Tennis Courts Get Lighting In Fairgrounds Park
Mexico's four tennis courts at Fairgrounds Park will be lighted after a Monday night city council decision. City Manager Gary Eide outlined an estimated lighting cost of 13 200 with efforts to trim. Rehinardt Construction Co won the bid for four unlighted courts at 43 230 and lighting estimates were to follow. council member Lewis Brooks Jr. stressed need and described plans to shield nearby homes. play could start by Sept 1.
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Mexico
Fairgrounds Park
Gary Eide
Reinhardt Construction Co
Centralia
Lewis Brooks Jr
Eide
Gas Rationing Plan On Standby
The Carter administration develops a standby program to allow the President to impose gasoline rationing on short notice. James Bishop, aide to James Schlesinger, says Carter ordered a review of rationing plans to grant broad powers. Schlesinger spoke in an interview with Rep. Jim Guy Tucker. The interview notes the administration will begin work on an immediate, dramatic rationing plan if needed due to supply issues. Bishop stressed the plan is not a reaction to past energy proposals and cites high summer gasoline use as context.
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Washington
Carter
James Bishop
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Jim Guy Tucker
D-Ark
Tucker
Bishop
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
America
Congress Faces Vote Over $12,900 Pay Hike Repeal
The House prepares to vote on repealing the March 1 pay raise for Congress members. The key measure would strike funds for the higher salaries from the fiscal year 1966 appropriation, with a tight political path ahead. If approved, pay could drop from 57500 to 44600 for representatives and senators, plus adjustments for judges and other officials. Senate review remains possible, and a conference committee could reconcile both chambers.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rules
Senate
Country Prepares Blast For July 4 Celebration
Washington AP reports fireworks stands sprouting along roadsides as the country gears up for Fourth of July. New federal regulations from last winter curb the pyrotechnic display, promising a quieter season after the 1974 move to ban certain devices.
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Washington
America
Shooting report on Davis Fork bridge near Mexico
Virgil McCormack, 20, reported two unknown men fired at him from a following car as he pulled over near the Davis Fork bridge on Highway 15 around 11 p.m. He fled down the creek embankment and was uninjured. He had received threatening calls previously but offered no motive. The incident comes amid fireworks regulation debates nationwide.
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Mexico
Highway 15
Davis Fork Bridge
Public Safety Department
Virgil McCormack
Jefferson
McCormack
Mini-Pumper Expands PSD City Fire Patrol Reach
The Mexico Public Safety Department deploys a new mini-pumper in service last week. Costing 10000 dollars, it offers 110 gallon water capacity and a 500 psi pump, enabling access to areas routine apparatus cannot reach. It supports daily city-wide fire patrols and fire inspections, and after 3 pm is used by police for patrols.
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Mexico
Bolli
PSD
Public Safety Department
Smile- Guest to Hostess Joke Exchange
A brief quip about a guest noting a dog staring while eating. The hostess replies that the dog focuses on the plate he usually eats from. The cartoonish line captures light humor in a social setting.
Nixon Loses Tapes Decision
Supreme Court rules former President Nixon not entitled to control White House tapes and documents. 7 to 2 vote upholds Congress 1974 seizure of nearly 5,000 hours of tapes and 42 million pages. Court rejects Nixon arguments of unconstitutionality and signals public access, with regulations possible but challengable. Dissent by Burger and Rehnquist.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
Nixon
General Services Administration
High Court
Leon Jaworski
United States
Jaworski
San Clemente
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Byron R. White
Lewis F. Powell
Harry A. Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
State Assessments Decrease From 76
Audrain County railroads and utilities see total state tax assessments dip by 262 321 dollars to 17 187 385 this year. Mexico city gains 17 988 to 2 902 436. Vandalia and other towns rise while Benton City and Rush Hill fall. County total now 82 976 290, just under 83 million, with Board of Equalization adjustments expected to push over. Railroads all down. Southwestern Bell leads gains in assessment.
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State Tax Commission
John Jesse
City of
Mexico
Jesse
Vandalia
Addonia
Farber
Martinsburg
Vandiver Village
Benton City
Rush Hill
Audrain
Board of Equalization
Tax Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Less Humid Air Follows Heavy Rains Into Area
A cold front brought heavy rain and high winds to northern Missouri with 3.85 inches in 30 minutes and near 90 degree highs. The system moved eastward with potential clearing and cooler, less humid air by midweek, while scattered showers and thunderstorms were possible Friday and Saturday.
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Missouri
National Weather Service
Weather Service
DeKalb County
The
Conception
Edgerton
Plattsburg
Pattonsburg
St. Joseph
Cameron
Columbia
Harrisonville
Higginsville
Kirksville
Cape Girardeau
Kansas City International Airport
Conspiracy of Silence On Wife Beating Highlights Study
Richard C. Levy and Roger C. Langley authors of Wife Beating The Silent Crisis say more than half of U S married women suffer abuse and about 10 percent use lethal force. They criticize society and a $25 million congressional proposal to fund ongoing domestic violence research. A newborn boy was born to William D. O Rourke and his wife at Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds three ounces. Grandparents are James O Rourke, Mary Cross, and Percy O Rourke with great grandmother Mrs. Mary O Rourke.
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Washington
Richard C. Levy
Roger C. Langley
Levy
Langley
United States
Congress
National Institute of Mental Health
William D. O'Rourke
Hoxey Hotel
Audrain Medical Center
James O'Rourke
Mexico
Mary Cross
Auxvasse
Percy O'Rourke
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