Senators Endorse Gray Testimony Amid FBI Nomination
Senate panel chair James Eastland backs L. Patrick Gray as FBI director saying he is honest and nonpartisan and expected to win Senate confirmation. Grays hours of questioning focused on Watergate break-in and bugging, with liberal Democrats praising his testimony while noting concerns over speeches tied to Nixon’s reelection bid.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Eastland
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Nixon
Watergate Complex
Personal News of Wellsville Continues With Local Moves
Workers Extension Club moved from the old Presbyterian Church to a plain uptown building, opening to admittance card holders on March 9 in the afternoon. W H McClain attended a Highway Engineers convention in St Louis, planning to return Friday. School lunch menus span Wellsville Middletown Jr Sr High Elementary and Middletown Elementary with varied weekly meals and daily milk.
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Workers Extension Club
Old Presbyterian Church
W. H. McClain
St. Louis
Sheraton- Jefferson Hotel
Wellsville
Middletown
Sr. High
Coney Island
Missouri Kin Gets Good News
Two Western Missouri families learned their sons were among prisoners of war released in Hanoi. Air Force Capt. Donald R. Spoon, 31, was shot down over North Vietnam January 20, 1967, while Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Deane Woods is the other captive. Spoon’s parents live in Pleasant Hill. Woods’ relatives reside in Garden City.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Hanoi
Air Force
Donald R. Spoon
North Vietnam
Navy
Robert Deane Woods
Spoon
Melvin L. Spoon
Pleasant Hill
Cass County
IRS Offices Missouri Open Saturday For Tax Help
All IRS offices in Missouri will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday to assist in preparing 1972 federal tax returns in person or by telephone. St. Louis district director A. W. McCanless noted calls declined and few used the extended hours. Offices return to regular hours for the rest of March.
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IRS
Missouri
A.W. McCanless
St. Louis
Missouri Senate proposes ombudsman with extra staff
A bill in the Missouri Senate would let the lieutenant governor serve as state ombudsman and add seven staff at an estimated $46,000 first year. The ombudsman would investigate citizen complaints and report to agency heads. A separate bill would deduct $1 per person for political parties on state tax returns, with funds remitted to parties by Sept. 10 each year.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Richard Webster
Carthage
Weather Boost Hopes for Soviet Wheat Crop
Moscow reports mild weather expected next month should help the reduced winter wheat crop avoid further damage. Spring wheat planting has begun, and officials warn favorable summer weather and a large field effort will be needed to recover from last year’s crop failures.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Teachers Say They Can't Pay Fine
ST. LOUIS AP Officials of St. Louis Teachers Union Local 420 said they could not raise $140,000 in court fines for violating a temporary injunction during the January strike. Judge McGuire delayed fines and jail for clemency review, as union leaders warn of increased antagonism. the calendar extended to June 27 with no Easter break.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Teachers Union Local 420
Thomas F. McGuire
Jerry B. Abernathy
St. Louis Teachers Association
Demosthenes DuBose
McGuire
Association
Board of Education
Bread Tax Repeal Aims to Halt Higher Loaf Prices
Washington senators introduced a bill to repeal the bread tax, claiming it adds about two cents to every loaf. They warn bakers plan price hikes to offset flour costs after a large wheat sale to the Soviet Union. The tax, paid by millers at 75 cents per bushel of wheat turned to flour, yields about $400 million a year. Sponsors Bayh and Weicker say wheat subsidies remain unaffected and note food wheat is taxed differently from animal feed wheat.
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Washington (Ap
Soviet Union
Sens
Birch Bayh
D. Ind
Lowell Weicker
Rconn
Weicker
Notted
Hearing Set March 9 On Long Estate Asset Claim
In Bowling Green Missouri a probate hearing is scheduled for March 9 in Pike County Probate Court over a petition to uncover the assets of the late Senator Edward V. Long who died November 6. His wife and daughter each receive $10 under his will. The petition, with an affidavit from Mrs. Long, accuses three Long employees of concealing or misappropriating property including stocks, securities, livestock and household items. Named are Helen Dunlop the senator’s secretary and estate trustee, Delores Tinsley, and James Morris Jr. Dunlop’s removal as executor and a Bank of St Louis note dispute of about 200000 are also sought. Long’s estate, valued over 2 million, largely goes to his granddaughter with a trust providing full ownership at 30 and half at 20.
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Bowling Green, Mo
Pike County
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Long
Helen Dunlop
Delores Tinsley
Bowling Green
Newsmen Subpoenas to Be Contested by Major Papers
Time Inc The New York Times and The Washington Post vow to fight subpoenas for reporters in the Watergate bugging case arguing First Amendment rights. The Washington Star-News will answer without disclosing privileged material. GOP committee seeks 11 reporters testimony while civil suits unfold between Democrats and the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
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Associated Press
Time Inc
New York Times
Washington Post
Nixon
Washington Star-News
Paris area personal notes and blue and gold banquet
Personal news from Paris includes the Hamiltons returning from Donna Texas and the Cullys back in San Antonio after a funeral. The Blue and Gold banquet for Paris Cub Scouts at the Legion Hall drew about 60 guests with seven boys earning cat honors. Pack meetings are scheduled for the last Monday each month. Mrs Northert Schwerman, widow, held a farm sale after a death, plans to rent her place to Ray Key and visit relatives before deciding a new home.
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Paris
Legion Hall
Dean Mason
F. A. Barnett
Ernest Infield
Jim Rives
Marvin Bivens
Lydia
Lonnie Forrest
Michael Davis
Charles Ely
Richard Dubar
Leslie Edwards
John
Luther Harris
Harold Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Charles Davis
Dave Edwards
Northert Schwerman
Ray Key
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