bureau
Federal budget outline for 1975 spending plan
Washington AP reports 42 cents of every federal dollar for 1975 would come from individuals through income taxes, the same share as 1974. Corporate taxes rise to 16 cents, borrowing falls to 3 cents, Social Security taxes total 28 cents, excise taxes stay at 6 cents, and the remaining 5 cents come from other sources including estate and gift taxes and customs duties.
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Washington
Nixon
Budget Dollar Fiscal Year 1974 75 Estimate
The budget proposal for the year starting July 1 calls for total spending of 304.4 billion dollars. Of every dollar, 29 cents would fund national defense, 7 cents pay interest on the debt, and 50 cents would go to human resources with other allocations following.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Budget slice shifts in 1975 spending plan
The White House outlines two ways to divide a dollar for federal programs, with large shares for human and physical resources, defense and interest. The plan calls for $29.8 billion more in 1975 than 1974, about 9 percent of the increase being mandatory spending. Also reported is the birth of a seven pound seven ounce daughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Dean Finley of Farber at Audrain Medical Center.
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White House
National Defense
Nixon
Congress
Larry Dean Finley
Farber
Audrain Medical Center
Finely
Budget costs rise as federal figures reveal 1974 75 shift
AP reports the U S Government Budget set expands with higher catalog-like volumes from the Government Printing Office. A 60 page Budget in Brief earns 95 cents while the full set totals 20 90 dollars, up 44 percent from last year. Congress buys most copies free. The article lists 1974 and 1975 budget outlays receipts deficits and debt, noting the price hike ties to GPO break-even aims.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Congress
Sears Roebuck
Government Printing Office
GPO
Missouri Corps of Engineers Budget Details for 1975
President Nixon's 1975 budget requests 969.4 million for Missouri Corps of Engineers construction with 75 percent for Harry S. Truman and Clarence Cannon dams. Truman 30.5 million, Cannon 21.7 million. Flood control items include Smithville Lake 8.6 million, Meramec Park Lake 3.6 million, Little Blue River lakes 2.5 million, Long Branch Lake 2 million, Little Blue River channel 0.5 million. Design funds cover Blue River channel Kansas City 0.4 million, Perry County drainage districts 1-3 0.18 million, Elsberry agricultural area 8 Mississippi 0.1 million. Additional projects span navigational and flood control work in several states along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Clarence Cannon
Nixon
Corps of Engineers
Missouri
Truman Dam
Cannon Dam
Smithville Lake
Mississippi River
Meramec Park Lake
Little Blue River Lakes
Long Branch Lake
Little Blue River
Blue River
Kansas City
Perry County
Elsberry
Mississippi
Nuclear Plant Funding Boost Aims to Speed Construction
The Nixon administration proposes a 1975 budget boost of 558 million for all Atomic Energy Commission power plant programs and 13 million more for regulatory activities to accelerate licensing. The plan seeks faster, safer nuclear plants including future breeder reactors and fusion-inspired concepts, with aims to shorten typical construction times.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
Nixon budget requests 2.8 million for Watergate prosecutions
Washington AP reports President Nixon’s budget proposes 2.8 million to fund the special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski’s team for investigating and prosecuting offenses from the 1972 election. The request covers offenses tied to the Democratic National Committee break in and other U.S. crimes. Twenty six individuals have faced charges. five plead innocent awaiting trial, others were convicted or pled guilty, and eight corporations pleaded guilty to illegal campaign contributions with fines paid.
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Washington
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
Congress
Jaworski
United States
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Complex
Minor Errors In Ralls Audit Noted
Jefferson City AP report on Missouri Auditor Ashcroft's audit of Ralls County covers two years ending December 31 1972 and finds five minor errors. It notes the county treasurer is bonded for 40000 while handling school funds often exceeding 500000, the collector retained 397 in excess fees due to statute misinterpretation and clerical error, and the sheriff uses a single bank account for business and personal use with a recommendation to separate accounts.
