Bond Signs Bill On Abortions
Governor Bond signed a bill allowing doctors and nurses to refuse participation in abortions, applying to public hospitals, with no penalty clause. The measure becomes law Sept 28, and Bond will assess constitutionality later. The session also saw bills on workmen compensation rights, higher motor vehicle inspection fees, and teacher retirement changes.
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Jefferson City
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Senate
House
Capitol
Robert E. Young
Carthage
Young
Platte County
Charles Valier
Cason Sues Phelps Over Presiding Issue
Missouri Senate dispute feeds into a suit filed by Senator William J. Cason against Lt. Governor William C. Phelps. Cason seeks a ruling that the Senate may elect its own officers and set rules, amid a clash over presiding authority on the session’s last day.
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Jefferson City
William J. Cason
Missouri Senate
William C. Phelps
Cason
Clinton
Phelps
Senate
Attorney General’s Office
Galt
Cole County
State Supreme Court
Saturday Review Sold to Cousins
The financially troubled Saturday Review magazine is sold to former editor Norman Cousins for nearly 500000. The sale, approved by U S Bankruptcy Referee Lynn Gillard, plans to renew publication with World magazine. Funds include 371250 to Saturday Review Co and 78750 for notes and name rights.
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San Francisco
Saturday Review Magazine
Norman Cousins
Cousins
Saturday Review
Review
New World Magazine
U.S
Lynn Gillard
Saturday Review Co
Saturday Review Industries
Mrs Greenburg Installed as Missouri VFW Patriotic Instructor
Mrs Mildred Greenburg of 518 N Abat St was installed Sunday as patriotic instructor of the Missouri Women's Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars at the state convention. Gene Stegge of Independence was installed as State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Jefferson City
Mildred Greenburg
N. Abat St
Missouri Women’s Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gene Stegge
Independence
Queen Elizabeth To Visit Canada
Queen Elizabeth II embarks on a 10 day tour marking the centennial of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The monarch and Prince Philip will cover over 3,400 miles across four provinces and 20 towns and cities, retracing paths of earlier visits while facing mixed reception in Quebec during a 1964 clash.
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Toronto
Elizabeth II
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Prince Philip
Quebec City
Skylab Crew Prepares for 17 Days of Reports and Repairs
Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul J Weitz continue medical exams and begin 17 days of reporting on their four week mission after meeting President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev in California. They praised the team efforts and pledged readiness for Skylab 2 a 56 day flight to start July 27 under Alan Law.
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Bean
Conrad
Kerwin
Earth
Weitz
Space Agency
Ticonderoga
Nixon
Brezhnev
San Clemente
Russia
Soviet Union
Feed Grain Price Cuts Food Supply By KRISTIN LILJEHOLM
Eggs at $1 a dozen and leaner days at supermarket counters are forecast as farmers face a 60 day price freeze and a volatile feed grain market. Poultry groups warn producers risk losses and possible shortages as flocks shrink. Grain prices and export policy could widen shortages in 8 to 10 weeks.
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Kristin Liljeholm
Associated Press
Abit Massey
Georgia Poultry Association
Bruce Hettle
Poultrymen’s Cooperative Association
California
Cost of Living Council
Senate Agriculture Committee
East Texas
Los Angeles Grain Exchange
Leo Johnson
California Cattlemen’s Association
Filling Station Sues Phillips
Alan Lawson, operator of a Kansas City area Phillips station in Independence Missouri, filed an antitrust suit charging Phillips Petroleum Co. with price fixing in retail gasoline. He alleges dealers must only sell Phillips products and operate under annual renewal leases used to force conformity, keeping gasoline prices noncompetitive. He seeks injunction and damages to be determined by the court.
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Kansas City
Alan Lawson
Phillips Petroleum Co
Lawson
Phillips
Independence
U.S
Strike Triggers Energy Shortage Across Australian Cities
Sydney residents faced lighting limits with two bulbs per home while offices rationed elevators and 500000 industrial workers were sent home due to an electrical workers strike. Commuter trains and trams were reduced in Melbourne and NSW and Victoria workers pressed for shorter hours and higher pay.
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
New South Wales Electricity Commission
Victoria
Woman Beaten Over Election Contest Suit
Mary Mayfield, 50, wife of Caseyville mayoral candidate Sterling Mayfield, is in serious condition after five men forced entry to her home and beat her to pressure dropping a federal civil rights election suit challenging the April Caseyville vote. Police continue investigation. no arrests announced. Mayfield had sought a temporary injunction earlier, with defendants to answer by July 9.
