Vote Sought To End Library Tax In Two Missouri Counties
Petition signatures filed with County Clerk seeking a ballot to end the 10 cent library levy in Randolph and Monroe Counties. About 254 names meet the state threshold though Paris not in district. clerk will verify signatures before sending to county court. Librarian Dianne Myers cites regional library operations and funding disparities as context. A simple majority would eliminate the tax.
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Paris
Cloyce Menefee
Menefee
Monroe City
Secretary of State
Little Dixie
Moberly
Randolph
Monroe
Dianne Myers
University of Chicago
Madison
Myers
Jaycees To Honor Three At Banquet In Mexico
More than 150 Jaycees and guests attend the annual DSA Bosses Night hosted by the Mexico Jaycees at the Empire Club. State Jaycee President John Haralson will speak as he oversees the state office and 9,000 members across 200 local chapters. The Mexico Jaycees honor three individuals with Outstanding Citizen, Outstanding Jaycee, and 1974 Distinguished Service awards for community service and leadership. Mike Cherches chairs the event with Rex Johnson as master of ceremonies. Jaycee wives will serve the meal.
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Mexico
U. S. Jaycees
City of Mexico
Audrain County
Mexico Jaycees
Jaycees
Mike Cherches
DSA
Rex Johnson
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Leac Director is New Sheriff
John Southern 33, former training director for the regional Law Enforcement Assistance Council, was named Buchanan County sheriff by the county court in St. Joseph Missouri. He replaces Sonny Myers, ousted by the Missouri Supreme Court for hiring his son, with five Myers deputies also charged. Southern hails from Garden City Kansas and holds a degree in law enforcement from Central Missouri State University.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Buchanan County
John Southern
Regional
Bond Calls For Equal Rights Ratification
Governor Bond urged Missouri lawmakers to ratify the proposed equal rights amendment to the U S Constitution. A 500 person poll showed 81 percent favored adoption, 14 percent opposed and 5 percent undecided. The measure, previously defeated in Missouri, would prohibit sex based discrimination by government and aim to equalize laws.
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Jefferson City
Christopher
Bond
Arizona
Senate Rules Committee
Missouri
United States
Renewed Talk Of Election In Britain
LONDON RP The miners strike starting Sunday fuels talk that Prime Minister Edward Heath will call a general election soon. Conservative sources and Cabinet members hint at an early vote, possibly Feb 28 or March, while polls show a tight race with Labour. Joe Gormley says miners want a short battle, but preparations suggest a long siege.
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London
Edward Heath
Heath
Conservative
House of Commons
Commons
Britain
Labor
Joe Gormley
ZIP Code Works If Dad Is Foreman
The Postal Service presents evidence that ZIP Codes work. Eunice Louisiana resident Weetsie Guillory received a letter addressed to Weetsie 70535 as a joke from her law student son Lawrence at LSU Baton Rouge, 70 miles away. The delivery may have benefited from her husband Murray serving as foreman of mails at the Eunice post office.
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Washington
Postal Service
Weetsie Guillory
Eunice
Murray
Eunice Post Office
First Thing She's Ever Won It's A Million Dollars
Ruth EB Cutter of West Unity Ohio was named Michigan’s ninth millionaire lottery winner after 120 finalists. The 54-year-old cosmetic saleswoman and school bus driver will receive $50,000 yearly for 20 years. She said it’s the first thing she’s ever won and has no plans yet.
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Saginaw, Mich
Ruth EB. Cutter
Michigan
West Unity
Ohio
Estate Suit Seeks Recovery of $20 000 for University Clinic
A Boone County suit seeks $20,000 to be added to the Bruner estate for the University of Missouri Veterinary Clinic. The claim alleges foster son Oliver Hammond caused Burleigh Bruner to sign a check for cashing in September 1972. Bruner died October 28 1972 after living with Hammond. The current inventory valued the estate at about $48 004. The suit targets the extra funds to benefit the veterinary clinic, with the remainder of the estate supporting churches and local institutions.
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Columbia
Burleigh
Cecil Bruner
Boone County
Oliver Hammond
Centralia
Bruner
University of Missouri Veterinary Clinic
Hammond
Audrain Medical Center
Boone
George Adams
Bethel Cemetery
Bethel Baptist Church
Hallsville Baptist Church
Baptist Home For
Ironton
University of Missouri Board of Curators
Adams
Cullen Cline
Waldo F. Mottaz
Missouri
Centralia High School
Harrisburg High
Tiller Named State Unemployment Insurance Chief
AP reports George R. Tiller will lead unemployment insurance programs for the state, replacing Carl Schwein who died January 20. Tiller supervises claims across 38 local offices and has 29 years with the division, with prior service in Jefferson City, Lebanon, Maryville, Dexter, and Sikeston.
