Plastic owls vs Capitol pigeons capture Missouri woes
Jefferson City officials battle pigeon problems at the Capitol with budget limits and wild schemes. Sen. John Scott profits from a $2.79 plastic owl solution that crowds now watch atop the building. Moon warns pigeons adapt and that the fight against bird droppings and clogged vents costs time and money.
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Moon
Jefferson City
Executive Mansion
Warren Hearnes
State
Conservation Department
Senate
John Scott
D-St. Louis
Scott
House Pushes Repeal of $12,900 Pay Hike
The House moves toward a vote on an amendment to repeal the $12,900 pay raise for members, while debating funds for the next fiscal year and potential effects on top federal hires. The measure seeks to strip money for raises from the appropriation bill, with an already tight vote expected.
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House
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Carter
Oil Firms To Challenge ICC Order To Lower Rates
Attorneys for BP Alaska and other oil firms plan court challenges to the ICC ruling that rates for moving Alaska oil on the trans Alaska pipeline are too high. The decision lowers proposed tariffs from 6.04 to 6.40 per barrel to 4.68 to 5.10 per barrel, a temporary order pending further seven month review.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Bp-Alaska
Frank Lickwood
ICC
State of Alaska
Alaska
Valdez
Nevada approves one cent city sales tax in Nevada Mo
Nevada voters approve a one cent city sales tax by 1,311 to 891, slated to begin Oct 1. The revenue, about 275000 annually, funds capital improvements. Similar measures failed in 1973 and 1975.
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Nevada, Mo
Nevada
Birth Control Device Aims To Boost Rhythm Method Use
A seven inch plastic device named ovutmer may let women use the rhythm method as reliably as the pill with no side effects. Researchers at MIT say it marks fertility windows, helping conception timing and offering accuracy where ovulation varies. Kopito notes no side effects and first market for those trying to conceive.
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Brookline, Mass
Louis Kopito
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kopito
Nixon May Still Slow Tapes From Release
In a 7-2 ruling the Supreme Court upheld a 1974 law giving the government control of 800 White House tapes and 42 million pages of Nixon documents left after his resignation. The ruling allows archivists to screen material for privacy and national security while Nixon can challenge decisions, potentially delaying public release for years.
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
Nixon
High Court
General Services Administration
James Rhodes
United States
Monkeys Roil Dallas Neighborhood in Court Dispute
Dallas resident E. R. Jennings sues over 50 caged monkeys kept by neighbor Mrs. Marion McCarty in Bluffview Estates. He says the primates disturb mornings and cost residents sleep while McCarty defends the arrangement as harmless pets. The municipal court action centers on nuisance and neighborhood disruption.
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Dallas
Marion McCarty
E. R. Jennings
Jennings
Bluffview Estates
Monkeys in Yard Stir Dallas Court Dispute
In Dallas Court, Jennings complains his bedroom window shows a group of monkeys that keep him awake with loud screeches. Mrs. McCarty defends the pets as cleaner than some children and insists they sleep at times Jennings notes. McCarty has kept the animals for about 20 years.
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Jennings
Congress Halts Federal Busing Funds Across Parties
The Senate and House moved to forbid HEW from withholding federal money from districts that refuse busing for desegregation and require that any busing be limited to the pupil’s nearest school. The vote split 51 to 42 against Brooke’s bid to restore broader power, with Morgan siding against the amendment.
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House
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Carter
Edward Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Robert Morgan
Dn.c
Kingdom Come
Top Teasdale Aide Ryan Is Leaving
Brendan Ryan, a top Teasdale aide and former St. Louis Circuit Attorney, said he will resign to return to practice law in St. Louis after assisting in the governor’s Jefferson City office for several months. He denied leaving over a rift and said his loyalty remains with Gov Joseph P Teasdale.
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Brendan Ryan
Joseph P. Teasdale
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Joe Teasdale
Ryan
Teasdale
Jefferson City
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