Chronically Late Train Raises Amtrak's Ire
Amtrak weighs legal action against Missouri Pacific on the Inter-American route. The line runs 1,449 miles from Laredo to Chicago via Arkansas and Missouri, with 25 percent of trips failing to meet schedule and passengers bused the final 300 miles to Chicago.
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LITTLE# ROCK, Ark
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Laredo
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Arkansas
Missouri
St. Louis
Vranich
MoPac
H.H. Olmsted
Inter-American
Inter- American
Carter Won't Drop Abortion Opposition
President Carter remains opposed to federal funding of abortions for poor women despite internal pressure. House Republicans seek to bar Medicaid funds while Senate leaders push a broader measure allowing abortions in several scenarios. A seven-member bipartisan group plans to meet Carter, while administration women and rights groups prepare questions on moral and rights implications.
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Carter
House
Margaret
Costanza
Congress
Senate
Pat Schroeder
D-Cole
Group of
Administration Women
Coalition of Women’s Rights Leaders
Ad Hoc
Committee On Women’s Health and Reproduction
United States
Crop Conditions Vary In Missouri
Missouri reports show crops progressing well overall with moisture shortages in northeastern counties and some northern and southwestern areas. Grasshoppers and root worm damage affect corn. soybeans mostly good with 36 percent blooming. corn 77 percent in silking. wheat harvest 95 percent complete. oats 88 percent harvested. cotton setting boll stage. pastures mix of poor to excellent, northern and southwestern regions facing poorer pasture conditions.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Smith Begins Campaign To End Rhodesia's War
Salisbury Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith dissolved parliament and called elections for August 31, signaling a solo bid to craft a new constitution with white backing. He rejected U S British peace efforts and warned of limited hope for a negotiated settlement with moderate black leaders amid ongoing guerrilla war.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
Crime Took Him 103 Years
Former San Francisco alderman Henry Meiggs had an indictment dismissed posthumously after 103 years. He forged and cashed 365000 in stolen warrants in 184 and fled to South America. Judge Low noted the statute of limitations ran out as Meiggs had died, while Meiggs had become a railroad builder and national figure in Peru and Chile.
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San Francisco
Henry Meiggs
Superior Court
Harry Low
Meiggs
South America
Low
Fisherman's Wharf
Peru
Lima
Chile
Bernard Averbuch
Averbuch
John Dwyer
Board of Supervisors
Teasdale Opposes Lake Ozarks High Line Plan
Gov. Joseph Teasdale condemned a proposed high-tension overhead power line at the Lake of the Ozarks and urged the U S Army Corps of Engineers to delay a decision. He argued the project would harm the environment and economy and urged exploration of alternatives before any approval. Central Missouri Electric Cooperative seeks Corps approval.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Teasdale
Lake of the Ozarks
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Teasdale
Richard Curl
Department of Natural Resources
Central Missouri Electric Cooperative
Corps
Only Woman Incumbent Faces Tough Opposition
In Sri Lanka, Sirimavo Bandaranaike the world’s only incumbent woman head of government faces strong challenge in a national election for 168 assembly seats. The campaign centers on economic woes with inflation high and one million unemployed as Junius Richard Jayewardene courts voters with free cereal promises amid a socialist government track record.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
National State Assembly
Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Jayewardene
Band
Rambukkana
Mrs. Bandaranaike
Caesar Coca reunion set in San Francisco Venetian Room
Pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca will reunite for two weeks at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. They will perform in the Venetian Room from September 29 to October 13, announced by hotel public relations officer Suzy West.
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San Francisco
Sid Caesar
Imogene Coca
Fairmont Hotel
Suzy West
Venetian
Miss West
Testimony Begins In Rabbitt Trial
Testimony opens in the bribery and extortion trial of former Missouri House Speaker Richard J Rabbitt in St Louis. A jury of eight men and four women was drawn as Judge John F Nangle cautioned them to avoid media reports. The case centers on alleged extortion of more than 12000 from a St Louis architectural firm in exchange for state contract help and other charges involving the Missouri Bus and Truck Association and auto dealers seeking tax relief. Rabbitt, 41, a former state representative and House leader, pleads not guilty and faces up to 135 years in prison and fines up to 5101,000 if convicted on all counts.
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St, Louis
Missouri
Richard J. Rabbitt
John F. Nangle
U.S. District Court
Nangle
Rabbitt
St. Louis
House
Sil
Beef Prices Dip in Marketbasket Survey Report
Missouri Farm Bureau reports mixed movement in prices across meat and dairy. Beef leads declines with round steak at 1.41 a lb and rib, T-bone slipping, while arm roast and ground beef rise modestly. Pork cuts vary with shank, butt, and pork steaks lower, blade roast up. Eggs, milk, bread, potatoes, and coffee show small shifts in price alongside several other items.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau
Bureau
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