Dock Law Must Wait
President Nixon seeks immediate action to end the West Coast dock workers walkout with a bill to force 13,000 workers back to piers by federal arbitration. Congress signals hearings likely no earlier than midweek. plan calls for a three member panel to finalize settlement within 40 days, binding for 18 months.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Federal
Senate
House
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
White House
Biscayne
Fla
Laurence
Silberman
Secretary of Labor
Robert Packwood
R-Ove
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Packwood
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Senate Labor Committee
Frank Thompson Jr
House Labor Subcommittee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
ILWU
Democrats accuse Nixon of prolonging war in TV rebuttal
The Associated Press reports Democrats blasted President Nixon in a national TV and radio rebuttal to the State of the Union, accusing him of extending the Vietnam conflict and neglecting domestic needs. Panel members urged total U.S. troop withdrawal and criticized Nixon for urban, economic, and social issues.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Robert Dole
Kansas
GOP
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Congress
Frank Church
Idaho
Vietnam
Church
Dole
White House
Democratic Party
Mrs. Clyde Walker Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Clyde Walker 87 of 415 N Calhoun St died at 10 30 am at Audrain Medical Center after a brief illness. She worked 25 years at Continental Bank Supply Co and later was secretary to former Prosecuting Attorney Lon J Levins until 1960. She was vice chair of Bruce Circle United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Born April 20 1904 near Rush Hill to John Henry and Nellie Walters Phillips. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev Jeff Marsh. burial East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Eastern Star rites 7 30 pm Monday at the funeral home. Survived by husband Clyde three sisters and a brother.
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Clyde Walker
N. Calhoun St
Audrain Medical Center
John Henry
Nellie Walters Phillips
Precht- Pickering
Jeff Marsh
Mexico United
Clyde
Thomas Shire
Mexico
Roy Talbott
Laddonia
Grace Glover
Jefferson City
Joseph Phillips
Palo Alto
Calif
Corn Profits and Bean Yields Highlight Audrain Contest
In Audrain County last night over 80 farmers gathered for the Corn and Soybean Profit contest. Winners include Robert Schutte earning $93.12 per acre on 169.5 bushels of corn, Edwin Davis $85.98 on irrigated 193.5 bushels, and Tom Talley Jr. $78.25. Soybean profits top honors go to Joe and Anthony Becker of Martinsburg with $94.20, Gene Davis second at $94.12, and Wayne Robertson $93.71. Robertson also wins the yield contest with 59.3 bushels per acre. extension notes compare profits and yields to past years and state averages.
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Robert Schutte
East of Mexico
Edwin Davis
Tom Talley Jr
James Holtcamp
Clarence Deichman
Donald Schutte
Joe Williams
Wayne Robertson
Gerald Schutte
Fred Kohl
Herman Wright
J. E. Wenger
John Reidel
Joe Wieberg
Joe
Anthony Becker
Martinsburg
Gene Davis
Laddonia
St. Louis
Schnarre
Britain Signs In For United Europe
AP reports Prime Minister Edward Heath signed Britain into the European Common Market alongside Ireland Norway and Denmark as they seek full membership by Jan 1 1973. Heath urged a united Europe with stronger East West relations while noting member nations will gradually reduce tariffs and align external trade policies.
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Brussels
Edward Heath
Britain
Europe
Soviet Union
Heath
Ireland
Norway
Denmark
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgium
United States
Commonwealth
Egmont Palace
Tank Car Blast Shakes Wide Area in Illinois Yard
An explosion in a two Alton & Southern Railway tank cars yard near downtown East St. Louis shattered windows for miles and injured dozens as fire broke out. Police and sheriff’s deputies confined the area while fire crews from Monsanto Sauget and local hospitals treated the injured. The blast, caused by a rupture during transfer, was felt as far as Collinsville ten miles away.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Alton & Southern Railway Co
Madison
St. Clair
Monsanto Co
Sauger
Christian Welfare
St. Mary’s Hospitals
Collinsville
Comp Law Puts Out 5000 In Unemployment Checks Here
The new unemployment compensation act released about 40 local residents from Audrain and Montgomery Counties to receive two weeks of extended benefits now, with a third week to follow and 10 more weeks if unemployment continues. The Missouri Division of Employment Security issued the checks after Gov. Hearnes signed the emergency bill, with 300 to 350 area residents eligible to file for extended benefits. Each weekly payment ranges from 3 to 57 dollars, based on base-period earnings, and no backdating applies.
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Missouri Division of Employment Security
Warren Hearnes
Eugene Richardson
Bill Joca
Mexico Chest distributes 1971 funds at 75 percent
The Mexico Community Chest allocated its $37,762.50 1971 collections to participating agencies after reaching 75 percent of its $51,000 goal. Checks were presented by drive chairman Jim Resnicek to Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Mexico Recreation Commission CP School USC American Red Cross Mexico Branch Missouri Diabetes Assn Mexico Social Service Mexico Youth Center East Missouri Mental Health Assn Salvation Army. Three Community Chest board members retired Art Dever Bryan Webber and Mrs Marjorie Lesar with replacements to be appointed soon, said Norm Genthon.
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The
Mexico
Missouri court allows challenge to school funding in KC district
A federal judge in Kansas City refused to halt the firing of 150 teachers and nurses amid a budget cut, but agreed to hear a civil suit challenging Missouri's property tax based financing of public education. Plaintiffs include the Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Truman Holsman, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Spencer. defendants are the district, its leaders, and four state officials. The suit claims the funding system violates the 14th Amendment equal protection clause.
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Kansas City
Willian R. Collinson
Missouri
Kansas City Federation of Teachers
Truman Holsman
Marion Spencer
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Audrain County
Dale Schnarre
Ed Davis
Becker Bros
Kermit Head
MFA
Becker Brothers
Clyde Brown
Mexico Soil Service
Joe Becker
Mr. Brown
Richard Vance
Public Television
Mississippi
Miami Beach
U.S. Court of Appeals
Postal Service
United Europe
Common Market Executive Commission
Japan
New Zealand
Community Chest
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