Mt VernoN Considers Higher Water Rates for Outlying Towns
Mt Vernon City Council moves to raise water charges to Woodlawn Belle Rive Opdyke Bluford Waltonville Nason Dix and Kell by 12 cents per 1000 gallons from 30 to 42 cents The increase follows contracts tying rate hikes to Mt Vernon municipal rates The city estimates its cost of water to the outlying communities at about 58.7 cents per 1000 gallons and notes the deadline of April 1 to give 30 days notice before contract renewal April 30
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Belle Rive
Opdyke
Bluford
Waltonville
Nason
Dix
Kell
Mt. Vernon
Bill Howard
Harold Roffmann
Federal Housing Administration
The
Economic Development Administration
Howard
Roffmann
Rend Lake
Ford to veto delay of oil tariff while deferring measures
President Ford planned an early veto of a bill delaying oil tariff increases but signaled a compromise of a 60 day deferral on tariff collection and a postponement of domestic oil price decontrol. White House spokesmen and lawmakers described a potential 60 day delay on the March and April $1 per barrel increments.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Rep
Timothy Wirth
Colorado
Congress
Senate
Chaplin to be dubbed Sir Charles at Buckingham Palace
The Associated Press reports Charlie Chaplin will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II today at Buckingham Palace. The 85-year-old star, who sometimes uses a wheelchair, plans to walk to the queen to receive the title. Chaplin and wife Oona recently arrived from Switzerland for a weeklong stay.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Sir Charles
Elizabeth II
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Oona
Switzerland
British Broadcasting Corp
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Hitler
Jack Oakie
Mussolini
P. G. Wodehouse
Price War Over Girl Scout Cookies in Charlotte Area
In Charlotte Mecklenburg County and Gaston County a price war has emerged for Girl Scout Cookies. Mecklenburg sellers charge $1.25 per box while Gaston County vendors offer cookies for $1. Some Gaston parents working in Charlotte take orders from coworkers at the lower price, prompting Mecklenburg parents to complain. No Gaston girls have crossed into Mecklenburg to sell cookies.
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Charlotte, N.C
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Catawba River
Gaston County
Mecklenburg
Gaston
Jaycees Money Council No To Police Radio Bills
Mt Vernon city council refused to pay 4200 for six portable police radios submitted as three 1400 claims. Four radios were covered by a grant for the detective division. two would be city funded. Council member Martin demanded an explanation and opposed paying for the two ungrant radios.
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Fred Eaton
Mt. Vernon
Ray Botch
General Electric
Kenneth Martin
Botch
Billy King
King
Walker to Announce Budget Tomorrow in Illinois
Gov Daniel Walker will unveil the fiscal 1976 budget around noon, with totals possibly exceeding 11 billion dollars, about 3 billion more than this year’s appropriations. Some bond funds from an accelerated building program may be included, but much of the increase is on paper and tax hikes are uncertain.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Daniel Walker
Walker
Congressional
al Ullman
Dore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
National Health Insurance Congress
Ullman
Edgar N. Duncan
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Council Sets March 11 Meeting on Sewer Bond Plan
Acting Mayor Russell Laur adjourned the City Council meeting to March 11 to approve selling 2.9 million dollars in bonds for an 8.8 million sewer project. The plan includes 2.3 million new bonds and 555 thousand refunding bonds with 75 percent funded by state and federal agencies. The council may also vote to raise water rates to 42 cents per thousand gallons.
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Russell Laur
Environmental Protection
Laur
Lewis
Algerian oil summit proposes price freeze and fund plan
At the OPEC summit in Algiers President Houari Boumedienne urged exporting countries to freeze real oil prices until 1980 and to form a $10 to $15 billion fund to spur development. He proposed aid to importing nations and stronger ties with industrialized states. In Washington Congress shows little action on national health insurance this year as debates over coverage, financing, and scope stall progress.
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Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Ford Administration
IOGA President condemns Democrat energy plan for lacking incentives
Illinois Oil and Gas Association President Ray Radliff of Vandalia criticizes a Democratic energy package as failing to provide incentives for domestic production. He warns it would curb oil, gas, and coal supplies, reduce depletion allowances, and accelerate declines in Illinois output, risking exploration activity.
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Democrat Energy Program
Illinois Oil and Gas Association
Congressional Democrats
Ray Radliff
Vandalia
Radliff
Illinois
Mt Vernon City Primary Keeps Winner Lineup After Canvass
Canvass of Mt Vernon city primary produced no change in winners. Ward 8 totals shifted slightly for England Harris May and others, with England up 5 to 39, Harris up 13 to 53 in Ward 8, Harris up 10 to 53 in Ward 2, Martin down 6 to 74, May down 12 to 177, none of Laur Mays Partridge altered. Final winners remain Mrs May Mays Laur and Martin ahead of the April 15 final election.
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Mt. Vernon
Charles Richard England
George Harris
Harris
Kenneth Martin
Daisy Mae May
Russell Laur
Clarence Mays
Paul Partridge
May
Mays
Laur
Martin
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