Nun Candidate for Congress First Female Hopeful in U.S. House
Sister Mary Anne Guthrie a 47 year old Catholic nun and Memphis diocese official announced as a Democratic candidate for the 8th District seat saying she would be the first nun to seek Congress. She backed amnesty for draft evaders supported busing only as a last resort and urged impeachment if evidence warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
U.S. House of Representatives
Mary Anne Guthrie
Dan H. Kuykendall
Tennessee
Mary Anne
Memphis
Carroll T. Dozier
Nixon
Congress
America
Gardner urges states to lead ethics reform at governors session
Seattle AP Gardner, head of Common Cause, told governors that states have led on political reform as Watergate unsettles Washington. He cited 40 states enacting reforms in 18 months and urged broader disclosure of officials and lobbyists. Milliken Lucey endorsed the ethics push as a path to restore public trust while debating daylight time and economic policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Congress
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Citizens’ Lobby
Common Cause
Executive Branch
William G. Milliken
R-Mich
Patrick J. Lucey
D-Wis
Milliken
Conference
Massive Plan To Refinance Lockheed Aircraft
AP reports G William Miller of Textron would head Lockheed under a refinancing plan aimed at moving the defense contractor into nongovernmental ventures. Textron would invest 85 million for 12 million new shares and 25 million in new preferred stock, with banks converting debt to preferred stock and extending a 375 million loan. plan does not merge firms and awaits Rolls Royce approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
G. William Miller
Lockheed Aircraft
Miller
Textron Inc
Lockheed
Lockheed Board
Daniel J. Haughton
U.S
Coast Guard Academy
Textron
General Motors
Bell
Rolls-Royce
Milk Co-ops Donated to Judiciary Committee Members
At least 16 House Judiciary Committee members took political gifts ranging from 100 to 11,000 dollars from three dairy cooperatives under probe. Some lawmakers, including Rangel and Railsback, returned funds amid questions, while others kept the money as controversy over Nixon milk price supports continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Charles B. Rangel
New York
Thomas F. Railsback
Illinois
Associated Press
Rangel
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Railsback
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Dairymen, Inc
Mid- America Dairymen, Inc
M. Caldwell Butler
R-Va
William §. Cohen
Rmaine
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
David W. Dennis
R-Ind
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Harold V. Froehlich
R-Wis
William L. Hungate
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Robert McClory
R-Ill
Mezyinsky
Wayne Owens
Utah
Rodino
Jerome R. Waldie
Calif
Kastenmeier
Hungate
Flowers
White House
House
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Judiciary Committee
Hungate Heads to Senate for Evidence Reform Bill
Congressman Hungate leads hearings in Washington as the Senate Judiciary Committee opens a three day session on a bill to create new rules of evidence for federal court use. The measure, after passing the House, aims to standardize justice nationwide and was described as twelve years in the making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hungate
Washington
Senate
Hungate
Sam Ervin
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
United States
School Bus Crash Injures 30 Children in Missouri
A school bus collision with a car on Missouri Highway 94 near St. Charles injures 30 students from the Francis Howell School District. All were treated at St. Joseph's Hospital, with no other injuries reported. The accident happened around 8 am and the cause was not disclosed. Also noted: a baby born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Steve Lucas of St. Louis, with grandparents and a great-grandmother named. Thomas Coldwell to be discharged to home after Boone County Hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Charles
Here
Missouri Highway Patrol
Francis Howell
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Steve Lucas
St. Louis
D.T. Lucas
Bridgeton
Dewey Lucas
Rush Hill
Thomas Coldwell
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Ray County audit finds assessor overcharged state and county
Missouri state audit cites overcharges by Ray County assessor for preparing duplicate assessment lists on joint property over 24 months through August 1970, totaling 2064 dollars each to state and county. It also notes Ray County Memorial Hospital invested 255000 in a separate account, violating policy. recommends transferring funds to the county treasurer and routing investment proceeds to the road and bridge fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Ray County
Ray County Memorial Hospital
John Ashcroft
Levee District No. 10
Recorder of Deeds
Tulsa businessman Walter Helmerich kidnapped for ransom
FBI arrested Freddie D. Smith in Tulsa on a Hobbs Act charge after the abduction of Walter H. Helmerich, 51, chairman of Helmerich and Payne. Helmerich was released unharmed following a $700,000 ransom paid to Utica National Bank by Walter Helmerich Jr. The victim described a single kidnapper who bound his hands and blindfolded him during the ride to a tank farm near Jenks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
FBI
Walter H. Helmerich
Freddie D. Smith
Helmerich
Helmerich and Payne, Inc
Jenks
Utica National Bank
Walter H. Helmerich Jr
Treatment Of Life Convict Stirs Protests
Carson City Nevada AP reports protests over a lobotomy performed in 1953 on Eugene Austin a life prisoner who spent seven years in isolation and went blind before his May 28 196? release. Warden Ed Pogue says the procedure is no longer used and notesAustin later lived in a convalescent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Ed Pogue
Nevada State Prison
Eugene Austin
Pogue
Austin
Art Bernard
Bernard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farber
Cline Wasson Jr
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
James Shaw
Frankford
Highway 54
Elmo
Velma Pritchett
Richard Vance
Nun
John Brademas
Brademas
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ronald Reagan
R-Cal
Russell M. Roth
The
American Medical Association
Little Dixie
Anthony Perkins
Beau Bridges
Molly
Wiberty
Bir
Amanda Enaatonst
E Faperinen
Vasa
Rep
Ervin
Lucases
Wang Tom Laughlin
Delores Taylor
Cosuome Clark Howat
Mexico, MO
Liberty
Columbia, MO
Broadway
Missouri
Kelly Emgate
Marietta
Kelly’s
T.A. Piper
Kroehier
Kroehler - Simmons - Flexsteel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!