Brock To Be GOP Chief
WILLIAM BROCK II won the GOP chairmanship on the final ballot, promising to rebuild the party from the bottom up and to reach out to new voters including Black support. He faces friction with current officeholders and criticized the Democratic Congress as corrupt and incompetent. The race followed Ford’s departure with Carter set to assume the presidency.
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Washington
William Brock
GOP
Brock
House
Senate
James Sasser
D-Tenn
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National Committee
Richard Richards
Utah
Ronald
Reagan
Ohio
Kent McGough
Robert Carter
Arthur Piatcher
White House
Ford
Carter
James Baker III
Baker
Party of
Lincoln and
Freedom
Smith
Democratic Congress
Hugh Scott
Georgia
Audrain Medical Center Offers Nursing Scholarships
Applications open for $1200 renewable nursing scholarships from Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary. High school seniors from AMC service area may apply. up to eight recipients chosen on nursing commitment, ability, academics, need, and integrity. Recipients sign a contract to work one year at AMC after graduation or repay funds. LPN scholarships of $285 available. applications due by April 1. Contact Mrs Nesheim at 731 Lakeview for details.
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Audrain Medical Center
H. I. Neghelm
AMC
Nesheim
School of Nursing
Neshelm
Lakeview
Georgians To Fill Carter's Staff In White House
AP reports Jimmy Carter will run a smaller White House with no single chief of staff. Top aides include Georgians Jody Powell Hamilton Jordan Stuart Eizenstat Jack Watson Jr Frank Moore Robert Lipshutz and Midge Costanza. Brzezinski leads foreign policy while Eizenstat handles domestic policy and Watson oversees programs and cabinet liaison. Powell says equal access to Carter and a wheel-like staff structure will keep communication open.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
Plains
Gerald Rafshoon
Jody Powell
Powell
Plains Hamilton
Jordan
Stuart Eizenstat
Eizenstat
Georgia
Jack Watson Jr
Watson
Frank Moore
Congress
Moore
House
Senate
Robert Lipshutz
Atlanta
Margaret ‘‘Midge
Costanza
Rochester
N.Y
Cochairperson
New York State
Matson
Zbigniew Brzezinski
National Security Council
State
Defense
Elzenstat
Hamilton Jordan
Hamilton
Ford Administration
Jim Cannon
Cannon
Bitter Winds Stir Missouri Snow and Cold Threats
Northerly winds of about 20 mph drove bitter cold across Missouri while central and northern areas faced up to three inches of snow. Forecasters warned of one of the coldest nights of the season with subzero readings in the northeast and single digits to below zero elsewhere. Travel warnings cited blowing snow and snow cover on major highways from the Iowa line to several towns.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Service
Missouri Highway Patrol
Iowa Line
St. Joseph
Holt
Chillicothe
Kirksville
Palmyra
U. S. 136
West Plains
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Vichy
Springfield
Monett
Note on car collision defies identity bystanders
A note left on a car after a minor backing incident reads I have just backed into your car. A lot of bystanders are watching me write this note. They think I'm leaving my name and address. They are wrong. The writer signs as TJ.
Aspen Seethes as Longet Conviction Divides Town
Aspen residents react to Claudine Longet guilty verdict for criminally negligent homicide over Sabich death. Many call for prison, lament not guilty of reckless manslaughter, while some defend or dismiss the outcome. Sentencing set for January 31 with up to two years in prison.
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Aspen
Colo
Claudine Longet
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
Not Guilty Says Miss Longet Jury Says Guilty
An Aspen jury convicts Claudine Longet of criminally negligent homicide in the March killing of Vladimir Spider Sabich. Longet protests innocence as Andy Williams supports her. defense plans an appeal after sentencing. The misdemeanor verdict carries up to 2 years in jail and a $5,000 fine.
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Sabich
Hotel Jerome
Aspen
Miss Longet
Main Street
Spidare
Miss Longer
Charles Weedman
Weedman
Spider
Claudine
Colo
Claudine Longet
Andy Williams
Williams
Vladimir ‘Spider’ Sabich
Ane
Las Vegas
Bypass Map Lines Questioned in Public Hearing
Missouri Highway Department will hold a Feb 3 public hearing on Highway 54 bypass routes. District Engineer Richard A. Jones notes maps display two discarded lines not under consideration, while the north corridor remains the favored route. Both proposed corridors would affect farmland.
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Missouri Highway Department
Richard A. Jones
The
Ledger
Jones
Union Church Road
South Fork River
Teal Lake Road
Green Refractories Co
South Fork
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Burlington Tracks
Benton City Road
Mexico
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Laas Ly
Pangake
Mexico United Methodist Church
Richard Vance
Daniel DeWolfe
Green Park
Jaycee Shelter
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