Time Change Set For October 27 Time Change Set For October 27
Congress backs standard time this winter ending 10 months of daylight saving time except for Indiana Hawaii Arizona Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Samoa. Clock back one hour Oct 27 and forward Feb 23 1975 resumes daylight time until next change. Senate panel cites oil savings but notes public dislike and safety concerns in winter hours.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Ford
Indiana
Hawaii
Arizona
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Samoa
Senate Commerce Committee
Mexico Schools Observe Education Week Flagged by Governor
Governor Christopher S. Bond proclaims October 6 to 12 as Missouri Education Week the first statewide observance in state history. Mexico teachers leader Edward Morris says about 55,000 teachers and over one million students will participate with a focus on teaching innovations and displays in schools and the business district. John Willer of Mexico High School Band plans a special Hawthorne Heights performance during the week and all citizens are invited to tour local schools and view classroom activity and instructional progress.
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Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
Edward Morris
Mexico Community Teachers Association
Mexico
John Willer
Hawthorne Heights
Morris
Fulton Enters Garbage Business
Fulton city takes over private garbage operator after state closes landfill. New ordinance proposes 3 dollars monthly for curbside pickup twice a week or 6 dollars yearly for behind-house or garage service. City seeks 30 day extension without landfill permit. Council members warn of possible legal action and even removing landfill chain if needed.
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Ffulton
Fulton
Bernard Browning
Browning
Granville Collins
Goldwater Leads In Arizona Primary With 139,126 Votes
Phoenix AP report states Senator Barry Goldwater topped all statewide candidates in the Sept 10 Republican primary with 139,126 votes. His write in opponent James J Meissen earned two votes. Goldwater will face Democrat Jonathan Marshall a Scottsdale publisher in the November general election.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
James J. Meissen
Jonathan Marshall
Scottsdale
Defense Costs Soar As Inflation Bumps Up Bills
In a quarterly Pentagon report inflation lifted the estimated cost to complete 42 major weapons programs to 143.6 billion dollars, up 16.9 billion in the June quarter. Spokesman Will Beecher said some programs may be cut back and warned Congress ahead of next year’s defense budget. He noted no specific cancellations of Navy shipbuilding, despite fleet reductions to meet a growing Soviet threat.
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Washington
Pentagon
Willam Beecher
Congress
Beecher
Navy
Cox To England To Teach History For A Year
Archibald Cox the former Watergate special prosecutor is to teach American history in England for a year. The Harvard law professor will travel to Cambridge to serve as a fellow at Sidney Sussex College starting Wednesday.
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New York
Archibald Cox
Richard M. Nixon
England
Cox
Harvard University
Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College
Shoplifters Add 2 Percent To Prices
Kurt Barnard, president of the Mass Retailing Institute, says shoplifters added about 2.6 percent to total sales costs passed to customers in self service stores last year. He cites internal theft by employees and warns lenient prosecutors share blame. operators are tightening their policies to prevent losses.
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Atlanta, Ga
Mass Retailing Institute
Kurt Barnard
New York
Atlanta
Barnard
Copeland Named New Manager at Green Refractories Co
Howard R. Copeland is appointed manager of sales services for A. P. Green Refractories Co. He will oversee 85 staff across sales engineering, technical services and customer service centers in Mexico, Leersdale, Philadelphia and Massillon. Copeland, a Michigan engineering graduate, served in WWII and Korea and sits on multiple professional boards. He and wife Doris reside in Meadow Lane with two children, Bruce and Julie.
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Howard R. Copeland
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Robert E. McIntosh
Copeland
Green
Mr. Copeland
Mexico
Leersdale
Philadelphia
Massillon
Ohio
Moberly
University of Michigan
Green Company
San Francisco
California
New York
U.S
First Presbyterian Church
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dorn Wins South Carolina Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
Rep W J Bryan Dorn secures the party nomination at the state convention on the third ballot with support from Spartanburg Anderson and small counties, pledging to step aside if the Supreme Court sides with Ravenel. Ravenel had been nominated earlier but ruled ineligible for governor due to residency. An effort seeks Supreme Court review of the residency requirement.
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Columbia
S.C
W.J. Bryan Dorn
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles ‘Pug’ Ravenel
South Carolina
Democrats
Dorn
Spartanburg
Anderson
Ravenel
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Citizens Group Sets Meeting on City Expenditure Plan
The citizen group coordinating the city’s 500000 dollar Better Communities Program share will meet at 730 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall to review background and the advisory role in set ting planning priorities for the block grant. The 21 member panel must expand to better reflect the community before finishing its priority list and holding hearings for council review.
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City Hall
Sam Vaughan
The
Mexico Housing Authority
Planning and Zoning Commission
Better Communities
Mexico
Miss Friday To Get NMTA Scholarship
The Northeast Missouri Teachers Assn or NMTA will hold its fall meeting on October 4 at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville with over 2000 attendees. The conference theme is Learner The Center of Education and the agenda includes introducing NMTA scholarship recipients Janet Trueblood Barbara Friday Diana Sisson and Melissa Poole.
