Missouri Holds Line on 55 MPH Limit Enforcement
Jefferson City Missouri AP reinforced with patrol data that the 55 mile an hour speed limit will remain vigorously enforced. Sam S Smith reported 11 800 drivers arrested and 11 000 warned in April with fatalities down 202 year to date. Governor Bond backs lower speeds citing energy concerns and Memorial Day safety message.
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Cal
Sam S. Smith
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Smith
Christopher &. Bond
Senate
William J. Cason
Clinton
Bond
Public Safety and Transportation
Longtime MMA officer Col. E. R. Jackson retires after 43 years
Col. E R Jackson, Missouri Military Academy's longest serving faculty officer, will retire after 43 years with MMA. He came to campus in 194? and has filled roles as teacher coach tactical officer and director of music and admissions. A 9:15 a m battalion review will honor him with a citation noting his cheerful service to cadets and parents.
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Missouri Military Academy
E.R. Jackson
MMA
Jackson
Old Library
Colonel Jackson
Col. E. Y. Burton
Central Methodist College
Fayette
Phi Mu Alpha
Carnegie Hall
New York
Bob Butters
St. Louis
Academy
Hazel McIntyre
Mexico
Elizabeth Pusheck
Palos Verdes Estates
Calif
Jane Cox
Friendswood
Texas
Dan Tesinski
Grocery Store Prints Its Own Paper Pennies
In Houston a local Eagle Stores chain prints paper change slips to replace pennies amid a copper coin shortage. Customers receive five slips worth a nickel each, redeemable at any Eagle location, as management and customers cope with the coin scarcity and price rounding.
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Houston
Tex
Eagle
Dick Gardiner
Gardiner
U.S. Mint
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve
Federal
Ford Nixon Quiet About Hasty Meeting
Washington AP report says both the White House and Vice President Ford are tight lipped about a hastily arranged 45 minute conference between President Nixon and Ford. An aide said the meeting delayed Ford’s New York speech, leaving him uptight, while Ford called it a typical covering of all bases and noted it did not touch the Watergate tapes issue.
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Washington
White House
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Ford
Andrews Air Force Base
Poll Score On Nixon Finds 32 Percent Positive
New York AP reports pollster Louis Harris says Nixon retains a 32 percent positive job rating after release of White House tape transcripts, with 66 percent negative and 2 percent unsure. Survey of 1,555 adults conducted May 7-8 shows credibility concerns despite foreign affairs prestige.
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New York
Louis Harris
Nixon
White House
Harris
U.S
The Conversation Tops Cannes Film Festival Award
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation wins the Golden Palm at Cannes. Gene Hackman stars as a private eye who covertly records conversations and encounters a murder clue while Jack Nicholson earns best actor for The Last Detail role. Coppola wrote the script in 1966 and is hailed as an Oscar winner for The Godfather.
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Cannes
France
Francis Ford Coppola
Gene Hackman
Coppola
Albert Breaks Tie On Debt Ceiling
Washington AP reports a narrow House vote on a 19.3 billion increase to 495 billion, with Speaker Carl Albert casting the tie breaking ballot. The plan may become a vehicle for Senate tax cuts and reforms as lawmakers await June deadlines and potential amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Carl Albert
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Nixon
Senate backs same guilt rule for buyers in prostitution law
The Louisiana Senate approved by 32-5 a bill extending the state prostitution law to apply equally to buyers and sellers of sexual favors. The measure moves to the House for action in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Senate
House
Vermillion Renamed to Six-Year Probation Parole Term
Missouri Gov. Christopher S. Bond reappointed W. R. Vermillion as chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole for a six year term. Vermillion's leadership will guide parole and probation oversight in the state.
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W.R. Vermillion
Missouri Board of Probation and Parole
Christopher S. Bond
Stranglehold on Belfast continues
Belfast grapples with a ten day Protestant militant strike that halts industry and commerce. Neil a Belfast craftsman recalls hunger threats and payroll loss as utilities falter and stores face panic buying while Ulster Workers Council allows minimal power operation.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster Workers’ Council
Neil
Belfast
Annapolis Cheating Scandal Blamed on Anti establishment Youth
At the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland Vice Admiral William P Mack spoke at a news conference amid a potential cheating scandal affecting up to 150 midshipmen in a celestial navigation exam. Officials confirmed some students seemed to know questions in advance and carried prewritten answers from nautical almanacs. Authorities swept halls confiscating materials with apparent prewritten answers.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Adm
William P. Mack
Mack
Mexico Ledger Publication and mailing rates notice
Mexico Ledger lists publication details and a postal subscription rate table. It states daily except Sundays, address at 300 N Washington St, Mexico Mo, and pricing by mail for Audrain and surrounding counties, other Missouri counties, and out-of-state, with military rates and office hours.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
Chance Stock On Big Board June 11
CENTRALIA The common stock of A B Chance Co was approved for listing by the New York Stock Exchange on May 22 with a June 11 listing date. The Centralia based firm makes specialized equipment and services for electric power and communications, operating 15 U.S. plants and three abroad. 1973 sales totaled 91.6 million with 84 percent domestic and 16 percent export. Net income 1973 was 4.2 million or 1.31 per share, up from 3.2 million or 1.00. First quarter 1974 net was 1.355 million or 42 cents per share, vs 0.835 million or 26 cents in 1973. Shares outstanding averaged 4,223,720.
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Centralia
A.B. Chance Co
New York Stock Exchange
A.b.chance Co
United States
Nursing Home Plan Vetoed At Chillicothe
Jefferson City Mo AP an application to construct a second nursing home in Chillicothe was rejected by the state health planning office William Mitchell director said the need was not proven in Livingston and surrounding counties after last weeks approval of Indian Hills Nursing Home a new 52 bed facility
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Jefferson City
Chillicothe
State Office of Comprehensive Health Planning
Wiliam Mitchell
Health Planning Office
Livingston County
Indian Hills
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