Conservation Plan Seeks 11 State Departments
Jefferson City AP report: A bill would consolidate 90 agencies into 11 under executive control, expanding the Department of Natural Resources and creating a Department of Transportation oversight for highways, airports, and mass transit. Critics warn of reduced autonomy. supporters say it would streamline services and cut duplication. No action was taken.
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Jefferson City
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Highway Department
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Transportation
Harold L. Volkmer
Dannibal
Volkmer
General Assembly
Department of Revenue
Health and General Welfare
Department of Conservation
John A. Grebner
Dshrewsbury
Key Club Talent Show at Mexico High Friday Night
Mexico High School hosts its annual Key Club talent show in Emmons Hall Friday at 7 30 p m. Duets vocal solos comedy and dance routines are among the student displays. Tickets are 75 cents in advance or 1 dollar at the door.
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Mexico High School
MHS
Key Club
Emmons Hall
Barker couple welcome first child Angela Dawn
Mr and Mrs William Barker of Columbia Route 8 announce the birth of their first child a daughter weighing seven pounds three ounces born Saturday Angela Dawn Barker Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Vernon Marshall and Mr and Mrs Robert P Barker.
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William Barker
Columbia
Route 8
Angela Dawn
Vernon Marshall
Robert P. Barker
Taxmen Object To Street Name In Greensboro
Greensboro city planning board withdrew its Forkover Place street name plan for the downtown IRS regional office after the IRS objected. The board then proposed the name Federal Place in its place for the city council consideration.
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Greensboro
N.C
City Planning Board
Forkover Place
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Federal Place
Judge Albert L. Reeves Dies at 97 in Florida
In Dunedin Florida AP report, longtime U S District Court judge Albert L Reeves who presided over the Bobby Greenlease kidnap murder trial in 1953 died Wednesday night at age 97 He had retired soon after the trial in which two defendants were convicted of killing the six year old boy.
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Dunedin
Fla
Albert L. Reeves
Bobby Greenlease
Reeves
U.S. District Court
Senate votes to bury SST halting decade of SST funding
AP dispatches report Congress ended the supersonic transport program in a single vote, defying Nixon and industry pleas. Nixon expressed distress yet acceptance, while Pentagon officials fret over Saigon and Laos losses and troop withdrawals. Other items note Casey's SEC confirmation, a House panel clash over detention camps, poverty program merges, Calley’s My Lai trial, and Brazil drought driven hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
French immigrant leaves 171682 to the United States
Bertrand Larramendy, 83, who lived in California as a bachelor for 60 years, left 171,682 in cash stocks and property to the United States in his will. He set one dollar to a relative if the will is contested, but none of his cousins a sister or stepbrother challenged it. Assistant U S Attorney Richard Nichols said the estate is now in the Treasury.
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Sacramento
Calif
United States
Bertrand Larramendy
Asst
U.S. Atty
Richard Nichols
U.S. Treasury
Republican Dinner Nets 1.6 Million
Washington AP reports a Republican fund raising dinner netted over 1.6 million as Nixon urged a coming end to involvement in South Vietnam and a generation of peace. Agnew defended the administration while Democrats urged withdrawal by end of 1971, claiming broad public support for total U.S. withdrawal. Nixon cited halved involvement and projected a peaceful, prosperous 1972.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Democratic Policy Council
Agnew
United States
U.S
FHA Employees Hold Community Program Workshop
County supervisors and District III clerks of the Farmers Home Administration met at the Consolidated Electric Co op Building for a Community Program Workshop. Attendees included staff from Columbia Fulton Jefferon City Fayette Paris Bowling Green New London Moberly Troy Mexico and Avin E Boise district supervisor presiding. State office attendees were Neil Tise Kenneth S Martin Charles L Ferguson and Ralph L Ferguson. Local Mexico office staff Joseph T Raine Garrett Ziegler Artelia Kelley and Dorothy Stevinson attended.
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Farmers Home Administration
Consolidated Electric Co-op
Columbia
Fulton
Jefferon City
Fayette
Paris
Bowling Green
New London
Moberly
Troy
Mexico
Avin E. Boise
State
Neil Tise
Kenneth S. Martin
Charles L. Ferguson
Ralph L. Ferguson
Mao Tse-tung Named Among World’s Best Dressed
London based Tailor and Cutter lists Chairman Mao Tse-tung among the worlds 100 best dressed men. It credits him with creating a fashion trend though notes many jackets reflect Nehru influence. Also includes John V Lindsay the Duke of Windsor Rudolf Nureyev Jean-Paul Belmondo and Mick Jagger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
the Magazine
Churchill
Nehru
John V. Lindsay
New York
Duke of Windsor
Rudolf Nureyev
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rolling Stone
Mick Jagger
Battle Over Detention Camp Law in U.S. Senate Debate
The House Internal Security Committee backs a tightened Emergency Detention Act to restrain abuse in wartime rounds up. Critics cite Japanese Americans in World War II as historical fear. Rep. KastenMeier calls for repeal while Nixon administration supports ending the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Internal Security Committee
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Judiciary Laws Revision Subcommittee
House
Kastenmeier
Justice Department
Allenwood
Nixon
Schord
Communist Party of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Veteran hurls artificial leg at Dutch official in Parliament
In The Hague a war veteran, G. Gritter, from the public gallery hurled his artificial leg at social affairs secretary C. van den Poel after a pension raise veto. The man shouted that his act was a reply for starving war victims. Guards removed him. he said he lost his leg in 1944.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
C. van den Poel
G. Gritter
YWCA Suit Alleges Sex Bias In Hiring Case
Judith S. Hollowich, 21, a San Fernando Valley State College student, filed in U.S. District Court alleging she was fired as a night clerk last October because the job was deemed more fitting for a man. She worked for the University Young Women's Christian Association of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Judith S. Hollowich
U.S. District Court
Miss Hollowich
San Fernando Valley
University Young Women’s Christian Association of
Ben-Gurion Urges Israel Withdrawal
New York AP Ben-Gurion urges Israel to withdraw from all conquered Arab territory except East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. He says peace is paramount and would trade territory back to pre-1967 borders if possible, with Gaza Sinai and the West Bank among negotiable areas in some views.