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Jefferson City
Ralls County
Missouri
John D. Ashcroft
Ashcroft
Wildcat Walkout Halts Florsheim Plant in Palmyra
About 35 Local 195 United Shoe Workers members walked out at the Florsheim Shoe Co plant in Palmyra Missouri, blocking operations after citing inadequate pay of 1.90 dollars an hour. The rest of the 300 workers refused to cross the picket line, a union rep asked for a return to work, and no negotiation occurred.
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Palmyra
Florsheim Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers Union
Joe Hanrahan
Hanarahan
Doctors Urged To Trim Dosage Of Hyperactives
URBANA IL AP A University of Illinois child psychologist says doctors should prescribe a fraction of the usual dose of a drug to treat hyperactive children. Dr. Robert L. Sprague director of the Children's Research Center says smaller doses help a child learn better and sit still longer.
MMA Visitors Board Reviews School Record
The Missouri Military Academy board praised progress after a Sunday meeting. Enrollment rose 25 percent this term to 290 cadets, with 90 percent capacity, and a national survey called the academy the success story of the year. Board leadership was reaffirmed. funds and tuition updates were discussed amid praise for past leadership and upcoming programs.
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Missouri Military Academy
MMA
Charles Stribling III
L. C. Hansen
Centralia
Randall B. Cutlip
Fulton
William Woods College
Missouri Military
Hansen
John C. Mosby
St. Louis
Mosby
Sky-Prints, Inc
Cutlip
Board of Trustees
Board of Visitors
Lloyd Warner
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Missouri Jaycees
Thomas B Brown retires from A P Green Refractories
Thomas B Brown retires after 25 years at the Mexico plant of A P Green Refractories Co. He began in 1948 in the wheeling department, later moved to kiln selection, and spent the last decade in the stiff mud area loading and unloading over a million bricks and tiles. Brown, previously with Harbison Walker and Auxvasse quarry, is a deacon at New Richland Baptist Church, farms 120 acres near Auxvasse, and plans continued farming. He and wife Marcelle reside on Route 1, Auxvasse, with seven children across Kansas City Fulton Columbia and North Callaway High School student Cynthia.
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Thomas B. Brown
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Mexico
Green Company
Wheeling
Brown
Harbison-Walker Refractories
Fulton
Auxvasse
New Richland
Nixon Drops Another Point In Gallup Poll
Nixon's popularity slid to 26 percent in a Gallup Poll taken January 18 to 21, a new low after a peak of 68 percent a year earlier. The survey echoes earlier readings and follows news of erased sections on a White House tape.
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Nixon
Gallup
Princeton
N.J
White House
Miners Vote 4 To 1 For British Strike
Britain's coal miners voted 4 to 1 for a national strike, with 188,393 in favor and 44,222 against among 279,452 NUM members polled by the Electoral Reform Society. The strike could halt mines and threaten industry as Heath meets union leaders and TUC to seek a wage plan relief. Joseph Gormley said he seeks a solution despite doubts about the plan.
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London
Britain
Electoral Reform Society
National Union of Mineworkers
Society
Edward Heath
Miners’ Union
Heath
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Joseph Gormley
Davis Welcomes Second Child Jody Michael in Thompson
Jr and Mrs Newton M Davis Jr announce the birth of their son Jody Michael at 4 10 pm Saturday at Audrain Medical Center. The newborn weighs seven pounds 15 ounces and joins their daughter Buffy Annette 24 percent in Thompson. Grandparents are Newton Davis Sr and Mrs Raymond Dollens, both of Thompson. Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs Frank Dollens. Mr Davis is a farmer.
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Newton M. Davis Jr
Route 1
Thompson
Audrain Medical Center
Jody Michael
Buffy Annette
Newton Davis Sr
Raymond Dollens
Frank Dollens
Davis
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Finleys
Washington, D.C
Florsheim
Northeast Missouri
Crown Shoe
MMA Visitors Board
Jaycees
Terry R. Begley
Cape Girardeau
John S. Pratt
Springfield
Lawrence L. Steinhauser
Clinton
Larry F. Weseick
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Trenton
Rolland J. Williston
Nevada States School and Hospital
Nevada Jaycees
Sapat
Paul Mazursky
Thomas Brown
Green Plant
Jody Michael Davis
Hearnes
University of Missouri
T.V
Lawrence Welk
Columbia
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