Missouri Legislature Faces Cutoff Pressures This Week
Jefferson City AP report notes lawmakers in both chambers will spend the week debating bills to clear calendars before the June 15 work-end rule. House considers public employee bargaining, pest control compacts, junior college trustee elections, and MLK Day designation. Senate calendars include a truck length bill, higher theft felony threshold, and Boonville Training School transfer plan, amid budget fights and redistricting delays. Cantrell expresses confidence in deadline strains.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
House
Senate
State Training School For
Boonville
Appropriations
E.M. Cantrell
D-Overland
House Appropriations
Seven Catholic Schools Closing in St Louis Archdiocese
The St Louis archdiocese will close seven elementary schools this summer due to immediate emergencies. 18 remain open and 763 students will transfer to other Catholic schools. Cardinal Carberry cited the Missouri House defeat of a bill allowing public-private secular service contracts as a trigger. Closed are five in metropolitan St Louis St Patrick St Augustine St Cronin St Edward and Immaculate Conception plus Immaculate Conception Augusta and St Joseph Apple Creek.
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ST. Louis
Archdiocesan School Board
John Cardinal Carberry
Missouri House of Representatives
State Department of Education
Archdiocese
St. Patrick
St. Augustine
St. Cronin
St. Edward
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception of
Augusta, Mo
St. Joseph of
Apple Creek, Mo
Center of US population found at Friederichs field
In Mascoutah Illinois Lawrence D Friedrich learned his 176 acre farm is the nation’s population center as Maurice Stans the secretary of commerce praised the moment. Frustration at local glory and a note that the inscription omits his name sparked mixed reactions. Stans warned future changes could move the center west toward the Mississippi River.
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Mascoutah, Ill
Lawrence D. Friedrich
United States
Maurice Stans
Commerce
Friederich
America
Stans
Lawrence
Esther
U. S. Census Bureau
Here
Centralia
Baltimore
Mascoutah
Burea
Mississippi River
Ervin Attacks Nixon Plan as Unconstitutional
Senator Sam J. Ervin says the administration’s pretrial detention bill is unconstitutional and politically motivated. He argues it would imprison many without trial and would not effectively stop crime, while Attorney General Mitchell cites safeguards and crime prevention as justification.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
Nixon
Ervin
Addi
North Carolina
Mitexpert
Gener
Justice Alis
Atlantic Ocean
Capitol Hill
District of Columbia
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Missouri groups urge signing 2 cent gas tax hike
Spokesmen from the Missouri Municipal League and the County Judges Association urge Gov. Warren E Hearnes to sign a 2 cent gas tax increase. They argue traffic growth and rising road costs require revenue, noting each penny adds about 23.6 million dollars annually and citing Missouri's 5 cent state tax as the nation’s lowest.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Municipal League
The
County Judges Association
Warren E. Hearnes
Hearnes
St. Louis
A. J. Cervantes
Tony Heisburger
the Judges Association
Missouri
Highway Department
Electrical Workers End Four Month Strike With 32% Hike
In Sedalia Missouri Public Service Co union members of Local 814 returned to work after a four month strike over wage demands. A 32 percent increase over three years was accepted amid plans to ask the Public Service Commission to drop arbitration and cancel a public hearing.
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Sedalia, Co
Missouri Public Service Co
Public Service Commission
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
State Mediation Board
William Copas
Mexico Ledger reports wage offer settlement and bike license schedule
Sunday after a $2 per cent wage offer from company president Richard C Green was accepted at a meeting though vote figures were not disclosed. Public Service Commission chairman William R Clark praised settlement without intervention. Supervisory workers kept electricity gas and water flowing in 28 Western Missouri counties. Also a bicycle license schedule was announced by Mrs C D Austin safety chair Mexico PTA Council with times and locations at McMillan Eugene Field and Garfield schools.
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Richard C. Green
Copas
William R. Clark
Public Service Commission
Missouri
C. D. Austin
Mexico
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Perma Press
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