Taxpayer costs rise in Danforth-Paulus lease feud
Jefferson City Missouri faces higher expenses as the public school retirement system delays leasing a building owned by Ted Stewart. Atty Gen Danforth opposed the lease citing possible politics linked to Dowd, while Gov Hearnes and Lt Gov Morris defended the deal and pledged to rebid to protect taxpayers.
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Larry Hall
Associated Press
Jefferson City
Mount Bhikdingn
Elepe Af
Button
Thomas T
Ted” Stewart
John C. Danforth
Board of Public Buildings
Stewart
Paulus
Hearnes
Morris
U. S. 50 West
Danforth
Three pilots freed by North Vietnam head to New York
Three homebound American pilots Mark Gartley Norris Charles and Edward Elias travel via China toward New York as peace activists escort them. Hanoi accuses mailed spying devices to prisoners in milk cans candy bars and tubes prompting new charges in the case.
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Associated Press
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Mark Gartley
Norris Charles
Air Force
Edward Elias
New York
Cora Weiss
Mpomy
Hijack False Alarm At Singapore Jetliner
Police surrounded a Greek jetliner in Singapore after an emergency alarm suggested a hijack but the alert proved false. The aviation ministry said crew members accidentally pressed a button triggering the emergency radio frequency.
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Singapore
Civil Aviation Ministry
Sydney
Charles Correll Dies at 82 Radio’s Andy of Amos and Andy
Chicago AP Charles Correll known as Andy in the Amos and Andy show dies at 82 after a heart attack. Born in Peoria Illinois he retired in 1960 living in Beverly Hills with Freeman Gosden. Survived by his widow Alyce and four children funeral plans incomplete.
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Howdy Amos
Howdy
Andy
Amos and Andy
Charles Correll
Freeman Gosden
Correll
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Peoria
Ill
Beverly Hills
Calif
Gosden
South
Correl
WGN
Sam ‘N’ Henry
Randy Andy
Amos
Amos and
Alyce
Legislators Split Over $10.8 Million Funds Bill
Jefferson City Missouri legislators failed to reach an agreement on a $10.8 million appropriation after a three hour closed conference. The House had advanced a $21.5 million bill which the Senate trimmed in half. Gov Hearnes asked for $23.5 million at the special session. With adjournment possible sine die, Cantrell called the talks a waste, and the panel reported no changes to the bill. The dispute centered on funding for judges pay raises, nursing homes, university money, and other line items, with 5-5 votes on many items and both chambers split on key funding decisions.
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Jim Church
Associated Press
Jefferson City, Mo
Lucky” Cantrell
Senate House
House
Senate
Warren Fr. Hearnes
Senate Appropriations Committee
Donald Manford
Kansas City
Cantrell
R. J
R. J. “Bus” King
R Clayton
William F. Casey
Potosi
James Russell
Florissant
Charles H. Dickey
Mexico
Richard M. Webster
Carthage
Manford
Nelson B. Tinnin
Hornersville
Norman L. Merrell
D-Monticello
Omer H. Avery
Troy
House Appropriations Committee
Court Judicial Fund
St. Louis
University of Missouri
King
Tinnin
Jess
Department of Education
Ford Suspends Maverick 73 Engine Certification
Ford Motor Co suspends production of the 200 cubic inch engine used in 1973 Mavericks after the EPA refused to certify it. EPA rejection affects about 1,200 shipped cars and 7,800 more engines, with Ford rerunning 50,000 mile tests and submitting new data. Other Mavericks and Comets with different engines remain available at dealers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ford
Herbert L. Misch
Auxvasse Will Get New Police Radio Upgrade
Auxvasse police will obtain a two way radio linking with Callaway County Sheriff Fulton and Mexico police. The $1500 grant from State Bureau of Traffic Safety funds the project, secured by Mayor George Baumgartner Rep Joe Holt Chief Ben Redden and Attorney Pat Horner.
