Group Offers $125 Million To Buy Kansas City Star
Capital Cities Communications of New York offers $125 million to acquire Kansas City Star Co. Stockholders vote on the bid. Star directors unanimously approve submitting the offer to holders, with 11 percent of shares to be tendered. If 75 percent of each share class accepts, Star’s 50 year employee ownership ends. The Star employs about 2,500 people and owns other mills and papers. Capital Cities already owns several papers and media outlets. The offer equals $139.54 a share, above book value. The bid remains open for 15 days unless extended.
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Kansas City Star Co
Capital Cities Communications, Inc
New York
Star
Capital Cities
W.W. Baker
The
Star Co
Flambeau Paper Co
Park Falls
Wis
Graham Paper Co
St. Louis
Thomas S. Murphy
Fort Worth
Tex
Star-Telegram
Oakland Free Press
Pontiac
Mich
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Ill
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California
Texas
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Michigan
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Rhode Island
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Women’s Wear
Securities and Exchange Commission
Pinked Protest Forces Battle Over ERA in Missouri Capitol
In Jefferson City Mo a 2000 strong protest of women wearing pink demanding defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment unfolded in the Capitol Rotunda amid ongoing national and state efforts to ratify the measure. Anne McGraw of Stop ERA Missouri predicted another defeat in 1977 while Indiana joined 35 states approving ERA. Think Pink demonstrators then lobbied legislators.
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Missouri
Capitol
U.S
Constitution
Anne McGraw
Indiana
ERA
Ice clog cripples midwest rivers hurting power plants
Ice piles up to twelve feet on parts of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and commercial traffic slows to a trickle. Lockmaster Floyd Wade says the freeze is among the worst in six decades as officials warn cutbacks in power production and industry may be felt from Illinois toward Pennsylvania.
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ST. Louis
Midwest
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Floyd Wade
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mel
Cleaver Featured In Baptist Campaign Fort Worth Texas
Eldridge Cleaver a former Black Panther leader is among several notable figures in a Texas Baptist churches mass media campaign. The effort aims to support evangelistic ministries across 4400 churches and includes TV and radio spots featuring Becky Reid Billy Johnson Jeannie C. Riley and Dean Jones.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Eldridge Cleaver
Black Panther Party
Texas Baptist Churches
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Becky Reid
Dallas
Houston
Billy
White Shoes’ Johnson
Jeannie C. Riley
Dean Jones
Tax Man Opens Weekly Help Sessions in Mexico Missouri
Tom Bardwell of Jefferson City, a Missouri Department of Revenue representative, assists residents with Missouri Income Tax forms in Mexico. He will operate alternate Tuesdays until April 15 from 9 am to 4 pm at the courthouse office once held by the school superintendent on the top floor.
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Tom Bardwell
Jefferson City
Missouri Department, of Revenue
Mexico
Missouri
New Prison Site Choice By May 1
Harrisonville Missouri officials and about 75 residents heard Missouri Division of Corrections head Edward Haynes say a site for a $21 million medium security prison housing 500 inmates will be chosen by May 1. The project would bring about $3 million annually to the area and use local professionals to support in-house staff. A six member Chamber of Commerce committee on community reaction reports a response study due this week.
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Missouri Division of Corrections
Edward Haynes
Chamber of Commerce
Haynes
Lley
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Greater, Missouri
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