Seventh grade make believe state collapses under dictatorship
Mill Valley teacher George Muldoon ends an Amasudatamalie government scam by seizing power after students confess crimes under their own laws. The fake nation printed money, issued fines, and faced a widening racketeering, with counterfeiting and police corruption leading to a student-backed dictatorship. Now pupils seek a socialist experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Valley
Calif
George Muldoon
Amasudatamalie
Muldoon
Health Department
Johnston City hosts annual dog inoculation and licensing day
Rebel and about 100 canine companions received shots and city license tags during a Saturday dog day clinic at Johnston City Hall. Veterinarian Richard Lee oversaw the mass inoculation, sponsored by the town each year, while owner Her man Ray shared sympathetic pains during the visit.
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Rebel
Herman Ray
Johnston City
Rades
Richard Lee
Johnston City Hall
Rebels hunt whites as Kolwezi siege ends in Zaire
Survivors arriving from Kolwezi report rebels killed at least 170 whites during the May 13 to 20 siege. French and Belgian paratroopers secured Kolwezi with rebels armed by Soviet weapons scattered around a six mile zone while thousands of Europeans and Americans fled to Europe.
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Brussels
Kolwezi
Zaire
Europe
Shaba
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Olivier Stirn
France
Foreign Affairs
Stirn
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Leo Tindemans
Dupont
Gecamines Company
Gecamines
Claude Mercury
Sotiris Casar
Rome
Jean-Marie Lallemand
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Angola
Helena
Zambia
U.S
Lubumbashi
Panel to study foreign buying of U S farms
Washington AP A House subcommittee announced hearings into foreign buying of U S farmland. Rep Richard Nolan chairs the Agriculture Committee panel and hopes to start hearings in late June. He cites estimates that 20 to 40 percent of recently changing hands land was bought by foreign buyers and notes most owners keep farms with local managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
U.S
Richard Nolan
D-Minn
Agriculture Committee
Midwest
South
Weather and rail report mix with sport notes from Missouri
Warmer tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely, lows in the 60s, Tuesday mostly cloudy with a high in the upper 70s. Extended forecast into the 80s. WRECKAGE of a Missouri-Pacific freight train near De Soto cleared as investigators probe the crash. Also notes on anti-tax activism, a Illinois tax relief editorial, Glynn Owens case column, Salukis baseball title, and Cardinals near all-time losing streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Missouri-Pacific
de Soto
Berkowitz yells bites in Brooklyn court
David Berkowitz the Son of Sam killer was dragged from a Brooklyn courtroom during proceedings for six murders. He shouted obscenities and lunged at guards, biting and kicking as a judge postponed sentencing for June 12 and ordered another psychiatric exam.
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New York
David Berkowitz
Sam
Brooklyn
Robert Violante
Berkowitz
Moscowitz
Jackson County Multiplier Rises Slightly For 1978 Bills
Jackson County set its official tax multiplier at 1.1321, higher than the tentative 1.1302, guiding equalized valuations for 1978 tax bills. County Clerk Bob Harrell and IT chief Scott Perlentein estimate six to seven weeks to finalize figures, with mailings likely late June or early July despite schedule shifts.
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Tony Stevens
Bob Harrell
Harrell
Scott Perlentein
Jackson County
Department of Local Government Affairs
Beef price spike prompts broad consumer grocer complaints
Consumers, grocers, and cattlemen weigh in on rising beef costs. National cattlemen report a record 1.78 dollar per pound across six cuts while local surveys show prices near 1.79 per pound. Analysts attribute reduced herd sizes, supply limits, and breeding cycles to higher prices with expectations of continued gains into 1978.
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National Cattleman’s Association
Leon Dillon
Anna
Ronald Tracy
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Tracy
Bill Fedderke
Boren
Iga-West
Carbondale
Union County Agricultural Extension
Bill Wagner
Wagner
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Amasuda
Department of Beautification
Orwellian
Ernie Branson
U.S. Farms
Illinois
Glynn Owens
Missouri
Tom Tiede
Salukis
ST. Louis Cardinals
Landers
Wit’s End
Stacy
Stacy Moscowitz
Rick Rockwell
Southern Illinoisan
Dale
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Orris Mosby Jr
Jonesboro
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