Professors Dismissal Sparks Moderation Rally at NMSC
At Northeast Missouri State College in Kirksville, a rally urged moderation after sociology professors Robert Jeven and Stephen Stone were not reappointed. About 30 of 300 attended. president Dr. Charles McClain denied plans to cut sociology. Students pressed for full disclosure and rehire.
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Kirksville
Hose
Nissouri
State College
Ing
Robert Jeven
Stephen Stone
Charles McClain
Chicago
Heyen
Stone
Eli Mittler
Robert McKinney
NMSC
Indian Claims Can't Be Drafted
A Seneca Indian in Cleveland refuses induction arguing sovereignty of his nation. Dennis Jon Bowen, youth director at the Cleveland American Indian Center, says FBI agents visited him March 15 and warned of an arrest order, though Cleveland FBI says no arrest order exists. Bowen, raised on Allegany Reservation, registered with Salamanca draft board and cites the Pickering Treaty of January 21, 1975, to support his stance.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
West Side
Dennis Jon Bowen
FBI
Cleveland American Indian Center
Bowen
Allegany Indian Reservation
Draft Board
Salamanca
N.Y
United States
Bond Leaves Stamps in Vault After Senate Gift
Jefferson City AP Christopher Bond says he will keep about 31000 dollars worth of postage stamps in his vault awaiting guidance. He had previously donated 4440 dollars worth of stamps to the Missouri Senate after acting on the governor s advice. A House investigation and an attorney general opinion followed, noting state agencies must declare surplus through the purchasing agent who disposes of it. The attorney general ruled no surplus property was disposed of since the Senate held the stamps in trust.
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Jefferson City
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Bond
Missouri Senate
Haskell Holman
Senate
House Appropriations
B.J
Lucky) Cantrell
D-Overland
House
James E. Godfrey
D-St. Louis
Atty
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Bayh proposes 13 extra weeks of unemployment benefits
Washington AP Sen Birch Bayh proposes an immediate 13 week extension of jobless benefits to aid about 300000 unemployed, with potential to help up to 1 million over two to three months. The plan would be fully federally financed and take effect now, rather than waiting for 1972 under current law.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Nixon
U.S
United States
Congress
Missouri Faces 12 Million Federal Road Funds Risk
Missouri lawmakers heard that noncompliance with federal beautification plans could forfeit about 12 million dollars annually in federal road funds. The committee discussed compliance, billboard removal costs, and impacts on rural roadside advertising, with opposition from roadside businesses and motel owners. A marriage counseling service proposal and a juvenile offender publication bill were also debated.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
House Roads and Highways Committee
Walter L. Meyer
D-Bellefontaine
Robert Hyder
The
Highway Commission
Department of Transportation
Jim Longstreet
High Hill
House Civil and Criminal Procedure Committee
Circuit Court
Robert H. Branon
Dhillsdale
Bob F. Griffin
Sunrise services abandoned after 40 years in Baltimore
In Baltimore, the Sunrise Service at Memorial Stadium will not be held this Easter. Thomas O'Connor, president of the Sunrise Service Committee, says the small, aging group cannot recruit younger volunteers and is not up to organizing the event anymore.
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Baltimore, Md
Memorial Stadium
Thomas O'Connor
Sunrise Service Committee
Wellsville Personal News Briefs and Aalumnus Notes
Personal news from Wellsville items include Mrs Weiss and daughter Sherri planning to return home with Flair. Rev and Mrs Boyd on vacation March 29 to April 9 from Wellsville Baptist Church. a spring house warming at the Missouri country home of Mr and Mrs Paul Goshorn. Various neighbors hosted at Oliver’s spring gathering with long list of households present. Youth meeting reports from Moberly shared at Wellsville Christian Church. Calvin Bishop left for Alaska construction work. Ray Oliver journeyed with son and daughter in law to Longmont Colorado to visit a daughter and family.
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Quenten Boyd
Wellsville Baptist Church
Oliver
University of Country
Missouri
Paul Goshorn
Wellsville
W. H. McClain
Roger Eckler Jr
John Nation Jr
John Nation
Claude Robinson Jr
John, Reagan
Henry Kraftzeck
Robert Lowry
Owen Whitehead
Hubert Updyke
Carl Poindexter
Dave Burgess
T. R. Edwards
Mose Wilson
Moberly
Calvin Bishop
Alaska
Ray Oliver
Richard Oliver
Columbia
Longmont
Colo
Robert Weiss
Crime Down in St Louis and Kansas City 1970
FBI statistics show a slowdown in the 1970 crime rise compared with 1969. St Louis and Kansas City reported lower total crimes for 1970, aligning with a pattern in 22 major cities. Nationally the increase fell to 11 percent from 12 percent the prior year.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Washington
FBI
New Florence Hogs Show Well at Poland China Nationals
Gerald Schindler of Caldwell Schindler Poland China breeders displayed hogs at the Poland China National Spotlight show and sale in Springfield, marking a strong showing. He exhibited a lightweight hog with a 31.6 inch length, 1.18 back fat, 5.8 loin eye, and 46.24 percent ham, finishing high in carcass competition and winning an individual judging prize. He also purchased hogs from Harvey Richardson of Oklahoma and Hazelett Middlesworth of Indiana and conveyed animals for Charles Bethel of New Florence.
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Florence
Gerald Schindler
Caldwell-Schindler
Poland
China
Springfield
Schindler
Hinth
Harvey Richardson
Oklahoma
Hazelett and
Middlesworth
Indiana
Charles Bethel
New Florence
A. Montgomery
Ledger Ad Copy Highlights Tissue Savings Promotion
An ad copy notes a carcass with gilt cut-out 99.6 inches 1.23 back fat and 6 inches loin eye on 44.37 percent ham and off. It emphasizes savings and earned value in buying household supplies, urging alert Ledger readers to spot bargains.
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Vandalia
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Perry
Ernest Cahill
Danny Barnes
Northeast Missouri Lutheran Women’s Missionary Zone
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Barnes
Vandalia Lutheran Women's Organization
Cahill
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C. C
Liza) Amos
Lloyd Amos
Alan Amos
Aletta Kay
Mexico
Bernard Coil
William E. Coil
Anchorage
Providence Hospital
Sunrise Services
Green City Pavilion
Green City
Green City Auction Co
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Lawrence Couch
Karl Boehner
Don Albertson
Willard Dean Page
Mre. Weiss
Sherri
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Hoxsey
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N.M
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