Federal Sunshine Law Opens Federal Meetings
Dozens of federal commissions prepare to open meetings to the public under the Government in the Sunshine act. The rule targets about 50 regulatory agencies, with March as the deadline, and prompts agencies like the FCC SEC ICC to adjust procedures and expand public access.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Associated Press
Henry
Patrick
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Andy Rothman
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Rothman
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
George M. Stafford
Commission
Handi Shop Levy Plan Circulates in Audrain County
Handi-Shop and Audrain County committees back a November 2 levy up to 20 cents per $100 for a handicapped residence facility. A nine member county court appointed board would manage funds and operations. The plan cites 16 Missouri counties approving House Bill 240, with Pike County’s Ruth Jansen Village for Exceptional Persons as a model. Open house at Handi Shop planned.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Missouri
Boone
Lincoln
Pike County
Bowling Green
Ruth Jansen
Pike
Palestinians Attack Syrian Embassies Spark Syrian Deterrence
Three Palestinians invaded the Syrian Embassy in Rome and wounded the first secretary before four were killed and two captured in Islamabad. In Beirut the PLO denied involvement while Damascus Radio vowed punishment. The raids jeopardized a Lebanese Syrian Palestinian ceasefire plan at Ctoura.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
Italy
Rome
Feg
Islamabad
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Popular Front For the Liberation of
Syria
Damascus
Gaid
Mohammad Bahir
Tot Enent
Offeral
Chtoura
Lebanon
Marijuana May Stunt Sexual Development
AP reports Army surgeon Dr. John W. Harmon presented findings from Walter Reed and colleagues showing Delta Nine THC caused rats to develop smaller testicles and lower testosterone after 40 days of exposure. The study notes two rats could not produce sperm and cites prior cases of breast enlargement in heavy marijuana users, suggesting interference with sexual development.
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Chicago
John W. Harmon
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Clinical Congress
American College of Surgeons
Menelaos A. Alispoulios
University of Massachusetts At Worcester
Diana Locke
John M. MacIndoe
Walter Reed
Harmon
Cold Harbor Reenactment On Maryland Farm Draws Big Crowd
In Salisbury Maryland a Civil War reenactment mixed modern transport with historic clashes as 60 units from 15 states reenacted Cold Harbor on a local farm. Cavalry charges echoed cannon and musket fire while Dr Millard Les Calettes narrated the two hour Saturday battle for hundreds of spectators amid a sodden cornfield.
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Salisbury
Cold Harbor
Mason Dixon Line
2Nd Maryland Infantry
Millard Les Calettes
Salisbury State College
Three Die After Flu Immunizations In Pittsburgh
In Allegheny County three elderly residents died hours after receiving a swine flu vaccine at a South Side clinic. Coroner Cyril Wecht cautioned no direct link is proven though stress from vaccination may have contributed. Victims were Charles Gabig 71 Julia Bucci 75 and Ella Michael 74. The clinic closed as a precaution and CDC investigators were dispatched to examine the deaths.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Cyril Wecht
Charles Gabig
Mount Oliver
Julia Bucci
Whitehall
Ella Michael
Mount Washington
South Side
Health Department
Federal Center For Disease Control of Atlanta
Wecht
Gabig
Bucci
Michael
Missouri Supreme Court upholds removal of Iron County judge
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the removal of Iron County Probate Judge Jack Duncan. The court ruled discipline may be sustained by a preponderance of the evidence rather than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Duncan had broken into a neighbor’s home seeking a gun and removed a tool handle and metal pipe.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Iron County
Jack Duncan
Duncan
Commission On
Arcadia
Dorman Steelman
Crawford, Dent
Iron
Reynolds
Wayne Counties
High Court
Council On Aging Meets Wednesday
Audrain County Council on Aging will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Senior Citizens Center 606 Park to elect officers and begin gathering facts on resources for older Americans in Audrain County. Attendees welcome. The new board includes Quinnie Benton Wallace Witchie Nelson Willingham Leonard Snyder and many others from Audrain including Mexico Vandalia and Farber.
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Audrain County
Jan Agee
Frank Paxson
Gordon Gilman
Robert L. Westhoff
Eileen Seckler
Marjorie Wills
Eldon Burgess
Roy Gulle
Richard Savage
Mexico
Robert Kerr
Northwest
Audrain
Ernest Myrick
Otis Jones
Eugene Wallace
Selby
Goodpasture
Paul ‘York
Vandalia
Don Crow
Leslie Crow
Farber
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Ree Emo
Europe
Palestine
Damascus Radio
Teallan
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Raidera
Maxim
Stor
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