Strike Vote Set By Bell Workers
Communications Workers of America prepared for a Bell System strike vote as 500 000 union members face a two week ballot. Pickets disrupted airlines copper mines San Francisco bus garages and a Minnesota snowmobile maker while millions nationwide faced walkouts over wage demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles White
Associated Press
Rhode Islan
Ohio
Bell Telephone System
Arizona
San Francisco
Minnesota
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Communications Workers of America
CWA
West Virginia
Western Electric
At&t
Bell
Rhode Island
Brotherhood of Correctional Officers
Ture
Washington
National Airlines
Machinists’ Union
American Smelting and Refining Co
Phoenix
Phelps Dodge Co
Tucson
Magma Copper Co
Highsprint
Harlan County
United Mine Workers Union
Eastover Mining Co
Southern Labor Union
SLU
Oakland
AC Transit District
San Diego
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
San Fernando Valley
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Arthritis confining human cannonball Hatfield in Florida
Joe Hatfield once headlined carnivals from Maine to Mississippi as a daring human cannonball. Now 62, he is in a Tampa Veterans Hospital bed, wheelchair-bound by arthritis, recalling a 37 year career of blasting from cannons and feats that drew 60,000 fans, while reflecting on the fall and fading memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Joe Hatfield
Maine
Mississippi
Hatfield
West Virginia
Tampa Veteran's Hospital
School Tax Amendment Considered
Jefferson City Mo AP submission of a proposed constitutional amendment would ease school funding by raising the levy ceiling. Gov Christopher Bond favors lifting the $3.75 limit for simple majority approval, noting inflation and difficulty securing two thirds. Arthur Mallory, state public schools chief, cites options including eliminating two thirds or doubling ceilings with voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Christopher 5
Bond
State Board of Education
Arthur Mallory
State Public Schools
Dog Bite Victim Remains Hospitalized in Mexico MO
Five year old Amy Branch remains a patient at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico after sustaining severe dog bites and scratches last Friday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Branch of Fulton and was visiting relatives, Mr. and Mrs. James Clayton Paul, at 1407 N. Clark St. when attacked near the Kable Dairy at 1427 N. Washington St. Amy’s father works for A P Green Refractories Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Branch
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Richard Branch
Fulton
James Clayton Paul
N. Clark St
Amy
Kable Dairy
Washington St
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Wyeth Exhibit Draws Over 329000 in Japan
In Tokyo and Kyoto a 12 week Wyeth exhibit attracted 329,655 visitors. Perry Rathbone, director of the show comprising 88 paintings, said Wyeth has conquered the Japanese art world in its first exhibition abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Andrew Wyeth
Kyoto
Perry Rathbone
Wyeth
Frisbie's New Kidney Doing Better
Wally Frisbie, 29, who received a kidney donated by his mother, is reported to be much better at the University of Iowa Hospital. His mother said the new kidney is more active. he is off the kidney machine and on a regular diet, though still weak. Both kidneys were removed after years of disease, and anti rejection drugs plus cobalt radiation are being used to protect the transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Frisbie
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa City
Bin
John B. Frisbie
Frisbie
Wally
Deadline Near On Corn Bean Crop Contests
Audrain County extension agent Dale Schnarre says the July 26 deadline applies for entry into the Corn Profit Contest and Soybean Contest. Entry blanks are at the University of Missouri Extension Center. corn entry costs $5 while soybean is free. Contests require machine harvest. corn area is one acre and soybean area five acres. Awards for soybean come from MFA Grain Division and Audrain Soil Service funds for the profit contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Schnarre
Audrain County Extension Service
University of Missouri Extension Center
MFA Grain Division
Audrain Soil Service
Lennon Fights To Stay In US
John Lennon plans to contest a government order to depart the United States by September 10 or face deportation. The Board of Immigration Appeals disclosed it dismissed Lennon's petition to delay the decision pending lawsuits fighting his deportation. Lennon, formerly with the Beatles, was ordered out after a 1968 Great Britain marijuana conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Lennon
