Rail lines face mass abandonment in Midwest grain region
The Chicago & North Western, Milwaukee Road and others plan to abandon about 1500 miles of track across 21,000 miles in the region, with South Dakota hardest hit. Farmers fear truck limits, while Iowa's model of state loans funds upgrades. Federal study could mirror Iowa as railroads, farmers and states seek to preserve grain shipping routes.
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Master persuader Rohatyn reshaped New York finance and city politics
Rohatyn built influence across disparate groups persuading MAC to form, securing city funds, delaying wage hikes, and directing pension investments into bonds. His career spanned Lazard Freres, ITT, and major restructurings including Avis, with a readiness to court publicity and a knack for high stake negotiations. A chance encounter on 125th Street shows his street presence.
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Sound waves boost Soviet grain yields and germination
Moscow AP reports Professor Vladimir Dorofeyev of the Nikolai Vavilov Plant Breeding Institute in Leningrad says high frequency sound waves triple yields of some cereals, quicken germination, and increase frost resistance. Tass notes government plans to scale seed treatment with powerful sound generators.
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Vladimir Dorofeyev
Nikolai Vavilov
Leningrad
Dorofeyev
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