Transit Tax OK'd For Major Cities
Missouri Senate approves a 0.5 percent transit tax for St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Kansas City to fund public transportation, road work, and bridges. The measure allows other large cities to levy the tax with voter approval and runs through December 31, 1975.
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Jefferson City
Lawrence J. Lee
St. Louis
Lee
Missouri Senate
St. Louis County
Kansas City
Senate
Ellsberg Case Mastermind Hears Grand Jury
Wa tergate conspirator E Howard Hunt testifies before a Los Angeles County grand jury in the Ellsberg case. He and two other Watergate figures are questioned about copying or stealing Ellsberg’s psychiatric records and possible White House involvement. Ellsberg provided prosecutors records of FBI access to his files the day before the Fielding break in.
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Los Angeles
E. Howard Hunt
Daniel Ellsberg
Hunt
CIA
White House
Plumbers Squad
Grand Jury
Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Pentagon Papers
G. Gordon Liddy
DeDiego
Barker
Associated Press
FBI
Fielding
Elisberg
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Egil Krogh Jr
Krogh
Nixon
Robert Cushman
Ehrlichman
Worlds of Fun World Tour of Thrills and Sights
Worlds of Fun offers over sixty new experiences a trip around the globe. Attractions include the Cotton Blossom sternwheeler and a western train ride, a Can-Can show at the Moulin Rouge, the Flying Dutchman windmill ride, and high speed Autobahn bumper action. Visitors safari Africa, a big game hunt, Diamond Mine riches, Zambezi Zinger ride, and Bwana’s Bargains for souvenirs.
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Europa
Moulin Rouge
Watergate witnesses deny curiosity amid Agnew calm stance
Washington AP reports witnesses deny prying into Watergate secrets as Senate hearings loom, with Sloan, Harmony, Qolle, Alch, and Gray cited for avoiding inquiries. In Nevada, Agnew rejects claims of Nixon paralysis, saying federal work continues and governors push on highway funds and social service restorations at the National Governors Conference.
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Washington
Senate
Stateline
Nev
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
White House
Mike O'Callaghan
Nevada
O'Callaghan
National Admin
Milk price rise forecast to Sept and dairy costs
Iowa and Missouri milk prices are expected to rise at least two cents per quart by September. The Iowa division of Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. says raw milk delivered to dairies will cost 90 cents per hundredweight higher by Sept. 1. Consumers paying 1.10 to 1.15 per gallon for low fat milk may see about eight cents more per gallon by September 1. The increases follow higher feed costs and tighter Grade A milk supplies.
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Springfield
Iowa
Missouri
Mid- America Dairymen, Inc
James Reeves
Mid-America
Four Lane U S Highway 54 to Lake of the Ozarks by 1974
Jefferson City highway chief engineer Ray Lahmeyer told Capital City Rotary that U S 54 from Jefferson City to the Lake of the Ozarks will be near completion by end of 1974. The project adds four lanes except for a small Eldon bypass, with most sections under construction. He said Fulton to Jefferson City will also be four lanes within five years, except for a Fulton bypass already finished. No bridge across the Missouri River in the capital area is planned for at least ten years.
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Jefferson City
Lake of the Ozarks
Ray Laymeyer
Highway Department
Capital City
Lahmeyer
Lake Area
Eldon
106 W Monroe Mexico MO
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W. Monroe
Mexico
Eagle Obsessed Bald Eagle Telegraphs Miami Traffic
An American bald eagle visits a Miami yard each evening to watch rush hour. The bird roosts in a tall pine in Harry Cumban's yard since last fall. Endangered species like the bald eagle number about 7 in the area, with Everglades National Park sheltering about 110. The watcher says you can set your clock by his 5 p.m. return.
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Miami
Fla
Everglades National Park
Harry Cumban
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Jones
Blackwell
Gralike
St. Louis City
Edward T. Linehan
Dst. Louis
Raymond Howard
Royal Navy
Schussboomer
Far East
Hugh W. Sloan
Sloan
Sally Harmony
Liddy
Robert Qolle
Gerald Alch
James McCord
L. Patrick Gray III
Daniel J. Evans
Mandel
Capitol
Lake By
West Plaza
Smiley’s
IGA Foodliner
W. Blvd
Mexico, Mo
Foster
Photoland
U.S.A
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