Illegal Gifts To Congressmen Listed
AP reports that two shipping firms violated the Corrupt Practices Act by making illegal political contributions to members of Congress and Senate. Justice Department files detail several named lawmakers and the amounts. Rep. Melvin Price called for tighter lobbying and reporting laws as the House Ethics Committee plans a private session to study the matter.
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Washington
Congress
Melvin Price
D-N
Associated Press
Justice Department
Senate
House
Gerald Ford
Hale Boggs
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
House Appropriations
Robert. L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Ford
Boggs
American President Lines
Pacific Far| East Lines
Rep
H. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
J. Noah C. Brinson
Congressional Quarterly
Sikes
John J. Rooney
D-N.y
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Repubican
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Thomas L. Ashley
Jack Edwards
Ala
Arends
Garmatz
Baltimore
Magnuson
Mailliard
Rooney
Price
Hearnes Sets Welfare Reform Viewpoints for Senate
Missouri Governor Warren E. Hearnes testified before the Senate Finance Committee, presenting National Governor’s Conference welfare reform recommendations and his own, including a federally financed welfare payments system and changes to loopholes in the Corrupt Practices Act. He cited subsidies to shippers and urged job training, day care, and work incentives.
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Washington
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Senate Finance Committee
Hearnes
Nixon
Colorado Springs
Agnew Warns of US Move Toward Left in Campaign Drive
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew opened his congressional campaign tour declaring the nation would drift toward the radical left if Congress continues big spending. He urged a budget discipline as he campaigns for Sen. Ralph T. Smith against Adlai Stevenson III, while touting Nixon era gains and warning of a bloated Washington bureaucracy. The swing through six states includes stops in Springfield and Las Vegas with plans to reach San Diego and Saginaw.
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Springfield
Ill
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
Washington
Ralph T. Smith
Adlai E. Stevenson, III
Agnew
Nixon
Vietnam
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Casper
Wyo
Sanego
California
San Diego
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wyoming
John Wold
Gala W. McGee
George Murphy
Christians to Observe Church Loyalty Month
Christians plan a Church Loyalty Month with services across multiple cities from September 13 to October 4. Attendance contests pair members in Green and Gold teams while weekly recognition honors church leaders, committees, and fellowship groups leading to World Communion Sunday on October 4. Vice President Agnew and daughter Kimberly will accompany on the kickoff week.
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Louisville
Memphis
Tenn
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Sioux Falls
Minot
N.D
First Christian Church
Jand
Salt Lake City
Irach
Will Bet Nixon
Republic
White House
Fellowship
World Communion
AA Velaar
Agnew
Kimberly
Bryant to head MMA food service at Missouri Military Academy
Col. Charles Stribling announces James Bryant of Columbia named food service director for MMA this year. Major Orival Maupin will focus full time on quartermaster duties while Catering Management Services continues support for 19 Midwest colleges. Bryant, with a background at University of Missouri Rolla and other institutions, and his wife Louise recently moved to Mexico from Fayette with daughter Elizabeth.
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Catering Management, Inc
Columbia
Missouri Military Academy
Charles Stribling
James Bryant
Orival Maupin
Quartermaster Department
Quartermaster
Midwest
William Woods
Christian College
Fontbonne College
Bryant
Mays Bryant
Louise
Mexico
Fayette
Mary St
Elizabeth
Conference Youth Urge Law Changes in Missouri
A Missouri conference on Children and Youth submitted about 200 recommendations to Gov. Warren Hearnes. The statewide effort held 35 regional meetings, formed task forces on schools, youth participation, and family, and urged laws on fluoride in water, dental services for children, sex education, lead in drug education, modernized adoption laws, and less restrictive abortion laws. The 400-member committee includes 200 youths aged 15 to 21 and 200 adults, led by Mrs. Robert Hausfater of St. Louis.
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Onj
Children and Youth Today
Warren HE. Hearnes
Robert &, Hausfater
St. Louis
US officials weigh options as hijack crisis grows
Nixon aides say military action to free passengers is unlikely yet all options are on the table. Six Air Force transports with medical teams head toward Turkey near the Syrian border as Britain, Germany, and Switzerland hold hijackers to release Arab detainees. The Red Cross notes a new deadline while Pan American’s Najeeb Halaby suggests armed guards aboard planes as a possible deterrent.
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Nixon Administration
United States
Nixon
William P. Rogers
White House
Air Force
Turkey
Syrian Beder
Ronald L. Ziegler
Jordanian Desert
U.S
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Germany
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Trans World Airlines
TWA
British Overseas Airways Corp
Ziegler
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Najeeb Halaby
Pan American Airways
IRA
Halaby
Arab guerrillas set 10 pm deadline for hostage release
Reports from Washington and other cities detail Arab guerrilla demands for release of captive Palestinians in exchange for three hijacked airliners and more than 300 hostages. The situation remains fluid as U.S. officials discuss possible options but privately expect no military action.
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Switzerland
West Germany
Britain
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Mexico Ledger Publication Rates and Hours
The Mexico Ledger lists mail and carrier rates for the paper across regions including Mexico Missouri and Audrain counties. Details show monthly and six month pricing, single-copy costs, and military or out of state subscriptions. Office hours run weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with Saturday hours 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Lin Mo
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
William W. Howard Improves After Heart Surgery
William W. Howard of 1016 East McFarlane Street is improving after heart surgery at Boone County Hospital in Columbia. He previously was at Audrain Hospital with pneumonia before being transferred to the Columbia hospital for care.
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William W. Howard
E. McFarlane
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Columbia Hospital
Equivalency courses enroll Monday at MVTS
Enrollment will be held at 7 Monday night for the high school equivalency and basic adult education courses at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. The high school equivalency class targets adults 18 or older who did not finish high school and aims to prepare them to take the State Department of Education exam for the equivalency diploma. The basic class serves adults 18 and over who have completed eighth grade and covers reading speaking writing arithmetic citizenship and home and family living. Both meet two nights weekly and are taught by Herman Tolson assisted by Mrs Helen Steele. There is no fee for either class.
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Mexico Area
Herman Tolson
Mirs
Helen Steele
Zambia Accuses Western Newsmen Over Nonaligned Nations Summit
In Lusaka the Zambian government condemned Western reporters as a monopoly press trying to defame the nonaligned nations conference. It detained 16 reporters for up to 23 hours and deported three, while barring others from covering the summit. Kenneth L. Whiting of The Associated Press, based in Johannesburg, was among those affected.
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Rap Brown
New Orleans
H. Rap Brown
Laneig Mitchell
Brown
Ford
Mitchell
Robert
Lusaka
Zambia
Press of
West
South Africa
Kenneth L. Whiting
Associated Press
Johannesburg
Rhodesia
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