Pierce Hopes Refutation Ends PSC Controversy
Jefferson City Missouri Public Service Commissioner A Robert Pierce hopes his refutation of unfounded charges by Governor Teasdale will end weeks of controversy. He argues rate hikes stem from rising operating costs and inflation, not PSC action, and notes four of five commissioners refused to resign. He contemplates lawsuits or inquiries but aims to finish the dispute quickly.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Public Service
A. Robert Pierce
Joseph Teasdale
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Teastale
Teasdale
Rey
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Federal agency reallocates surplus gas amid eastern shortages
The Federal Power Commission announced a surplus gas transfer to Transcontinental Gas Line Corp in Houston for distribution along the gas starved eastern seaboard from North Carolina to New York. About 150000 cubic feet daily was intended for Washington and Oregon, with possible substitution from other fuels or stored gas. The FPC said rationing would target low priority users toward high priority customers and allowed interstate pipelines to buy from more expensive intrastate pipelines in Texas and elsewhere. Prices could reach up to 3 per thousand cubic feet without prior approval, and some swapped gas from Oregon and Washington has ranged to 2.75 per thousand. The allocation represented only a small fraction of the nearly 100 billion cubic feet burned daily nationwide this winter. The regular interstate price ceiling remains 1.44, while intrastate gas sometimes sold within production states for as much as 225 before the emergency.
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Transcontinental Gas Line Corp
Houston
Eastern
Seaboard
North Carolina
New York
FPC
Richard Dunham
Washington
Oregon
Bureau of Natural Gas
Thor
United States
Slight flood threat from snowmelt, experts say
Experts expect only a slight flood risk from snowmelt unless thawing is paired with warm rain. National Weather Service officials say rivers should handle the melt with most rising to flood stages but few overflows expected. The Northeast faces the greatest risk, especially along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, while Army Corps of Engineers notes below normal reservoir levels reduce danger though ice floes could cause issues.
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Births Twins For Phillipses at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Arnold R Phillips of Williamsburg welcome twin daughters Sandra Jean born 12 16 pm weight six pounds two ounces and Rebecca Lynn born 12 17 pm weight six pounds 14 ounces at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Phillips employed by AP Green Refractories Co. and the report notes additional birth details for Rodney A Burnett of Vandalia with a daughter Allison born Thursday morning at Audrain Medical Center.
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Arnold R. Phillips
Williamsburg
Audrain Medical Center
Sandra Jean Phillips
Rebecca Lynn Phillips
Phillipa
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Rodney "A. Burnett
Vandalia
Allison Pounds
At & Am
Burnett
Burkhead Family Adopts Son Samuel Allen and Daughter Jennifer Ann
Mr and Mrs Carl W Burkhead of Thayer formerly of Rush Hill adopt a son Samuel Allen age 3 and a daughter Jennifer Ann age 5 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Wilburn J Burkhead of Thayer and Mr and Mrs Clarence E O Connor of Rush Hill with Mr and Mrs Everett Morris of Mexico as great grandparents Mrs Burkhead attends Veterans Administration School there and stock farms.
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Carl W. Burkhead
Thayer
Rush Hill
Samuel Allen
Jennifer Ann
Wilburn J. Burkhead
Clarence E. O'Connor
Everett Morris
Mexico
Burkhead
Veterans Administration School
Stock Farms
Fire Destroys Gallatin Businesses in Morning Blaze
A fire in Gallatin, Missouri, destroyed several west side buildings along the court square, with two more heavily damaged. The blaze burned over two hours before noon and injured a man with glass cuts needing 15 stitches. Fire spread from a barber shop area to an insurance office and a fabric shop, with a car dealership also catching fire but not severely damaged.
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Courtae Square
John Bradshaw
John Tormlinson
Frank Jones
Delmar Rodgers
Ray Moore
American Motors
Bradshaw
Payout Costs Drive Premiums Up, GAO Says
Washington AP The GAO report finds loose cost controls and overpayments by Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna Life & Casualty raised government health program premiums by about 35 percent last year. The study covers government employee plans with total costs estimated at 2.9 billion dollars for the year ending September 30.
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Blue Shield
Aetna Life & Casualty
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U.S. Comptroller
Elmer B. Staats
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Waetna
GAO
Blue Croas-Bhue Shield
Aetna
Menu details for Mexico Audrain schools and library bookmobile
Next week’s school menus cover junior and senior high meals with daily entrees and sides across line items, plus milk provision. Elementary and Head Start menus list varied lunches and snacks, with milk available. the Mexico Audrain County Library releases a bookmobile schedule visiting multiple towns and sites throughout the week.
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Mexico
Harvard
Mexico-Audrain County
Friendship
Clyde James
Burnham
West Audrain
Rowden
Sunset Trailer Court
Vandalia Middle School
Pi Oaks Nursing Home
Centralia Middle School
Thompson
Littleby Methodist Church
Lafayette Circle
Martinsburg
Osborne Lectures At Law Seminar On Police Reports
Thomas I. Osborne, Mexico attorney, guest lecturer for Region 3 at the University of Missouri Extension Division in Columbia. He spoke on what makes a good police report from a prosecutor’s viewpoint to officers from Boone, Callaway, Cole and Audrain Counties. Attendees included Sgt. Earl Jaeger Lt Delbert Sanders and Lt Frank Cason of the Mexico Public Safety Department. Osborne is slated to discuss Argon Investigation at a similar seminar in June.
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Thomas I. Osborne
Mexico
University of Missouri Extension Division
College of Public Hot Community Services
Columbia
Audrain County
Boone
Callaway
Cole
Audrain
Earl Jaeger
Delbert Sanders
Frank Cason
Vance outlines SALT talks and severed linkage stance
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance detailed a busy negotiating itinerary for a trip to the Soviet Union focusing on arms reduction and possible limits cuts. He urged avoiding linkage with other issues while stressing the need for a negotiated SALT settlement and cautioned on Taiwan security in relation to China talks.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Soviet Union
Vance
Henry A. Kissinger
Associated Press
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State Department
Carter
Cuba
China
United States
Havana
Africa
Peking
Taiwan
Foctus
Scout Troop 38 Runs Spirit of 76 Paper Drive Saturday
Boy Scouts Troop 38 will park the Spirit of 76 van at West Plaza Shopping Center this Saturday from 8 am to 12 noon to collect paper for recycling. It is the first collection since December, and any paper is accepted. Scouts say recycling conserves resources and removing paper from homes reduces fire risk. Call 581-1400, said Murray Purcell.
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West’ Plaza
Murray Purcell
Flu Outbreak Forces Kansas City School Closures
A Jackson County Health Department official said immunizations cannot halt a flu outbreak that closed parts of the Kansas City area schools. Grain Valley and Loretto Lower School faced mass absences with up to 103 degree fevers, headaches, sore throat, cough, and chest tightness. lab tests were sent to the Missouri Health Department for analysis.
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Jackson County Health Department
Icien
Florence
Grain Valley
Missouri Health Department
Loretto Lower School
Brunson
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