State eyes public TV boost with local partnerships
Officials from the Kansas executive branch two junior colleges and the public TV industry explored legislation to extend public television to western and southeast Kansas without a full state run system. A $20 million statewide plan was proposed by Atlantic Research Corp but a cheaper option of using existing facilities with state aid was emphasized. Community colleges and school districts could sponsor new stations with federal matching funds and partial state support, targeting Garden City Chanute Hays Pratt Beloit Lincoln Colby Goodland areas.
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UPI
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Oscar Reed
Atlantic Research Corp
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Reed
Federal Communications Commission
Garden City
Chanute
Hays
Pratt
Beloit- Lincoln
Colby-Goodland
Bennett Aide
Mang
Neosho County Community College
Garden City Community College
Coffee protest sparks national housewife campaign
Beverly Ribaudo of Michigan and Barbara Shuttleworth of Connecticut mobilize housewives to pressure coffee prices after frost and tariff spikes hit Brazil and Colombia. Ribaudo plans a nationwide coffee brake with flyers, targeting a chain reaction across all states. Shuttleworth seeks state club involvement to lower prices. Camilo Calazans of Brazil remains unfazed.
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United Press International
Hell
Beverly Ribaudo
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Barbara Shuttleworth
Vernon
Ribaudo
Shuttleworth
Brazil
Columbia
Calazans
United States
Gatecrasher Pinky Ginsberg Reflects on Crashing Years
Hyman Pinky Ginsberg, 72, recalls a life of uninvited entrances to major events from Nixon’s 1969 inauguration to Sugar Bowl games. He attributes success to a simple tactic and notes tightened security has ended most crashes, though he still jokes about disguises and “emergency change” at concessions.
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New Orleans
UPI
Pinky Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Hyman
Pinky
Richard Nixon
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Louisiana Superdome
Prices drop for Kansas farmers in mid-December report
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes all farm product prices at 169 percent of 1967 base, down 13 percent from December 1975 while up 4 percent from November. Wheat 2.24 per bushel, corn 2.19, sorghum 3.36 per cwt, soybeans 6.60. Beef 33.10 per cwt, calves 34.60, hogs 36.80, eggs 0.59 per dozen. dairy milk 9.70 per cwt.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Navy officer returns medals to protest Carter amnesty
Lt Cmdr Michael D. Christian, a Vietnam veteran and former POW, laid most of his Navy medals on a World War I grave in Virginia Beach to protest Jimmy Carter's draft evader amnesty. He kept two Vietnamese awards and planned early retirement, saying deserters are being made heroes.
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UPI
Vietnam
Navy
Jimmy Carter
Michael D. Christian
Virginia Beach
Christian
Carter
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