Bill Would Boost Junior College Aid
Missouri House tentatively approved a bill to boost aid to junior colleges while the Senate debated making it easier to raise school property tax levies. The House also approved first reading to raise magistrate and probate judges' pay, and shelved a measure seeking Attorney General John Danforth to intervene in a federal desegregation appeal in three cases.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
House
Fasouri Atty
John Danforth
St. Louis County
Christopher S. Bond
Wayne Goode
D-Normandy
Lloyd Baker
D-Moberly
Department of Education
Jack Gant
Kansas City
House Passes Measures On To Senate
Final action in the House of Representatives on several bills moves to the Senate for action. Measures include extending teacher retirement to age 60 with cost of living boost, lowering municipal office age to 18, temporary sales tax relief on mobile home sites, annual school bus inspections, and circuit breaker reforms to widen benefits. Also sent were parental rights termination changes, higher workers compensation for permanent partial disabilities, and higher junior college aid subject to funding limits. The package includes tax relief provisions for seniors and renters, and proposals affecting school tax levies and magistrate probate judges. A desegregation case resolution was shelved amid party split.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Highway Patrol
James Arnold
Onesville
Revenue and Economics
Revenue Department
House
Kickoff Opens County Cancer Crusade In Audrain County
About 64 people attended the Audrain County Cancer Society kickoff banquet at Monterey Restaurant. David Pierce, new executive director of the St. Louis cancer crusade, spoke on the need for private funding as federal cancer research budgets shrink. Rex Johnson praised volunteers and local fundraising as Audrain ranks high in per capita donations. Coordinators and officials outlined April crusades and free breast cancer screenings with over 900 women served in Columbia.
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David Pierce
St. Louis
Robert Peak
County Crusade
Monterey
Audrain County Cancer Society
Ledger
Richard Vance
St. Louis Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society
Pierce
Rex Johnson
Audrain Cancer Crusaders
Columbia
Ned Rhodes
Jerry
Leftists Ban Center Party In Portugal
Portugal’s leftist regime bans the Christian Democratic center party and two dissident groups MRPP and AOC, boosting the Communist party’s chance in next month’s election. Maj. Jose Sanches Osorio, their leader, is a fugitive after an attempted coup. Thousands of MRPP supporters protested at Lisbon’s government seat.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco da Costa E Gomes
Revolutionary Council
Christian Democratic Party
MRPP
Party of the Proletariat
Alliance of Workers and Peasants
AOC
Christian Democrats
Maj
Jose Sanches Osorio
Sanches Osorio
Graham Says Nixon Relaxed Not Bitter in Talk
Rev. Billy Graham says Richard Nixon shows regret for letting down friends but is relaxed and not bitter. Graham emphasizes religious discussion, notes no bitterness or harsh remarks about others, and recalls avoiding Watergate during talks in San Clemente and Mexico.
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Graham
Nixon
Albuquerque
N.M
Billy Graham
Richard M. Nixon
Vor
Watergate
Court Rules Widowers Entitled To Benefits
The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law granting Social Security benefits to widows but not widowers is unconstitutional. Justice Brennan led the majority, noting the child’s care by a surviving parent should not hinge on gender. The decision requires benefits to be distributed without sex-based distinctions, despite government cost estimates.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
William O. Douglas
U.S
New Jersey
Stephen C. Wiesentehl
de Aas
Nyon St A
Wiesenfelds
Wiesenfeld
Ohio
U.S. District Court
District Court
Willian J. Brennan
Estebding Bie
Rep Litton To Speak Here Friday Night
Audrain Farm Bureau plans its annual dinner Friday with a public address by Rep Jerry Litton of Missouri s 6th District at 8 pm in Emmons Hall A 630 pm to 730 pm cafeteria dinner tickets are 4 and available from the Farm Bureau office by calling 581 3881 or at the door Litton known for farm and campus activity and politics since 1972 with talk of 1976 Senate plans and no run against Symington.
