Tail Light Bill advances from committee in 78th General Assembly
Transportation committee unani mously approves House Bill 1514 sponsored by Rep. Ray Hamlett of the 48th district to regulate motor vehicle tail lamps and reflectors amid inspection concerns. The measure moves to the House floor as the session notes more than 770 House bills and 400 Senate bills introduced. A separate open window bill by Rep. Richard DeCoster seeks required public hearings before property tax rate setting.
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Ray Hamlett
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
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Richard DeCoster
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Vandiver Village
Mexico
Man Accused In School Incident Tries Hanging
CHICAGO police report a 21 year old man, Carl Thurmond, accused of assaulting a first grade teacher in a public safety building. He attempted suicide in a jail cell, revived by officers, and later identified in a lineup by the teacher and a student. He faces charges of attempted robbery, burglary, armed assault, unlawful restraint, and related counts.
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Chicago
Carl Roy Thurmond
Thurmond
World's Tallest Man Tries For Normal Life
Chicago AP reports Don Koehler eight foot two inches tall, listed in Guinness as the world's tallest living person. The 50 year old veteran advertising assistant seeks a normal life, recounting humorous legs pinched by old women, avoids sideshows, and lives as a salesman. He belongs to Tall Clubs International, finds apartments with high ceilings, and travels by jetliner for eight foot ceilings. He recalls a rare scary incident when two men demanded his car after a late card game.
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Chicago
Don Koehler
Koehler
Tall Clubs International
Talsoran
Sinatra decline as witness in CIA Castro plots probe
Washington AP The Senate intelligence committee staff will recommend against calling Frank Sinatra as a witness saying he would not add information on CIA plots against Fidel Castro. The panel plans to vote to turn over files to Justice Department lawyers probing former CIA Director Richard Helms and others.
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Frank Sinatra
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Fidel) Castro
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John Rosselli
Frank Church
Didaho
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Exner
Sinatra
Juvenile Office Show On Channel 12 TV Program
A half hour color program on Channel 12 See-Tv features the juvenile office of the 12th judicial circuit and its detention center in Mexico. Film crews shot the facility and staff last August. The program compares local juvenile procedures with Kansas City and rural areas. Produced by Ed Fillmer for the Rural Electrification Association of Missouri.
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Mexico
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Kansas City
Ed Fillmer
Station Kyiv
Springfield
Rural Electrification Association of Missouri
Channel 12
Man Dies In Squalor At 87 Leaving 1.5 Million
In Miami Beach an 87-year-old man died amid filth and roaches after refusing to bathe or change clothes. Police estimate an estate of at least 1.5 million, with bequests to cousins and New York friends and much to Israeli schools. An administrator from New York was named for the estate, while a doctor's diploma suggested a past engineering doctorate.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Emery Zerick
David Geiger
Zerick
Gelgor
New York
Israel
Alma Siegel
Night School Enrollment Opens February Second
Mexico Evening School begins second semester night classes at 7 00 PM on February 2 at Mexico High School. Offerings include antique clock repair furniture refinishing and woodworking guitar courses sewing and crafts plus college credit courses from NE Missouri State University and University of Missouri Extension options. Call 581 5684 for information or reservations.
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Mexico Evening School
Mexico High School
N.E. Mo. State University
University of Missouri Extension
Death Penalty In Five States Up For Review
The Supreme Court will hear March 30 and 31 arguments on death penalty laws in Georgia Texas North Carolina Florida and Louisiana. The five states reflect varying approaches since the 1972 ruling. The court seeks a ruling by late June.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
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