Hungate Proposes Impeachment of Nixon on TV
Congressman William L. Hungate of Missouri urged impeachment and a guilty verdict for President Nixon on a public Judiciary Committee broadcast. He cited obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress, with ABC airing the proceedings and 15 minutes allotted to members. Rep Railsback shared time after Hungate yielded two minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Hungate
9Th
Nixon
Missouri
Clarence Cannon
House Judiciary Committee
ABC
Hungate
Thomas Railsback
Illinois
Antique Speaker For Rotary Friday
John Willer a Mexico antiques expert will address the Rotary Club luncheon Friday at the Mexico Country Club on collecting and refinishing antiques. Charles Stribling II chairs the program. Hungate criticizes Nixon transcripts as showing a lack of morals and urges action on impeachment without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willer
Mexico
Rotary Club
Mexico Country Club
Willer
Charles Stribling II
Hypertension Education Project In Two Counties
The Audrain City-County Health Unit has won a one year grant from the Missouri Regional Medical Program to educate the public on high blood pressure and screen residents of Audrain and Callaway counties. Rae Hentges will direct the effort with a public health nurse and health educator, aiming to identify undiagnosed cases, refer patients to physicians, and promote prevention. The program emphasizes community involvement to reduce deaths from undetected hypertension and improve overall health. Hypertension affects an estimated 20 to 35 million U.S. adults, with about half unaware of their condition. It is not curable but controllable.
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Hungate
Nixon
White House
Richard Nixon
Judiciary Committee
Missouri
Grant
The
Missourian
Audrain City-County Health Unit
Missouri Regional Medical Program
Callaway County
Rae Hentges
University of Missouri
Columbia
United States
Warning from housewife on visitor pattern burglar alert
A housewife reports a man visiting multiple homes on the same street with a tale of a cut telephone line. He berths at doors while residents check phones, avoiding homes with children or cars. Neighbors notified Public Safety. a tall neatly dressed man with acne scars is described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James’ Gallaher
The
Ledger
Clark Street
Public Safety Department
Hoax Call Traps Police Over Patricia Hearst Hoax
Police surrounded a North Hollywood apartment after a caller claimed to be fugitive heiress Patricia Hearst. The hoax prompted 150 officers to search the building and question three occupants, including a 13 year old girl. No Hearst or SLA member was found. the operation was deemed a drill and a waste of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
North Hollywood
Miss Hearst
San Francisco
George
Symbionese Liberation Army
Berkeley
Calif
SLA
Ed Davis
Dan, Cook
Wiliam
Emily Harris
Marcella Tyler
George Hearst Jr
Los Angeles Herald- Examiner
George Hearst Sr
Hearst Sr
Davis
Cook
End To All-Year DST Is Proposed
Washington AP Sen Adlai Stevenson III introduces legislation to repeal year around Daylight Saving Time and set it from the last Sunday in February to the last Sunday in October. He cites a Transportation Department study showing winter DST reduces electric demand by about 1 percent and notes most Americans favor March to October DST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adlai Stevenson III
Dem
Illinois
Stevenson
Transportation Department
Department of Transportation
Senate
Judges Named For Aug. 6 Election In Audrain County
The Audrain County Court released the list of election judges for the August 6 primary across Vandalia and surrounding precincts. The roster includes supervisory and assistant roles for Ward I through 14 and numerous precincts in towns like Laddonia, Farber, Beagles, Rush Hill, Martinsburg, Benton City, Mexico, and more, detailing party affiliations where specified. In precincts with four judges two clerks may be chosen by each party and two clerks by the judges in six-judge precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County Court
Vandalia
Raymond Asbury
Mary Elizabeth Bourne
Paul Beshears
Edward Nation
Leon Schwab
Mary Williams
R. Vandalia
Robert Talley
Velma McDonald
Sam Martin
Dorothy J. Cockrell
Herneria Collins
Frances Parrish
Vandalia Ward III
Mabel Peery
Hazel Porter
Joyce Moore
Carl Lovelace
Tom Valle
Lenore Busch
East
Evelyn Lemasters
Betty L. Doak
Helen Jerman
Kenneth Clithero
Viola Sisto
Ronnie Waters
Farber
Rosie Brandon
Mildred Hull
Juna Hogue
Karen Johnson
Marjorieams
William Ehrlich Jr
Laddonia
Stanley R. Garnett
Betty Lou Albus
Mina Ruth Brown
Janice Naysmith
Bertha Mae Clarke
Charles Gorman
Beagles
John Paul Peak
James Hill
Jane Webster
Mary Sonwalt
Rush
Clifford Peery
Paul Fennewald
D. Don Biuteel
Lawrence Gieseker
William Gastler
Benton City
Mexico
Robert Ravenscraft
Frank Fecht
J. N. Williams
Ron Holbrook
Herman Lichtenberg
Gus Karellas
Mildred Greenup
Russell Brooks
W. M. Stubblefield
Delmar Hawkins
Stanley Thomas
Robert Forbis
Lawrence Precht
Howard Richards
F. E. Lewis
D. Quinnie Benton
Alice Curtis
Clayton Snook
R. Mexico
Mary Dubbert
Madge Moore
Neva Britt
Tresa Fennessy
R.L. McMonigle
Eugene Foreman
Walter Ritter
John Chambers
Don Decker
Ott van Horn
Della Scott
Jewell Bybee
Kenneth Bingham
C. H. Nichols
Gerald Goff
Sam Thompson
C. K. Winn
Albert Knox
Robert M. Taylor
Wallace Witchie
Sam
Slay murder probe in Warrensburg widens with two men sought
Warrensburg Missouri authorities issued a pickup order for two white men in their 20s tied to the Don Rhodes murder. Rhodes 42 was found stabbed to death in a farm driveway after his truck was found in Vandalia Illinois. Major Case Squad and 15 officers from five counties pursued clues.
