Wells run dry signals Kansas drought era in Topeka talks
The article reports Governor Robert Bennett will join plains states in meetings to curb dwindling underground water, warning irrigation cuts could trigger massive economic losses. A K State economist cites potential $2 billion yearly impact, with feedlot stability tied to irrigation.
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Topeka
Robert Bennett
Kansas
K-State
Keith Farrar
Hugoton
Hays Daily News
Inflation hits fuel and coffee costs in global markets
Hutchinson News comments on rising oil prices from OPEC and a 20 percent wholesale coffee increase. Green coffee surged 218 percent since Brazil crop damage, with Brazil not expecting a full harvest until 1978. The piece warns inflation will spread to steel, oil, and grain markets, urging action like an OWEC for wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffee Club
OPEC
National Coffee Association
Brazil
Latin America
OWEC
Organization of Wheat Exporting Countries
Hutchinson News
Kansas irrigation worries loom as water runs low
Western Kansas faces a halting irrigation future with few main options if water supplies dry up. The piece notes irrigation boosts yields and exports, highlights economic stakes for farmers and the nation, and cites officials urging efficiency and new strategies to stretch scarce water resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robel
Kansas
James Power Jr
Kansas Water Resources Board
Drinking accusations haunt old congressman
The piece portrays Rep. Robert Nix facing rumors of a drinking problem as he nears a potential chairmanship. Witnesses claim he drinks in the afternoon and arrives at meetings intoxicated, while Nix denies substantive alcohol use. The note discusses seniority and internal politics around his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert N. C. Nix
D-Pa
Philadelphia
House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Nix
Gary Cohn
Howie Kurtz
Mexico
Civil Service Committee
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Interior Committee
James Hanley
D-N.y
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
California baby adoptions by Wright brothers probe
A doctor and a lawyer brothers team arranged the adoption of twelve California babies with Idaho couples over two years, charging 2500 to 4000 dollars per infant. They claim the aim was to place unwanted infants in good homes while state officials review missing hospital forms tied to the adoptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
California
Idaho
Kenneth Wright
Roger Wright
Idaho Falls
The
Mormon Church
Kenneth
End of Dad diebug Service at Santa Fe Station Soon
A familiar morning sight, the motor train known as the Dad diebug, will cease operation at the Santa Fe station on January 1. It ran routes between Chanute and Pittsburg and between Chanute and Fredonia. Fifty years ago, Eric won a horseshoe pitching contest against Humboldt with 1,059 points to Humboldt’s 876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Chanute
Pittsburg
Fredonia
Eric
Humboldt
OPEC lifts oil prices in split two tier plan
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agrees to a two tier price rise effective January one. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates set 5 percent increases while the other eleven members raise 10 percent. Reuters says aim is to ease unity concerns and may extend with a further 5 percent in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doha
Qatar
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
U.S. Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Valentin Hernandez Acosta
OPEC
Hernandez
Richardson
Washington
U.S
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Gilmore's second suicide attempt leaves him critical
Gary Gilmore remains in a guarded Utah hospital after a barbiturate overdose for the second time this month. Doctors fight to save him before his upcoming firing squad date as he battles aspiration pneumonia and hunger strike weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
University of Utah Medical Center
John Keahey
Keahey
Sam Smith
Smith
Nicole Barrett
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Kansas Irrigation Enterprise
By Martha Mangelsdorf
UPI Capital
Robert Robel
Governor's Advisory Council On Energy and Natural Resources
Southwest Kansas
Farrar
Southwest Irrigation Association
Oklahoma
High Plains
Kansas City
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
S. Dillon Ripley
Smithsonian Institution
Mediterranean
Audouin Gulf
Smithsonian
Ripley
Smithsonian Magazine
Panama
Robert Ridgely
International Council For Bird Preservation
World Wildlife Fund
Young Ridgely
Peru
Europe
NATO
Vietnam
Char’e Tribune
N. Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
Neosho
Alien, Wilson, and Woodson Co
United Press International
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
University of Washington
Houston
Seattle
C. Alvin Paulsen
University of Washington Medical School
Paulsen
Ford Foundation
Small Society
Brickman
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