Gas Tax Hike Would Add $109,133 to Area Towns
The Missouri Transportation and Development Council seeks to raise the state gasoline tax from seven to ten cents and shift shares to counties and cities. Under the plan counties would receive 30 percent of motor fuel funds, cities 30 percent, and the state 70 percent, with local towns like Mexico and others listed experiencing substantial increases in 1976-forecast receipts. No election date set. petition drive ongoing.
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Missouri Transportation and Development Council
Missouri
Mexico
Ledgerland
Auxvasse
Bellflower
Centralia
Farber
Jonesburg
Laddonia
Martinsburg
Middletown
Montgomery City
New Florence
Paria
Perry
Sturgeon
Vandalla
Wellsville
Hamburgers Wheeling To Mexico
Soble Drive-In may expand to Mexico after purchasing an option on a site on East Liberty Street between Collier-Evans Oil and Dairy Queen. Pleasant Smith notes the land deal and the council will consider a zoning variance to allow building within 25 feet of nearby residential property.
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Soble Drive-In
Mexico
Liberty Street
Pleasant Smith
Collier-Evans Oil Co
Liberty
Dairy Queen
Planning and Zoning Commission
Auto Makers Hint At 6% Price Hikes
DETROIT AP General Motors Ford and Chrysler Corp hint possible price increases on new cars this fall by up to 6 percent, averaging about 3400 more than a typical 1977 model. The moves would be the first major price change since last fall when prices rose 5 to 6 percent. Ford and Chrysler disclosed they are considering maximum 6 percent increases on cars and light trucks.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Heat Drains Power as Temperatures Stay High All Week
Five straight days above 90 degrees tested Missouri Power and Light and Consolidated Electric Cooperative as peak loads neared last winter’s records. MPL reported 368 000 KW peak last July while CEC hit 26 000 KW, with managers noting no lasting shortages. The heat, capped by daily highs from 92 to 98 and nights above 70, pressured irrigation needs and brought renewed concern for crops while utilities prepared planned actions for full capacity.
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Jerry Brown
Missouri Power and Light Co
MPL
Consolidated Electric
Willingham
CEC
Co-Op
Brown
Mr. Brown
Dale Schwarre
Schnarre
Pipeline Explosion Kills One at Alaska Pump Station 8
An explosion at Pump Station 8 along the Alaska pipeline killed one worker and injured six others. Officials said a check valve malfunction may have triggered the blast, which destroyed the pump house but left the pipeline intact. Oil flow resumed only after engineers pinpoint the cause and bypass options are examined.
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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
Kuwaiti jet hijackers threaten hostages amid standoff
Kuwaiti officials report nine Palestinian hijackers on a Kuwait Airlines Boeing 707 hold 28 to 300 prisoners as they demand fuel and release of captives. Army surrounds the plane at Kuwait Airport while gunmen threaten to blow up the jet if attacked and insist on a safe destination.
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Kuwait
Kuwait Airlines
Sheik Saad al-Abdallah as-Sahah
Middle East
Egypt
Mrs. Dixie Jones Dies At Age 90
Dixie Belle Jones 90 of 1003 S Clark Mexico died 3 25 pm Friday Audrain Medical Center after a year at Allen Nursing Home born Dec 24 1886 Middletown parent stern Moore Farmer married Dr James C Jones July 16 1912 Middletown he died 1970 survived by daughter Arbelle Hannah grandson Jim Hannah and two great grandchildren. Graveside services Monday 10 30 am Fairmount Cemetery Middletown with Rev Thomas Adams officiating Arnold Funeral Home in charge.
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Dixie Belle Jones
S. Clark
Audrain Medical Center
Allen Nursing Home
Middletown
Joseph A
Dora W. Moore Farmer
James C. Jones
Homer J
Arbelle) Hannah
Mexico
Jim H. Hannah
Waukegan
Michael Hannah
Suzanne Hannah
Arnold
New PSC appointee won't alter views
Alberta Slavin, founder of the Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, says she will not change her stance on utility regulation. She may face Senate rejection but plans to serve as a consumer-leaning member of the Missouri Public Service Commission, succeeding A. Robert Pierce.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Alberta Slavin
State Senate
Utility Consumers Council of Missouri
Slavin
Joseph Teasdale
Senate
St. Louis
Commission
Teasdale
Copeland Leads A P Green Refractories Canada Chief
Howard R. Copeland, formerly of Mexico, has been elected president and director of A P Green Refractories Canada Ltd. He becomes vice-president and general manager of the Weston Ontario subsidiary with added responsibility for manufacturing accounting purchasing and personnel. The firm operates three plants in Weston Acton and Claybank and eleven sales offices. Copeland joined Green Co. in 1946 and has held multiple engineering sales and management posts in Mexico San Francisco Philadelphia New York and Mexico again before moving to Canada.
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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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Mally Teague
Forrest Teague
Vandalia
Vandalia Area
Mally
Linda Kraft
Laura White
Mackeys
William C. Mackey
Route 3
Kaya
William
Old Threshers
Paris
Richard Vance
Dixie Jones
Beirut
Kuwait Radio
Defense
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
PSC
A.P. Green
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