United States
Board of Immigration Appeals
Lennon
Great Britain
Jury verdict favors defendant in Audrain damages suit
The Audrain County Circuit Court awarded a $100,000 damages verdict to Patricia Ann Myers after a day-long trial. The boy Kevin Eugene Lewis, 6, was killed Oct. 15, 1973 when struck by Myers on Route 1 near Mexico. Witnesses included the Lewises and coroner Ron Hedrick. Myers testified she saw Kevin at the mailbox and that he suddenly crossed the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Lewis
Patricia Ann Myers
Audrain County
Lewises
Kevin Eugene
Miss Myers
Patrick J. Mudd
Audrain Medical Center
Mamie Abell
Hawthorne School
Mexico
Bobbie Brooks
Vandalia
Lewis
Republicans Demand Objectivity in Strauss Impeachment Stance
Washington AP Gerald Ford and three top Republicans condemn Democratic Chairman Strauss for injecting politics into the Nixon impeachment inquiry. Ford warns of a partisan backlash while Bush Scott and Rhodes urge restraint quelling partisan mudslinging as Owens comments spark further division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Robert 8. Strauss
Ford
George Bush
Senate
Hugh Scott
House
John J. Rhodes
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Wayne Owens
Utah
Nixon
Bush
Scott
Jaw Wiring Losses Pounds and Fractures a Marriage
Debi Horn, 23, endured seven months with jaws wired shut, shedding 73 pounds from 229 and ending with a new look. She removed the wires this week and plans to lose 20 more, but says her marriage to John Horn fell apart six weeks ago as she found a new partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar, Mich
Debi Horn
Mrs. Horn
John
Horn
Filing Date Extended For ASC Wheat and Feed Grain Program
Audrain County ASCS extends the final date to file intent to participate and certify planting for the 1974 Wheat and Feed Grain Program. Applications accepted until further notice. July 15 deadline signups may proceed with a new cutoff to be announced. Participation unlocks possible disaster payments, deficiency payments, price supported loans, and allotment protection. nonparticipation forfeits these benefits per Mary Bosler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County
ASCS
Mary Bosler
ASC
Rotarians To Lunch With Miss Missouri Contestants
Members of the Mexico Rotary Club will meet at noon Friday at Missouri Military Academy dining hall for luncheon with the 1974 Miss Missouri pageant contestants. Host Charles R. Stribling III attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Legislator Backs Tying Rates to Federal Discount Rate
Missouri House Banking chair Rep. Fred E. Copeland argues the 8 percent usury ceiling should rise if federal inflation policy loosens. He favors tying consumer rates to the federal discount rate and supports a special session, though Gov. Bond resists. Copeland notes 45 states permit higher charges than Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri House Committee On Banks and Financial Institutions
Banking Committee
Fred E. Copeland
New Madrid
Copeland
Christopher S. Bond
House Committee
Missouri
Fed Ruling May Limit Missouri Bank Holding Growth
The Missouri bank holding company expansion may be more constrained by Federal Reserve policy than by a new state law. The June 20 denial of Commerce Bancshares Inc. to acquire First National Bank of Linn Creek cited significant adverse effects on competition. Gov Bond signed a bill capping bank holding company deposits at 13 percent of state banking deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Post-Dispatch Financial
William H. Kester
Commerce Bancshares Inc
Kansas City
First National Bank of
Kissinger Tops Miss Universe Vote In Manila
AP reports 66 contestants in the Miss Universe contest in Manila chose Henry A. Kissinger as the greatest person in the world today by a landslide. The secretary of state won a wide margin in the informal ballot conducted during the pageant activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Henry A. Kissinger
Man seeks course credit after 31 years of marriage
An Alaska man Leroy M. McDonald of Anchorage asks Washington State University to reconsider a Sociology 40 failure from 1941. He notes 31 years of marriage, two sons, and asks if credits could be extended. Registrar C James Quann suggests potential as a consultant for the course as it remains in the curriculum. Field day winners at Hardin Park are listed with participants and helpers.
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Pullman
Wash
Alaska
Leroy M. McDonald
Anchorage
Washington State University
McDonald
University Regents
University
WSU
C. James Quann
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