Missouri towns clash over sewage aid funds in 1974-75 plan
At a Jefferson City hearing Missouri officials weighed urban versus rural needs as $43 million in federal sewage treatment grants for 1974-75 faced priorities. Critics argued urban share was too large while smaller towns urged full funding with overruns reserved for ready-to-start projects.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Clean Water Commission
Commission
Missouri
Harold Dickson
California
Dickson
Tipton
Margaret Miller
Marshfield
Charles Stiefermann
Clean Water Commission
Missouri Cities Water Co
St. Charles County Utilities Co
St. Peters
al Wiggin
St. Louis
Buffalo
Springfield
Springfield Wilson Creek
Independence
Metropolitan
Life sentence handed to Sedalia man in murder trial
Charles Brown, 53, of Sedalia, convicted of second degree murder for the Jan. 22 shooting death of Richard Baggs. A Pettis County Circuit Court jury sentenced Brown to life in prison, saying the killing followed an argument at Brown's home.
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Sedalial Mo
Charles Brown
Sedalia
Richard Baggs
Pettis County
Brown
Boggs
State Gives Macon New Bypass Plan
The Missouri State Highway Department presented a nine mile bypass plan for Macon to city officials. The commission will discuss reactions at the June 12 meeting after a Jefferson City hearing in January. The proposal shifts maintenance of old U 63 north to the city only within the business district and city limits.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Department
Macon
Commission
Roy W. Kisor
Highway Department
Union Street
Highway Commission
Town
Butchers May Need Lasers To Cut Prices
Chicago reports MIT marketing professor Gordon Bloom saying laser meat cutting could curb rising food costs. He pins 1973 price hikes on labor, marketing, and farm income, urges tech upgrades in supermarkets and industry cooperation to cut inefficiencies and costs. Overland arrests add context of fraud indictments linked to charity schemes.
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Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Gordon F. Bloom
MIT
Bloom
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Overland
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National Firefighters of America
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PEPSI
Pollard’s
West
Mexico
SAT
Huffy
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