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Warrensburg
Vandalia
Ill
Don Rhodes
Here
Missouri
Rhodes
The
Warrensburg Star-Journal
Harland Tempel
Tax Returns Issue In Race For Auditor
Jefferson City AP reports tax return confidentiality emerges as a campaign issue in Missouri auditor race. Gov Ashcroft urges access to individual returns for audits, while Lehr Fine oppose opening names. court ruling could shape audit scope and public oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
State Revenue Department
George Lehr
Missouri Supreme Court
Revenue Department
John Ashcroft
Supreme Court
Ashcroft
Christopher §. Bond
James Schaffner
Lehr
Dwight Fine
State Auditor’s Office
Department
of Revenue
Fine
High Court
Jackson County
Missouri
Defense Appointed for Chenault Suspect in King Sr. Death
Superior Court Judge Luther Alverson ruled the Marcus Wayne Chenault case defendant is a pauper and ordered a public defender. The existing defense lawyer said he will continue to represent Chenault in the fatal shooting case in Atlanta.
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Atlanta, Ga
Luther Alverson
Martin Luther King Sr
Marcus Wayne Chenault
Hartz Named Today Show Co Host After McGee Death
New York AP Jim Hartz a Tulsa native is named permanent co host of NBC Today after tryouts. The 34 year old will begin next Monday and join Frank Blair Gene Shalit and Barbara Walters. He leaves WABC TV local duties to take the national role while continuing to host late news. The move fills the opening created by Frank McGee's death.
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New York
Jim Hartz
Tulsa
Okla
NBC
Hartz
Frank Blair
Gene Shalit
Barbara Walters
Frank McGee
Wabe-Tv
Legislators Explore Bringing PSC Under Legislative Control
A Missouri legislative energy committee considers placing the Public Service Commission under state legislature oversight. Rep. Richard DeCoster and Sen. Donald Manford criticized the PSC as utility‑influenced amid recent rate hikes and KC Power and Light disputes. The PSC regulates electricity, gas, steam, nuclear power, and interstate transport licensure.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Energy Problems
Commission
PSC
Richard DeCoster
Canton
Donald Manford
Kansas City
Manford
Eight-Year-Old Girl Home After Three Month Kidnap
Eight-year-old Mary Losan was returned to her rural upstate home after nearly three months away. She landed with her mother at Albany County Airport from South Dakota, sobbing on reuniting with family. Edward Spencer, a Spencertown, NY resident, was charged with kidnapping and held on bond in South Dakota, with extradition to New York expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austerlitz
N.Y
Mary Losan
Albany County
South Dakota
Mary
Nisland
S.D
Edward Spencer
Spencertown
Spencer
Rapid City
New York State
Lorraine Losan
Wisconsin
Losaw
FBI
Losaws
New York
PSC faces legislative move to curb powers in Missouri
Missouri lawmakers press to shift the Public Service Commission from executive to legislative oversight amid public discontent over PSC actions. PSC Chairman Mauze defends independence and vows compliance with state law, noting changes would require legislative action. A Sept hearings plan covers energy policy diesel tax and fuel allocation priorities. Fischer chess crown at risk if 1975 challenge scoring is not dropped, European officials warn.
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PSC
James F. Mauze
Mauze
Public Service Commission
Missouri
Manford
Sen
Jack Gant
Commission
Executive Branch
Legislative
Kansas City
Capitol
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Tom Taylor
James Worstell
Gilbert Smiley
Jim Quinlan
Willam Talley
Leslie Windmann
Lyndall Tanner
Glenn Vance
Robert Miller
Louise Sears
Margaret Parker
Clarence Siever
Burnham
Gary Stowers
Roy Bowne
David Sims
C. H. Armentrout
Elmore Slonaker
John Brooks
Ford Stot
Jim Phillips
Fred Hildebrand
P. C. Lahs
Joe Thomas
Fae Lowry
Clifford Leopold
Winston Reed
Carl McCune
O. B. Melahn
Ed Pee
T. E. Davenport
Liberty
Jon von “Cqonwreck
Panavision
Delukes
Parson's
Jefferson Mexico
Chenault
Oklahoman
McGee
Jina
Darren Gallop
Arlene Houston
Washington St
Springfield
Little Dixie
Showtime
Columbia Pictures
Bastar Productions
Aray Starkbydney Pollage Productoe
Shay
Fischer
Addie E. Haycraft
East Washington
Block
Addie
Haycraft
John £. Mills
New London
Rita Maiden
Ralls County
Peary
John E. Mills
Addie E Haycraft
Earl Harris
New London, Mo
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Vandalia, Mo
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