Wages Cut Off for Fulton Mental Patients
Missouri halts wages for about 500 mental patients retroactive to Jan. 1 following a Supreme Court injunction. Higginsville and Fulton state hospital chiefs warn of job quits and service strain as about 500,000 dollars yearly could be saved. Hospitals anticipate food, laundry, and education impacts with fewer staff and more walking for meals.
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Jefferson City
State Division of Mental Health
David Roberts
U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri
Ara Morris
Higginsville State School and Hospital
Roberts
Higginsville
Fulton
Farmington
Nevada
Fulton State Hospital
Donald Peterson
Peterson
U.S
Christopher S. Bond
St. Joseph and
Marshall
Liam O'Brien
St. Joseph
Coon and Possum Sell Well at East St Louis Market
Brown's Food Store reports steady sales of raccoon and opossum from Nov. 9, totaling about 500 pounds of raccoon and 40 pounds of opossum at 69 cents a pound. Proprietor Harry Brown notes strong taste and seasonality, with raccoon favored by older Southerners.
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East ST. Louis
Times
Brown
Harry Brown
South
Fresh Young Congressmen Grill Seniors On House Power
Freshmen Democrats question four long time chairmen from the Appropriations and Commerce panels in a test of the 94th Congress. The inquiry reflects a swing group seeking accountability as committee leadership faces change amid wage and price debates and tax reform talks.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Harley C. Staggers
West Virginia
Commerce Committee
Jamie L. Whitten
Mississippi
Williamh. Natcher
Kentucky
Daniel, Flood
Pennsylvania
Appropriations Committee
House Democrats
Patman
Banking Committee
Henry S. Reuss
Wisconsin
Richard L. Ottinger
New York
New Democrats
Judiciary
Peter W. Rodino Jr
New Jersey
Rodino
Too Cold To Mush In Alaska
Anchorage and Fairbanks endure record cold with near zero visibility and frozen pipes. Sleigh teams canceled as temperatures plunge to 20 below in Anchorage and 40 below in Fairbanks, while flights falter and homes battle water damage from burst lines.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Florida
Prudhoe Bay
Interior
Cook
Fairbanks
Bulletproof Vests For KC Police
A Kansas City Rotary Club drive seeks 35 000 to 50 000 dollars to equip about 350 policemen with bulletproof vests at 70 dollars each, depending on bulk discounts for 700 vests. The initiative follows patrolman Russell Mesdagh's 25 year old death during a robbery arrest. Al Hancock remarks on penalties for slain officers. In Oslo Charles Chaplin will get a statue. sculptor Nils Aas to model.
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Kansas City
Rotary Club
Joseph D. McNamara
Russell Mesdagh
al Hancock
Oslo
Norway
Charles Chaplin
England
Arnijot Engh
Nils Aas
Missouri House Moves to Set Committee Structure
Missouri legislators return Monday to assign committees after reducing House panels from 41 to 35 and pledging proportional GOP Democrat representation. Senate rules discuss cutting totals or boosting membership as they plan constitutional amendments, financial oversight, and other bills, including campaign finance, farm corporate limits, food stamp fraud, mobile home width limits, and state mortgage lending rules.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
House
Richard Rabbitt
Senate
William Cason
Clinton
Judiciary Committee
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
Rules Committee
Cason
Appropriations Committee
Bucher's Exec Renews Pueblo Controversy
SAN DIEGO AP Former USS Pueblo executive officer Edward R Murphy charges Cmdr Lloyd Bucher with self centered antics that prolonged crew suffering at a Pueblo capture ceremony Murphy and another officer allegedly planned to man the vessel with a North Korean offer to return it to the U S The Pueblo was seized January 22 1968 and crew released December 22 1968 a court of inquiry once recommended court martial but the Navy vetoed the trial Murphy remains embittered by the incident.
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San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
Edward R. Murphy
Bucher
Murphy
Hawaii
Navy
CWO
Gene H. Lacy
U. S
Nixon marks 62nd birthday amid gown missing dispute
Richard Nixon spent a quiet 62nd birthday at his California home with Pat Nixon nearby as Rabbi Baruch Korff accused the government of withholding personal records and memorabilia. Korff cited missing items including Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s wedding dress and Pat Nixon’s inaugural gowns. A White House spokesman said funds for Nixon maintenance may cover such items, and talks continue between Nixon lawyers and government attorneys. President Ford called to wish him well.
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San Clemente
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Baruch Korff
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Pat Nixon
Rabbi Korff
Nixons
White House
Los Angeles Times
Pat
Four Raleigh sisters among shootings. man charged with murder
In Raleigh North Carolina four women were killed in shootings believed related. Joe Louis Harris 39 was charged with four counts of murder. Victims identified as Gertrude Harmon Azalee Jackson Burnice Harrington and Haveleigh White. Jackson's husband reportedly found in trunk of a car. Police noted lye assault charge against Harmon before the killings.
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Raleigh
N.C
Joe Louis Harris
Gertrude Clark Harmon
Azalee Clark Jackson
Burnice Clark Harrington
Haveleigh Monte Ravera White
Harmon
Harris
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Warry Belafonte As
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Try
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