Debris Litters the Capitol After Bomb Blast
Debris littered the Capitol as investigators probed the bombing that tore through the historic halls. Authorities reported no injuries while Capitol Police prepared a full report. officials cited security fears and significant damage to the West Front, Senate offices, and a men’s room. President Nixon urged heightened security as leaders condemned the act as a political outrage against government.
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James M. Powell
Capitol Switchboard
Laos
Nixon
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Wing
Caleb Boggs
R-Del
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Powell
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Jennings Randolph
Public Works Committee
Mike Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Capitol Police Force
Justice Department
Secret Service
House Vote On Bond Rates Tests Treasury Limit
Washington AP reports the 1971 House faces a key vote on allowing higher long term bond rates and a new voting tallies procedure. The debate centers on raising the 4 percent ceiling, with Treasury officials arguing repeal would ease long term bond sales and reduce debt shifts to short terms. The panel favored a debt limit increase of 35 billion to 430 billion, while opposing repeal of the rate cap.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
John B. Connally
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon Gains Support for Revenue Sharing in Iowa Visit
President Nixon attracts first major post election backing for revenue sharing during a trip to Iowa with Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes endorsing the program. Apollo 14 remarks stress continued space effort and national greatness. Senate filibuster reform efforts appear headed for setback as administration resists direct intervention.
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Nixon
Iowa
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
U.S
MMA Adds Five Field Reps To Expand Enrollment
Missouri Military Academy announced five new field representatives to broaden enrollment across Indiana Ohio Kentucky Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and other states. The team will visit MMA on March 5 for tours forums and a reception at Mexico Country Club, with joint sharing plans by MMA and William Woods College officials.
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E. R. Jackson
William Woods College
MMA
Col. Jackson
Missouri Military
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Academy
Colonel Jackson
Charles Stribling III
Mexico Country Club
R. B. Cutlip
William Woods
Fulton, Mo
MMA Board of Visitors
Col
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Roy Love
Carmel
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Mike McBride
Memphis
California
Jackson
G. David Bailey
Paul F. Cherches
Danger In Pot in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas Nevada AP reports that smoking marijuana may cause sexual impotence per the President-elect of the American Medical Association Dr Wesler W Hall of Reno He adds birth defects are more common in children whose mothers smoke marijuana Also a notice of returning home to Marietta Georgia by Mr and Mrs Russell T Griffin Jr and their son Carlton after attending a death in the Griffin family
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The
American Medical Association
Wesler W. Hall
Reno
Russell T. Griffin Jr
Carlton
Marietta
George L. Griffin
A. Barold Griffin
Denny
Springdale
Bond vetoes KC bank depository
Jefferson City AP report on Feb 11 meeting involving Kansas City banker Alex Barker state Treasurer William E Robinson and Republican Finance Chairman Don Wolfsberger. Kit Bond writes Robinson urging removal of Civic Plaza Bank as state depository while Robinson questions Bond's power and notes past collateral dealings may affect the state's interests.
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Kansas City
Alex Barker
William E. Robinson
Don Wolfsberger
St. Louis
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Robinson
Barker's
Civic Plaza Bank
J. Nick Gray
Maryville
Wolfsberger
Gray
Zala
Washington
Barker
Bond
Civic Plaza
Media Education Plan Endorsed by Missouri Panel
The Missouri Commission on Higher Education endorsed House Bill 274 to allow private universities to educate Missouri doctors with 4000 dollars per enrolled student. It backed name changes to universities for five state colleges but rejected state college status for Missouri Western and Missouri Southern. It also approved Senate Bill 41 to guard against illegal campus entries seizures and sit-ins.
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Missouri Commission On Higher Education
St. Louis University
Washington University
Kirksville Osteopathic College
Kansas City Osteopathic College
Missouri
Missouri Western College
Missouri Southern College
Oil Spills Threaten South Africa Beaches
AP report details two major spills as the tanker Watra ruptures six tanks fouling beaches from Cape Agulhas to Struisbaai. Cleanup uses about 4,000 gallons of detergent with launches aiding in containment, amid threats to ports, resorts, seabirds, and marine life near Cape Town. In England, Trinity Navigator leak prompts oil dispersion efforts off Devon coast with help from a Royal Navy minesweeper and another tanker en route to Berry Head.
