Nixon debt limit fight shapes tax reform timing
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively rejects an $18 billion debt limit increase and keeps the ceiling at $460 billion through Oct. 31. The move eases immediate tax reform pressure, while Mills proposes a separate review of tax loopholes. education funding and antibusing issues loom as decisive votes approach.
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House
Ways and Means Comittee
Nixon
Ers
Treasury
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Missouri faces spillover as St Louis ends meat inspections
In Jefferson City Missouri the city of St Louis will stop its own meat inspections on June 30 forcing the state to assume oversight of the 120000 program begun with 59 plants in the metro area. Gov Hearnes urged USDA funding and the legislature had funded half the program but may veto, risking a full federal takeover.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
St. Louis
Harold Treese
Warren E. Hearnes
Hearnes
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Treese
State Fiscal Affairs Committee
Louis Boyes Again Heads Library Board
Officers of the Mexico Audrain County Library were reelected for a one year term starting July 1. Louis Boyes of Benton City serves as chairman with Rev. Robert Collins as vice chairman and Rebecca Gibbs as secretary. Eldon Burgess, the director, announced the summer reading program beginning June 12 with the theme Moon Walk. Circulation across Mexico branches and the bookmobile rose in May compared to May 1971.
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Mexico- Audrain County
Louis Boyes
Benton City
Robert Collins
Mexico
Rebecca Gibbs
Howard Maxwell
Ernest Gantt
Robert Johnson
Martinsburg
Richard Kohl
Vandalia
E.J. Hotep
Robert Pollard
Sturgeon
Eldon Burgess
Rain Wanted After Heavy Hay Harvest In Audrain County
Audrain County farmers, after a hot dry spell, seek rain as planting nears completion about 95 percent of the 1972 crop is in. Hay harvest is under way with over 40 000 tons expected, crews stretched thin by heavy work and family farming efforts. irrigation plans rise as drought concerns loom and moisture tables suggest watering by June 14 if rain fails.
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Audrain County
Doug Balser
Delmar Hawkins
Quisenberry St
Bellflower
Delmar Jr
Charles
Hawkins
Elmer Welch
Mexico
Dale Schnarre
Vandalia
Schwarre
University
Audrain
Mike
Muskie May Quit Shifts McGovern Race Prospects
Sen Edmund Muskie signals possible release of delegates and support for McGovern. NBC and the New York Times report a decision could come at Friday's National Press Club address. McGovern eyes a first ballot win with strong delegate counts and hopes to end the Vietnam War through negotiations, even suggesting travel to Hanoi if needed.
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Associated Press
George S. McGovern
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
McGovern
NBC
New York Times
National Press Club
Washington
Miami Beach
Miami
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
California
Richard Stewart
Stewart
Gary Hart
New York
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Heavier Raids Pound At North Vietnam Rail Link
AP reports U S war planes delivered the heaviest raids in three weeks on North Vietnam, hitting a 600-foot tunnel near the Chinese border and nearby depots while B 52 bombers returned north of the DMZ. In South Vietnam the Communist offensive nears week 11 as Trang Bang sees renewed fighting.
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U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Trang Bang
Saigon- Phnom Penh
Hue
Quang Tri Province
Hanoi
Air Force
Lung ‘Truong
China
Man Turns Self In For 1935 Murder in Florida
Lonnie Cross an aged man with arthritis walked into the Duval County sheriff's office to confess killing a man in 1935. Police confirm Lonnie Smith stabbed a man during a fight with his common law wife, killing a friend who attempted to intervene. Cross, living under the name Cross since moving from Georgia, says he sought to repent and face consequences. He was arraigned on first degree murder charges and jailed without bond.
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Fla
Lonnie Cross
William Beacham
Cross
Beacham
Lonnie Smith
Ed Bozier
Smith
Georgia
New Orleans
Justice of the Peace
Dorka
Dinner To Honor USC-of-C Head In Mexico
Mexico will host a testimonial dinner at 7 p.m. Friday to honor William S. Lowe, CEO of A.P. Green Refractories and new president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Tulsa Tribune editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones will address the audience on a "Question of Survival."
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William S. Lowe
MMA
Lowe
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
The
Tulsa Tribune
Jones
Freedom
Freedom Foundation
Hillsdale College
University of Oklahoma
University of Wisconsin
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Hanover College
Lowell Hagan
William A. McDonnell
St. Louis
Arch Booth
Washington, D.C
E.W. Duffy
United States Gypsum
A.P. Green Co
A.J. Watt
US Gypsum
A.R. Rump
Herman A. Perler
John P. Fishwick
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Lowe
Kansas City
James M. Kemper Jr
B.M. Lamberson
Peter Newquist
All of Commerce Bancshares
General Electric
John M. Dalton
RB. Cutlip
William Woods College
Wir. Lowe
Curtis K. Blattner
J.W. Prada
US Chamber
Archie K. Davis
Missonr Chamber
Glenn E. Scott
Gumchewing Robin Kral Wins 45th National Spelling Bee
Gumchewing Robin Kral of Lubbock Texas won the 45th National Spelling Bee, defeating 78 competitors. Second place went to 13 year old Lauren H Pringle of Buffalo New York as final rounds narrowed the field. The article notes the final words that felled contestants including garnet and macerate in the dramatic finish.
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Washington
Robin Kral
Lubbock
Tex
Lauren H. Pringle
Buffalo, N.Y
Spelling Bee Round Notes Mention Young Spellers
Round by round account lists contestants Keith Mondy 13 Ironton Missouri Linda Koenipsiman 13 and Joseph J Vissers 13 of El Mondorf AFB Alaska who placed third after mis-spelling words including demaree and heliophile The report notes crowd reaction and spelling officials handling the event in Beloit Kansas Tulsa Oklahoma and other locales with several mis-spellings cited
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Keith Mondy
Ironton, Mu
Linda Koenipsiman
Joseph J. Vissers
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Ballots Out In Mail Soon For August Primary
County Clerk Glenn M. Barnes said military ballots for the August primary are being processed and will be mailed soon. A constitutional amendment ballot on reorganizing the executive branch is also printed and will be sent to all applicants. Military ballots are available to service members and their families with requests coming from the serviceman, his wife, or parents.
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Glenn M. Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Fireman Fights Blazing Apartment Fire After Call
A Louisiana fireman responding to a Wednesday night blaze found his own apartment on fire when a hot skillet left on the stove ignited the kitchen. The incident followed his signal for help turning into a greater emergency.
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Louisiana
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