Missouri House Backs 55 MPH Extension Through 1979
Missouri lawmakers tentatively approve extending the 55 mile per hour speed limit through 1979 citing life and fuel savings. The chamber also advances a power plant siting bill requiring Public Service Commission review, public hearings, and a 12 month decision window, plus higher regulation of energy facilities and property tax caps. Federal highway funding threats loomed as leverage in the debate.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Transportation Committee
Ralph Jones
D‘overland
House
George Hobltzeile
Washington
Congress of the United States
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Cool Reception To U S Arms Plan
In Moscow, talks resumed between Secretary of State Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko over SALT proposals. The Soviet side offered no explicit response, while U S officials said discussions covered possible topics beyond arms limits. Vance seeks a framework for broader negotiations, with a Vladivostok baseline as a potential fallback. Blood Drive noted in Mexico and Laddonia, Missouri, collected 89 units toward a 120 unit goal.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vance
U.S
Hodding Carter
Carter
Europe
Gromyko
Ford
Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Tass
Carter Orders Consideration To Upgrade Army Discharges
Washington AP reports President Carter orders a Pentagon review of 432,530 Vietnam era discharges for potential upgrade on a case by case basis. Eligible deserters drug-related and general discharges between Aug 4 1964 and Mar 28 1973 may petition within six months. guidelines will be issued soon.
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Washington
Pentagon
Jack Carter
Defense Department
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Navy Nuclear Power School
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Calhoun
Southeast Asia
Western Pacific
Ford
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Births in Laddonia and Auxvasse share baby joys
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lee Stone of Laddonia named Robert Wayne Stone born 11 p.m. Monday at Audrain Medical Center weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Mother is Susan Hoyt. Grandparents Hoyt and Harry Stone. Great grandparents Hoyt Terry Stone and Sutton. Second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McGuire of Auxvasse born at 9:57 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Parents Joyce Moore and Robert Morris Sr. of West Virginia. Great grandmother Irene Putnam of Rush Hill.
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Eddie Lee Stone
Laddonia
Audrain Medicalenter
Robert Wayne Stone
Susan ‘Hoyt
Laurance Hoyt
Harry Stone
Robert
Waters Recede After Southeast Missouri Flooding
Flood waters receded in Cape Girardeau Missouri leaving hundreds of damaged homes and businesses. Evacuees returned to find homes filled with water silt and debris as some areas experienced eight feet of flooding. In Poplar Bluff authorities dammed the Black River to protect a 45 square block district with evacuations and road closures continuing.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Missouri City
Cape Girardeau County
James
Poplar Bluff
Black River
Missouri Cattlemen May See Profit Next Year
Missouri cattlemen expect profit as early as 1978 and into the following two years, with as many as 90 percent of cattle producers projected to earn gains. Forecasters warn many small-scale farmers may exit the business, reshaping the state’s beef industry amid abundant supply and low prices.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Junior Armstrong
Armstrong
John Faust
Missouri Association of Meat Packers
Farm Bureau
Faust
Oscars Shy of Past Glory as Network Dominates
At the 49th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Peter Finch won best actor posthumously for Network. Faye Dunaway earned best actress for Network, Rocky won best picture and director, while John G. Avildsen and editing took Oscars. Jason Robards and Beatrice Straight also won in All the President's Men and Network respectively.
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Los Angeles
Peter Finch
Pinchie
Liv Ultmann
Music Center
Finch
Faye Dunaway
Rocky
Sylvester Stallone
John G. Avildsen
William Friedkin
Academy
Friedkin
Stallone
Jason Robards
Eugene O'Neill
Ben Bradlee
The
Washington Post
Robards
Beatrice Straight
William Holden
Miss Straight
Beacon Hill
Paddy Chayevsky
Eletha
Billy Carter Celebrates 40th Birthday in Nashville
Billy Carter, brother of the President, celebrated his 40th birthday in Nashville. He plans no singing career, intending to drink beer and continue living. He sat near a tub of beer and a pail of peanuts and said he would visit country music venues with Tom T. Hall.
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Nashville
Billy Carter
Carter
Tom T. Hall
New Law Changes Election Rules For April 5 Polls
Audrain County clerk John Jesse says a new law signed by the Governor changes poll procedures for judges and clerks on April 5. Ballots will not carry black stickers or printed numbers but must be initialed by judges and clerks. Voter certificates and registration cards will continue to use numbers.
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John Jesse
Audrain
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Red Eross Bloodmobile
Mexico
National Guard ‘Armory
Key Club
Business Leaders of America
Mexico High School
Gaddonia Jaycee
McGuires
Lawrence Drug
Hawthorne Elementary School
Cub Scout Pack 57
Michael Snell
David Stone
Jeffery Snell
David
Salem
American Cattleman’s Association
Peter Sellers
London
Star
French Riviera
Daily Mail
the Sun
Sellers
Charing Cross Hospital
Nigel Dempster
St. Tropez
France
Lynne Frederick
California
Billy
Monarch
Memorex Corp
Carolyn
Karen
Eye
Monarch OF St.louis, Inc
Brown Rd
St. Louis
Kin —Onmaes Dept
Suore
Mexico, Ma
Hea Daetela
Stride Rite
Liberty Theatre
Sk. der Teesiins
RC Sac le
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