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Page 7 The Dally Journal, Flat River, Mo Wednesday, February 18, 1M7 GOP proposing rural development push WASHINGTON (AP) Farm-state Republicans are proposing today a broad federal commitment to rural development, Including new economic and educational assistance to small towns and farm families. The proposals by Rep. Tom Coleman, and GOP members of the House Agriculture Committee, which will be unveiled at a news conference, call for the government to focus more efforts on revitalizing rural communities hard hit by the depressed farming economy. "The agricultural crisis doesn't stop at the farm gate. Boarded-up stores and empty plants have become as familiar as farm foreclosures throughout the Farm Belt," Coleman said In a prepared be provided.

Rural enterprise zones to provide tax breaks to encourage businesses to create jobs or expand operations in economically distressed rural areas. Forming "rural technology and training centers" with colleges and universities to develop new products and marketing plans for business and industry in rural areas. Creating "agriculture action centers" across the country to provide a central source of counseling and job training services for troubled farm families and producers forced off their land. The government to give top priority to locating new federal offices and facilities in rural communities and encourage statement. Rep.

Pat Roberts, is among the members behind the congressional push for a rural development initiative, As a symbol of the federal commitment, the lawmakers propose renaming the Agriculture Department to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The package of development proposals will be introduced soon as legislation, according to Coleman, who said the government response to rural problems "go beyond price supports and extension of credit." Key provisions call for: Court upholds 2 death sentences Liability bill wins first round in House FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS SEE OMEGA IL MON SAT. 10 AM. 3PM (JI4) 7M 4733 207 KAesCHdVO FARMINGTON.

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The assistance, modeled after block grant programs administered by states, would provide the "seed capital" for purchases of land and equipment as well as plant construction and support services. Grants to local governments for "infrastructure development" In rural areas, including streets, buildings and utility services. Establishing an education program called "Access" for students in rural areas to better prepare them for careers at a time when farming and agribusiness are changing. Counseling and vocational training, among others things, would reduce an award would be an improvement over the current system because it could save time and the cost of a new trial, he said. Murphy's amendment was defeated by a 27-116 vote.

The House also rejected an amendment to strike a section that would limit the amount of punitive damages a small newspaper would have to pay in libel suits. There would be no limits on actual damages in such suits. Rep. Mark Abel, D-Festus, said he did not think it was fair to limit punitive damages on the newspaper industry when no other industries would be eligible for limited punitive damages when found to be at fault in civil suits. Under the provision, there would be limits on punitive damages for newspapers with circulations of less than 100,000.

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$24-36. liin'mr SL JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the death penalty Tuesday for a Sikeston man convicted of capital murder for the death of a man whose severely beaten body was found in a burning trailer. In a separate opinion, the high court also upheld the death sentence of Lloyd Schlup, a Missouri State Penitentiary inmate convicted of killing fellow inmate Arthur Dade. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for Ricky Lee Grubbs of Sikeston, who was sentenced to die in the state's gas chamber for the 1984 beating and stabbing death of Jerry Thornton.

Thornton was found in his burning trailer near Miner, a small community near Sikeston. Authorities said Thornton's throat had been cut and his body was severely beaten and bound in neckties. Grubbs set the trailer on fire to conceal the murder, authorities said. In arguments before the court last month, Grubbs' defense attorney said comments made to the jury by the prosecutor should have resulted JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A measure designed to hold down the high cost of liability insurance for businesses has been given first-round approval by the Missouri House.

The measure was approved Tuesday by a voice vote after House members defeated a move to strike a provision that gives judges the power to reduce jury awards. The measure is considered a top priority by House and Senate leaders and Gov. John Ashcroft. They have said lawmakers had to take action this year to businesses from skyrocketing liability insurance premiums, yet preserve an injured consumer's right to be compensated. The measure would make several changes in liability law, including increasing state regulation of the insurance industry and protecting businesses from having to pay more than their share in certain cases.

agencies such as the Defense Department to award supply contracts to rural businesses. Establishing a Rural Development Administration within USDA to better coordinate government programs affecting rural areas. In addition, an information clearinghouse would be created In the agency to help guide state and local organizations on the services and assistance available to rural families. "More than 70 million citizens live in America's rural communities. The stabilization and prosperity of these communities across America must become a national priority for Congress and the administration," Coleman said.

in a mistrial. But in Tuesday's ruling, the court said the prosecutor's comments had been taken out of context by the defense. Grubbs' defense attorney also had argued that Grubbs had not planned to kill Thornton but had attacked the victim because he was drunk and scared when Thornton threatened him. However, the court noted that Grubbs took money from Thornton's trailer and set fire to the trailer after killing Thornton in an attempt to conceal the murder. The other ruling on a death penalty sentence involved the 1984 murder of an inmate at the state penitentiary.

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