Southwest Kansas Farmers Seek Salvage From Damaged Wheat
In Ford County and across western Kansas drought lingers as farmers salvage wheat crops. Rainfall totals vary with .98 inches at Scott City and Garden City, while some areas report only traces. Extension agent Don Wiles says one third of the wheat is beyond help, another third is marginal but a crop remains possible. Farmers eye planting drought destroyed fields to grain sorghum next spring.
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Ford County
Don Wiles
Extension Agricultural
Wiles
Scott City
Garden City
Ulysses
Tribune
Arkansas City
Intercepted Letter Sent from Governor Amid Budget Heat
An intercepted missive refers to the governor facing heat over his budget and hints that affairs may calm in sunny Spain as the letter ends with a closing Yours.
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Spain
Weekend Area Forecast With Showers and Storms
Considerable cloudiness with showers and thunder storms likely today through Sunday. Highs today 68 to 72. Lows 48 to 52. Sunday highs 58 to 62. Southerly winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts. Rain chances 50 percent today and 60 percent tonight.
Swedish King Carl Gustaf visit draws Lindsborg crowds
About 2,600 residents of Lindsborg expect up to 30,000 wellwishers for a four hour visit by King Carl Gustaf of Sweden. The king will rededicate the Swedish pavilion at Old Mill Park and hear Bethany College choirs perform Handel's Messiah.
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Carl XVI Gustaf
Sweden
John Pearson
Bethany College
Kansas Town
Salina
McPherson
Pearson
Carl Gustaf
United States
Salina Municipal
Robert Bennett
St. Louis
Old Mill Park
U.S.A
America
Chanute Plans Weather Test, Police Seminar, Road Talk
City will test storm warning gear next Wednesday if weather cooperates with sirens in schools and hospitals and a TV alert system. A Uniform Crime Reporting Seminar led by KBI and FBI will be held at Central Park Pavilion for southeast Kansas officers. Safari Industrial Park group rejects paving now, favor maintaining gravel. Planning Commission seeks rural member to replace Wayne McMurtrey.
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Lige Matlock
Matlock
Central Park Pavilion
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Kansas
Bob Bunting
Bunting
Kissinger defends U S foreign policy in Phoenix speech
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger urged Americans to reject election year attacks on foreign policy. He defended U S leadership, urged against self-criticism and slogans, and asserted America remains the most powerful nation while addressing Reagan and Jackson’s criticisms.
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UPI
Henry Kissinger
U.S
America
Rotary Club
Kissinger
Ronald Reagan
Henry Jackson
United States
Reagan
Jackson
Soviet Union
Chanute Bicentennial picnic booth deadline set
May 1 is the deadline for community groups to submit booth information for the July 5 Chanute Bicentennial picnic. A May 4 meeting at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building commission room will cover booth plans and utilities. A $15 fee applies to revenue generating booths.
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John Willcott
Chanute
Willcott
P.O. Box
School finance bill faces potential second veto in Kansas
Gov. Robert Bennett warned the $263 million school finance measure could be vetoed a second time as it surpasses his budget by about $10 million. He noted 1976 bills exceed his $1.62 billion plan by $18.9 million and warned overages threaten fiscal balance into 1978.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
GOP
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Pete’ McGill
Winfield
Reagan Seen GOP Choice in Kansas Primary
Reagan campaign manager Don Concannon said Reagan will be the Republican presidential nominee. He noted Kansas delegates could be decided by party professionals without a presidential primary and reported Reagan winning 127 delegates in Johnson County, estimating he will hold more than half of Kansas's 600 delegates.
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Garden City
Kan
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Kansas
California
Don Concannon
Hugoton
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Concannon
Reagan
Johnson County
Robert Bennett
James B. Pearson
Larry Winn
Ford
Bennett to be keynote speaker at international food conference
Governor Robert Bennett will deliver the keynote at a Madrid conference April 26 on Food a Right of the People. He will discuss Kansas grain exports and global food needs, with Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz also addressing the event hosted by the Mediterranean Foundation and Spain’s Institute of Industry.
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Topeka
Kan
Midwest
Bennett
Earl Butz
Mediterranean Foundation
Spanish National Institute of Industry
Juan Carlos
Spain
Santiago Grisolia
Sam E. Roberts
University of Kansas Medical Center
Grisolia
The
Kansas Agriculture
U.S
Second major rubber strike looms as URW talks stall
United Rubber Workers officials meet in Columbus to decide on a master contract with Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone and Uniroyal as a potential second national strike follows last month’s Teamsters action. Key demands include unlimited cost of living protection and wage increases, while companies propose a three year deal with modest raises.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B.F. Goodrich
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Uniroyal
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