Kirkpatrick Explains Missouri Ballot Proposals for 1976
Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick outlines two constitutional amendments and a proposition on the November ballot. Amendment No. 1 would raise the state sales tax by one eighth of a percent for conservation funding beginning July 1, 1977, to expand land purchase and improve conservation programs. Amendment No. 2 would ban state and local sales taxes on food and prescription drugs starting January 1, 1978, with proposed revenue- replacement options discussed by supporters, while critics warn of large losses to localities and state government.
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James C. Kirkpatrick
Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation
Conservation Department
Missouri Municipal League
Missouri Department of Revenue
Missouri Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Fulton
Callaway County
Kissinger Rebuts Brown on Israel at NYC dinner
Secretary of State Kissinger rebuked General Brown’s Israel remark saying the U.S. views Israel as a strong asset and a bastion of democracy. The episode follows Brown’s controversial interview comments and drew calls for censure from Jewish groups, with Rumsfeld and Ford officials offering measured reactions.
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New York
Henry Kissinger
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Israel
United States
George S. Brown
Kissinger
Brown
U.S
Rowan Lurie
King Features
Middle East
Jimmy Carter
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Ford
Gen. Brown
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Synagogue Council of America
Essex House
Ford Administration
Congress
May Take Bus To Moberly Concert
Mrs. Ned Rodes, usher chairman for the Mid Misssouri Concert Association, seeks interest in a chartered bus to the St. Olaf College Orchestra performance in Moberly on Saturday Nov 6. Call 581-0584 or 581-6456 for details.
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Ned Rodes
Mid-Missouri Concert Association
St. Olaf College
Moberly
Rodes
Robert McIntosh
Richard Schmidtke
Indictments Seen Likely in Bolles Killing Case
PHOENIX AP The Maricopa County Attorney says five to seven more conspirators in the Don Bolles murder may be at large as the trial nears. A jury should be seated by Friday, with Adamson charged in the bomb slaying of Bolles, a 47 year old Arizona Republic reporter. Officials tightened courthouse security and Adamson wears a bullet proof vest in public view.
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Phonsa
Ariz
Don Bolles
Maricopa County
Donald Harris
Bolles
Harris
John Harvey Adamson
Arizona Republic
Adamson
Unemployment Fund Sagging Faces Revision Proposals
Jefferson City leaders consider revising Missouri unemployment insurance to link benefits and employer taxes to the economy. Assistant director Joseph Dietrich warns the trust fund, once over 200 million, has fallen to about 87 million, risking insolvency without higher contributions and a fluctuating benefit cap tied to the state average wage.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Dietrich
Division of Employment Security
Dietrich
Donald Grabke
D-St. Louis
Missouri
Water illness prompts 12 appendectomies in Holland Patent
In Holland Patent New York at least 12 children required emergency appendectomies after an intestinal disease mimicking appendicitis. State Health officials link the outbreak to a contaminated village water system drawing from a dammed stream fed pool near grazing animals. About 30 people, mostly children, have fallen ill with fever vomiting diarrhea and rashes. Water has been boiled, fountains closed, and trucking of potable water underway while investigators test wells and the village system. The bacteria involved is yersinia with a 10 percent mortality, spread via animal and human fecal matter.
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Holland Patent
N.Y
New York
State Health Department
Kenneth MacLeod
Oneida County
MacLeod
Thomas Hayden
Poorhouse Poet Still Honored
Michigan teachers must observe Will Carleton Day under a 1919 law though no penalties exist for nonobservance. Carleton, died 1912, was famed for homespun poetry including Over the Hill to the Poorhouse. Mexico High School quartet to perform at Rotary Club luncheon. Jerry Brown leads program.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Will Carleton
Will
Carleton
John Porter
Mexico
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