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Audrain Farm Bureau Board
Jerry Litton
Missouri
6Th
Emmons Hall
Farm Bureau
Litton
University of Missouri
Chillicothe
Sen
Stuart Symington
Deficit in Balance of Payments Reaches Record Quarter
The Commerce Department reports the United States ended the year with a $5.9 billion deficit in the balance of payments for the last quarter, worsening from $3.9 billion in the prior quarter. For the year the deficit totaled $10.6 billion, the second worst since 1960.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bicycle Shop Man Identified Patty Hearst
FBI says a former Scranton Tribune employee positively identified Patty Hearst as one of four in Moscow Pa who visited a bicycle shop last year. The claim is questioned by agents and fingerprints at a farmhouse are disputed by officials.
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FBI
Scranton Tribune
Patricia Hearst
Moscow
John Meade
Pete Muchasky
Meade
Muchasky
Miss Hearst
Canaan
Symbionese Liberation Army
William
Emily Harris
San Francisco Chronicle
The
Tribune
Berkeley
Wendy Yoshimura
South
Maya
New York Telephone Co
Hearst
John Culpepper
Hearst Search
Pennsylvania
SLA
Randolph A. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Calif
Bodies Of Two In Plane Wreckage
A Missouri couple died when their Piper Cherokee crashed into three trees and flipped in a field 12 miles northwest of Jacksonville Illinois. Pilot Gary Mefford 21 and his wife Meta 21 of Kirksville were newly married. Passenger Janet Judd 21 of Lancaster walked for help. she was treated at a Jacksonville hospital. The flight from Bowling Green to Kirksville diverted to Illinois due to bad weather. authorities said the pilot reported low fuel shortly before 4am. The two women were student nurses.
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Jacskonville
Til
Missouri
Here
Morgan County
Gary Mefford
Meta
Kirksville
Janet Judd
Lancaster
Jacksonville
Bowling Green
Illinois
Springfield
Spring Arrives Friday as Missouri Sees Foggy Start
Dense ground fog limited visibility in eastern and southern Missouri this morning while warming trend expected. Highs mid 50s to mid 60s with 70s forecast Thursday, as spring officially begins Friday at 12:57 a.m. Showers possible Friday through Sunday and cooler conditions return by Sunday. Missouri highs ranged 56 to 49 across listed cities.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Weather Service
Kirksville
Joplin
Vichy
St. Louis
Laws
St Joseph
Cape Girardeau
Britain Moves to Cut Global Defense Spending
London government unveils a plan to trim global defense expenditure by about 11.28 billion dollars over ten years, sparking criticism from Atlantic Alliance partners who warn of a weaker NATO stance against the Warsaw Pact. The white paper states focus on central European forces, preserving Rhine Army strength at 53,000 and shifting to British French Jaguar jets, with naval emphasis in the eastern Atlantic and English Channel as Soviet naval activity rises.
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Britain
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Alliance
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Wilson
Europe
Rhine
West Germany
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
English Channel
CAP unit formation discussed at Mexico area meeting
About 40 Mexico area residents attended a meeting at the Air Park Motes to hear about the Civil Air Patrol and discuss forming a local unit. Attendees included Maj. Jack Plympton Col. William Winkler and USAF liaison staff. A follow-up meeting is set for next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the North Jefferson Street building housing the rural fire engine.
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Mexico Area
Air Park Motes
Civil Air Patrol
Mexico
CAP
Jack Plympton
Jefferson City
William Winkler
Missouri
Air Force
Charles Dick
Tech
Jerry Peterson
Usaf-Cap
Kansas City
North Jefferson Street
VFW
Larry Vaughn
Kids Like Classroom Grandparents at Prairie Norton School
In Columbus area Prairie Norton School principal Robert Walker recruits 22 grandparents to spend time in classrooms. They listen to reading help with problems and offer emotional support, boosting pupil confidence. Grandparents initially reluctant now commit extra time. The program emphasizes affection over tutoring and aims to ease learning in first graders. Also noting Rabbi Meir Kahane begins a one year prison term for defying a court ban on incitement, planning study and readings during his term.
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Columbus, Ohio
Prairie Norton School
Robert Walker
Walker
New York
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