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Auxvasse
Callaway County
Shirley MacLaine In Car Accident While Campaigning
Actress Shirley MacLaine escaped injury when the car she rode in to a suburban rally for George McGovern was in a minor crash in Milwaukee. A deputy sheriff, asking witnesses’ identities, was told by the actress she was Shirley Parker and better known as Shirley MacLaine, prompting him to joke that he was John Wayne.
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Milwaukee
Shirley MacLaine
George McGovern
Shirley Parker
John Wayne
Treatment Restores Sight To Near Blind Ten patients gain vision with heat therapy
Cuban refugee Dr Antonio Gasset reported at the American Academy of Ophthalmology convention in Dallas a heat based treatment called thermokeratoplasty TKP restored vision to ten legally blind patients with keratoconus on the Gainesville Florida campus UF researchers noted promising preliminary results. The procedure heats a pencil sized probe to about 320 degrees and applies it to the protruding cornea gradually flattening it and reducing myopia and astigmatism. Some volunteers reached 20/20 or near normal sight though longer term study is needed before general use.
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Gainesville
Fla
Antonio Gasset
American Academy of Ophthalmologists
Dallas
University of Florida
Gasset
Florida
The
Retina Foundation
Boston
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kissinger North Vietnamese Talks Shrouded in Blackout
Paris AP reports a complete news blackout on Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiators extended talks. A second session followed Tuesday’s meeting with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy, with talks still far apart. Viet Cong proposal for a tripartite provisional government is rejected by Saigon and Washington.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Xuan Thuy
Viet Cong
Thieu
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Moral Issue In War Says Sen McGovern
Sen McGovern argues war moral issue and pledges to end the conflict if elected. He tells about 1,000 at a $250 dinner in Los Angeles that civilian casualties reveal a barbaric Indochina campaign and urges Americans to confront moral questions. He plans further campaigning in Baltimore Atlantic City and New York while Humphrey fuels rallies with optimism and energy.
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George McGovern
White House
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indochina
Century Plaza Hotel
McGovern
California
Washington
Humphrey
Fairfax High School
Miami
Baltimore
Atlantic City
New York
New War Crime Probe Ties Oklahoma Unit to My Lai region
The Daily Oklahoman reports that Army investigators look into a single infantry company, Company C of the 2nd Battalion, 36th Infantry, for alleged atrocities in Quang Ngai Province during March 1967. Claims include burning villages, mutilations, and execution of civilians during a search and destroy sweep.
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Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
My Lai
36Th Infantry
25Th Infantry Division
Jack Taylor
Taylor
4Th Infantry
Quang Ngai Province
4Th Division
23Rd Infantry
Americal
Washington
Pentagon
Quang Ngai
35Th Infantry
Daily
Oklahoman
Dowd Promises Toll Free Line For Gov Office
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Edward L. Dowd promised a toll free phone to take citizens complaints in the governor s office if elected. He toured senior citizens residences in St Louis public housing projects and said the line could be one of the busiest in the world after speaking with several elderly residents.
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St, Louis
Edward L. Dowd
Dowd
St. Louis
Sophomores Take GATB Test This Week at MHS
The Missouri States Testing Program includes the General Aptitude Test Battery for sophomores at Mexico High School. Counselor staff Georgia Adams, Dav Bell, and J.R. Houchins oversee the test, with the written portion next Wednesday at the Armory. Attendance is stressed as makeup tests disrupt 2 to 4 hours of class time.
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Mexico
Georgia Adams
Dav Bell
J.R. Houchins
MES
Ohi
Martha Appears With President at Republican Fundraiser
Martha Mitchell, wife of John N. Mitchell, resurfaced as a Republican attention getter at a New York fund-raising dinner for Nixon. She appeared Tuesday night, greeted the President, then signed autographs as she stood near him, while her husband John N. Mitchell had resigned as Nixon campaign director about three months earlier after threats to leave politics.
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California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Martha
New York
Marth Mitchell
Nixon
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