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South Africa
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Watra
Cape Agulhas
Struisbaai
Indian Ocean
Torquay
England
Trinity Navigator
Devonshire
Berry Head
Remains Of Original Church Over Jesus Grave Found
Greek archaeologist Athanasios Economopoulos reports discovery inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old Jerusalem. He says the 335 Constantine era church walls an apse and four foot thick outer wall survive beneath later pavings as restoration continues, with details issued by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
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Athanasios Economopoulos
Constantine the Great
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Economopoulos
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Old Jerusalem
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Evonomopoulos
Patriarchate
Church of
James C Penney Estate Valued At 35 Million
James Cash Penny left an estate of about 35 million dollars to be probated in Manhattan Surrogate Court. The widow receives half the gross estate with four children sharing the remainder after taxes and bequests. The will dated July 27, 1966 provides major gifts to foundations and educational institutions and names coexecutors Karen Penney Roswell Penney and Chemical Bank of New York.
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James Cash Penny
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Penney
Hamilton
James C. Penney Foundation, Inc
New York City
Hcsc Foundation
Riverside
Calif
Penny
Joseph F. Freund
Short Hills
N.J
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Roswell K. Penney
Ormond Beach, Fla
Chemical Bank of New York
Forts to Attend Pork Congress in Des Moines
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Fort of Martinsburg will attend the American Pork Congress in Des Moines, Iowa, March 2 to 4. Mr. Fort is one of five official Missouri delegates and Audrain County Pork Producers representative to the Missouri Pork Producers Assn. He will join producers from across the nation to discuss pork promotion and swine industry challenges. Eight afternoon workshops cover reproduction environment business management feed additives housing health marketing and selection.
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Martinsburg
American Pork Congress
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort
Missouri
Audrain County Pork Producers
Missouri Pork Producers Assn
Progress Report On Cannon Dam Near Hannibal
Engineers say land purchase is 55 percent done with 3 million spent in the last year. With 5.2 million in Nixon’s 1971 budget, main dam work continues. cofferdam to shield floods, four wells to be de-watered, and spring 1976 gate closure planned. Contracts include electrical generators and a St. Louis firm for the administration building design while Gravesite relocation proceeds with Mrs. Carl Bounds as liaison.
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U.S
Cannon Dam
Carroll N. LeTellier
Col. LeTellier
William E. Clarkson
Mark Twain Lake
Corps
Clarkson
Norfolk and Western
St. Louis
Sunday Sunday drink bill gains committee approval
Jefferson City AP report says the Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee approved the bill 6 to 2 to allow Sunday liquor sales in restaurants that earn at least half their gross income from prepared meals. Supporters cited tourism and conventions, while critics urged tougher liability and social costs.
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Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Edward T. Linehan
Dst. Louis
A.J. Cervantes
St. Louis
Hugh Wamble
Kansas City
Christian Life Commission
Missouri Baptist Convention
Maurice Blum
Oil Slick Birds Return To Wild
The first birds treated for damage in the January oil spill have been released. Two merganser ducks were freed at the Berkeley Marina by volunteers from the Richmond cleaning depot. The San Francisco Zoo also released two canvas-backs to test feather recovery. State estimates list 7,000 birds coated, with about 1,600 reaching zoos and only roughly 75 alive today.
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Standard Oil Co
California
Berkeley
Richmond
Reuther
State Fish & Game Department
Zoo
Ambassadors Form Baptist Quartet at First Mexico Church
A gospel singing quartet named The Ambassadors is organized at First Baptist Church in Mexico. Members include Frank Arnall Jerry Rozelle Lynn Cundiff and Jack Kelley. Since late 1970 they have appeared in Mexico Moberly and Chillicothe with Blackwood groups and sang at the Sweetheart Banquet and before adult Sunday School departments. The Baptist Men's group plans to feature gospel recording artists for church concerts. The Ambassadors will sing for other churches.
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Mexico
Ambassador Quartet
Frank Arnall
First Baptist Church In
Jerry Rozelle
Lynn Cundiff
Jack Kelley
Ambassadors
Moberly
Chillicothe
Blackwood Brothers
Blackwood Singers
First Baptist
Baptist Men’s Organization
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