Missouri House finally approves amended criminal code
In Jefferson City with under 72 hours left in session the Missouri House passed a broad revision of the criminal code 97 to 56 after adopting 22 of 29 Senate amendments The vote ended a stormy debate and moves the bill to a House Senate conference committee A protest over a repeal of the Blue Law failed as Rep Scaglia’s amendment was rejected amid clashes with Speaker Rabbitt The chamber also approved a private gambling measure and expanded mandatory sentencing provisions for guns while restricting rape victim credibility inquiries and rejecting a narcotics addiction test for burglars
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Missouri House
House
House- Senate
Phillip Scaglia
Kansas City
Blue Law
Normandy
Wayne Goode
Richard Rabbitt
St. Louis
Scaglia
Independence
Clarence Heflin
Rabbitt
Heflin
Hannibal
Harold Volkmer
Thomas Zych
Trash Bills Move to Governor as Legislature Closes Session
Missouri lawmakers sent three bills to Governor Bond including a solid waste disposal measure that weakens local trash service requirements and exempts many small towns and counties. A rock festival bill with an emergency clause narrows festival licensure to promoters and venues above 5,000 attendees, while a surgical center bill would allow doctors to pool resources for overnight centers and require insurers to cover operations. The Senate also returned several House bills, such as a school bus inspection and an open window tax hearing measure, plus a reform to tax levy procedures based on current valuations to curb windfall funding from rising assessments.
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Jefferson .City
Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
Bond
St. Louis
Richard Webster
Senate
House Votes Down Gas Guzzler Tax Measures
The House rejected a strengthened gas guzzler tax and instead adopted civil penalties based on failing fuel economy. It set standard miles per gallon targets for 1978 to 1985 and kept a home insulation tax break and tire tax repeal, arguing tighter auto efficiency rules over new taxes.
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Wright
Elford A. Cederberg
Reich
Philip R. Sharp
D-Ind
Sharp
Transportation Department
Andrew Jacobs Jr
Ford Aims to Spur Utility Plant Construction With Tax Breaks
President Ford backed labor-management panel recommendations to liberalize tax writeoffs and permit tax deferred treatment of reinvested utility dividends to speed new plants and convert oil and gas plants to coal. The plan could save utilities 500 million to 1 billion dollars in 1976 and includes a task force to remove construction impediments.
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Washington
Ford
John Dunlop
Labor-Management Committee
Congress
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
Brezhnev presses ban on new weapons at Kremlin meeting
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev proposes a world pact to outlaw new weapons of mass destruction. He warns technology could yield even more terrible arms than nuclear ones and invites large states to join the Soviet Union and United States in shaping the agreement. He spoke at a Kremlin electoral meeting.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
United States of America
Kremlin
Friday the 13th debate sparks selective perception
Miami readers hear psychologist Dr. Charles Verschoor argue Friday the 13th is unlucky only if you believe it. The piece cites Psychology Today and notes business losses from fear, with references to tris kaidekaphobia, historical roots, and common avoidance of 13 in buildings and planes. Couples Robert Spedding and Carol Capp plan a Friday wedding despite the superstition.
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Miami
Fla
Greece
Vincent Lopez
Robert Spedding
Carol Capp
Tampa
Sketchy details on Trujillo plot draw conflict in Congress
House intelligence committee members say briefing on CIA involvement in the 1961 Trujillo assassination was brief and unclear. Rep. Dellums urged caution while Rep. Stanton alluded to possible CIA ties, but others disputed the scope of the briefing and the evidence. Meanwhile, Nedzi resigned over CIA misconduct debates, and Edward Lamb claimed a 1969 Castro assassination attempt involving the CIA.
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House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
James V. Stanton
Ohio
Ronald V. Dellums
Dcalif
Trujillo
Stanton
Harrington
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
Nedzl
Committee Democratic
Carl Albert
Castro
Lamb
Toledo
Cuba
President Hathaway sworn in as Interior secretary
Stanley K. Hathaway, former Wyoming governor, is sworn in as secretary of the interior ending 43 days without a Cabinet member. President Ford pledges total support and a shared goal of conserving natural resources while expanding domestic energy development amid Senate scrutiny. A separate note mentions a Mexican Junior High history teacher couple welcoming a seven pound two ounce son at Audrain Medical Center.
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Washington
Stanley K. Hathaway
Wyoming
Kenneth Quick
Elmwood Dr
Audrain Medical Center
Quick
Mexico
Charles Eric
Jack Quick
Boonville
Kathy Ogar
Adolph Ogar
Department
Ford
Hathaway
Interior
All Rebates Mailed: Results Uncertain
The final federal tax rebates totaling 7.9 billion dollars were mailed to 63.22 million taxpayers, with some stragglers possibly arriving in weeks. The Treasury highlighted readiness to issue 34 million Social Security and railroad retirement bonus checks once Congress clears the appropriation. Early data showed mixed retail results, while home sales surged 25 percent in April aided by a 5 percent tax credit up to 2000 dollars for new or under construction homes.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
Commerce Department
Segaaline A. Hills
Mooring and Urban Development
Ford
Prom ‘Howrey
Roloase Nessen
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
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