Gas Tax Hike Would Boost Area City Revenues
The Missouri Transportation and Development Council pushes a statewide petition to raise the gas tax from seven to ten cents per gallon. If approved, counties would receive 15 percent of funds, cities 15 percent, with the state taking 70 percent. Example figures show ledgers like Mexico rising to about 145,795 and several smaller towns also gaining substantially. The plan aims to fund roads and bridges, with election timing undecided as petition efforts continue.
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Missouri Transportation and Development Council
Missouri
Mexico
Auxvasse
Bellflower
Centralia
Farber
Jonesburg
Laddonia
Martinsburg
Middletown
Montgomery City
New Florence
Paris
Perry
Sturgeon
Vandalia
Wellsville
Hamburgers Wheeling To Mexico Drive In Plans Move Forward
Sonic Drive-In eyes a Mexico location with a drive-in on East Liberty Street. Pleasant Smith reports the firm bought an option on land between Collier-Evans Oil and Dairy Queen. The city council will consider a zoning variance for construction within 25 feet of nearby homes after a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation.
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Sonic Drive-In
Mexico
East Liberty Street
Pleasant Smith
Collier-Evans Oil Co
E. Liberty
Dairy Queen
Planning and Zoning Commission
Auto Makers Hint At 6 Percent Price Hikes
In Detroit three major automakers General Motors Ford and Chrysler indicate possible price increases up to six percent on new cars and light trucks as the first major price shift since last fall. The move could raise the average price by about $400 above a typical 1977 model. Ford and Chrysler confirmed they are studying maximum six percent hikes, following GM’s similar hint.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Heatwaves Push Utilities Near Last Winter Peak
Five straight days above 90 degrees taxed Missouri power firms. Missouri Power and Light reported load 5-10 percent below its July peak of 368,000 KW while Consolidated Electric Cooperative noted a summer high near 6,000 KW, far under its 26,000 KW winter peak. Officials cautioned about isolated overloads but no systemwide shortages. Temperatures climbed from 92 on Sunday to a high of 98 on Thursday as 24 inches of June rain aided crops, prompting irrigation resumption and warnings that heat raises water and electricity use.
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Jerry Brown
Missouri Power and Light Co
MPL
Consolidated Electric
Willingham
CEC
Co-Op
Brown
Mr. Brown
Dale Schwarre
Mr. Schnarre
Pipeline Explosion Kills One at Alaska Pump Station 8
The Alaska pipeline explosion at Pump Station 8 killed one worker and injured six others. Oil flow was halted, then shut down, and engineers seek the cause while assessing damage estimated at 2 to 5 million dollars. Alyeska plans to resume flow after inspecting pumps and valves at the station and nearby facilities.
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Alaska
Associated Press
Alyeska
Fairbanks
D.M. Ambuehl
H.c.robson
H.W. Finley
F.W. Fossberg
W. Heller
Valdez
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
John Ratterman
Chuck Champion
Manifold Station
Manifold Building
Champion
Sweltering Terrorists Hold 29 On Jetliner In Kuwait Hijack
Kuwait officials report nine Palestinian hijackers on a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 707 threaten to blow up the plane unless hostages are freed and the jet refueled for an undisclosed destination. Security forces surround Kuwait Airport as heat and tense negotiations continue.
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Kuwait
Kuwait Airlines
Sheik Saad al-Abdallah as-Sabah
Middle East
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
South Yemen
Mohammed Abdu
Mrs. Dixie Jones Dies At Age 90
Mrs. Dixie Belle Jones 90 of 1003 S. Clark died at 3:25 p.m. Friday at Audrain Medical Center after residing in Mexico since 1924. Born December 24, 1886 in Middletown to Joseph and Dora Farmer, she married Dr. James C. Jones in 1912. Survived by daughter Arbelle Hannah, grandson Jim Hannah, and two great grandchildren. Graveside services Monday at 10:30 a.m. Fairmount Cemetery Middletown. Arnold Funeral Home in charge.
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Dixie Belle Jones
S. Clark
Audrain Medical Center
Allen Nursing Home
Middletown
Joseph 4
Dora W. Moore Farmer
James C Jones
Homer J
Arbelle) Hannah
Mexico
Jim H. Hannah
Waukegan
Ill
Michael Hannah
Suzanne Hannah
Arnold Funeral Home
New PSC Appointee Won't Alter Views
Alberta Slavin, founder of the Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, accepts a Missouri Public Service Commission post. She predicts possible Senate rejection but says her utilities stance will not change. Slavin replaces A. Robert Pierce and will need Senate approval to stay, becoming the second woman named to the panel under Gov. Teasdale.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Alberta Slavin
State Senate
Utility Consumers Council of Missouri
Joseph Teasdale
Senate
St. Louis
Commission
Teasdale
Copeland Heads A P Green In Canada
Howard R. Copeland former Mexico executive elected president and a director of A P Green Refractories Canada Ltd. Based in Weston Ontario he will oversee manufacturing accounting purchasing and personnel with three plants and 11 sales offices. He has a long record in engineering and sales roles across Mexico San Francisco Philadelphia New York and Michigan.
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Howard R. Copeland
Mexico
A.P. Green Refractories (Canada) Ltd
Harry M. Stover
The
Green Co
Copeland
Green
Weston
Ontario
Toronto
Canada
Acton
Claybank
Saskatchewan
University of Michigan
San Francisco
Philadelphia
New York
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Forrest Teague
Vandalia Area
Molly
Linda Kraft
Laura White
Mackeys
William C. Mackey
Route 3
Kaya
William
Ledger
Richard Vance
Kuwait Radio
Defense Ministe Sheik
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Dixie Jones
PSC
A.P. Green
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