Missouri lawmakers face full calendars after Washington birthday
Jefferson City lawmakers return to a busy week with bills for water bond sales and industrial land purchases. Senate debates include a household goods tax repeal and open records reforms. Rep. Peterson won’t seek re election. House passes measures on defective goods recourse and public employee unions. Senate expands police search powers and discusses drunk driving reforms and fuel price controls.
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Missouri Suthern College
Joplin
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St. Joseph
William A. Peterson
Marshall
House
Polen
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
Bradshaw
Agriculture Department
White House faults court experts on Nixon tape
The White House disputed a panel's finding that a 1812 minute Nixon Haldeman tape erasure was deliberate, attributing the hum and gap to the recording machine. James D. St. Clair said defects in the Uher recorder likely caused the missing portion, while Rose Mary Woods defended her role. Time reported vanished White House documents related to Watergate witnesses.
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Ala
George C. Wallace
Washington
St. Chair
Uber
Hop
Rose Mary Woods
U.S
John J. Sirica
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Associated Press
Time Magazine
Solzhenitsyn Urges Russians To Live Not By Lies
Alexander Solzhenitsyn in an underground statement dated the day of arrest urges Russians to reject government lies as first step toward freedom. He says fear over material needs keeps people silent and calls for personal nonparticipation in lies, outlining rules for an honest life. He notes the path will be hard but mass action could collapse tyranny.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
West
Germany
Kremlin
Miami Refugees Protest in Four Mile March
More than 4,000 Cuban refugees marched through downtown Miami in a peaceful protest against any thaw in U S Cuban relations. They carried signs rejecting liberty with dishonor and Cuba not being a pawn of world powers as they walked four miles ahead of a Wednesday meeting of 24 Latin American foreign ministers.
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Rare Disease Claims Four Young Lives in Chicago Area
Four children died and three more are critically ill from an extremely rare, noncontagious disease linked to viral infections. In Wisconsin, six cases have been treated, with Wisconsin reporting fourteen cases in three weeks. Doctors warn no outbreak is expected and treatment focuses on managing symptoms and fluid balance.
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Reye
Donald Rodrich Jr
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Elk Grove Village
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Aronson
Madison
John Mangos
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Reye’s
Wisconsin
Chicago Board of Health
Mystery surrounds Miss Willie Edwards found dead in lagoon
Fulton residents learned the body of Miss Willie Edwards, a 78 year old recluse known for living in a tent for decades, was found beside a lagoon behind a shopping center after a two week disappearance. Police said no foul play was evident.
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McBride
Kansas City Times
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post
Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg
Ohio
Cas
Columbia University
New York
Miss Edwards
New York City College
End Ordered For Agnew's Special Guard
Washington AP The Secret Service has ended protection for former Vice President Spiro T Agnew at midnight Sunday on orders from the Treasury Department. Agnew, visiting Frank Sinatra in Palm Springs California, had been accompanied by agents. protection ended amid criticism from some congressmen and a GAO finding that pay was not authorized by law. Treasury Secretary George P Shultz noted implied authority covered protection in cases not specified by law. Security equipment will be removed from Agnew's home. Riverside County officials said they were not informed and would not deploy deputies at the Sinatra compound.
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Elmer B. Staats
Shultz
Staats
General Accounting Office
Agnew golfing trips cost taxpayers big sum
The Baltimore Sun reports Spiro T. Agnew used at least 250000 dollars of taxpayers money for golfing vacations while vice president. The paper cites 23 trips to Palm Springs, California, during his four and a half years in office, with nine of those jaunts detailed.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Washington
The
Sun
Agnew
Palm Springs
Calif
the Sun
Agnew Travel Spending Scrutiny Reported by Sun
The Mexico Ledger cites expense estimates for direct and indirect trips tied to Vice President Agnew. It notes costs of at least 11 000 dollars per trip and a total of a quarter million for air force jet use fuel and pilots. Many trips were political or campaign related with taxpayer funding. Agnew had trips to Palm Springs and other locations before his resignation.
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Agnew
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Opa Locka
Fla
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Gold price hits new high as Market ministers edge up value
London and Zurich record a $2 rise to $151 per ounce as reports say Common Market ministers plan to raise official gold values. The move follows the Brussels meeting chatter boosting demand and dollar softness at European openings. The current peg sits at $42.22 with no official new price yet announced.
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Zurich
Brussels
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Hours
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