Critics Hit At Billions In Arms Waste
Washington AP a pair of Wisconsin Democrats assailed military spending, citing GAO figures of 26.3 billion in overruns for 55 new weapons and noting Indochina costs at 107.1 billion versus 3.65 billion by the USSR and China. Proxmire cites DD963 rise to 3.1 billion per ship and overruns across F15, Minuteman III, SAM-D, XM-1, and UTTAS. Aspin questions Safeguard cost accounting and one-site Army limits post SALT.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Indochina
William Proxmire
General Accounting Office
Les Aspin
Defense Intelligence Agency
United States
Soviet Union
China
Proxmire
GAO
Aspin
South Vietnam
Army
Congress
Friedlis Welcome Son At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Dean E Friedli of Route 3 Centralia welcomed a seven pound seven ounce son at 8 32 p m Saturday at Audrain Medical Center The Friedlis reside on a farm with Mr Friedli engaged in farming duties and family noted with joy.
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Dean E. Friedli
Route 3
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Medical Men Prepare Definition Of Death
In Memphis, 180 doctors led by Dr. McCarthy DeMere seek a uniform legal definition of death. They aim to present a definition to the American Bar Association in Honolulu, noting organs and life support complicate timing. They expect five years before nationwide acceptance and ULC ratification.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
McCarthy DeMere
American College of Legal Medicine
American Bar Association
House of Delegates
Honolulu
DeMere
Institute of Legal Medicine
Memphis State University
ABA
Uniform Law Commission
ULC
Personal News and Club Notices from Perry
Mrs Williams presented books to eight Perry students including David Wise and John Fry. Perry Rebekahs held a May 16 meeting with a birthday dinner planned for June 6 and new officers installed. MFW C Club elected Buddy Norman as president and named officers. Moolah Shrine Circus invites Missourians to a June 7 parade and four circus performances at Busch Stadium.
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Williams
David Wise
Robert Wise
John Fry
Jim Fry
John Evans
Tom Evans
Tim Smith
Eddie Smith
Susan Moore
Tom Moore
Matthew Parks
James Parks
James Utterback
Albert Uttterback
Chad Williams
Ralph Williams
Perry Rebekahs
Noble Grand
Richard Myers
Fred Dore
Doris Ledford
EI Martez Mfwc Club
Buddy Norman
Perry
Richard Webber
Hassell Bell
Eugene Kirtlink
James Galloway
David Levings
Ron McLaughlin
ST. Louis
Moolah Shrine
Leroy A. Weidle, Jr
Rabban
Moolah Shrine Temple
Weidle
Busch Stadium
Explosion Blasts Three Kids From Boat On Lake Ozarks
Three children drown when a 17-foot boat, with a 120 horsepower Buick inboard motor, explodes in Birdsong Cove near Bagnell Dam. Tim and Brad Rackers, cousins from Jefferson City, are identified among the victims. Eric Landry, son of Karen Landry of rural Springfield, dies later in a Springfield hospital. The blast, possibly from gas in the bilge igniting fumes, occurred as the party prepared to pick up skiers.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Timothy Steven Rackers
Brad David Rackers
Cousins
Jefferson City
Missouri Division of Water Safety
Springfield
James River
Nixa
Eric Jacob Landry
Karen Lynne Landry
Dan Needham
State Division of Water Safety
Dennis K. Rackers
Rackers
Timothy
Needham
Birdsong Cove
Bagnell Dam
Honor Roll Student Vickie Earle Dean's List Honoree
Miss Vickie Earle daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Earle of 903 Concordia Ave earned a 3.5 grade average and was named to the Dean's list at the University of Missouri Columbia.
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Vickie Earle
Kenneth Earle
Concordia Ave
University of Missouri, Columbia
Medal of Honor Winner Grows Own Marijuana
Kenneth Kays, 24, Medal of Honor recipient for Vietnam heroism, grows marijuana on a 1000 square foot patch near his Fairfield, Illinois trailer. A draft resister turned medic, he lost a leg in 1970 yet continues his personal quest for freedom despite legal trouble and probation.
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Fairfield
Kenneth Kays
Kays
White House
Vietnam
Ilinois
Southern Illinois University
Canada
Historical Society to Host August Benefit Auction in Lancaster
The Historical Society announces an August event featuring Jose Camara of Cape Town and other distinguished guests in Lancaster for a benefit auction. The program covers museum diamonds from Africa and the management of sales yards, auctions, and hip podromes in Cape Town. Enthusiasts of W P Hall and circus lore are urged to attend.
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Africa
Cape Town
W.P. Hall
Historical Society
Jose Camara
Lancaster
Supreme Court Refuses Review of Ray Guilty Plea Hearing
The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court order for a hearing on James Earl Ray's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the 1968 murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, serving nine years in Tennessee, pleaded guilty March 10, 1969. The Cincinnati Circuit Court ruling stands.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Tennessee State Penitentiary
King
Memphis
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Extremist Groups Active in Italy
In Italy a camp of uniformed youths in the mountains northeast of Rome fired on police, killing one and capturing two. The group identified as Mussolini Action Squad is linked to rising right wing extremism as bombings and violence echo prewar tensions. Estimates place their membership around 12,000 with larger figures cited by other sources.
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Rome
Mussolini Action Squad
Italy
Brescia
Mussolini
New Order
Black Order
Year Zero
National Vanguard
Milan Probes Lead of Extraparliamentary Group
Police describe members of a right wing faction linked to strikes and stable families, while authorities note Italian law tolerates such groups to a point. A Milan court previously banned the New Order as an attempt to revive fascism under postwar constitution. The prosecutor targets the group's leader under the same statute.
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New Order
Milan
Italian MSI strong in 1972 election despite past links
The neo fascist Italian Social Movement led by Giorgio Almirante won 2.8 million votes about 9 percent in 1972 national elections and holds 82 of 924 seats. Almirante, a wartime Mussolini official, defends his days but rejects the fascist label. a year ago parliament removed his immunity to face charges over reconstituting the Fascist party, though no trial is planned.
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MSI
Giorgio Almirante
Mussolini
Almirante
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