Drought prompts farming council debate on relief options
The Marion area farm council hears from agronomist Bob Miller that drought will affect corn with tasseling possible next week and kernels and ears smaller. Rep. Tauke notes potential federal cuts in deficiency payments and discusses options including C-92 and emergency feed relief to aid farmers.
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al Swegle
Jazette
Bob Miller
Funk's
International
Tom Tauke
Farm Council
Doug Dostal
Marion
Miller
Tauke
Iowa
Roger Shaff
Camanche
the Gazette
Commodity Credit Corp
Iowa Farm Bureau
Don Gingerich
Parnell
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
FCIC
Congress
U.S. Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Drought tests cooling lake used by Palo nuclear plant
Despite a drought the Cedar River flow stays above the 500 cfs minimum for the Duane Arnold Energy Center at Palo. Iowa Electric Light and Power owns 70 percent and has pumped water into Pleasant Creek Lake to preserve makeup water, with plans to add two cooling towers cells next year to boost evaporation capacity.
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Dale Kueter
Palo
Cedar River
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Pleasant Creek Lake
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Department of Natural Resources
Dick McGaughy
Pleasant Creek
McGaughy
Waterloo
McCaughy
Debbie Gibson Graduates In Merrick High School Ceremony
Pop star Debbie Gibson joined 300 graduates at Calhoun High School Merrick New York receiving a cap and gown publicist David Salider confirmed. She turns 18 August 31 and has sold over 2 million records with hits Foolish Beat Only in My Dreams Shake Your Love Out of the Blue. She starts her first U S tour Friday in Boston.
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Debbie Gibson
Calhoun High School
Merrick
N.Y
David Salider
Gibson
U.S
Boston
Siegfried and Roy End Historic Las Vegas Run
Illusionists Siegfried and Roy gave their final Frontier Hotel show in Las Vegas Nevada ending a 3 538 performance run that drew more than three million spectators. They plan a worldwide tour including Japan and Radio City Music Hall New York and Germany. They will return to Las Vegas late next year as the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino headliner.
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Siegfried
Roy
Frontier Hotel
Las Vegas
Nev
Japan
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
Germany
New
Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino
Duchess of York to Write Two Children’s Books for 1989
The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson has signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to publish two children’s stories about a helicopter named Budgie. Publication is slated for August 1989 with top British illustration and partial proceeds to charity.
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Duchess of York
Britain
Princess of Wales
Royal Box
Centre Court
Wimbledon
Budgie
Simon & Schuster
Sarah Ferguson
London
Ray brothers AIDS case shifts to TV movie subject
The Rays of Arcadia Florida, three brothers Ricky Robert and Randy who tested positive for AIDS antibodies, were barred from school prompting a federal injunction by Clifford and Louise Ray to allow regular classes. After a fire destroyed their home the family moved to Sarasota.
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ABC
Ray Brothers
Arcadia
Fla
Ryan White
Indiana
Clifford
Louise Ray
Ricky
Robert
Randy Ray
Sarasota
Iowa crops suffer drought as June may become driest on record
The Iowa crop and livestock report shows topsoil 96 percent short of moisture and subsoil 93 percent short. It projects June as the driest month since 1873 and tracks widespread drought across corn soybeans and hay, with most oats headed and poor to fair conditions overall.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Report
Branstad cautions drought not to become political issue
Governor Terry Branstad urged lawmakers not to exploit the drought for political gain. He noted bipartisan federal action to aid farmers, praised the USDA for swift responses, and cited stepped up measures including haying and grazing relief and Emergency Feed Assistance Program approvals.
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Branstad
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Lyng
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