FDA weighs morning after pill approval decision
Washington AP reports the Food and Drug Administration will decide in weeks whether to approve the morning after pill, already used on campuses. DES, linked to vaginal and uterine cancer in daughters of mothers who used it, remains under scrutiny as experts discuss its safety and efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
A.L. Herbst
Harvard Medical School
Des
Lucille
Eg) Kuchera
University of Michigan
Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Wu Ching-hua on stage at revolutionary theater in China
The writer describes a Wu Ching-hua portrayal in a Chinese revolutionary play at a packed theater. The vivid dialogue and propagandist moments celebrate Maoist ideals, with a Red Army uprising, landlord oppression, and mass support, contrasting it with American views of Nixon and distant wars. The piece closes noting a forthcoming visit to a carp farm.
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Wu Ching-hua
China
Hung Chang-ching
Red Army
Wu Chinghua
Mao
Communist Party
Chiang Kai-shek
Hung
Mao Tse-tung
America
Nixon
Gen
Washington
City On Letter Won't Get It There
Mexicoans have been writing only City on mail, causing many returned letters marked no such number or address unknown. Arland J D Peck, postal officer, explains area mail processing sends mail to Columbia for sorting, where City means nothing. He urges use of complete addresses including box or street number, city, state and ZIP, and to use correct local or out of town boxes.
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Arland JD. Peck
Postoffice
Columbia
Columbia Postoffice
Peck
Mexico Postoffice
Missouri hearing on bill to merge small rural schools
An overflow crowd attended a hearing on a House bill that would require state boards to merge substandard rural elementary districts into larger neighboring districts if they fail to meet standards for two consecutive years. The bill targets districts with 20 to 400 pupils, with opponents arguing it could erase one room schools and hurt towns. The sponsor noted a 1975 effective date and proposed amendments to ease the impact.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Education Committee
State Board of Education
Ken Kirchner
Kirchner
Victor Glade
Columbia
Jerry Thieman
Raymondville
Clark
High Point
Ottasi Kegelman
Jennings
Spring Bluff
Franklin County
St. Louis County
Wayne Goode
Bond Extends Truck License Registration Deadline
Gov. Bond issued an order extending the deadline for truck trailer and dealer license registrations to midnight February 16. The prior extensions moved the date from January 13 to January 15, then January 31. He said this would be the final extension.
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Jefferson City
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Watergate Analysis Questions Wuestion remains after trial
AP analysis notes remaining questions about why Republicans spied on Democrats, the role of political strategy, and possible broader espionage. Key figures Liddy McCord Stans Mitchell Sloan Baldwin Hunt are referenced as witnesses, with jurists pressing for full answers.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
Asst. U.S. Atty
Earl J. Silbert
Greene Jaeger Named Sergeants In Mexico Public Safety
Two Mexico Public Safety Department officers, Robert Greene and Earl Jaeger, are promoted to sergeants effective Feb. 1 after promotional exams. The process included a 120 question written test worth 50 percent, panel interviews 30 percent, and 20 percent for length of service. Greene joined in 1966 and serves as patrolman with special investigator duties since 1972. Jaeger began in 1964, left, then returned in 1968 and has been a patrolman. They will report to Lt. Maurice Griffin and Lt. Jack Park respectively. Clarence Becker already holds sergeant rank.
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Mexico
Paul Walker
Moberly
Bill Hilton
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Sheryl Ligon
Mexico City
Greene
Missouri State Highway Academy
Jefferson City
Kansas Police Officers Training School
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Maurice Griffin
Jaeger
U.S. Army
State Hospital
Fulton
Jack Park
Clarence Becker
Witschey Retires From A P Green Refractories Co
Ray A. Witschey a longtime Mexico based engineer for A P Green Refractories retires after 34 years with the firm. He studied ceramic engineering at Ohio State, worked at Battelle Memorial Institute, and held sales and marketing roles in Chicago Mexico Tarentum and Glenshaw. He and his wife Catherine plan to reside in Glenshaw Pa with two married daughters Elizabeth and Catherine Jane.
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Ray A. Witschey
Mexico
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Witschey
R.E. McIntosh
Ray
Ohio State University
Green Company
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Canada
Chile
American Ceramic Society
American Institute of Metallurgical Engineers
Catherine
Glensow
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth
Catherin Jane
Plumbers Earn More Than Department Head
San Francisco water department plumbers will earn more than the general manager’s 1972 salary of 35,000, per a grand jury. Jurors urged re evaluation of overtime and working conditions for craftsmen to prevent wages from exceeding top executives.
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San Francisco
City Water Department
Open Meeting Bill Stalled In Senate
The Open Meetings Bill stalls in the Senate after a failed effort to strike a clause allowing closed sessions under certain conditions. Debate focused on whether political parties are governmental bodies and should be covered. Sen. Cason’s bill faces another round as amendments falter and political parties’ closed meetings spark contention.
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Jefferson City
Senate
William J. Cason
Cason
Donald Manford
Ckansas City
Rules Committee
Manford
Clifford Jones
Brentwood
Larry Marshall
Columbia
Earl Blackwell
Hillsboro
Clinton
Blackwell
Edward T. Linehan
Dst. Louis
Linehan
Paul R. Bradshaw
Springfield
Amendment on secrecy and jury rights debated in Senate
The Senate considered a rules committee amendment to keep juvenile and parole hearings secret while requiring roll call votes to be recorded only when such votes occur. Ordered printed for final consideration was Bradshaw's bill allowing judges to permit a jury to separate or recess in all cases except capital punishment, without defense or prosecuting attorney consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Rules Committee
Bradshaw
Where Do You Put Taillight On A Horse?
ST. LOUIS AP officers discuss equipping mounted patrols with taillights via belt attachments and illuminated gear to alert motorists. Maj. Walter Dorn notes interest in practical safety devices to protect horse and rider while evaluating feasibility.
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ST. Louis
Police Department
Philadelphia Police Department
Maj
Walter Dorn
Denisones Welcome Daughter Elizabeth Christing
Dr and Mrs William R Denison of Houston Texas announce the birth of their first child a daughter born at 11 12 am Tuesday at Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed 7 11 4 and has been named Elizabeth Christing. Mrs Denison is formerly Linda Kay Daniel daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles G Daniel ITI of 2221 S Clark St.
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William R. Denison
Houston
Tex
Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Christing
Denison
Linda Kay Daniel
Charles G. Daniel
ITI
Clark St
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Maurice H. Stans
Secretary of Commerce
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Sloan
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Alfred C. Baldwin III
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the Times
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Virginia
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Green Co
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