Wholesale Prices In Sharp Drop In February
Washington AP reports wholesale prices fell five tenths of a percent in February, the sharpest decline in nearly a year, driven by a 2.3 percent drop in farm and food prices. Industrial goods rose modestly, while fuels and power dropped, signaling lower consumer prices ahead and reflecting ongoing inflation easing under the Ford administration.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
White House
James J. Pate
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Agriculture Department
Ham theft abduction shocks rural Missouri home
Moberly Monitor Index reports a man abducted from his Route 3 home near Mt. Airy and Roanoke while his wife watched television. A black intruder forced him to help fetch hams from a shed and load them into a waiting car, with fear of a weapon and a chase toward Shelbyville. Sheriff Orville Price investigated. no further description beyond black male given.
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Moberly
Russell Spotts
Mt. Airy
Roanoke
Spotts
North Shelby High School
Shelbyville
Orville Price
Missouri Senate blocks gun control and prostitution amendments
In day nine of discussing a 283 page criminal code revision bill, Missouri Senate defeated amendments for city gun control in St. Louis and for decriminalizing prostitution by shielding customers. Gambling in private homes was also voted down, with concerns it would widen statewide gambling. No final action on the bill was taken.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Missouri Senate
St. Louis
Franklin Payne
St. Louis City
William B. Waters
Dliberty
Ike Skelton
Liberty
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Kansas City
Mary Gant
Water
Miss Audrain Pageant Contestant Janet C Carson
Janet C Carson a 22 year old Vandalia native stands five feet five inches with brown hair. She will perform an acrobatic dance baton twirl in the Miss Audrain pageant. A Monroe City R-1 High School graduate, she studies at Central Missouri State University Warrensburg and belongs to Alpha Xi Delta. She aims for a retail management career and training. Carson was a runner up in 1975 Miss Audrain County and was Miss Teenage Monroe City in prior years.
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Janet C. Carson
James E. Carson
Vandalla
Miss Carson
Monroe City
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg
Alpha Xi Delta
Five Judges Named for 1976 Miss Audrain Pageant
A five member Missouri judging panel for the 1976 Miss Audrain County Pageant at Presser Hall includes Mrs Gingo Reed Kirksville Mrs Luann Stewart Excelsior Springs Phillip Buz Adams Springfield Richard E Hoover Kansas City and Daniel L Scotten Columbia Ron Darnell chairs the panel Final tabulation will be by Bryan Gruber of Mexico CPA.
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Presser Hall
Missouri
Gingo Reed
Kirksville
Luann Stewart
Excelsior Springs
Phillip (Buz) Adams
Springfield
Richard E. Hoover
Kansas City
Daniel L. Scotten
Columbia
Reed
Continental Telephone Co
Atlantic City
Hoover
University of Missouri
St. Joseph
Independence
Lafayette County
Ray County
Scotten
Commerce Bank of Columbia
U.S. Jaycees
American Cancer Society
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Ron Darnell
Bryan Gruber
Mexico
Visitors test loyalties in 1776 via Boston Bicentennial computer
A Boston Bicentennial exhibit uses a computer to gauge whether visitors would have sided with patriots loyalists or neutrals in 1776. Out of 115000 ballots, 47 percent favored patriots, 27 percent loyalty, with many neutrals. The display, in Quincy Market, mixes films slides and biographies before revealing the results.
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Daniel
Haney Associated Press
Boston (Ap
Boston
Boston 200
Bicentennial Agency
Quincy Market
Faneuil Hall
Congressmen Missing CIA Documents Found Hidden or Misplaced
The House intelligence committee cannot account for about 2 percent of CIA documents given to the panel for its probe. Some are secret, some may have been destroyed or archived, with a portion possibly returned to the State Department by error. The leak to CBS and Village Voice sparked an ethics inquiry. most documents relate to CIA budgets and Cyprus operations.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Otis G. Pike
Pike
New York
State Department
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Village Voice
Schorr
House Ethics Committee
Cyprus
Mitchell Rogovin
His Accidents Not A Matter Of Bad Luck
Houston AP says Arnold Parsley 28 has 20 accidents over three years linked to about $22,000 in insurance payouts. District attorney labels these as bad luck. investigators suspect theft by fraud for amounts over $10,000. A grand jury heard Sam Adama present the case Wednesday.
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Houston
Arnold Parsley
Parsley
Asst. Dist
Atty
Sam Adama
Mrs Merritt resigns from LWV Mexico Audrain board
Mrs William Merritt resigns from the Mexico Audrain County League of Women Voters board effective immediately. Announced by president Mrs Jim Inlow as Merritt has become a Mexico school board candidate. She has served as a board member and is a past president of the league.
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William Merritt
Mexico-Audrain
CIA Director George Bush Says Agency Cannot Account for 230 Documents
CIA Director George Bush states the agency cannot account for 230 documents, indicating missing records and a formal inquiry to locate them. The disclosure comes amid ongoing oversight and questions about document handling within intelligence operations.
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CIA
Geroge Bush
Unemployment Remains High in Major U.S. Cities
The Labor Department says 131 of 150 major metro areas had unemployment at 6 percent or more for December, with rates ranging from 4.2 percent in Richmond to 15.1 percent in Muskegon. The nationwide rate fell from 8.3 to 7.8 percent as winter figures show uneven state variations.
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Washington
Labor Department
Manchester
N.H
Kenosha
Wis
Richmond Va
Anid
Harrisburg
Muskegon
Mich
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
California
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Vay
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Rotary Club
Mexico Country Club
Don Palmer
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