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Northeast Missouri Teachers Assn
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Association
NMSU
Janet Lynn Trueblood
Arbela
Barbara Joe Friday
Mexico
Diana Marie Sisson
Bowling Green
Melissa Jeanne Poole
Hannibal
University of Missouri-Columbia
Rural Banker and Wife Kidnapped Near Augusta
FBI reports three masked men abducted E B Reville a 53 year old rural bank manager in Hephzibah Georgia. He was found in the trunk of a car and his wife Jean 51 remained missing as a manhunt continued. Reville said he withdrew an undetermined amount from the bank in a plastic bag. Hephzibah lies about 15 miles south of Augusta.
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Augusta
FBI
E.B. Reville
Hephzibah
Reville
Jean
Joseph Sylvester
Federal Pay Raise Set At 5.52 Percent
President Ford approved a 5.52 percent pay raise for about 3.5 million federal employees, rejecting higher proposals. The increase, effective immediately, follows Senate approval to grant the raise on October 1, with Ford endorsing the OMB and Civil Service Commission recommendation. Federal unions had urged 8.4 percent and the Advisory Committee 7.2 percent.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Civil Service Commission
Pat Van Horn Cast in Godspell at Westminster-William Woods
Pat Van Horn of Mexico has been chosen for the cast of Godspell, the opening production of the year for Westminster-William Woods Theatre department in Fulton. The show opens Oct. 31 for a three night run and resumes Nov. 7 for another three nights. It will also enter the National College Theatre Festival.
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Pat van Horn
Mexico
Westminster-William Woods Theatre Department
Fulton
Westminster-William Woods
National College Theatre Festival
Ban on making Aldrin and Dieldrin ordered by EPA chief
Environmental Protection Administrator Russell Train ordered an immediate ban on further production of Aldrin and Dieldrin due to cancer risk. Existing stocks may be sold or used while proceedings begun in 1971 determine a possible permanent ban. The move targets 10 million pounds withheld from 1975 markets. Shell Chemical Co. is the sole U.S. producer.
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Washington
Environmental Protection
Russell FE
Train
Environmental Protection Agency
Herbert J. Perlman
Perlman
U.S
United States
Shell Chemical Co
Senate votes ban on Chile aid and Eagleton veto threat
Senate adopts Kennedy amendment to cut military aid to Chile amid veto threats over Turkey aid. Cranston proposes phased foreign aid cuts as long as program continues. Ford opposes Eagleton language but endorses softer State Depart ment language to aid Cyprus talks.
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Washington
Senate
Turkey
Chile
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
United States
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Ford
Congress
State Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Cyprus
D-Mass
Ford Administration
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
House
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Kissinger
UW President Loses 20 Pounds in Weight Loss Bet
Seattle AP reports University of Washington President John Hogness lost 21 pounds by fall quarter, trimming to 224 pounds at 6 foot 4. He wagered 20 million dollars last May that he would shed the weight of cancel tuition. The stunt inspires campus chatter as a weight loss challenge spreads among staff.
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Seattle
John Hogness
University of Washington
Hogness
Shirley Temple Black Denies Buy Of Ghana Ambassadorship
Shirley Temple Black asserts she did not purchase her post as U S ambassador to Ghana. She disclosed political donations totaling 1167 over four years, with 310 to the Republican Party, and cited prior diplomatic and film work. She discussed health from breast cancer surgery and praised Betty Ford’s public disclosure.
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Washington
Shirley Temple Black
U.S
Ghana
National Republican Party
United States
United Nations
State Department
Betty Ford
Deserters Deciding to Report At Camp Atterbury
Military officials revised estimates of deserters to report to the clemency center at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Between 50 and 75 men were to arrive daily this week, down from an earlier 150 per day. About 65 deserters reported Monday including a group from Fort Hood Texas under military control.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Maj
John T. Kallunki
Kallunki
Ford
Ft. Hood
Tex
Kallanki
Descriptive record of U S military alternative service data
Undesirable discharges have been given to 592 persons to date. Those completing specified alternative service may obtain clemency discharges. The Ft. Benjamin Harrison military board has issued varied alternative service periods from one to five months for two individuals, 52 from six to 12 months, 48 from 13 to 18 months, and 487 from 19 to 24 months, with a maximum of two years.
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Military Board
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Expo Party Planned for Five Millionth Visitor
SPOKANE Wash AP Expo 74 officials announce a big party for the five millionth paid world’s fair visitor as the fair nears its Nov 3 closing. Attendance has reached about 4.42 million with September daily average near 20 400, needing roughly 16 700 daily to break even.
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Spokane
Wash
Missouri campaign aims to cut 400 traffic deaths in 74
Missouri officials led by Gov. Bond launched the 400 in 74 campaign to sustain a one third drop in highway deaths through 1974. The effort credits the 55 mph limit for declines, with inspectors to replace civilian staff and 30,000 rally stickers to be distributed to promote the project.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Public Safety
Michael Garrett
Congress
Highway Patrol
Sam Smith
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Carolinans
Citizens Group
Shirley
Expo Party
Bond
Smith
American Legion
Legion Hall
A.B.C
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