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New York
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
East Jerusalem
Golan Heights
Ben-Gurion
Now &4
John McCook Roots
Ben. Gurlon
Saturday Review
Gaza Strip
Suez
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
United States
Middle East
Jerusalem
Golan
Syria
Galilee
Jordan
Palestine Bulge
Jordan River
Sharm el Sheik
Tiran Strait
Gaza
West Bank
Negev
Eagle Tops Ratings At Kirksville
Missouri Military Academy’s Eagle staff swept journalism honors at the Northeast Missouri High School Festival in Kirksville earning a No 1 rating for the paper and for the four submitted stories. Editor Jim Edmonston earned a No 2 on campus newswriting with staffers Gary Miller Roy Couyeau Brian Greiner and Jack Hannemann all scoring No 1 in their categories. Cadet Robert Gilmore won a No 1 in Algebra 1. others earned Nos 2 and 3 in math and history. Cadet Captain E L Gilmore praised cadets for strong performance under tightened judging standards.
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Missouri Military Academy
The
Eagle
Northeast Missouri
Kirksville
the Eagle
Gary Miller
Affton
Roy Couyeau
St. Louis
Brian Greiner
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Jack Hannemann
Dallas
Tex
Jim Edmonston
Northeast Missouri State College
Knox County
Edina
Moberly High School
Robert Gilmore
Kansas City
John Reddick
Mexico
Joe Alanis
Portland
Ore
Greg Davis
Oklahoma City
Robert Windisch
Sukiran
Okinawa
Howard Elliott
Decatur
Til
E. L. Gilmore
North Carolina Repeals 1879 Liquor Proximity Law
Raleigh North Carolina AP The House of Representatives repealed a 1879 law that banned selling or gifting liquor within two miles of a political speech site or during a speech A Wake County Democrat and sponsor Rep Howard Twiggs said Agnew's Raleigh visit highlighted the law The repeal was announced Wednesday with no further details provided
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Howard Twiggs
Wake County
Spiro T. Agnew
Bowling Seminar Qualifies Mexico Lanes Instructors
Wayne Mackey manager of Mexico Lanes and Mrs. Bill Woodruff instructor attended a three day AMF staff seminar in Columbia. Champions Bill Bunetta from Fresno and Loman Jenkins led sessions teaching techniques for beginners and advanced bowlers. Both earned AMF certified bowling instructor certificates. On Wednesday Mackey and Bill Davenport studied ball drilling techniques.
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Wayne Mackey
Mexico Lanes
Bill Woodruff
Columbia
AMF
Bill Bunetta
Fresno
Calif
Loman Jenkins
Mackey
Bill Davenport
Feed Grain Signup Due By April 9
Producers are reminded that April 9 is the final signup date for the 1971 Wheat and Feed Grain Program. Any producer with a wheat or feed grain base may participate, regardless of planted acres, and conserving base adjustments may be possible. Signups lead to direct payments after July 1 and eligibility for price support if grain is placed under loan.
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Mary Bosler
ASCS
Statesmen Lacking Style, Says Cambridge Historian
British historian Dr. J H Plumb told a UMKC audience that modern statesmen lack inspirational rhetoric. He praised Churchill's wartime speeches, noted Kennedy’s ability to inspire, and warned that today’s leaders face tougher global problems without luck or vision.
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Kansas City
J. H. Plumb
Cambridge
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Nixon
Plumb
Churchill
Missouri House advances race betting and tax boost plan
Jefferson City AP The House License Committee approved a bill allowing pari mutuel betting on horse and dog racing contingent on voter approval. A companion amendment to legalize betting via constitutional change passed the constitutional amendments panel. The measure allocates 45 percent to schools 45 percent to mental health and 10 percent to a Racing Commission fund. The session also moved bills on license fees for sports events a State Board of Water Well Contractors and podiatry regulation while killing others. A separate action would fund 300 more Kansas City police officers and give raises through captain.
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Ed Stegner
The
Conservation Federation of Missouri
Department of Conservation
Jim Tom Blair
Conservation Commission
Missouri
Charles R. Leick
Shore Heritage Association
Volkmer
Jefferson City
House
Constitutional Amendments Committee
James Russell
Florissant
William Setzer
Christian Civic Foundation
Setzer
Senate
Public Health and Safety Committee
Kansas City
Chapel Choir to Tour Missouri and Kansas Schools
Candi Jamison of 1127 S Clark St is a member of the Chapel Choir of William Jewell College. The choir begins a spring concert tour of Missouri and Kansas schools and churches on Friday.
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Candi Jamison
S. Clark St
William Jewell
College
Missouri
Kansas
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