Attorneys Argue Over Age 18 Law
Missouri Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of a 1974 majority rights bill that lowers the age of majority to 18. Prosecutors say failing to name every statute delegated authority. defense notes prior law changes did not specify each statute. Justices probe effects on juvenile courts education and child support amid debate over 18 to 20 year olds being added to juries.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis County
Gene McNary
High Court
Anne Carpini
Steven Goldman
McNary
Harry J. Stussie
George R. Gerhard
James H. White
Stussie
Robert Donnelly
Gerhard
Robert M. Sommers
Attorney General's Office
John C. Danforth
White
Compromise Bill Boosts Vet Benefits
Vietnam era veterans would get a 23 percent hike in educational benefits retroactive to Sept. 1 under a new Senate House compromise. The bill costs $1.48 billion and includes a $600 loan per veteran and longer GI undergraduates eligibility from 36 to 45 months. A single veteran would rise from $220 to $270 monthly, with increases to $321 and $366 for veterans with a wife or wife and child. Benefits for dependents over age two rise from $18 to $23. The leaders warned a Ford veto could stall approval, while Hartke said the Senate would not concede further.
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Senate
House
Ford
Ast
Lin E. Teague
Dtex
Ford Administration
Teague
Vance Hartke
Cind
Hartke
Nobel Prize Awarded to Swedish Authors Johnson and Martinsson
Swedish authors Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinsson won the 1974 Nobel Prize for Literature. Johnson, 74, famed for the Krilon trilogy and anti Nazi protest themes, and Martinsson, 70, a former seaman who enriched Swedish letters with poems novels and essays. The Swedish Academy announced after a one hour meeting praising Johnson for narrative art spanning lands and ages.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Eyvind Johnson
Harry Martinsson
Johnson
Krilon
Martinsson
Swedish Academy
Illinois Draw To Create An Instant Millionaire
CHICAGO AP One of 158 entrants will become an instant millionaire in Illinois lottery biggest cash giveaway since it began nine weeks ago. The winner gets 50 000 a year for 20 years. one 100 000 prize. eight 10 000 bonuses. all 158 qualifiers except the millionaire receive 1500. The drawing is at 7 p.m. in Chicago, regular drawing at 10 30 a.m. Names include Robert A. Jones of Florissant Missouri and Wesley D Tucker of Davenport Town. Thirty three are eligible for the weekly bonanza with a 300 000 prize 50 000 and 13 10 000 prizes, plus thousands of 20 winners. Since the first millionaire drawing the lottery has paid 9 million in cash prizes to over 200 000 winning tickets. about 40 million tickets were losers. More than 8 million has funded the state general revenue fund. Under the statute the state must receive 40 percent of all lottery earnings.
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Chicago
Robert A. Jones
Florissant
Wesley D. Tucker
Davenport
Illinois Lottery
State General Revenue Fund
Prize honors writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos
The article notes a literary prize valued at about $124,000. Martinsson is cited for writings praised for capturing the dewdrop and reflecting the cosmos. The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile will visit Auxvasse on Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., returning Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Martinsson
Daniel Boone Regional Library
Auxvasse
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