Bills Still Clog Assembly Docket
Missouri lawmakers return to finish the first half of the 1974 session amid a heavy docket. A special session on government reorganization has dominated, with bills awaiting debate and several appropriations on deck. The House has approved several measures while debates continue on education funding and the Equal Rights Amendment. The Senate faces pay raises, education aid, and a state lottery vote, with a broad range of fiscal and policy items pending before April 30.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Capitol
Highway Commission
Revenue Department
House
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
St. Louis
House Appropriations Committee
Robert Snyder
R-Kirkwood
Parents Say Court Ruling Played God
The Houle family from Westbrook, Maine, criticized a Superior Court ruling ordering life-saving surgery for their deformed infant who died days later. The parents contend the court overrode their parental rights and condemned the decision as playing God. In New York, Watergate guard Frank Wills received multiple awards, reflecting his role post break-in.
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Portland, Maine
David Patrick Houle
Air Force
Robert B.T. Houle
Westbrook
Maine Medical Center
Navy
James Freyer
Nature
Nature and the Superior Court
Superior Court
David G. Roberts
Lewiston
New York
Frank Wills
Watergate Complex
Washington
Key Women of America, Inc
Comery
Wills
Solzhenitsyn Weighs Norway Home Offer at Mountain Retreat
Exiled writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn toured a Norwegian mountain retreat once owned by Sigrid Undset in Lillehammer. Per Egil Hegge said Solzhenitsyn spent 22 hours over the weekend inspecting the property but has not decided on permanent residence. He faces Oslo talks with government officials after his expulsion from the Soviet Union on February 13 following the overseas publication of the Gulag Archipelago.
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Lillehammer
Norway
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Sigrid Undset
Per Egil Hegge
Solzhenitsyn
Oslo
Soviet Union
Teal Lake sewer on city agenda tonight
The Mexico City Council plans an 7:30 p.m. meeting to consider an ordinance creating Teal Lake sewer district serving eight residences tied to a new main and lift station, with costs billed by tax assessments. Other items include road improvements, stop sign location, mutual aid renewal, council membership and a plumbing board appointment.
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Teal Lake
Mexico City
Clay Street
8. Clark Street
S. Olive Street
Central Street
Carrico Street
West Street
Fairgrounds Avenue
Emmons Street
Singleton Street
Buchanan Street
Mid-Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council
México
Uncil
James Dalton
Plumbing Board
Robert Knipfel
Promenade St
Dalton
Stamps Increase Saturday in Postal Rate Hike
The Post Office announced stamp rises effective March 2. First class stamps will increase from eight to ten cents, airmail to 13 cents, postcard stamps to eight cents. Parcel post rises about 15 percent. International rates rise with a one ounce surface letter at 18 cents and Western Hemisphere airmail letters at 21 cents per half ounce. Canada and Mexico rates align with domestic.
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Canada
Mexico
State Will Save Building in Downtown St Louis
The Missouri Board of Public Buildings approved using the Wainwright Building as the core of a new state office complex in downtown St. Louis. Gov. Bond praised it as a key surviving early skyscraper while Lt. Gov. Phelps and Atty. Gen. Danforth joined the board. the plan envisions about $12 million to acquire the building.
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ST. Louis
Wainwright
Missouri Board of Public Buildings
Christopher S. Bond
St Louis
Bond
William C. Phelps
John C. Danforth
Food Giveaway On Again Tomorrow
Hillsborough California April AP Randolph Hearst vigil enters third week as People in Need readies another food distribution to aid the kidnapped Patricia Hearst. PIN, funded by Hearst and the Hearst Foundation, faces SLA demands for more ransom while promising orderly centers and large volunteer staffing for Tuesday.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Hillsborough
Calif
Randolph A. Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Berkeley
Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Hearst Corp
San Francisco Bay Area
Peggy Maze
Pin
Hearst Foundation
SLA
Examiner
Charles Gould
Miss Hearst
FBI
A. Ludlow Kramer
Washington
Settlement Ends Bitter Farah Strike
El Paso AP A union leader says difficult contract talks lie ahead after Farah Manufacturing Co settled a 22 month strike that began with 2000 workers in El Paso and San Antonio over union organizing. Farah recognized ACW as bargaining agent. The company closed two San Antonio plants and one each in Victoria and Las Cruces.
