City to vote on one-cent sales tax proposal
City voters will decide March 2 on a one-cent city sales tax. City council heard supporters urge passage and merchants oppose. All present pledged to cut real estate and household goods taxes if approved. Councilman Tolson was out of town. About a dozen attendees discussed the reform law, led by Everett Van Matre.
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Harold Enslen
Leonard Snyder
Duane Rankin
Warner Williams
Herman Tolson
Everett van Matre
Reavis Rd
Williams
van Matre
Commerce and Development Commission
Mexico
Doug Alewel
E. Love St
Council
Alewel
Hannibal
Alenel
Eddie Sydenstricker
Webster Dr
Ninty
Satellite ready to lock in high orbit above Atlantic
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the IntelSat 4 satellite the largest ever zips around earth on an oval path as a ground station at Andover Maine plans to fire a motor to place the 3084 pound payload in stationary orbit 22300 miles above the equator. It will serve as a space relay linking North and South America Europe and Africa for telephone television radio and other signals.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Andover
Maine
North
South America
Europe
Africa
Nixon Urges Action on 40 Old Proposals in 1971
President Nixon in his first 1971 special message asked Congress to act quickly on 40 bills carried over from 91st Congress, including desegregation aid totaling 1.5 billion by mid 1972 and an antihijacking tax measure raising airline ticket duties. He urged prompt consideration and retention of key revenue sharing concepts from the State of the Union.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Institute of Education
Nun alleges government taps within Roman Catholic Church
In Harrisburg a nun claimed the U S government has tapped church telephone calls as part of a grand jury probe into an alleged bomb kidnapping plot. Sister Jaques Egan said evidence was obtained by illegal wire taps and that monitored communications involved church offices in New York Rome and across the United States. Authorities indicted several priests a former priest a Pakistani student and nuns in the case with arraignment set for February 8.
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Harrisburg
U.S
Jaques Egan
Roman Catholic Church of
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Sister Egan
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
Sister Jogues
Jack Levine
Herman
Levine
Philip Berrigan
Danbury
Conn
Eqbal Ahmad
Neil McLaughlin
Joseph Wonderoth
Anthony Scoblick
Baltimore
Elizabeth McAlister
South Orange
N.J
Father Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan
10 Below Today In Windy Outdoors
The forecast notes 10 below wind chill in windy outdoor conditions. The midday temperature hovered around 20 degrees with steady winds near 20 mph, making the wind chill feel like 10 below.
Chamber's Annual Dinner Is Tonight
More than 250 Chamber of Commerce members and guests will attend the installation banquet at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Professor Hugh Denney of the University of Missouri will be the featured speaker, with Rex Johnson of the Mexico Jaycees serving as master of ceremonies. Social hour starts at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Robert W. Ollis will be installed as chamber president for 1970-71, succeeding G. Andy Runge.
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Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Columbus
Hugh Denney
University of Missouri, Columbia
Rex Johnson
Mexico Jaycees
Robert W. Ollis
Andy Runge
Mexico Youth On Cover Photo For World Hunger Issue
Mexico youngsters form the cover of Survey the Presbyterian Church magazine highlighting World Hunger. The Hunger Hike last fall saw participants from Mexicaans marching 10 miles around Mexico to raise nearly 3000 dollars for Christian Rural Overseas Program. The hike was sponsored by the Mexico High School student council and six church denominations.
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Mexico
National
Presbyterian Church
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Presbyterian Magazine
Student Council of
Blood Drive Aims For 115 Pints At Two Mexico Visits
The Bloodmobile returns to Mexico for the fourth time this week aiming to collect 115 pints per visit to reach the local quota. Donors can give at A P Green Refractories Thursday from 11 am to 5 pm and at the Audrain County courthouse Friday from noon to 5 pm. Mrs Gene Howes notes sororities aid and telephoning efforts to urge donations, with 88 pints still needed to meet the goal.
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Mexico
Gene Howes
Bloodmobile
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Audrain County
Moonmen Train For Precise Apollo 14 Landing
Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa practiced a new landing method at Cape Kennedy to hit a pinpoint site on the rough Fra Mauro highlands. The mission aims for a final descent from 12 to 65 miles altitude with fuel-saving maneuvers and extended hover time for a smooth touchdown near Fra Mauro.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Spaceship
Moon
Fla Mauro Highlands
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Fra Mauro
Edgar Mitchell
Lunar
NASA
Why did you let your maid go Claire
In Amery Wisconsin the neighbor asks why Claire fired her maid. She explains that with an automatic kitchen and laundry and other gadgets she no longer needed help and instead hired a mechanic. The lighthearted exchange illustrates early domestic automation features in homes.
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Claire
Elaine
Amery
Wis
Bill Opens Way To Pollution Suits
JEFFERSON CITY AP A 1971 environmental protection act would let the attorney general, a local government, an association, or an individual sue any polluter of air, water, or resources. Other measures include autos insurance rules, open meetings records, sales tax audits, higher judge retirement benefits, a contractors board, plumbing licensing, workers’ comp protections, and municipal insurance for St. Louis employees.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Jack Schramm
University City
Patrick J. O'Connor
D-Bridgeton
State Department of Revenue
Senate
Missouri Contractors’ Administration Board
St. Louis City
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Mo. Dept. of Revenue
Sydenstricker
Calvin E. Sims
J. C. Penney
Hopkins
Elm Tree Dr
Mexico City
Columbia
Kirby Allen
Woodman Ave
Allen
Jerry Robinson
Robinson Oil Co
Chrysler
Leslie Hahn
Robinson
Western
Jackson St
Ledger
Chamber
Bill
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