Carter proposes eight point plan to raise Social Security taxes
President Carter unveils an eight point program aimed at shoring up Social Security finances by raising payroll taxes for employers and many middle and upper income Americans. The plan would raise the wage base, shift revenues between trust funds, raise self employed tax, and adjust eligibility rules while addressing automatic cost of living increases to prevent fund bankruptcy.
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Carter
Congress
Carter Assad To Confer On Mid East Settlement
President Carter arrived in Geneva to meet Syrian President Hafez Assad in talks Assad called a turning point for Middle East peace Carter said the year could bring progress and both leaders stressed will to seek a solution They noted East West détente could suffer if Berlin remains disputed and Carter may meet Israel’s Shimon Peres after Israel’s May elections
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Mrs Elkins Dies at 83 in Mexico City
Allie M. Elkins 83 of 620 N Jefferson St died 9 p m Sunday at Audrain Medical Center after illness. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at St Matthew s Episcopal Church with Rev Richard Ash. Burial East Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation after 7 p m Tuesday. Survived by daughter Mickey Mack, two brothers Charley Oakley and Daniel Oakley, two sisters Lucy Edmonds and Ruth Heath. Born April 28 1894 in Morriston Ark. Married Robert Lee Elkins 1927 in Syracuse Kan.
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N. Jefferson St
Audrain Medical Center
St. Matthew's Eipiscopal Church
Richard Ash
East Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Elkins
Mexico
Denver
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Morriston
Ark
William and
Leona B. Hall Oakley
Syracuse
Kan
Robert Lee Elkins
Donald
Mickey) Mack
Charley Ray Oakley
Clovis
N. M
Daniel Gay Oakley
Pueblo, Colo
Lucy Edmonds
Ruth Heath
Pueblo
Alma Grace Herman
A P Green Offers Forum Scholarships in Missouri
A P Green Refractories Co will award three all expense paid scholarships to the 16th annual Missouri Freedom Forum to be held June 26 to 30, 1977 at the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico. Eligible are high school sophomores to seniors within 25 miles of Mexico or Fulton, with applications due June 10.
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Freedom Forum
Fulton
Missouri
John W. Waggett
A. P. Green Co
Disaster designation mystery to counties in mid Missouri
Gov Joseph Teasdale declared Audrain and 22 other counties disaster areas to unlock aid and equipment, but local officials report no noticeable damage. In Vandalia and Curryville, heavy rain and strong winds caused minor damage, with no disaster requests filed as offices closed for Harry S Truman Day.
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Audrain Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Charles Callis
Monroe Ascs
Associated Press
Jefferson City
Teasdale
Capitol
Harry S. Truman
Audrain
Glenn M. Barnes
Vandalia
Curryville
Pike County
Civil Defense
Les Hudson
Kathy Levins
Vote On Sales Tax Gets Final Action
Mexico residents will vote June 7 to decide a one cent city sales tax issue if the city council grants final approval tonight to an ordinance for a special election. The measure stems from a petition by local businessmen after plans for annexation of South Trails Shopping Center. The tax could raise about $650,000 annually, with 45 percent for street improvements, and was previously rejected in 1971 over South Trails’ location. In other news, Alvin and Alvina Freeman of Mexico welcome a daughter Jennifer Dawn Puckett born Friday evening at Audrain Medical Center weighing 11 pounds 9 ounces. the Puckett family includes two other children.
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Mexico
Columbia
Raul J. Walters
South Trails
Alvin Dale Freeman
William Emmett Freeman
Audrain Medical Center
Alvin Dale Freeman Jr
J.D
Dean Riechers
Donald Alverson
al Freeman
Marguerite Wybrant
Freeport
Texas
Alvina Alverson
Sannebeck Drive
Rivers
Liberty
Gasconade
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Friendship Drive
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Onie
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Lakeview
Omar
Clark
Summit
Woodlawn
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Baker
Jeffries
Virginia
Morris
Fairsite
Ruth Ann
Fairaite
Taylor
Margretta
Alton
Clare
Frances
Promenade
Missiggippi
Kentucky
Jackson
Mississippi
Moreland
Elmwood Drive
Jennifer Dawn Puckett
Henry Alan Puckett
Robin Hood
Michael
Michelle
Puckett
Kaiser Refractories
Death Penalty Bill Could Reach Governor This Week
Jefferson City Missouri AP reports a Senate approved death penalty bill for capital murder may advance to Gov. Teasdale this week if unchanged. The measure requires a separate capital sentencing hearing after guilt verdict, aligning with Teasdale's stance in favor of capital punishment.
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General Assembly
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U.S. Supreme Court
Gunsmith says agent fired fatal JFK bullet in Oswald theory
Maryland gunsmith Howard Donahue, after decades of study, believes a Secret Service agent fired the fatal bullet in the Kennedy assassination, panicking after Oswald’s first shot. A Secret Service spokesman did not comment, but the agency agrees with the Warren Commission that Oswald acted alone.
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