Lawmakers Take Up State Pay Hikes
Jefferson City lawmakers push a four point pay raise package for state officials. If enacted, pay would rise from 8400 to 15000 for legislators and to 55000 for the governor, with further boosts for lieutenant governor and others, plus a 48000 salary for Supreme Court judges and a 41000 top for circuit court judges. The plan includes stronger conflict of interest rules and a land sale oversight bill for the University of Missouri.
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John Schneider
Special Citizens Commission
State Department
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Supreme Court
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Consumer Protection Committee
Kenneth Rothman
Economics Committee
University of Missouri
Weldon Spring
Carter Sends Aides To Seoul On Korea Pullout Talks
President Carter plans a phased withdrawal of U S ground troops from Korea over four to five years. Gen George Brown and Philip Habib depart for Seoul to discuss strategy for the initial two to three years while Maj Gen John Singlaub faces dismissal for criticizing the plan. A prayer rally in Seoul urged retention of U S troops to safeguard religious freedom for 37 million South Koreans.
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Korea
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Seoul
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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State Department
Philip C. Habib
Andrews Air Force Base
South Korea
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John Singlaub
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Korean National Council of Churches
Park Chung-hee
Nixon Says He Rejected Pardon Idea
Richard Nixon states that in the final days of his presidency he considered granting pardons but decided against it, reflecting on the political pressures and potential consequences.
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New York
Richard Nixon
David Frost
Nowsweek Magazine
White House
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John Ehrlichman
Births Shane Dennis Bartow Named Son of Bartow Couple
Shane Dennis Bartow, son of Mr and Mrs Dennis Gerald Bartow of Wellsville, born Saturday at 11 33 a.m. at Audrain Medical Center, weighing seven pounds 11 ounces. Parents: Mr Bartow employed by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department in Montgomery City. Ronald D Wilson and Mrs Wilson of Holliday are parents of son Thomas Quinten Wilson, born Sunday at 9 18 p.m. at Audrain Medical Center, weighing six pounds seven ounces. Father works for A B Chance Co in Centralia.
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Wellsville
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Montgomery City
Ronald D. Wilson
Holliday
Thomas Quinten Wilson
Wilson
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Billy Dee Williams Stars in WWII Bomber Film
Los Angeles AP reports Billy Dee Williams will star in a film about black combat pilots during the Anzio battle in World War II. The story notes the wartime unit and wartime heroism, with production details and release outlook.
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Los Angeles
Anzio
Billy Dee Williams
Young Calls For Black Boycott In Zambia Visit
Ambassador Andrew Young urged non violent action to resolve southern Africa's racial problems during a university speech in Lusaka. He defended talking as a tool and urged economic and political power backing dialogue while facing hostile student questions. He planned meetings with Kaunda and a Sudan stop on his African tour.
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Andrew Young
South Africa
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Johannesburg
University of Zambia
Young
United States
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Sudan
Africa
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First testicle transplant performed in St Louis area
AP reports the first ever testicle transplant was done last Tuesday at St Luke's Hospital in west St Louis County. Identical twin Tim Twomey received the transplant from Terry Twomey, with recovery ongoing and results due in about six weeks. The procedure used microvascular surgery and required an identical twin donor.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Robbers Hit Detroit Cab Garage For 2340
In Detroit AP report two armed men robbed the Checker Cab Co. garage of 2340 dollars. They gave scant details to police. One suspect weighed about 300 pounds and wore a nylon stocking over his head. the other wore a gorilla headpiece.
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Stan Kenton Admitted To Reading Hospital In Observation
Jazz trumpeter Stan Kenton aged 65 was admitted to Community General Hospital in Reading in guarded condition for observation. He was brought by ambulance from the Abraham Lincoln Motor Inn after a Sunday night concert appearance, and placed in the intensive care unit.
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Stan Kenton
Kenton
Abraham Lincoln Motor Inn
Community General Hospital
Katherine Sefert
Begin Leaps to Hospital After Election Victory
Israeli Prime Minister designate Menahem Begin was admitted to Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv for observation after reporting unwell. Doctors said there was no heart attack, noting his prior heart attack in late March and confirming he would stay under observation for two to three days.
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Israel
Menahem Begin
Begin
Likud
Shlomo Laniado
Ichilov Hospital
Asiya
Laniado
Associated Press
Green Eyes Wins Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee
Green Eyes a female frog owned by Doug Offenheiser of San Diego leapt 19 feet 8 3 16 inches to win the 49th Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee finals in Angels Camp California. Boundless Bliss took second with 17 feet 6 5 16 inches. The governors' jump was won by Arkie the Arkansas governor David Pryor’s frog with 16 feet B inches. Rosarito of Rosarito Mexico won the foreign event with 18 feet. Six Ireland entrants placed best fifth. Frog jumping traces to miners in the 19th century and was popularized by Mark Twain.
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Green Eyes
Doug Offenheiser
San Diego
Calaveras County
Bliss
Leonard Hall
Bill Proctor
Walnut Creek
Arkansas
David Pryor
Arkie
Rosarito
Mexico
Ireland
Brenda Snell Wins Nursing Scholarship Award
Miss Brenda K. Snell daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Byrd of Mexico receives the 1977 Rotary Club Nursing Scholarship Foundation Award of 1200 dollars to pursue a four year program at Northeast Missouri State College Kirksville She has active school and church involvement and must return to Audrain Medical Center for one year with full pay and benefits per hospital policy.
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Ted Byrd
Valley View Road
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Rotary Club
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Vi Helpin
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First Presbyterian Church
Audrain Medical Center
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Brenda
Woodrow Lee
Neil Diamond Completes Drug Education Program
Los Angeles AP reports singer Neil Diamond who penned Solitary Man and Cherry Cherry finished a drug education program required after his arrest on marijuana charges about a year ago.
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Los Angeles
Neil Diamond
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