Environment Bills Ready For Debate
Missouri House committees advance several environmental measures including a seven member board to back a State Environmental Improvement Authority with revenue bonds for industrial facilities tackling pollution. Proposals cover floodplain land use plans, marine waste disposal, and solid waste controls for Kansas City metro counties. Wiretapping regulation and full time state prosecutors also feature, with concerns on balance between law enforcement needs and civil liberties.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
House Environment and Natural Resources Committee
Kansas City
Air Conservation Commission
Committee On Civil and Criminal Procedures
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Missouri Circuit Court
J. Anthony Dill
Roffton
Missouri Task Force On
Calvin Hamilton
Western U.S. District Court
Governmental Reorganization Committee
Frank Bild
R.st. Louis County
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Senate Hears White Panther Kidnap Plot
Senate sub committee testimony released today details a White Panther Party plan to kidnap leaders including Vice President Spiro Agnew to aid jailed chairman John Sinclair. Sgt. Clifford Murray cited a confidential source describing proposals to trade officials for prisoners and even target governors or prominent politicians.
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Washington
White Panther Party
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Michigan
Clifford Murray
White Panther
Marquette
Mich
John Sinclair Jr
Murray
Internal Security Subcommittee
South America
United States
John Sinclair
Robert Griffin
Gerald Ford
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
Spiro Agnew
Lawrence Plamondon
Party
FBI
William Milliken
Black Panthers
Sinclair
Plamondon
Central Intelligence Agency
Ann Arbor
Saigon bases fall in Laos amid supply blockades
North Vietnamese forces seize another base near Laos as U S helicopters struggle to deliver supplies amid heavy antiaircraft fire. In Washington, a six officer Army panel convenes to judge Lt. William L. Celley Jr. over My Lai charges.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
Ft, Benning, Gs
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Armed Gang Holes Up In Toulouse Bank All Day
In Toulouse France an armed gang held 10 hostages for 11 hours after abducting $76 000 from a morning bank. Police found the gang s getaway cars and the four attackers identities as ransom was paid totaling 54 000 with a Renault sedan provided for the escape. Hostages were freed along the route near Arles and outside Toulouse.
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Toulouse
France
M. Borrel
Borrel
Maurice Mazeres
Mady Garde
Arles
Mazeres
Nixon Public Confidence Slips In Harris Poll Findings
New York AP reports Nixon’s ability to inspire confidence has fallen to 28 percent among 1,620 families surveyed Feb 22 to 27, down 8 points from last month and 33 points since April 1969. A separate ORC poll shows Nixon leading Democratic rivals in a 1972 matchup, with results varying by opponent.
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Ray
NW York
Nixon
White House
Harris
Louis Harris
New York Post
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton
N.J
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edward M. Kennedy
Edmund S. Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Wallace
Muskie
Humphrey
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Believed To Be Extinct
Washington AP reports the ivory-billed woodpecker, once common in the South, is believed extinct with last sighting years ago. Experts warn population viability is unlikely, noting past confirmations and failed reconfirmation attempts amid timbering and habitat loss.
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Washington
U.S
Mainjand
China
Ceylon
Peking
Indian Ocean
Richard Banks
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Harry Goodwin
Office of Endangered Species
John V. Dennis
Big
Texas
Dennis
Chipola
Florida
Robert Manns
Audubon Society
Santee
Columbia
D.C
California
Green Refractories outlines Mexican operations and plants
Manuel Castro, general manager of Cla Mexicana de A P Green Refractarios, spoke to the A P Green Refractories Co meeting at the Empire Club about operations in Mexico. He noted over 180 Green brands produced there and showed slides of plants in Mexico City and Monterrey, where the first basic refractories plant outside the U S is now operating. The Monterrey plant opened last fall in ceremonies with President Lowe and other officials, and service awards were presented to long time staff including Johnston, Clark, Bosler, Parsons, and Freeman. New member William B Nowell Jr was introduced.
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Manuel Castro
Cla
Mexicana de A. P. Green Refractorios, S.A
Mexico City
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Empire Club
Castro
Mexico
Monterrey
Marvin Bosler
Hol Parsons
Jay Freeman
William B. Nowell Jr
VFW Offers 100000 Reward to Rescue POW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars posted a 100000 dollar reward for any aid in rescuing American prisoner of war in Indochina. H R Rainwater national VFW commander said the plan could involve bribery or raids if it ensures the POW’s survival.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indochina
VEW
VFW
Rainwater
College Coed Chooses Tent Life in Dallas
Monica Lutz a 23 year old El Centro junior college student and former Fiesta Days queen now lives in an 8 by 12 foot tent behind a house with seven students. She moved from a $200-a-month apartment due to funds and plans to stay until graduation despite snow and fear of collapse. She shares the residents' bath pays part of their bills and has electricity for heater and lamp via an extension cord. She grew up in San Antonio in a $40,000 home and is the daughter of a retired Army officer.
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Monica Lutz
el Centro
Dallas
Tex
Miss Lutz
San Antonio
el Centro Junior College
Monica
After 37 Years He Cools Off
G B Duncan, 74, from Houston, was involved in a 1933 incident in El Centro where his wife said he threatened her with a pistol. Charges were dropped and he asked to keep the Colt revolver until he cooled off. In 1971 he wrote to recover the gun, claiming he had cooled off. police still sought the weapon.
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EL Centro
Calif
G.B. Duncan
Duncan
Houston
Auditions Tonight For Musical Love Is
MHS invites interested students to audition for the spring musical Love Is in the Vocal Music Building from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. tonight. A list of available parts will be available via Mr. Valet. parts include acting dancing vocal solos and large group singing.
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Vocal Music Department
Valet
Aid To Migrants In Florida Disaster Area Declared
Nearly 1,200 jubilant Florida migrant workers joined a candlelight procession and a Thanksgiving Mass after President Nixon declared South Florida a disaster area due to crop failures.
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Miami
Florida
Nixon
South
Mexico Ledger publication and postal notice rates
Publication details for Mexico Ledger dated daily except Sundays and holidays. Rates listed for single copy, motor carrier areas, Audrain and neighboring counties, all other Missouri counties, out-of-state, and armed forces members. Office hours specified for weekdays and Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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Israel
Jerusalem
U.N
Tokyo
New China News Agency
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Congress
Tricia
Fine Arts Studio
W. Promenade
AB Mine
CHOY
North America
Singer
Reo
Bart Bacharach & Friends
Singer Company
W. Monroe
Mexico, Mo
Green
MHS
Steve Sutton
Mr. DuBus
Mexico Ledger
International Harvester
Gilmore Implement CO
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