School Election Can't Be By Area
Missouri Supreme Court bans Buchanan County Circuit Judge Frank C. Connett Jr from ordering a junior college district trustee election restricted to candidates from outside the St. Joseph school district. The prohibition suit was brought by Missouri Western College trustees William B. Enright Jr., former State Sen. John E. Downs, Robert S. Casey Meyers, and Whitney Potter.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Buchanan County
Frank C. Connett Jr
St. Joseph
Judge Connett
William B. Enright Jr
John E. Downs
Robert S. “Casey” Meyers
Whitney Potter
Board of
Missouri Western College
Supreme Court
Murder Convictions Are Upheld in Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld two Greene County murder convictions and life terms for Herman Joseph Flood Jr and affirmed related rulings. It also upheld a Stoddard County murder conviction for Lee Watson and reviewed cases involving James Z. Bradley and Kenneth Lietz, with a secondary focus on a university district legal challenge and a St. Louis robbery case. Justice Donnelly wrote a concurrent and a dissent outlining procedures and one man one vote considerations.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Herman Joseph Flood Jr
Greene County
Flood
Victor Spinetto
Virgil Asrey
High Court
Douglas W. Greene
Robert T. Donnelly
8Th Federal Circuit Court
James Z. Bradley
St. Louis
Thomas Mulrooney
Peter Chip
Ninth St
Kenneth Gary Lietz
Snyder Manufacturing Co
Central Hardware Co
Mujib Returns to Tropical Welcome in Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman arrived at Dacca airport to a delirious Bengali crowd after over nine months in Pakistani prisons. Diplomats and Bangladesh army troops lined the runway as he stepped from a British jet, with chants of Jai Bangla filling the air.
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Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh Army
Asia
London
New Delhi
Bengal
Sheik Mujib
Mujib
Sheik Lutifar Rahman
Ramina
Sheik
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Yahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Edward Heath
Indira Gandhi
V. V. Giri
Britain
Soviet Union
France
United States
Mundt Seat Heats Up as 1972 Race Begins
In South Dakota, veteran Sen. Karl Mundt battles health limits as 1972 re election prospects draw a crowded field. Democrats rally Rep. James Abourezk and George Blue among early entrants, while Lt. Gov. William Dougherty and others consider bids. GOP hopefuls include Robert Hirsch, Charles Lien, Tom Reardon, and Gordon Mydland, with independent Don Petersen already in the mix, signaling potential primary turmoil and costly battles ahead.
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Mundt
Frank L. Farrar
Farrar
Richard F. Kneip
James Abourezk
George Blue
Huron
William Doughterty
Doughterty
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Hirsch
Yankton
Charles H. Lien
Rapid City
Tom Reardon
Sioux Falls
Gordon Mydland
Don L. Petersen
Pierre
Levy Upheld On RCA Property Tax Assessment
The Missouri Tax Commission upheld a $1,006,623 assessment on Radio Corp. of America property leased to the state in Cole County. RCA argued the computer equipment was sold to the state, while the county contends it is leased with an option to buy. RCA had paid 1970 taxes under protest and pending court action continues.
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Jefferson City
State Tax Commission
Cole County
Radio Corp. of America
RCA
Newcomers Mr and Mrs Ron Dixon and Family
Meet the newcomers Mr and Mrs Ron Dixon with children Kari aged 1 and Kim aged 2, residing at 503 Olive Street. Mr Dixon works as a general catalogue sales representative for Sears Roebuck Co of Mexico. He received his honorable discharge from the U S Army on October 4 at Fort Huachuca.
