Senator slams Highway Dept over fault design bill
Senator Richard Webster of Carthage accused the Missouri Highway Department of failure as a House committee heard a measure to absolve contractors from blame for faulty designs. He warned the bill codifies existing law but remains opposed to shifting liability away from designers and builders.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Department
House
Richard Webster
Rcarthage
House Civil and Criminal Justice Com
Webster
Missouri Highway Department
Department
Highway Department
Highway Commission
State House
Golly
Ralph Uthlaut
New Florence
Uthlaut
Senate Revives Insurance Bill in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate revived an anti redlining measure to bar insurers from arbitrary cancelation of homeowner policies. The bill, sponsored by Sen. J B Banks, would allow cancellations only for nonpayment misrepresentation crime convictions and physical damage increasing risk, with amendments dropped to restore the original form.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate Insurance Committee
J.B. Banks
D-St. Louis
Senate
House
Franklin Payne
St. Louis
Payne
Two Births Highlight Perry and Middletown News
Michael Charles Dressing Jr born Monday at Audrain Medical Center Perry weighing five pounds six ounces to Vernon and family. Brian Wayne Thomas born today at Audrain Medical Center Middletown weighing nine pounds thirteen ounces to Larry and family. Prolonged legislative debate covers anti redlining measures and election law recodification with parties wrestling over liability and highway immunity.
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Michael Charles Dressing
Vernon C. Dressing Jr
Perry
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Dressing
Hussmann Refrigeration
Larry W. Thomas
Middletown
Brian Wayne Thomas
Thomas
Thomas Construction Co
Probation For Patty Hearst Stuns Victim Of Shootout
Patricia Hearst receives five years probation for a 1974 Mel's Sporting Goods shootout. The judge also orders restitution to store owner Bill Huett, who was wounded, while Huett and others condemn the leniency as bias toward the rich. Hearst remains free on bail pending appeal of a bank robbery conviction.
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Patty Hearst
Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Mel
Superior Court
E. Talbot Callister
Huett
Miss’ Hearst
Sam Mayerson
Miss Hearst
Johnson
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Hearst Family-Owned
William
Emily Harris
Leonard Weinglass
Harrises
San Francisco
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Study Seeks Closing 17000 Rural Post Offices
A government study for the Postal Service finds shutting about 17,000 rural post offices could save roughly 490 million dollars annually and improve efficiency. It notes some offices handle less than 150 dollars yearly and that closures would be phased with further study. Public reaction and congressional pushback are anticipated.
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Washington
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Services
Congress
Paul Simon
Dill
Billion Dollars In Fed Funding For Missouri
Federal aid to Missouri and its local governments surpassed 1 billion dollars in 1976 for the first time, a Treasury report shows. The state ranked behind 18 others in total aid and behind 20 states in receiving over 1 billion. Aid rose from 718 million in 1972 to 1.04 billion in 1976, with highway construction and welfare funds making up nearly a quarter of the total. Other large sums funded waste treatment facilities at 99 million and employment and training at 62 million.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Missouri seeks to preserve state standard deduction
Missouri Senate leader says state must adjust tax laws if Congress eliminates the federal standard deduction. Without action, Missourians could owe about 130 million more in state income taxes. A redrafted bill would extend the current state standard deduction, avoiding loss if federal changes occur.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Congress
Missouri Senate
John Schneider
St. Louis County
Schneider
Senate
Rainfall Shortfall Persists Across Kansas and Missouri
The Associated Press reports that despite showers late last week and Sunday, Kansas and Missouri still need more rain. Groundwater remains low and farm ponds are often dry, though moisture improved crop outlook and near normal conditions may return with continued rain.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Willam J. Murphy
University of Missouri Extension Service
Columbia
Manuel Penn
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Manhattan
Stowaway 14 Confesses Fibbing About Uganda Ties
New York AP report says Luis Antonio Sambula-Cacho a 14 year old living homeless in Manhattan lied about fleeing Uganda after his parents were murdered. Officials found his tale implausible as immigration experts revealed he is Honduran and spoke Spanish rather than Ugandan.
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New York
Luis Antonio Sambula-Cacho
Manhattan
Sambula-Cache
Uganda
Idi Amin
Sambula-Cacho
Honduras
Maurice F. Kiley
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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Rips Highway
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Mexico
Vandiver Furniture
Richard Vance
Missouri Power and Light Co
New Orleans
Juan Sebastian de Elcano
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Liberty
Jeffrson
Dixie
Othe Baat
William N. Sawyer
S. Washington
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