Flood Plain Studies Offer Path to Reducing Flood Losses
Kansas State University Extension economist Kirk Baker says flood plain studies show where floods risk remains as damage costs rise despite flood control spending. Prepared by the Army Corps and Kansas Water Resources Board the reports map hazards on major rivers and support flood plain zoning to curb development in danger zones.
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Kirk Baker
Baker
Army Corps of Engineers
Kansas Water Resources Board
Inesses
Salina
Kanop
Hampshire Sheep Conference Slated at KSU June
Kansas State University will host a national Hampshire sheep conference June 18 and 19 led by Dr. Carl Menzies. American Hampshire Sheep Assn sponsors. Breeders from Kansas and nearby states expected to attend. Registration by mail due June 10. lodging and forms from George Ahlschweda, Weber Hall, KSU Manhattan 66502.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Carl Menzies
KSU
Hampshire
The
American Hampshire Sheep Assn
George Ahlschweda
Weber Hall
Wool Pay In Wilson County Under 1967 National Wool Program
Payments totaling 4650 dollars have been made in Wilson County under the 1967 national wool program. William Huser, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee, notes payments bring producer sales returns to the announced level. Lamb payments encourage normal marketing with wool and to prevent light shearing, with rules on ownership duration and recording sales. The program, authorized by the 1954 Wool Act and extended in 1965, ties support to production costs. the 1968 wool support price is 67 cents per pound, up one cent from 1967.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
William Huser
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Huser
Conservation Awards To 15 Farmers In Wilson County
FREDONIA Kansas KG and E annual soil and water conservation awards were presented to 15 Wilson county farmers at a Neadeska dinner Thursday night Frank Eddins division manager of Kansas Gas and Electric made the presentations Guy Moorefield of the Soil Conservation Service at Wichita spoke and showed slides from a two year Tunisia North Africa tour Recipients were Estel Bennett Archie Enz Kenneth Frankenberry William Forsythe Edward Gabel Charles Head William Huser Orlin Jaynes Carl Kuntz Dwight Olson Dale Payne Alfred Thiessen Everett Thornton Lewis Walker Merrill Frankenbery
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Fredonia
Kg&e
Wilson County
Neadeska
Frank Eddins
Kansas Gas and Electric
Guy Moorefield
Soil Conservation Service
Wichita
Tunisia
North Africa
Estel Bennett
Archie Enz
Kenneth Frankenberry
William Forsythe
Edward Gabel
Charles Head
William Huser
Orlin Jaynes
Carl Kuntz
Dwight Olson
Dale Payne
Alfred Thiessen
Everett Thornton
Lewis Walker
Merrill Frankenbery
Litter Control Part Of Conservation Effort
C P McKinnie reports the Soil Conservation Service partners with Keep America Beautiful to curb roadside litter. The article notes litter fuels fires, spreads disease, pollutes waters, harms wildlife, and costs taxpayers 500 million dollars yearly. It urges individual responsibility and awareness as part of conservation.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
America
United States
Rhodes Ends Forty Years As Banker
C H Harvey Rhodes a teller at First National Bank retires after 40 years of continuous service. He received a wrist watch at a party in the bank’s community room presented by vice president Mahlon Morley. Rhodes also is a prominent local magician with a long itinerant show schedule and plans to travel and attend magician meetings after retirement.
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C. H
Harvey) Rhodes
First National Bank
Rhodes
First National Community Room
Mahlon Morley
Pea Aphids In Alfalfa Across Kansas Alarming Levels
Light to heavy pea aphid populations are reported in multiple Kansas counties with counts from 25 to 3,000 per sweep. Severe damage prompts field treatments and notes about insecticide waiting intervals and harvest restrictions from the Kansas Insect Newsletter.
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Manhattan
Cowley
Chautauqua
Montgomery
Labette
Neosho
Wilson
Greenwood
Butler
Elk
Ellis County
Shawnee
Douglas
Johnson
Miami
Anderson
Franklin
Osage
Russell County
Riley, Pottawatomie
Dickinson
Saline
McPherson
Riley
Pottawatomie
Kansas Insect
Kansas State University Notes
Di-Syston
Wheat Plan Views Heard In Hutchinson Hearing
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announces a May first week hearing in Hutchinson as part of a series to gather views on prospective wheat supplies production and needs. Kansas ASCS leaders and Washington program specialists will lead discussions with farm groups and grain interests.
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Hutchinson
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Kansas Ascs
ASCS
Carl Larson
Washington
ASC
Cattlemen’s Day at K State Covers Topics and Tours
Cattlemen's Day at Kansas State University in Manhattan features topics on cattle evaluation, conditioning, heat synchronization, cross breeding, and nutrition. The program starts with registration at 8 a.m. in Weber Hall, with research presentations at 10 a.m. A beef lunch follows at noon, and a women’s program includes a meat cutting demonstration.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Weber Hall
Spring Stirs Horse Swaps in Kansas Homes
Kansas households embrace spring fever and horse fever, with youths seeking mounts for shows and racing while adults pursue better horses for competitions. The shift boosts demand for work horses on farms and ranches as disease research lags during declines, then rebounds since 1960. Tight sanitation for feeders and waterers helps prevent disease spread.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Olivier to star with Quinn in Fisherman film version
British actor Sir Laurence Olivier will co star with Anthony Quinn in a screen adaptation of Morris West’s The Shoes of the Fisherman. Olivier plays a Communist challenging the Pope as filming unfolds on location in Rome.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Anthony Quinn
Morris West
Olivier
Rome
Bechuanaland becomes Botswana in 1966 independence
Botswana formerly Bechuanaland gained independence in 1966 transforming its name to reflect national sovereignty and distinct identity in southern Africa.
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Republic of Botswana
Africa
Bechuanaland
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State
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Chanute
H. R. Krokstrom
Martin Baugher
C. P. McKinnie
Keep America Beautiful, Inc
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Paul VI
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
S. Central
Harvey Rhodes
United Hagie Seed Corn
U.H
W.W
Mile and Sorg
Sudan
B&m Feed & Seed
E. Main
Chanute Tribune
K-State
Don L. Good
Department of Animal Husbandry
George L. Mehren
Kansas Cow Belles
K-State Union
Caley
Hans
Doors
Mobil
Mobil Crop Service
Mobil Farm Center
Truitt
N. Steuben
Mer
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Honegger
Pullets
Potter's Hatchery
Malcolm
Staley
Humboldt
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