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Belleville, D
Caseyville
Ill
Mary Mayfield
Sterling
Mayfield
U. S. District Court
William Luebbers
James L. Foreman
Russell Classen
Luebbers
Fall TV Season Shooting Starts After Writers Strike
Los Angeles AP reports television production revives for fall after a 16 week writer strike ended with a new four year contract. The pact includes pay hikes and first time residuals for cassette and pay-per-view showings. NBC delays fall premieres two weeks. ABC and CBS plan original dates. Negotiations continue on the networks strike over talk shows and daytime serials.
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Los Angeles
Writers Guild of America
Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
NBC
ABC
CBS
Guild
Lowe to Attend Naval Forum
William S. Lowe of Mexico named among 140 prominent citizens at the first Current Strategy Forum of the U S Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island June 26 28. Lowe is board chairman and CEO of A P Green Refractories Co. The 2 1/2 day workshop covers The Role of the U S Military in the Post Containment Era.
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William S. Lowe
Mexico
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Naval War College
Newport
R.I
Lowe
A.P. Green Refractories Co
U.S
FPC To Give Senate Gas Reserve Data
The Federal Power Commission agreed to provide the Senate antitrust subcommittee with basic confidential data on natural gas reserves. It warned producers a court order could compel release. The data was used in a study showing reserves may be lower than industry estimates. A Bureau of Natural Gas worker reportedly tried to destroy the original data.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
FPC
Hart
Bureau of Natural Gas
Threat Made On President Nabbed In Secret Service Notice
The Secret Service issued an all points bulletin to U S enforcement agencies to arrest Harold Kenneth Culp for threatening President Nixon. A warrant was issued by the U S marshal in Miami Florida on June 7 after a letter dated June B prompted the alert. The agency said it has tracked him for some time and no further details were immediately available.
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Washington
Secret Service
U.S
Nixon
Harold Kenneth Culp
Miami
Fla
Boys plead to brush fire that razed Rolling Hills homes
Two youths admitted starting a brush fire with explosive flash powder in a vacant lot. Dry brush ignited by gusty winds, engulfing Rolling Hills and destroying 11 homes, damaging 10 more and blackening 900 acres. Estimated damage $2 million. homes valued from $70,000 to $300,000 each.
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Los Angeles
Rolling Hills
MIT study says Watergate coverage biased and shaky
A MIT and Wellesley College study group finds Watergate reporting biased and lacking balance, with civil rights of high officials treated as unprotected as those of street criminals. The report notes escalation after Nixon's April 30 resignation announcements and criticizes the shift from careful sourcing to speculative stories.
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New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nixon
Network News
MIT
Wellesley College
White House
Washington Post
Evening News
Missouri hog herd declines as price pressures grow
Missouri farmers cut hog numbers despite high meat prices. June 1 hog and pig inventory stood at 3.59 million, down 1 percent from a year earlier. Planned farrowings for the next six months totaled 500,000 sows, 2 percent below year-ago plans. Nationwide trend mirrors Missouri.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Picasso Etching Brings 150000 At Bern Auction
A 1904 Picasso etching titled Le Repas Frugal sold for about 150000 at a Bern auction after two days of bidding. The work reportedly set a record for Picasso graphic pieces, with other canvases by Klee Munch and others drawing strong prices as well. The piece went to a West German dealer at the Kornfeld auction house in Bern.
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Bern
Switzerland
Picasso
Paul Klee
Edvard Munch
Eberhard W. Kornfeld
Rogers Sees Cold War Near End in Nixon Brezhnev Talks
Secretary of State William P. Rogers says the cold war is nearly over and that American support for the thaw is likely. He notes the Nixon Brezhnev summit produced a solemn pledge to avoid force and to regularize relations, with urgent U.S.-Soviet consultation amid potential global tension.
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Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nixon
Brezhnev
Rogers
Soliet
White House
Moscow
Social Security Spokesman Visits Towns This July
A Columbia SSA representative will tour Mexico Vandalia and Centralia on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in July. He will hold sessions 9 am to noon at the courthouse community rooms in Mexico, 9:30 am to noon at Vandalia union hall on July 11, and 9 am to noon at Centralia on July 18. He will assist residents with retirement disability survivor and health insurance benefits and answer Medicare questions.
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Columbia
Social Security Administration
Mexico
Court House
Vandalia
Union Hall
Centralia
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