Missouri Legislature Races Ahead of 1973 Pace
Missouri lawmakers return with seven weeks left before April adjournment. Key bills near passage include personal property tax repeal funding, state government reorganization, and open meetings reforms. ERA remains contentious as death penalty support stays strong amid high costs and political risk.
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Jim Church
Associated Press
Jefferson City, Mo
Missouri
House
Senate
Christopher
Bond
Oma Fed
Missouri Western
Missouri Southern
William Cason
Clinton
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Richard Rabbitt
D-St. Louis
Kenneth Rothman
D-Clayton
Rabbitt and Rothman
State bills focus on paying government costs this week
Legislators plan action on money bills funding higher education welfare corrections and Assembly expenses with a Thursday House vote on a special calendar. The $429 million prisons and welfare bill and a $6.5 million legislative expense bill are highlighted, while MU could receive about $115 million under the package.
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Jefferson City
House
General Assembly
House Appropriations
James Russell
Dflorissant
George Camp
Russell
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Senate Appropriations Committee
University of Missouri
University
C. Brice Ratchford
Ratchford
Louisiana to Start On Odd-Even Gas Ration Plan
Governor Edwin Edwards plans a voluntary gasoline rationing scheme based on Oregon style odd and even license plate days to reduce long lines and conserve supply. He emphasized voluntariness and noted no immediate hopes for more fuel, as nationwide openings ease Sunday shortages and spur tourism recovery.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Oregon
Edwards
Baton Rouge
New York State Thruway Authority
Allentown
Squad Car Loses Contest With Truck
In Charleston a police pursuit of a five ton Army truck stolen from a National Guard unit ended when the truck repeatedly reversed toward the pursuing squad car. The squad car was damaged and the officer escaped injury. The truck driver fled on foot.
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Charleston
National Guard
Judge To Decide On Sealed Report In Watergate Case
A federal judge will decide this week whether a sealed grand jury report on Watergate should go to the House impeachment inquiry. Judge John J. Sirica heard seven innocent pleas from March indicttees including Mitchell Haldeman Ehrlichman Colson Strachan Marcian Parkinson. White House opposition remained, while Nixon aides prepared to review and provide further evidence to Jaworski and committee members.
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Washington
U.S
John J. Sirica
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Gordon C. Strachan
Robert C. Marcian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Nixon Campaign Finance Committee
Ehrlichman
Colson
Daniel Ellsberg
Sirica
Nixon
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
Leon Jaworski
House
Rep
Robert McClory
Illinois
Robert Kastenmeier
ABC Television
Charles H. Percy
CBS
Jerry Ford
Percy
Jaworski
House Committee
California Burglary Charge Dismissed in Ehrlichman Case
Los Angeles County D A moves to drop state burglary and conspiracy charges against Ehrlichman Young and Liddy in the Ellsberg matter, while perjury counts against Ehrlichman remain. Federal indictments take precedence as officials argue issues involve national interests and should be decided in federal court. The California dismissal ends a bid to summon President Nixon as a witness.
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Washington
Joseph Busch
Los Angeles
California
Ellsberg
John D. Ehrlichman
David R. Young
G. Gordon Liddy
Ehrlichman
Busch
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Liddy
Young
Nixon
Lewis Fielding
Daniel Ellsberg
FBI
Grand
Charles W. Colson
White House
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Superior Court
Gordon Ringer
Fielding
Beverly Hills
John Ehrli
Los Angeles County
Stephen Trott
Jaworski
Huseh
Hack
John Ehrlichman
Egil Krogh Jr
Allenwood
Ringer
IRS probe into Nixon 1969 tax return reported by Newsweek
Newsweek reports an IRS criminal fraud inquiry into President Nixon regarding his 1969 income tax return. Agents questioned Edward Morgan, Arthur Blech, and Frank DeMarco over a possible fraudulent deed for Nixon’s vice presidential papers and a $576,000 donation deduction to the archives. The White House and IRS would not comment.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Special Intelligence
Edward J. Morgan
White House
Arthur Blech
Newsweek
National Archives
DeMarco
Morgan
IRS
Ronald I. Ziegler
Nude streaker interrupts Van Nuys Air National Guard salute
An unidentified man ran naked to the front of a 700 strong Air National Guard formation at Van Nuys Airport on a Sunday, saluting commander Col. James Cutler before a mild chase ensued and he fled.
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van Nuys
Calif
Air National Guard
James Cutler
Open Forum Debates Mexico Bridge Ranking And More
The letter considers Mexico's top bridge player with names like Mrs Ryland Rodes and Mrs Roy Kent listed as possibilities. It notes coyotes in spring and channel cats caught nearby. A Farm and Home project is joked as Farm and Hole. It also highlights former student Arthur L Price Jr named Consul of the Year 1974 and journalist George F Will of the News Gazette.
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Mexico
Ryland Rodes
Roy Kent
H. I. Nesheim
John Boyce
al Tangora
Cassius Clay
Clayborn Jackson
Larney Barnes
Farm & Home
Farm & Hole
Roy W. Swindell
Laddonia
Arthur L. Price Jr
International Consular Academy
Foreign Service
U.S. State Department
U.S
Vienna
Austria
Champaign- Urbana, Il
News Gazette
Washington
Pedernales Hospital Renamed Lyndon B Johnson Hospital
Pedernales Hospital in Johnson City is renamed Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital to honor the late president. Johnson's widow Luci Nugent and her children joined Rep. J. J. Pickle and hospital board president Bob McKinney at the event. Mrs. Johnson recalled Lyndon's ties to the Hill Country.
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Ohnson City, Tex
Pedernales Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson
Luci Nugent
First Session of I Quit Clinic At Eugene Field
Twenty three persons attended the opening session of the I Quit smoking clinic at Eugene Field School cafeteria. Kenneth Dick said four sessions remain through Thursday and anyone seeking to quit or to help others may attend. Dr Arnold Hudson spoke on brain control of habits and fluid intake for withdrawal. Dr Freidline of Fayette to discuss chemical aspects. Public invited to 7 p.m. sessions.
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Eugene Field School
Kenneth Dick
Audrain County Cancer Society
Rodney Hyde
Arnold Hudson
Columbia
Freidline of
Fayette
Nichols Accepted to UT Houston Optometry School
Mike Nichols son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Nichols of Mexico has been accepted to the School of Optometry at the University of Texas at Houston. He is a junior student at the school.
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Mike Nichols
Don Nichols
Mexico
School of Optometry
University of Texas At Houston
MHS Graduates To Choose Cards
Mexico High School pauses for announcements as Josten representatives will take final order deposits in the auditorium Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. for graduation cards memory books cost 2.70. M Club members and eligible boys urged to attend tonight’s meeting at 7 p.m. in the gym. Mascot group pictures set for Thursday at 10 a.m.
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Mexico High School
Firecrackers Not Explosive, Court Rules
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a Texas County man's two year sentence for malicious destruction of property involving an M-80 firecracker placed in a pay telephone. The court ruled that a firecracker is not a high explosive listed in the statute, vacating the conviction and ordering Lancaster released.
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Jberferson City
Texas
State Supreme Court
Everett R. Lancaster
High
Lancaster
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