Utility Lobbyists Push Rate Restriction Bills in Missouri
Regulated utilities sent 35 lobbyists to the Missouri Capitol as part of 276 formal registrations to influence the 1977 session. Expenditures totaled over $64,000 with $21,000 on entertaining lawmakers, including an $800 reception for new legislators. Sixteen lobbyists reported political contributions over $9,200. Governors Teasdale and lawmakers frame utilities as aggressive while pushing consumer protection proposals and opposition to rate hikes.
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Jefferson City
State Capitol
House
Senate
Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Teasdale
Missouri Public Service Commission
Union Electric Co
St. Louis
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Kcp&l
PSC
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Teasdale
Public Service Commission
Commission
In Death Gilmore Got What He Wanted
Gary Mark Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah, and minutes after death his body was prepared for medical use. The cremation occurred in Provo per his instructions, with ashes to be scattered over Provo and Springville. The report notes his organs were removed for possible transplant research though kidneys were deemed nonviable.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Provo
Springville
Nicole Barrett
Mr. Gilmore
United States
Ford Plans Pardon For Tokyo Rose
President Ford intends to pardon D Aquino, one of the women behind Tokyo Rose propaganda broadcasts to U S service members. Convicted of treason in 1949, she served 60 years in prison before moving to Chicago to run an Oriental gift shop. Her trial and conduct remain central to debate over wartime justice.
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Washington
Ford
Iva
Togarh D'Aquino
Imen Ag “Pokyo
White House
Pars
D’ Aquino
Pacific
San Francisco
Chicago
Justice Dept Prepares for Swine Flu Suit Wave
The Justice Department anticipates a long lawsuit wave over the suspended swine flu inoculation program. About 1,000 vaccinated individuals seek claim information and as many as 5,000 claims may arrive. Initial claims totalled over $1 million, including two large death-related filings.
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Washington
Justice Department
Public Health Service
Oklahoma
Neil Peterson
Supreme Court Seeks More Office Space and New Court Building
Chief Justice Robert E Seiler urged Missouri lawmakers to relocate the Attorney General from the Supreme Court building to free space for the high court and to fund a new Kansas City District Court building. He urged pay raises for clerks and juvenile officers and noted 3500 small claims filed after the new small claims law.
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Jefferson City
John Ashcroft
Supreme Court
Robert E.seiler
Seiler
High Court
Ashcroft
State Appeals Court
Kansas City
Court of Appeals
Jackson County
J.P. Morgan
St. Louis
Slow Growth In Economy Shows Weak Final Quarter
Washington AP reports the economy grew at an annual 3 percent in Oct-Dec, the slowest since 1974-76 recessions. Unemployment rose to 8.0 percent, inflation 6.2 percent, and GNP reached 1,602.4 billion for the year with inflation-adjusted gain 6.2 percent. President Ford’s and Carter’s outlooks are contrasted amid modest gains and forecasts of 5–5.5 percent for the coming year. Muhammad Ali eyes Beatles reunion for a global charity drive aiming to raise 200 million dollars to aid poor children and establish an international help agency.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jimmy Carter
Ford
NEW York (Ap
Muhammad Ali
New York Daily News
Election Set For Gant Seat in Missouri Senate race
INDEPENDENCE Missouri AP Democrat Mitzi Overman Independence city council will run against Republican Gerald E Winship in a Feb 15 special election to fill the Missouri Senate seat created when Jack Gant was appointed Jackson County Circuit Court judge. Winship is a savings and loan executive and chairman of the Jackson County Board of Elections Commissioners.
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Independence
Mitzi Overman
Gerald E. Winship
Missouri Senate
Overman
Democratic County Committee
Senate
Winship
Savings and Loan
Jackson County Board of Elections Commissioners
Jack Gant
Jackson County
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Missouri Farm Bureau
Shoppers’ Guide
Charlton Heston
John Cassavetes
Universal Picture
Tokyo Rose
King Eerie Ect
Kline
Daily Service
Everett, Wash
Public Library
Diala
Justice Dept
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Peterson
Health Service
Philadelphia
Flushing
N.Y
Ali
Gant
Eer
Kelly Lay
Kelly Furniture
East Highway
Mexico
Plaid
Simmons
Kelly Furniture East
Missouri
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