Exemption Proposal Gathers Steam In Wage Talks
Washington AP report notes Cost of Living Council weighing a $1.90 hourly exemption from wage controls while Pay Board backs retroactive raises up to 7 percent for most increases and reviews higher sums for large pay scales. political pressure and court actions loom as aerospace unions seek full 12 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Congress
Nixon
Council
Pay Board
George H. Boldt
Aerospace
Los Angeles
Jim Quillan
International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
United
Auto Workers Union
Quillen
Justice Department
Florida
Futura, Inc
Tallahassee
Internal Revenue Service
Department
Edward A. Tamm
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Warren Burger
Warren Burger To Head the New Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
the Price Commission
Schoolgirl Habit Costs $100 Week
A 16 year old high school girl in Muskogee Oklahoma says she has a 100 a week drug habit and supplies about 100 other students. She was arrested at Muskogee High School and officers seized syringes narcotics marijuana and other equipment from her locker. District Attorney Jim Conrad says she has enough narcotics to fuel her own habit and to supply four months for others. Three men were later arrested in related raids on several charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Muskogee High School
Dist
Jim Conrad
Conrad
Nixon weighs further Vietnam troop withdrawals and endgame
President Nixon signaled another April announcement to pull back 35 000 to 45 000 troops, aiming for a residual force of 25 000 to 35 000. Earlier he ordered 70 000 withdrawn by May 1, shrinking U S military presence in Vietnam to 69 000 by that date and promising another pullout before May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Gifford Opens Mexico Recreation Center Grand Opening
William Gifford of Thompson buys the Mexico Recreation Center at 213 S. Jefferson St. and plans a grand opening Saturday. The rebuilt venue offers a coffee shop with snacks, sandwiches, pizza, ice cream, five billiard tables, pinball machines and other family friendly entertainments. Gifford, a 25 year Mexico resident, lives with his wife Jean and son Harvey Lin on a farm four miles west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William (Junior) Gifford
Thompson
Mexico Recreation Center
S. Jefferson St
Gifford
Montgomery County
Mexico Area
Jean
Harvey Lin
Mexico
Economy slows in 1971 after strong first quarter
The Commerce Department revised gross national product for the first nine months of 1971 showing 2.7 percent growth in the July to September period, well below pace needed to reduce unemployment. GNP inflation fell to 2.5 percent in Q3, the lowest since 1967, amid tax changes and wage price controls.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Congress
Nixon
Sanctuary Sailor Punished On Ship
San Diego AP report says Douglas J. Nelson a 22 year old San Jose sailor who sought sanctuary in a La Jolla Friends Hall was sentenced to 30 days correctional custody aboard the carrier Hancock and reduced one pay grade from petty officer third class to airman. He had been absent without authorization for two days and attempted to miss the ship's sailing while stationed at Miramar. Nelson said he sought discharge as a conscientious objector. The punishment was imposed by the ship's captain after the Navy flew him to the aircraft carrier near Alameda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
San Jose
Navy
Douglas J. Nelson
Naval
Nelson
Miramar Naval Air Station
la Jolla Friends Hall
Hancock
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco
Stout's Appeal Argued Before Missouri Supreme Court
Jerry Lynn Stout's appeal from a 1968 murder conviction was argued before the Missouri Supreme Court. Defense contends neutron activation analysis evidence was illegal and prejudicial, while prosecutors defend the method as a landmark yet admissible scientific technique. The decision could shape future criminal trials and is expected before mid February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Supreme Court
Jerry Lynn Stout
Judy Frieders
Columbia
Stout
Mexico
van Matre
Centralia
Carol Baskin
Cass County
Harrisonville
Kansas City
George Leddicotte
University of Missouri
Leddicotte
Kimberlin
Michael O'Neal
State Attorney General's Office
J. P. Morgan
O'Neal
O’neal
Supreme Court
Tribune
Bands Battle At MMA Game Clashes In Halftime Show
Missouri Military Academy Silex hosts the sixth annual battle of the bands during halftime of a varsity basketball game. Pandemonium See-Saw from the high school faces Cosmic Spectrum from the Junior School, the first junior group ever entered. Bands perform selections of their own choosing before a panel of three judges. The game tips off at 8 p.m. after a 6 30 p.m. junior varsity start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Military Academy-Silex
the Collection
Kevin Gordon
Yates
Terry Cobb
Branson
Paul Opie
Paris
Dennis Bordner
Kansas City
Mike Knoll
Freeburg
Tom Holman
Belleville
Begs Her Way To Super Bowl
