Hike In REA Interest Rate Denounced
ST. LOUIS AP reports anger at the Nixon administration plan to end the Rural Electrification Act two percent loans. The program shifts to five percent under the 1972 Rural Development Act, prompting critics like House Speaker Carl Albert and CWA chief Joseph Beirne to condemn the change while REA officials seek an orderly transition and possible emergency funds for affected cooperatives. The policy shift threatens rural electric systems serving about 10 percent of Americans across 70 percent of the land, with officials noting additional funds may be available for those financially hurt.
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ST. Louis
Nixon
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
REA
Congress
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
White House
David A. Hamil
Hamil
Gene Porter
Sedgwick County Electrical Cooperative Association
Cheney
Kan
Robert D. Partridge
America
Teller To Study Kra Canal Plan With Nuclear Excavation
Dr. Edward Teller, famed as father of the hydrogen bomb, arrives in Bangkok to discuss a possible Kra Isthmus canal by nuclear excavation. Officials will be shown a $500,000 six month survey evaluating Project Plowshare and its use to connect the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea.
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Bangkok
Edward Teller
Kra Isthmus
Thailand
Teller
Kra
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Lincoln University Buys Mobile Lab For Nutrition Survey
Jefferson City Missouri Lincoln University has bought a mobile laboratory to aid a state wide nutrition survey. The unit will gather data on nutrition and income across ages from infants to 60 years and will be staffed by a doctor and dentist for six months. The effort is supported by a 483000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and will help develop a university curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Lincoln University
U.S. Department of
Three Sisters Join Women's Army Corps In Utah
Three Salt Lake City sisters Wanda Lee Paula Marie and Pamela Louise Weimer are to be sworn in as Women’s Army Corps members with Brig Gen Mildred C Bailey administering the oath. They will report to Fort McClellan Alabama for basic training then attend a 10 week communications course at Fort Gordon Georgia. Wanda a BYU graduate worked in Provo for the LDS Church Paula and Pamela studied at BYU and Ricks College respectively Wanda says she recruited her sisters.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Army
Women's Army Corps
Wanda Lee
Paula Marie
Pamela Louise
Norris Weimer
Mildred C. Bailey
Women’s Army Corps
Army Recruiting Office
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Ft. Gordon
Wanda
Brigham Young University
Provo
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Paula
BYU
Pamela
Ricks College
Rexburg
Idaho
Bond Challenges Businesses To Hire Ex-Prisoners
Missouri Gov. Christopher S Bond urged business leaders at the Midwest Criminal Justice Seminar to hire former offenders and to improve training in correctional institutions. He called for support of halfway houses and said the system must deter detect convict and correct, with community involvement to make corrections successful.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Midwest
House Gets Volkmer's Short Bill
Missouri House receives a 27 page reform bill by Rep. Harold Volkmer outlining a state government reorganization in 13 departments and an administration office. The measure mirrors the Senate version but omits detailed changes, with a revision bill planned later to finalize specifics. A companion joint resolution seeks voter approval to amend the constitution and create a compensation commission for executive, judicial and legislative branches.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
Harold L. Volkmer
Hannibal
Volkmer
William J. Cason
Clinton
Cason
Albert M. Spradling
Dcape Girardeau
Executive Branch
Spradling
Legislative Research Committee
Kenneth J. Rothman
Missouri House considers tax credits and charter form bills
The Missouri House introduced over 40 bills in a brief Tuesday session. Measures include state income tax credits for property taxes or rent for residents over 65 and a proposal allowing any city or county to adopt a charter form of government. Juvenile sentencing reform and employment reporting for public assistance were also proposed. In St Louis, a GOP fundraising dinner drew about 1,000 attendees at $100 each to cover campaign debts, with Gov Bond defending cross party appointments and urging unity.
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Clayton
Richard Rabbitt
St. Louis
Robert 0. Snyder
Kirkwood
State Board of Training Schools
John Blassie
Rabbitt
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
John C. Danforth
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