Carter Defends Standby Gasoline Tax Amid Energy Plan
White House energy adviser James R. Schlesinger rejects calls to drop the standby gasoline tax as part of President Carter's energy program. He urges focus on the complex whole while awaiting House committee session with Carter and other officials. The plan envisions a tax of up to 50 cents a gallon starting 1979, with rebates of about $25 per person.
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White House
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Carter
Schlesinger
Congress
House
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Harold Brown
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Perry Sales Tax In Effect Oct 1 In Perry Missouri
Perry votes 1 percent sales tax takes effect October 1 with merchants to receive advance notice and charging instructions. City council approves landfill opening for tree limbs only on May 14 and 28 and every second and fourth Saturday thereafter with fees 50 cents car 2.50 one ton 5.00 larger trucks. hours noon to 4 pm. residents only. City hall diamond use charges set by minimum water bill and electric lights. park board members named. senior citizens meeting fee set at 2.50 per meeting plus 5 for air conditioning.
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Perry
Missouri
Director of Revenue
Perry City
Agnes Long
Russell Itschner
Billy Jones
John Hawkins
Mary Jo Cleaver
Paul Turnbaugh
Pat Egert
Khoury League
Senior Citizens Organization
Ida Reynolds
Stanley Smith
Births in multiple families at Audrain Medical Center
Kimberly Denise Duncan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Dennis Duncan of Paris, born today at 4:04 a.m. weighs eight pounds nine ounces. Delbert Leon Dobbs III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Del Dobbs of Hawk Point, born Tuesday at 11:38 p.m., weighs seven pounds 13 ounces. Benjamin Hutchinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hutchinson of Columbiana, Ohio, born Tuesday at 1:59 p.m., weighs 10 pounds two ounces, with siblings Barrett and James Alan Hutchinson. grandparents named W T Hutchinson, Mexico, and Harold Petty, Moberly.
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Kimberly Denise Duncan
Aubrey Dennis Duncan
Paris
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Duncan
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Delbert Dobbs III
del Dobbs
Hawk Point
Delbert Leon Dobbs III
Dobbs
Bill Hutchinson
Columbiana
Ohio
Benjamin Hutchinson
Barrett
James Alan Hutchinson
St. Charles
W.T. Hutchinson
Mexico
Harold Petty
Moberly
Hutchinson
Kaiser's
Water District 2 Elects Directors
Water District 2 held its annual election Tuesday with Ray Woods re elected for subdistrict No 2 and Wayne Shellabarger re elected for subdistrict No 3 both to three year terms Directors elected officers Lt Col Robert A Miller reelected president and Mrs Harold Sue B Hatcher reelected vice president The district has completed water main construction and now serves 113 additional users serving north and west of Mexico
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Rapic
Watch Supply District No
Ray Woods
Wayne Shellabarger
Robert A. Miller
Harold
Sue B.) Hatcher
Mexico
Martinsville Student Named Spanish Honor Scholar
Miss Laurie Waschenbach of Martinsville High School is named a Spanish honor student in Indiana University’s foreign languages honors program. The year program funds a two month study abroad, and she will depart in June to San Luis Potosi, Mexico with 30 Indiana students. She is the daughter of former Mexicans Mr and Mrs Joe Waschenbach and granddaughter of Mrs Grete Waschenbach of 420 S Olive.
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Indiana University
Miss Waschenbach
Martinsville High School
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Indiana
Joe Waschenbach
Martinsville
Ind
Grete Waschenbach
Olive
St. Joe Gets Beltline Funds
St. Joseph Missouri receives about 19.8 million dollars in federal grant aid to resume the I 229 beltway around the city after 18 years of stop start work. The project routes 16 miles around the northeast side from I 29 interchanges and stems from a 1959 voter approved bond issue.
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St, Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Missouri Highway Commission
Senate adopts rural election plan in Missouri
The Missouri Senate approved an election law revision allowing rural communities to notify county election officials that they will conduct their own elections. The plan, sponsored by Sen. Emory Melton, creates one county election authority while urban areas keep election boards and rural areas rely on county clerks. Critics say it undermines the rural intent and shifts control to a neutral third party. The vote was 18 to 11. post card voter registration proposal was rejected 18 to 11.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Emory Melton
Cassville
John Schneider
D-St.louis
Schneider
Senate
Franklin Payne
D-St. Louis
House
Johnson elected subdistrict director in water district race
Jerry Johnson of Cunningham Road south of Mexico was elected director of Public Water Supply District No. 1 for the sub district south of town at yesterday's district election. He succeeds J J Offutt who did not seek re election. District Chairman James V Worstell announced a board re organization meeting set for Friday night.
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Jerry Johnson
Cunningham Road
Mexico
J.J. Offutt
James V. Worstell
Children Cost 64 215 From Birth To College
A Florida State economist cites U S Department data to estimate the direct cost of raising a middle income child to 18 and through four years of public college at 93 605 and 64 215 respectively based on 1977 prices. He notes lower costs for low income families and includes no lost earnings from caregiving.
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Washington
Thomas J. Espenshade
Florida State University
Espenshade
Department of Agriculture
The
Population Reference Bureau, Inc
Invitation for Bids for Concrete Forms at Centralia
Sealed bids are invited for construction and placing of concrete drain inlets, box type with 2x3 foot size and 6 foot walls vary by surface demand. Submit unit price bids to City Hall 114 South Rollins Centralia Missouri 65240 labeled Concrete Forms to be opened 7 pm May 9 1977. City reserves right to refuse any or all bids.
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City Hall
South Rollins
Centralia
Homosexual battle moves beyond Florida
New York AP reports a national dispute over a Florida homosexual rights ordinance. Former NFL back David Kopay commends Anita Bryant for advancing gay rights while Bryant campaigns in Charlotte saying homosexuality is against nature. Kopay criticizes her misstatements and calls her influence significant though controversial.
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Florida
Anita Bryant
Miss Bryant
Dade County
Fla
America
David Kopay
Charlotte
N.C
Adam and
Bruce
Jerry Lee Lewis Wins Acquittal in Memphis Court
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis, 41, was acquitted of carrying a pistol and public drunkenness at a City Court hearing. He had been arrested last November 23 in front of Elvis Presley’s home by a security guard, who said Lewis waved a derringer and yelled for Presley. Lewis testified he went to see Presley after hearing Presley wanted to talk.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis
Elvis Presley
Robert Lloyd
Presley
Albert Boyd
One Killed in Elevator Collapse in Boonville
A grain elevator collapse at the Missouri Farmers Association facility in Boonville killed Howard Patrick, 50, who was buried by falling wheat for about 15 minutes. Co-worker Malcolm Shelton, 26, was trapped for about an hour before being rescued and taken for observation. he was not believed to be seriously injured. The collapse occurred in the load-out area beneath two 900-bushel loading bins, burying both men.
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Boonville
Howard Patrick
Missouri Farmers Association
Malcolm
Bo) Shelton
Cooper County Hospital
Patrick
Shelton
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