Marilyn Taylor, a 22 year old Bentley College senior, walked Waltham Street asking for dimes with a placard seeking a trip to the Super Bowl. A Boston travel agency, Vacations Inc., donated a $250 round trip first class ticket after a special board meeting, providing her a seat on the Sunday flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham, Mass
Marilyn Taylor
New Orleans
Waltham Street
Boston
Vacations Inc
Miss Taylor
Bentley College
Green Hat Bandit Robs Bank in San Francisco
The robber who flashed a note at a Bank of America teller Thursday fled with $1,100. He wore a green derby hat and white coveralls during the holdup in San Francisco. The incident is being investigated by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bank of America
Mrs King Pushes Jan 15 Holiday for King Memorial
Atlanta widow Coretta King advocates a national holiday honoring her husband Martin Luther King Jr born Jan 15 1929. She leads a $6 million to $7 million Institute of Nonviolent Social Change project at the future Freedom Hall site near the tomb and Ebenezer Church to educate, train teachers, and promote nonviolence globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin
Coretta King
King
Memphis
Tenn
Georgia
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Missouri nursing student trains in Mexico program
University of Missouri School of Nursing student Edith Finke of Shelbyville begins an eight week community nurse training with the Audrain County Health Department under Mrs Gayle Lierheimer. She is one of 19 seniors in a statewide program mixing theory and eight weeks of clinical experience across counties. Cheryl Holder of Perryville is assigned to Mrs Jewell Ernst at Montgomery County Nursing Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri School of Nursing
Gayle Lierheimer
Audrain County Health Department
Edith Finke
Shelbyville
Jewell Ernst
Montgomery County
Missouri Farm Income Up 4 Percent 1971 Strong Outlook 1972
Jefferson City AP. Missouri farmers posted a 4 percent rise in realized net income for 1971 to 965 million, with an average per-farm income of 4050 dollars. Gross receipts reached about 1.6 billion, up 3 percent, while exports climbed 21 percent to 275.1 million for the fiscal year. Davis forecasts 1972 income around 585 million and stronger farm investment as rural youth stay on the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Dexter Davis
Davis
Baron von Red Dog Ride Freeway Motorcycle
Los Angeles AP reports three Superior Court judges review whether Baron von Red Dog on John Miller’s motorcycle constitutes an unsafe load after Alhambra judge fined Miller $14 and denied a jury trial. Miller appeals claiming the crime classification is a legislative invention and Baron’s seating was chosen by the dog. No decision date yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Baron von Red Dog
John Miller
Superior Court
San Bernardino
Miller
Alhambra
Lothrop E. Smith
Baron
von Red Dog
Oklahoma City man reports wrong telephone alert about Nixon
An Oklahoma City advertising worker claimed a late night call involved a red alert and downed F-104s tied to unidentified objects. White House and NORAD denied any alert or Nixon call, saying the president was home and the term red alert is outdated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Nixon
White House
Bill Eckhardt
The
Oklahoma Publishing Co
Air Force
North American Air Defense Command
New Mexico
Washington
Ann Grier
NORAD
George Jones
Defense Department
Eckhardt
Roof Lodging Case Brings $15 Fine In Boise
A 24 year old man who slept nine months on a six story Boise roof was fined $15 for lodging without permission. He kept his belongings in a bus station locker and said indoor sleeping made him ill. Judge Johnson withheld his name, noting the man has a steady job and appeared content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise, Idaho
Boise
Edward A. Johnson
Johnson
Sonna
Mexico Ledger Publication Rates and Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo. Rates shown for mail and carrier delivery across various counties and out of state with military member pricing. Office hours are 8 00 am to 5 30 pm weekdays and 8 40 am to 3 00 am Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Monday Hog Sale Time Change At Central Missouri Auction
Slaughter hog sales at Central Missouri Livestock Auction will begin at 8 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. Arrival deadline is 12 noon for a day’s sale. Hogs arriving before noon sell that day. those arriving after noon sell the next day, per a spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Missouri Livestock Auction
Chaplin to Accept Honorary Oscar in Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin, 82, is expected to travel from Switzerland to receive an Academy Award honorary to be presented at the April 10 ceremony at the Los Angeles Music Center. The award notes his incalculable impact on making motion pictures a leading art form this century.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
United States
Motion Picture Academy
Chaplin
Daniel Taradash
Academy
Switzerland
Los Angeles Music Center
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