Missouri jobless numbers cut as openings shrink
AP dispatch from Jefferson City reports that six months of rising unemployment left about 150,000 Missourians jobless while the state Division of Employment Security held nearly 7,400 immediately available openings. Assistant director Al Aubuchon cites a shift to low paying, less desirable roles and welfare effects. many seek higher paying work and view welfare as a comparable safety net. He notes many openings come from within companies and some jobs pay over $2 an hour but net take home pay rivals unemployment benefits.
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Jefferson City
State Division of Security
Employment Services
Aubuchon
Millions Unable to Figure Change and Mileage in Study
Washington AP reports that millions cannot compute gasoline mileage or determine eligibility for classified ads jobs, with 39 million failing to find Social Security deductions on pay stubs. An Office of Education survey cautions this signals broader illiteracy and guides a reevaluation of adult education funding and goals.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Congressional
Trial Begins For Evers On Tax Charges
Fayette Mayor Charles Evers, Mississippi’s leading black politician, goes on trial in Jackson on federal income tax evasion charges. Expected to last 10 days or more, he denies delaying tactics and notes his 1988 70 tax years. The indictment cites underpaid taxes and misreported income. Evers cites accountant errors and recalls his civil rights era rise in Mississippi politics.
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Jackson
Miss
Fayette
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Evers
State Senate
U.S
Dan Russell
Nannie Laura Evers
Chicago
Medgar
NAACP
Ford Energy Plan Draws Arab Comparison Says Litton
Rep. Jerry Litton of Missouri likened President Ford energy proposals to Arab price-raising schemes during a Kansas City speech. He urged more money for new energy sources, criticizing Congress for partisan blame and insufficient commitment to alternatives.
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Kansas City
Jerry Litton
D-Mo
Ford
Litton
St. Louis
Societies of Paint Technologies
House
Earth
America
Congress
Governors Cruise Mississippi River With Oil Lobby Guests
In New Orleans 900 guests aboard the Natchez heard Dixieland bands and sampled seafood as oil lobby funders cover much of a conference cost. Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association backs the cruise and related events while states provide the rest, with governors hosted by sponsor efforts and reporters in attendance.
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Governors Cruise River
New Orleans
Mississippi
Natchez
Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association
Federation of American Hospitals
Dow Chemical
Xerox
Union Carbide
Internal Revenue Service
J. A. Griffith
South Central Bell Co
Michael D. Bromberg
Hospitals Federation
Louisiana
al Hirt
Griffith
Power Cut Off Triggered Fatal Candle Fire
Kansas City story details how Anna Mae Johnson fell behind on a $46 bill, power was cut, a candle sparked a deadly blaze that killed three of her youngest children while a daughter and others survived fled from a second story window. Authorities note a December portion of the bill and a missed payment plan.
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Kansas City
Anna Mae Johnson
Don
Landes
Kcp&l
Teachers Attend Missouri Government Seminar
John C Tarbet Route 1 Mexico Miss Marie Gladbach Vandalia Mrs Theda Cahall Route 1 Montgomery City Harlan E Gilmore Wellsville join 30 teachers at the Robert A Taft Institute of Government Seminar at the University of Missouri in Columbia June 16 27. The program features top state officials and UMC faculty to deepen teachers understanding of the American political process.
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John C. Tarbet
Mexico
Marie Gladbach
Vandalia
Theda Cahall
Montgomery City
Harlan E. Gilmore
Wellsville
Éitchers
Robert A. . ‘Taft
University of Missouri
Columbia
UMC
Legislation to Boost Missouri Lawmakers Pension in Compromise Bill
Jefferson City AP reports a 20 percent boost to legislative pensions likely to ride in a compromise retirement bill. House negotiator Rep. Gladys Marriott says the Senate refused to budge, threatening to kill the measure without the increase. The plan would raise monthly pensions for ten year service lawmakers from 187.50 to 225 and for state workers from 70 to 87.50, remove the pension from the general system to dodge IRS issues, end the $420 annual payment, and raise the maximum annual benefit from 5600 to 6720.
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Jefferson City
House
Senate
Gladys Marriott
Kansas City
Marriott
Creve Coeur
Maurice Schechter
Federal Internal Revenue Service
House Retirement and Pensions Committee
IRS
Ameribanc to acquire majority of Richmond bank
Ameribanc Inc received approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to acquire 90 percent or more of the voting shares of Exchange Bank of Richmond. The purchase would elevate Ameribanc from 214th to 13th among Missouri banking organizations.
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Ameribanc
Kansas City
St. Joseph Bank
Exchange Bank of Richmond
Ameribanc, Inc
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Missouri
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Goodrich
Amercan Express
Diners Club
Davie Blanche
W. Jackson
YA van YD
Grandpa
Lotte
Shugart Photo
West Jackson
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