Amtrak to Upgrade Tracks and Expand High Speed
Amtrak proposes a 1.5 billion five year plan to upgrade tracks and roadbeds in major corridors. One billion would fund tracks in East Middle West and West Coast routes enabling speeds up to 110 mph on select lines. The rest covers maintenance facilities new cars coaches and engines with goals to improve safety comfort and speed.
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Amtrak
National Rail Passenger Service
Congress
Department of Transportation
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Harrington seeks inquiry on CIA role in Chile coup
Rep. Michael Harrington urged a House probe into whether Secretary of State Kissinger approved a CIA plan to undermine Salvador Allende in Chile. He cites CIA Director Colby as confirming an $8 million effort approved by the 40 Committee, though Kissinger and Colby deny direct involvement. The State Department and Senate panel weigh Harrington’s disclosures and possible reopenings.
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Washington
Michael Harrington
House
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
Salvador Allende
Massachusetts Democrat
Kissinger
William E. Colby
Harrington
State Department
40 Committee
National Security Council
Colby
Allende
Senate Foreign Relations
U.S
Chile
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Jones Resigns As Ag Deputy From Missouri Department
Ron Jones resigned as deputy director of the Missouri Agriculture Department amid controversy over the Ozark Music Festival at the State Fairgrounds. Jones, who became deputy July 1 after serving as state fair secretary since March 1973, offered no reason for leaving. Agriculture Chief James Boillot confirmed the resignation and noted Jones faced heavy criticism during a Senate investigation into the festival lease arrangements.
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Jefferson City
State Agriculture Department
State Fairgrounds
Agriculture
James Boillot
Ron Jones
Jones
Boillot
Sedalia
State Senate
Law Would Permit Nixon Trial Despite Pardon
A Supreme Court framework suggests Nixon could face trial in the Watergate case despite Ford’s pardon, with punishment potentially blocked. Field’s Ex Parte Garland guides that pardons spare penalties but not the trial. The article notes few if any cases test this, impeachment remains possible, and Rodino opposes reopening Nixon’s impeachment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Stephen J. Field
Field
New York
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodino Jr
Doctor Freed On Bond In Murder Case
Dr. Norman Garrison Jr of Corinth was released on a $10,000 bond after appearing before a U S magistrate on Missouri first degree murder charges in the beating death of his ex wife Lee Ann Garrison 32 in Kennett Mo The body was found in a nightgown clad bedroom autopsy showed blunt instrument beating and a gunshot to the head Garrison facing removal hearing later this month and had been under contempt for alimony nonpayment and failure to return children in the divorce proceedings
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Corinth
Norman Garrison Jr
U.S
Missouri
Lee Ann Garrison
Kennett
Kim
Garrison
Mississippi
Dunklin County
Charles Baker
William P. Dodson
Oxford
Two Area Boys Enroll At MMA
Kevin Hamlett of Laddonia and Eric Mortenson of Mexico join 293 cadets at Missouri Military Academy for the 1974 75 school year. Charlie Ray and Barbara Crews of Mexico welcome a daughter, Martha Ann, born at 1 a.m. Monday. grandparents are George Ray of Cassville and Leland Crews of Mexico. Ray is self employed.
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Kevin Hamlett
Ray Hamlett
Laddonia
Eric Mortenson
Mas
Kenneth Mortenson
Pollock Road
Mexico
Missouri Military Academy
Charlie Ray
Cassville
Martha Ann
Ray
Barbara Crews
George T. Ray
Leland Crews
Promoter Admits Guilt In Tax Fraud
Edward Yawitz former St Louis fight promoter and manager to Virgil Akins pleaded guilty to three federal income tax charges. He faces up to 13 years in prison and fines up to $25 000 for evading about $24 000 in personal taxes and $31 000 in corporate taxes and falsifying a return. Sentencing set for Sept 20. Prosecutors noted large loans to former Cardinals players and Jack Buck between 1968 and 1970, including $62 744 to Joe Hoerner now with Kansas City Royals. no illegal acts by Buck or players indicated.
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ST. Louis
Edward Yawitz
Virgil Akins
Yawitz
John K. Regan
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Buck
Cardinal
Buck
Joe Hoerner
Hoerner
Kansas City Royals
Kennedy Targets Tomatoes as Boston Busing Plan Sparks Demonstration
Senator Edward Kennedy, doused by a thrown tomato, urged calm as thousands protested a federal school integration order. He blamed lingering racial hatreds and failed to address the crowd before leaving the John F. Kennedy Federal Building.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Missouri Corn Poor To Fair Statewide Update
Cited by the Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, the state reports 84 percent of corn in the dough stage and overall poor to fair condition. Grain sorghum maturation trails last year with 19 percent mature versus 30 percent a year ago. Soybeans are fair to good with 83 percent pod setting, cotton is fair to good with 3 percent bolls open, harvesting alfalfa third cut is 71 percent complete, and pastures remain mostly fair.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ford To Be First In Visiting Japan
President Ford will become the first American chief executive to visit Japan when he begins a three day trip there on November 19.
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Ford
Japan
Washington
Nixon to resign from California bar end 35 year career
Nixon plans to resign from the California bar and also from the New York bar, according to his Los Angeles lawyer Dean Butler. The move likely ends its Watergate disciplinary inquiry, as Bar President Seth Hufstedler notes objections to Ford's pardon and the action follows.
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Sacramento
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Dean Butler
Los Angeles
California Bar
New York
Butler
California
Bar
Seth Hufstedler
State Supreme Court
House of Delegates
Ford
White House
Storm Loss May Increase Sugar Prices
Hurricane Carmen devastates Louisiana cane fields with losses up to 75 percent, triggering fears of higher sugar costs. Government researchers warn current production shortfalls in cane and beet sources could push prices higher, with five-pound bags rising from 85 cents to about $2. The Department of Agriculture surveys damage as demand remains strong.
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Washington
Carmen
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Don Paarlberg
Department
Florida
U.S
Sugar cane and beet harvests affect sugar import debate
Estimated sugar cane production for the year would rise four percent while beet output drops eight percent. Louisiana losses would lift cane prices further and bolster anti quota arguments. The idea of quota suspension was raised weeks ago by Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz, and the Louisiana storm may hasten a decision on increasing foreign sugar imports.
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Louisiana
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
U.S
Power Burns Kill Worker in Springfield Plant Accident
Grady Smith of Nixa died from burns after a crane lifting pipe touched a 69,000-volt line at a Springfield auto accessories plant. He was moved Monday night to St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis after the accident.
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St, Louis
Southwest Missouri Plumbing Company
Springfield
Grady Smith
Nixa
Smith
St. John’s Mercy Medical Center
St. Louis
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