End to McDonnell-Douglas Machinists Strike Reached
Washington AP reports a tentative agreement was reached at 4:30 p.m. after 11 hours of bargaining to end an eight day strike by IAM District 837 at McDonnell-Douglas plants in St Louis. The union sought higher pay while the company offered a 1.38 per hour raise over three years.
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McDonnell-Douglas , Corp
St. Louis
District 837
International Association of Machinists
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McDonnell-Douglas Corp
Combat Duty For Women Is Rejected
Washington House Armed Services Committee approves a 32 billion military weapons bill and rejects an amendment to admit women to service academies and allow combat duty. The vote was 32 to 6 with cuts to development and early warning aircraft, while funds for ATC jet fighters for National Guard units were added.
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House
Armed Services Committee
Ford
Pentagon
ATC
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D-N.y
Berck Named Deputy Sheriff in Audrain County
Audrain County sheriff announces Gene Charles Berck Route 1 Mexico as deputy earning 5000 dollars annually. Berck, a two year special deputy and 15 year auto mechanic, replaces William Crump who resigned May 5 to join Cruzan's Liquor store. He is married with five children.
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Arthur
Bud) Riley
Audrain County
Gene Charles Berck
Route 1
Mexico
Mr. Berck
Centralia
Columbia
William Crump
Cruzan
Average Trip To Market Costs Rise In 1974 Survey
Dallas report from the Super Market Institute shows bigger stores with more space and more coupons while trading stamps fade. The average shopper spent 8.23 dollars per trip in 1974, up from 1973 but inflation eroded gains. energy costs rose, boosting grocery bills as retailers plan further price and product changes.
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Dallas, Tex
Super Market — Institute
Institute
Don Decker Heads Mexico Park Board Again
Don Decker was re elected chairman of the Mexico Park Board at a Monday noon meeting. Kevin Farnen was re elected vice chairman. The board set May 31 as the final deadline to remove horses from Fairgrounds Park stables, with six horses still housed. Earlier a March 31 deadline was issued for the 32 city owned horses. owners cited relocation trouble and kept animals in the city barn at no charge. The old horse barns will be razed as part of redevelop ment plans. A $50 000 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation grant, not yet received, will fund a shelter house ball diamonds and landscaping, matched with city labor and materials. The board renewed its baseball scheduling agreement with the American Legion at Green Field, providing field lights and umpires with gate receipts retained by the city.
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Park Board
Fairground
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
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American Legion
Green Field
Honest Lad Gets $100 in Kansas City
A 10 year old boy named Robert Lee Nelson found a $100 bill near the Nelson Gallery of Art during a class visit on April 24 and returned it to a booth worker. With no one claiming the money, gallery director Laurence Sickman invited him to collect it in a ceremony, and Robert plans to buy a 10 speed bicycle.
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Nelson Gallery of Art
Robert Lee Nelson
Pauline Nelson
People’s Republic of China
Robert
Laurence Sickman
Safety Patrol Boys To Ballgame at St Louis Stadium
A group of 8000 Safety Patrol members from Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois will attend the 16th annual School Safety Patrol Day at Bust Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. The event honors the patrols lifesaving work as the 55th anniversary, with the St. Louis Cardinals hosting the San Francisco Giants in a 7 p.m. game.
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Bust Memorial Stadium
St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Auto Club of Missouri
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Missouri
Ilinois
San Francisco Giants
Banquet Honors MMA Fusileers at Year-End Dinner
Missouri Military Academy held its seventh Fusileer Banquet at Tonanzio's Restaurant with Col. Charles Stribling Major Kenneth Mortenson and Cadet Major Dan Lesinski speaking. Fusileers earned second in the Missouri state drill meet and third at the National Invitation Drill Meet in Champaign Ill.
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Missouri Military Academy
Charles Stribling
Academy
Kenneth Mortenson
Dan Lesinski
Champaign
Ill
Monterey
David Denton
Jaime Tremari
Col. Stribling
Gershwin on TV Thursday by Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy Club
Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy Music Club presents Great Moments With Gershwin at 6 p.m. Thursday on Channel 12 to celebrate National Music Week May 4 to 11. Seven club members recorded favorite Gershwin tunes including The Man I Love Embraceable You Summertime S Wonderful and I Got Rhythm with participants listed.
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Gershwin
Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy
George Gershwin
Casey Neifert
Ronald Hedrick
Dayton Kingsriter
Donald Green
Walter Leeper
Jan Oliver
John Carr
Man
Epple Named Orientation Leader at Missouri
Lawrence Epple of Mexico is among 32 students chosen as a Summer Welcome ’75 orientation leader at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The two day programs run June 15 to July 15 to acquaint new students with campus life, with leaders undergoing training before two weeks of intensive sessions. Epple is a junior in arts and sciences.
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Mexico
University of Missouri
Columbia
Epple
College of Arts and Science
Panel to study Social Security financing deficits
A congressional panel will examine Social Security funding after trustees warned of a larger deficit. They project a 5.3 percent average shortfall over 75 years, prompting calls for possible tax increases for higher earners and urging adjustments without using general revenues. Marilyn Horne praised in Milan after La Scala recital.
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Washington
Congress
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate Committee On Aging
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Social Security
James Cardwell
Milan
Italy
Marilyn Horne
Mezzosoprano
la Scala Opera House
Jury Dismisses $1 Million Suit Against Haldeman
A federal jury in Charlotte dismissed a $1 million lawsuit against former White House aide H R Haldeman and others over a 1971 Nixon rally. Eighteen plaintiffs claimed rights were violated by exclusion from the Oct 15 1971 event. Haldeman did not attend the trial. deposition was previously given. Police reportedly feared disruption by antiwar activists.
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Charlotte
N.C
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Richard M. Nixon
Pone
Billy Gram
Dean Hamrick
Haldeman
Los Angeles
Hopes Fade For First American Born Panda
Washington AP reports the National Zoo’s attempt to mate Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing failed as Ling Ling’s inexperience prevented pregnancy. After a week of daily contact and moments of affection, the bears separated with uncertainty about a possible future mating this fall or next spring.
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Washington
Ling Ling
National Zoo
Jaren Horsley
United States
Hsing Hsing
Horsley
Zoo
Billie Hamlet
Ms. Ham
Hatcher couple welcome six pound 12 ounce son
Mr and Mrs Robert Hatcher of Rush Hill announced the birth of a six pound 12 ounce son born at 9 37 p m Monday at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Hatcher is employed at Ribacks Supply Co.
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Robert Hatcher
Rush Hill
Audrain Medical Center
Hatcher
Riback’s Supply Co
Baby Born in Audrain Medical Center Columbia
A nine pound ten ounce boy was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Darnell of Columbia at 2 51 a.m Tuesday at Audrain Medical Center Mr Darnell is employed at Orscheln Farm and Home in Columbia.
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Columbia
Audrain Medical Center
Darnell
Orscheln Farm
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