Editors Agree on Farm Aid and Market Controls
Kansas farmers urge Uncle Sam to impose production controls and guarantee wheat prices well above market, while opposing Washington meddling. Analysts note world wheat surplus, rising 1977 production, and calls for reserves and quotas clash with export embargo fears. Parity debate worsens policy stakes as Carter era politics loom over farm survival.
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Kansas
Uncle Sam
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Washington
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Midwest
Erie power plant joins history as city switches to KG&E
The Erie Municipal Light Plant ceased generation on Dec 3 and began buying wholesale electricity from Kansas Gas & Electric Co. The city will still manage distribution while considering whether to keep or dismantle the Erie plant. Chanute faces similar questions about municipal power plus potential cooperative options and legislative hurdles.
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Erie
Chanute
Erie Record
Erie Municipal
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Leon Jeardoe
Mid-States Armature Works
Salina
Kg&e
City
Alvin Eaton
Independence
J. Wes Wright
Parsons
Duane
Urbana
Shaw
Coffeyville
Fred Harris
Topeka
Agnew seeks pardon as Ford era policy scrutinized
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew, convicted of income tax evasion in 1973, asks President Ford for a pardon. White House aides refer the lawyer to Justice for formal filing while noting established procedures. Also covered are Carter labor picks, the Dunlop controversy, a miners' feud, banking lobby push against Reuss, and a King murder file mixup.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
White House
Richard Nixon
Agnew
Justice Department
Philip Budhen
Maryland
Judah Best
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Congressional Black Caucus
John Dunlop
Dunlop
Labor Department
Mary Lepper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Harvard
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
UMW
Miller
Harry Patrick
Tony Boyle
Jock’’ Yablonski
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
House Banking Committee
Reuss
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Harris
LaDonna
Republicans pledge to mend wounded elephant
President Ford, John Connally, Ronald Reagan, and Nelson Rockefeller formed a plan to unite the GOP and avoid a party split. They will create a coordinating committee to revitalize the party, leave leadership choices to the RNC, and aim for a strong two party system despite Democratic control after the Bicentennial elections.
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Washington
UPI
Republican Party
Ford
GOP
John Connally
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Oval Office
Connally
Rockefeller
Reagan
Coordinating Committee
White House
Congress
Mary Louise Smith
Iowa
Utah
Richard Richards
Republican National Committee
California
Classified Rates and Postal Details for Chanute Paper
Page lists subscription pricing by mail and carrier for the Chanute area, including in town and outside trade territory options with tax details. It notes Chanute post office box delivery, carrier rates, and a UP International affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Kansas
Chanute
Community development needs self help and technical aid
Dr. Robert Whittaker explains rural growth starts with market studies and self appraisal. He notes Kansas agencies and 13 regional planning commissions can provide technical help and outlines why the state created the Community Development Program to supply necessary expertise for small towns pursuing industrial and service growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Whittaker
Augusta
Kansas
Whittaker
House
Jack Lacy
Farmers Home Administration
Small Business Administration
Economic Development Administration
Kansas State University Extension Agency
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kissinger Issues Farewell Address On Alliance Strength And Peace
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, at NATO Brussels, said the Western alliance is unified and stronger while conditions for Middle East peace are better than in decades. He stressed morality in policy and warned against merely accumulating nuclear arms, signaling a careful but hopeful exit from public life.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Western Alliance
Middle East
Kissinger
NATO
Court sets trial date for suit against city
Trial in Woodson County District Court is scheduled for December 22 in a suit brought by 17 Yates Center residents against the city. The case questions the sewer assessment method and whether all frontages were considered, along with any benefit to individual properties.
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Yates Center
Woodson County
Chanute Merchants Select New President for 1952
Twenty five years ago Neal M. Munger was elected president of the Chanute Retail Merchants' Association for 1952. Fifty years ago the Chanute Brick and Tile Co. had orders booked ahead to keep the plant busy all winter and shipped 150 carloads last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal M. Munger
The
Chanute Retail Merchants’ Association
Chanute Brick and Tile Co
Proverbs Verse Emphasizes Empty Boasts Without Giving
A biblical reflection from Proverbs 25 14 warns that a person who boasts of a gift but does not give it is like clouds and wind without rain, underscoring the hollowness of ostentatious promises.
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Wolf Creek
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Billy
Labor
Joe Rauh
Boyle
Patrick
Union Democracy
Harry
Raith
Martin Luther King
King
Justice
Criminal Division
N. Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
United Press International
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Small Society
AAA
Brickman
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