Missouri lawmakers ready to begin 79th General Assembly
The 79th Missouri General Assembly convenes at noon with Gov elect Joseph Teasdale to set priorities. New leaders take over in both chambers. High turnover and many first term members accompany more than 1,000 proposed bills. The joint session marks outgoing Gov Bond’s last address.
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Jefferson City
79Th General Assembly
Joseph Teasdale
House
Senate
Monticello
Norman Merrell
Russell Brockfeld
Warrenton
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
General Assembly
Teasdale
Jackson County
Missouri
Forrest Donnell
Christopher
Bond
Jimmy Carter
Missouri Opens International Trade Office in Dusseldorf
Missouri launches its first overseas trade office in Dusseldorf West Germany directing by Peter Armstrong to attract foreign investment and expand markets for Missouri products. Gov Bond cites long term economic benefits and plans for overseas trade missions. Armstrong, a Chicago native and Northwestern alumnus, previously led international sales for R I R Industries.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Dusseldorf
West Germany
State Capitol
Peter C. Armstrong
Christopher S. Bond
Midwest
Armstrong
Europe
Donald A. Estell
Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Ohio
North Carolina
Estgll
Bond
Estell
Chicago
Northwestern University
R.I.R. Industries
Esteli
Zurich
Switzerland
Brussels
Belgium
Billy Packs Case Of Beer
Billy Carter brother of the President elect prepared for a hot air balloon ride in Americus Georgia He took off from a motel courtyard with a ballast of beer from his Plains gas station The flight involved an Atlanta sport balloonist and two men on the ground watched from a car Sybil Carter urged him to hold on tight
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Americus, Ga
Billy Carter
Atlanta
Americus
Sybil
Carter
Plains
Hearnes Granted $600 By Court In FOIA Suit
Former Missouri Governor Warren E Hearnes wins 600 in legal fees from a federal judge to cover costs in his suit under the Freedom of Information Act. The case stemmed from an IRS probe into his finances by the U S attorney office in Kansas City. no criminal charges were filed and Hearnes also received a tax refund. He claimed the probe damaged his political career and lost the last election to John C Danforth.
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Hearnes
Louis
Warren E.teers
Freedom of Information Act
U. S. Attorney’s
Kanana City
Internal Revenue Service
Hay
John C. Danforth
P&Z Approves New Subdivision in Mexico City
The Mexico Planning and Zoning Commission granted final approval to Lawrence M. Barnes Northeast Subdivision No. 5. The 16 lot project extends from a Mary Street cul-de-sac in the north, zoned R-1. The council will review the commission’s favorable recommendation. The panel also rejected a spot-zoning request for a small Rivers Subdivision area to permit commercial use.
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Lawrence M. Barnes
Mexico
Jefferson Street
Barnes
Gilbert Patrick
Planning and Zoning Commission
Arthur Tate
Gerald Rivers
Rivers Subdivision
Tate
Rivera
Commission
Missouri's 79th General Assembly Breakdown
Jefferson City report lists Senate with 22 Democrats and 10 Republicans, 2 vacancies. Ten freshmen senators, Norman Merrell of Monticello as president pro tem and John Schneider of St. Louis as majority floor leader. House shows 112 Democrats and 51 Republicans with 10 freshmen representatives. Keith leaders include Kenneth Rothman, Bob Griffin, Joe Holt, Russell Brockfeld, and Frank Keatron with long political tenure.
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House
Bob Griffin
Cameron
Capitol
Clayton
Kenneth Rothman
Missouri
New Assembly
Jefferson City
79Th General Assembly
Senate
Democrats
Norman Merrell
Monticello
John Schneider
St. Louis
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
Nelson Tinnin
D-Horneraville
Joe Holt
Fulton
Russell Brockfeld
Warrenton
Frank EF. Keatron
D-St. Louis
Britain Faces Infant Mortality Rise Amid Social Change
A government committee reports 11 stillbirths 11 newborn deaths and 16 infant deaths per 1000 births in England and Wales. It links higher risk to single parenting, working mothers, overcrowded homes, and social class. It calls for major NHS reforms, preventive work, and 1000 more family doctors plus 350 pediatricians.
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London
Britain
England
Wales
Sweden
France
Japan
Finland
Renii Oe
National Health Service
Donald Court
University of Newcastle
Associated Press
Court
Rabin Defends Innocent Ofer After Suicide
Israel's Rabin breaks silence in eulogy for Avraham Ofer, denying charges of kickbacks tied to a housing firm. Ofer shot himself in Tel Aviv after a press campaign accusing him, and Rabin calls him innocent, while Golda Meir and Ephraim Katzir mourn. The Knesset heads to early elections on May 17 as Rabin remains caretaker prime minister.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Avraham Ofer
al Ued
Vished Rabin
Ofer
Rabin
Labor Party
Yitzhak
Ofet
Knesset
Haim Zadok
Hadlam Hazeh
Skid Into Truck Path Kills Chicago Couple
A Chicago couple, Bonnie Washington aged 45 and Earlean Washington 42, were killed east of Charleston Missouri when their car skidded on U S 60 and swung into a tractor trailer. Officers say Washington was passing the truck and suddenly braked, causing the collision.
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Charleston
Chicago
U.S. 60
Missouri
Bonnie Washington
Earlean Washington
Washington
Wind scatters forty thousand dollars in food stamps
A Wells Fargo truck on I 10 in Baton Rouge dropped a box containing about 40 000 in food stamps when doors were unlatched. Motorists pulled over to grab the fluttering stamps as officers recovered around 22 000 worth. Officials planned to void serial numbers to curb the loss.
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Baton Rouge
Wells Fargo
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