Gray in Middle of Capitol Battle Over FBI Nomination
AP Analysis shows Democratic senators challenge President Nixon on L Patrick Gray's FBI director nomination arguing it threatens FBI independence and signals broader constitutional clashes over executive and legislative power. Senate actions loom as lawmakers seek to curb impoundment and press Dean testimony.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Gray
White House
Democratic Congress
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Senate ‘Judiciary Committee
White Ae
John W. Dean
Gress
Byrd
Dean
Judiciary Committee
Congress
J. Edgar Hoover
Burt Reynolds Testifies in Arizona Death Inquiry
In Gila Bend Arizona Burt Reynolds and Sarah Miles testified at the inquest into the death of 26 year old David Whiting. Justice of the Peace Mulford Winsor kept the coroner's jury open awaiting Los Angeles toxologist Noguchi's findings. Whiting died Feb 11 in Miles' motel room after a night with film crew. Miles described abuse and Reynolds recounted events leading to Whiting's death. Whiting's mother attended and expressed dissatisfaction with the testimony.
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Gila Bend, Ariz
Sarah Miles
Burt Reynolds
Justice of the Peace
Mulford Winsor
Reynolds
Miss Miles
Los Angeles
Thomas Noguchi
David Whiting
Whiting
Jane Evans
St. George
Utah
Frank Campbell
Disaster Time Governor Warns Missouri Tornadoes Floods
Governor Bond warns Missourians to expect tornadoes winds and floods in coming weeks and proclaims March and April Disaster Preparedness Months. He urges communities to set warning centers and residents to prepare by securing property and avoiding damaged areas while watching radio and TV for updates.
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Jefferson City
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Birth of Sarah Elizabeth Campbell at Fairchild AFB
Sgt and Mrs James A Campbell of Spokane Washington announce the birth of their daughter Sarah Elizabeth on February 27. The baby weighs six pounds eleven ounces. A son Kelly is two. Grandparents are Cloyd Campbell of Mexico Route 5 and Woodrow Bease of Ft Myers Florida. Sgt Campbell serves with the physiological training unit at UA Air Force hospital Fairchild AFB.
Quarry Break-in Investigated at Auxvasse Stone and Gravel
Sheriff Ted Salmons and deputies pursue a break-in at Auxvasse Stone and Gravel Co. burglars stole goods valued at 792.95 including two outboard motors a wrench copper tubing gauges a clock radio tools a shotgun from an equipment vault. A workman later reported a break-in at a powder shed.
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Auxvasse
Ted Salmons
Auxvasse Stone and Gravel Co
Here
Morris Sheets
Highway Lobby Loses Senate Vote
The Senate voted 49 to 44 to let cities use 850 million in road user taxes to fund mass transit, a symbolic shift from the highway trust fund. The measure, part of an 18 billion dollar highway aid bill, drew praise from critics of highway expansion and concern from road builders.
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Washington
Senate
Highway Trust Fund
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Nixon
Sens. Weicker
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
White House
House
Williams
Whan Transit
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Baker
Protest Over New Federal Rules Threaten Courtney Center
Audrain County's Child Welfare Advisory Committee protests HEW's new federal rules to stop private funds matching public dollars. Chair Paul S Powell notes impact on Courtney Community Child Care Center, warning of reduced program quality and loss of community support funds. The letter urges reconsideration, citing community cooperation and potential broader harm to child services and foster care.
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Audrain County
Courtney Community
Paul S. Powell
Vandalia
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Courtney Community Child Care Center
Opposition in Congress to plan curb social services
Congressional opposition mounts to the Nixon administration plan to curb welfare spending. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy leads a subcommittee calling the regulations unwarranted and dangerous as costs could top 5 billion in fiscal 1973. Bills seek to delay rules and protest by groups. The AFL-CIO criticizes the proposal as abandonment of social programs.
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Washington
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Special Committee On Aging
Kennedy
REW
House
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
Clifford P. Hansen Jr
Wyoming
Charles H. Percy
Ilinois
Afl-Cio
Andrew J. Biemiller
Labor Federation
Department of Legislation
Four Programs Accepting Applications at VO Tech School
Mexico Area Vocational Technical School invites applications for four post high school programs for next year. Programs include Licensed Practical Nursing Cosmetology Two-Year Technical Drafting and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Applications due April 15 with class starts July August September. Contact 581-6684 or write 905 N Wade St Mexico Mo.
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Mexico Area
Boycott Unfair Says Bureau Head in Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau president C R Dick Johnston denounces Mayor John Christy’s Meat Week proclamation as unfair and illogical. A women’s group promotes a protest by avoiding meat for a week to push against high prices. Johnston argues farmers are consumers too and criticizes action tied to city tax news.
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Jefferson City
John Christy
C. R. Dick” Johnston
Missouri Farm Bureau
Johnston
Two U S pilots freed from China arrive at Clark Air Base
The last Americans held prisoner in Communist China, Air Force Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, arrived at Clark Air Base with 108 other POWs. They crossed from Hong Kong after being shot down over Vietnam era conflicts. They were greeted by U S officials and fellow released POWs, with rounds of relief and reunions marking their return.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
China
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Roadhouse
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hong Kong
Smith
Hainan Island
Flynn
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Laos
Vietnam
Shum Chun
Red Cross
Eugene Guy
Guy
Royal Air Force Field
Peking
Clark Field
Chet Hanson
Hanson
Robert Smith
Clark
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
William G. Moore
13Th Air Force
Three State Birds For Colorado
Rep Michael Strang urged making the mountain bluebird Colorado’s official bird to replace the lark bunting describing the bluebird as open and honest. The committee chose to keep the lark bunting below 5000 feet, the bluebird 5000 to 8000 feet, and the ptarmigan above 8000 feet as regional official birds.
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Denver
Michael Strang
Colorado
Nursing Scholarship Loans Open at Audrain Medical Center
The Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary opens applications for nursing scholarship loans. Deadline is April 17 and must be mailed to Mrs. Nelson Willingham, Mexico Route 3. Audrain County residents may obtain blanks from counselors or the auxiliary loan committee. Recipients must work one year at Audrain Medical Center after training as repayment.
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Audrain Medical Center
Nelson Willingham
Mexico
Audrain County
Auxiliary
Willingham
Audrain Medicial Center
Jury verdict on Zsa Zsa Gabor safe at Waldorf case
New York AP reports actress Zsa Zsa Gabor lost her $300000 suit against the Waldorf Astoria Hotel over a hotel robbery. The jury found she could have stored her jewelry in the hotel's safe, and ruled hotel negligence was not responsible for the loss. Gabor was absent for the verdict, robbed at gunpoint in a hotel elevator three years earlier.
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New York
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Miss Gabor
Roosevelt Son Reveals Mother's Continence Preference
Elliott Roosevelt writes in Ladies' Home Journal that his parents, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, ceased sexual relations in 1916 after having five children. He cites his mother’s lack of knowledge on contraception and her choice of abstinence due to ignorance.
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Roosevelt
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eleanor
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