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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1971
Page
4
Rep. Rud. King R Clayton pledged to push in 1972 for a bill ending secrecy in legislative committee voting He spoke to St Louis Sigma Delta Chi saying the people have a right to know how their legislators vote and that open records lead to more responsible government He argued committees hide votes to avoid accountability and many vital bills die in committee without explanation.
Congressman Bil Hungate will be recognized at the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Area Land Title Association annual awards dinner for his consumer legislation work. He chairs the DC judiciary subcommittee and will receive an award for distinguished service to the public and the title industry. The "Title Insurance Code of the District of Columbia" bill and October hearings are noted.
Washington AP The AFL CIO says the Nixon administration violated its wage price freeze by charging $5 this year for the Consumer Legislative Monthly Report, previously free. Consumer adviser Virginia H Knauer said it is no longer possible to offer the publication free of charge. The executive office of the President is breaking the wage price freeze, an AFL CIO spokesman said.
The 76th Missouri General Assembly changed the state motor vehicle inspection rules. Starting Sept 28 owners must have vehicles inspected within 60 days of annual registration instead of 30 days. Vehicles sold must be inspected at seller expense. If license transfer occurred within six months of expiration, reinspection at renewal may not be required. Wheels, lug nuts, and fuel tank will be inspected for cracks damage leakage attachment and cap presence.
Opponents of a proposed levee near St Charles get a public hearing at St Charles High School at 7 30 p m next week The plan would enclose about 37000 acres of flood plain between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers The Corps says final decisions remain pending and Alton Lake effects will be considered Leaders cite possible industrial development and pollution concerns from groups including Pride Inc the Coalition for the Environment and Elsah trustees
Mexico High School Future Farmers of America officers Delbert Healy Curtis Mechlin and Ray Lecrease along with advisor Mr Peeper attended Sub District 7 Leadership Training Conference Tuesday night at North Callaway R-1 School. They heard talks from NorCal principal the state FFA president and then divided into groups to discuss improving duties.
The Esterhazy String Quartet will present Music of Latin America on Sunday September 26 at 3 30 p m in the University of Missouri Recital Hall Columbia. The public concert is free.
The HEW announced an 80,000 federal staff expansion to run a proposed national Family Assistance Program as welfare costs rise to 16.3 billion in fiscal 1971. The plan would replace 200 local systems, require 18 months to implement, and redraw 61,000 state and local relief jobs.
In Pueblo Colorado two four year olds Sean Rabbit and Dale Kouchnerkovich died when a dog house they were playing in caught fire. Fire officials say bedding burned and the children likely started the blaze with matches. Parents and neighbors tried to intervene but were unaware the boys were inside.
Lincoln California AP report describes the transformation of the abandoned Harthside Missile Base into the Underground Ecology Center. Robin Cranston son of Senator Alan Cranston will direct the project run by Experimental Systems Ecology a nonprofit. The site is a 5 acre former Titan missile complex purchased from Pla cer County for 35000 dollars. The plan includes underground gardens and closed environment studies on drought famine and population impacts.
NASA administrator Dr James C Fletcher told an annual meeting that the space shuttle could carry half military payloads in the next decade. He said the multi purpose shuttle would serve civilian, military and international missions, with 50 percent of payloads military.
Fletcher said NASA plans to issue bids on the shuttle by December and award contracts next spring. The agency targets the first manned orbital flight in 1978 with a fully reusable shuttle in operation by the 1980s. He emphasized the shuttle as NASA's main effort to advance aerospace tech and reduce space costs this decade.
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