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EL Paso
Tex
Farah Manufacturing Co
Val Wertheimer
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Farah
New York
San Antonio
Victoria
Las Cruces
N.M
Mexicana Ledger Classifieds and Office Hours Notice
Publication details list daily circulation excluding Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265 with postage and subscription rates by mail and region. Office hours stated as 5 30 pm Monday through Friday and 7 00 Saturday plus 9 00 unclear. service windows vary by location.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
Liddy Disbarred From Supreme Court Practice
Watergate figure G Gordon Liddy was disbarred from Supreme Court practice in a routine order. The court had previously suspended him on November 19 and asked for a response, which was never filed. The disbarment complements existing disbarment in New York.
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Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
Supreme Court
Liddy
New York
Soviet Military Buildup In Peru Alarms Chile
U S intelligence says Russian military advisers have moved into Peru to train troops with T54 tanks bought last year. Peru may have up to 200 tanks and other arms, raising concerns in Chile and neighboring countries about an arms race in Latin America. Chilean leaders seek American tanks and planes to balance Peru.
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Washington
U.S
Peru
Russia
Cuba
Chile
Peruuain
Soviet Union
South America
Moscow
Allende
Juan Velasco
Pacifc
Latin America
Merit Registers Need Stenos Typists in Missouri
Missouri Merit system registers for stenographers and typists are thinning in many areas says Edward A. Godar director of the Missouri Personnel Division. Applications for merit tests are accepted continuously for all levels of typist and stenographer positions with high demand in Jefferson City Kansas City and St Louis. Applicants should apply to P O Box 388 Jefferson City and forms are available at the personnel division local Emloyment Security offices or county welfare offices.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Edward A. Godar
Missouri Personnel Division
Godar
Kansas City
St. Louis
P. O
Missouri Division
of Employment Security
Division of Welfare
Acupuncture Trials Begin On Heroin Addicts In Detroit
Two heroin addicts in their mid twenties at Henry Ford Hospital began a program testing acupuncture to ease narcotics withdrawal. Dr. Jerome Stewart treated them after four prior cases, with six 30 minute sessions weekly for two weeks and gradual methadone reduction. The aim is to relieve pain and hasten withdrawal, not cure addiction.
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Detroit
Henry Ford Hospital
Jerome Stewart
Ford Hospital
Douglas Will Not Drop Out Of Gas Price Case
Supreme Court Justice Williams defies accusations of bias by not stepping aside in a federal gas price regulation case. The southern Louisiana case involves Federal Power Commission oversight affecting one third of U S natural gas supply. Shell Oil urged disqualification after a January speech blaming oil firms for the energy crisis. The motion to disqualify was denied without comment. Justice Powell took no part in the decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Williams
Douglas
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana
Shell Oil
University of Mississippi
Shell
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Hal Boyle's Mother Dies in Kansas City at 86
Mrs Margaret Gavaghan Boyle mother of AP columnist Hal Boyle died Sunday after a brief illness in Kansas City She was 86 A Mayo Ireland native she came to the United States at 17 settled in Philadelphia then Kansas City She is survived by three sons John D Boyle Edward G Boyle and Hal Boyle a daughter Mrs Don E Newton four grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral services are set for 10 am Wednesday at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery
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Kansas City
Margaret Gavaghan Boyle
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
County Mayo
Ireland
Police Graft Allegations Hit Indianapolis Police
The Indianapolis Star reports at least 30 officers may be involved in graft and protection payoffs with two houses of prostitution. The stake includes advance raid information and a broader “police mafia” within the department, with a $40 million estimate over the past decade and a blue ribbon panel promised by Mayor Lugar. H.O. Tolson of Mexico Public Schools attended NASSP seminars in Chicago on admin team development.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Star
the Star
Winston Churchill
Richard Lugar
Lugar
H.O. Tolson
Mexico
National Institutes For
Chicago
National Association of
Danforth Foundation
NASSP
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University of Florida
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