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Jefferson City
George R. Tiller
Summit
Tiller
Carl Schwein
Lebanon
Maryville
Dexter
Sikeston
Moorer Denies Ordering Spying on Kissinger
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, flatly denies ever ordering or encouraging spying on Henry Kissinger. Kissinger also denies involvement with material from the National Security Council in 1971. The testimony and related accusations arise amid Watergate era tensions and questions about White House information flows.
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Washington
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
National Security Council
Jack Anderson
Security Council
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moorer
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Navy
White House
The
Plumbers
Harold Hughes
D Lowa
Armed Services Committee
Fish Farming Sure To Grow Across The World
New Aquaculture advances make fish the most efficient feed converters, needing 1.51 pounds of feed per pound of flesh. Growth in production is rapid in ponds and silos, with Marine Protein Corp. expanding trout culture to scale. Despite high R&D costs, executives expect profit by late 1975 as more facilities come online.
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New York
United States
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Marine Protein Corp
Keen Buss
Millheim
Marine Protein
Maimninth
Terrorists Seize Japanese Embassy in Kuwait Crisis
Rebels seize the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait threatening to execute hostages unless four fighters holed up in Singapore gain safe passage to Kuwait. Japanese officials confirm the embassy operation involves ambassador Ryoko Ishikawa and diplomats Koichi Kimura Ryosuke Ito Ashira Sugimura Shuhei Wada Miwako Yaegaki, with a one hour ultimatum to fly fighters and hostages to Kuwait. Kuwaiti forces surround the site as diplomatic ties strain under demands from three guerrilla groups.
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Kuwait
Singapore
Associated Press
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Red Army
Japan
Ryoko Ishikawa
Koichi Kimura
Ryosuke Ito
Ashira Sugimura
Shuhei Wada
Miwako Yaegaki
Car hits pole knocks out Auxvasse power
Shirley Joyce Vanskike of Mexico and Daniel Dale David of Fulton suffered minor injuries when a southbound car crashed on Highway 54 five miles south of Mexico, struck a utility pole, and overturned. Power outages affected the route to Auxvasse for about two hours. pole damage was estimated at 800 dollars.
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Auxvasse
Missouri Power and Light Company
Highway 54
Mexico
Shirley Joyce Vanskike
Oak Crest Trailer Court
Daniel Dale David
Fulton
Audrain Medical Center
Highway Patrol
Vanskike
Miss Vanshike
Power and Light Company
Tries To Keep Daughter In Russia
Valery Panov, a Jewish ballet dancer, faces an emigration fight as his mother in law appeals to Soviet authorities to stop his non Jewish wife from leaving for Israel. The Panovs, once with the Kirov ballet, were denied emigration and fired, sparking Western protest while Panov says officials barred his wife’s departure unless he leaves alone.
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Moscow
Valery Panov
Israel
Novosti
Larissa Ragozina
Panov
Panovs
Kirov Ballet
Leningrad
Elderly in Rural Missouri Hit Hard by Fuel Costs
Willis Marshall Jr of the Missouri Office of Aging says propane prices nearly doubled, forcing elderly poor in sparse communities to spend large portions of income on heat. He notes many lack natural gas and live in poorly insulated homes. A rural couple reported monthly income under 200 dollars and propane heat costs of 92 dollars for three rooms in January. Inflation outpacing Social Security raises erodes buying power.
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Jefferson City
Willis Marshall Jr
State Office of Aging
Marshall
Missouri
City Enacts Law Cats Must Be Belled
Deerfield Beach Florida city commissioners pass an ordinance requiring cats to wear bells after a 3-2 vote amid a protest by a local Audubon Society member who warns silent cats harm birds. Violators face a $25 fine though police fear enforcement will be challenging due to a nighttime antinoise rule.
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Deerfield Beach
Fla
Audubon Society
Florida Gold Coast
William Neal
States ration gas by odd even days in three states
Massachusetts joins Oregon and Hawaii in odd even gasoline rationing as price increases press on. Federal energy chief William Simon signals concern over oil price rollback and potential veto of emergency energy bill while noting credibility challenges. Gulf Oil and Exxon raise pump prices by 5.5 and 3.5 cents respectively as crude costs rise.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Congressional
Simon
National Press Club
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
Oregon
Hawaii
Gulf Oil Co. US
Exxon Co. USA
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