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Ron Dixson
Kari
Kim
Olive St
Dixon
Sears Roebuck and Co
Mexico
U.S. Army
Fort Huachuca
Army says heroin epidemic among Vietnam GIs nearly wiped out
Washington AP Defense Department reports a sharp decline in heroin related deaths among U S troops in Vietnam from a 15 monthly peak in November 1970 to zero in September and October 1971. Urinalysis shows 2 5 percent of GIs used heroin before tests, down from 4 percent last summer. About 60 addicts in July 1971 fell to just over 200 in October, while roughly 2 000 men monthly are sent to rehabilitation centers in the war zone for non addictive heroin treatment.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Defense Department
Richard S. Wilbur
Big Green Machine
Army
Wilbur
Pat Better Than Himself Nixon Says
President Nixon praised his wife for her Africa trip role and a strong diplomatic showing as first lady. Vice President Agnew called the Liberia Ghana Ivory Coast visit a promising start to further diplomacy, with a 1000 plus welcome at Andrews Air Force Base on Nixon’s 59th birthday.
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Washington
Nixon
Africa
Liberia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Andrews Air Force Base
Nixons
Terrorists Hit US Base In Thailand
An attack on Utapao air base in Thailand injured no personnel but damaged two B52 bombers and killed one attacker. Officials said B52 missions in Indochina continue normally. In Qui Nhon, a grenade attack on a government rally caused over 100 casualties with conflicting death tolls, as Viet Cong or local political rivals are suspected. US troop strength in Vietnam was reported at 154,000 with a target of 139,000 by February 1.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Utapao
Gulf of Thailand
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Nguyen van Chu
Binh Dinh
Vietnam
Mujib Returns to Bangladesh After Long Exile
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrives in Dhaka amid a delirious welcome after years abroad. He recalls his struggle against Yahya Khan, seeks international support for Bangladesh, and pledges friendship to all while pursuing justice for those killed. His return follows talks with Bhutto and a stop in New Delhi before flying home.
Change Urged In Wheat Plan
Salina Kansas AP Senator James B Pearson Republican Kansas urges the USDA to amend the 1972 wheat program. He proposes voluntary diversion payments allowing up to 50 percent of domestic allotments to be diverted for pay ment. Pearson notes rising seeded wheat acreage and warns without payments production may exceed 1971 by about one percent, risking a near one billion bushel carryover and price declines.
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Salina
Kan
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pearson
Earl Butz
Senate
Surgeon General urges safer cigarette design and regulation
The Surgeon General called for continued cessation and the development of less-hazardous cigarettes to reduce carbon monoxide nicotine and tar. A Senate Commerce subcommittee will hear Feb 1 3 and 10 on tar and nicotine limits. Health officials urged warnings and FTC regulatory efforts while noting uncertainties about lower nicotine products.
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Washington
U.S
Public Health Service
Congress
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Frank Moss
Senate Commerce
Elliot L. Richardson
Federal Trade Commission
Doorkeeper Files For 23rd District Senate Nomination
AP report says Art Hogan 66 a door man for the Missouri Senate filed Friday for the Democratic nomination for state senator in the 23rd district Hogan of Jefferson City worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone in St Louis and here until his retirement last year He is the second Democrat to file in a district that includes Cole Osage Moniteau Gasconade Maries Phelps Montgomery and Warren counties.
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Jefferson City
Art Hogan
Missouri Senate
Hogan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Cole, Osage
Moniteau
Gasconade
Maries
Phelps
Montgomery
Warren
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James A. Finch Jr
Robert 5. Seiler
Lawrence Holman
Fred Henley
Robert Donnelly
J. P. Morgan
John E. Bardgett
Donnelly
William W. Schneider
John W. Newhart
Board of Trustees
Schneider
Newhart
United States Supreme Court
Jack Leroy Riley
St. Louis City
Riley
John Grossman
Grossman
Robert E. Seiler
Robert J. Kirkwood
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Las Vegas
Nev
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hong Kong
Marine Department
Anchorage
Cunard Line
Chapman College of Orange
Calif
Sen
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Levy
Pat
Grand Canyon
Mars
Mariner 9
Jet Propulsion
Pasadena
Cal
A&b Prescription
Dean Martin
Brian Keith
Ig’ Cro
Technic
Wilson Wieners
Maxwell House
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