Farmers Fear SASNAK Threat to Kansas Crops
Kansas farmers debate Project SASNAK, a plan by the Forestry Fish and Game Commission to double game animals over five years and raise licenses to fund the effort. Wheat grower Detrixhe warns more rabbits and pheasants could eat rising wheat stocks, risking crop losses.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Topeka
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Sprismen
Joseph Detrixhe
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Ames
Detrixhe
Sashak
Dodge City
Detrix
Man Seeks Divorce to Help Dying Wife
Ruth Thomas 45, dying of multiple sclerosis in Florida, faces loss of Medicaid aid after her husband Howard Thomas sues for divorce to regain welfare. He says the move will allow her to qualify for payments when no other support exists, despite his love and guilt.
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ST. Petersburg
Fra
Ruth Thomas
Thomas
State Division of Family Services
Florida
Charles Johnson
Family Services Division
Johnson
U.S
The
Hague
Treasury Department
Pornographic counterfeit dollars seen in Amsterdam sex shops
U S Treasury officials and Dutch police warn over phony $1 bills with pornographic imagery sold in Amsterdam red light district. The bills mimic real greenbacks with sexual insets and are priced at 2 guilders. Officials note possible obscenity or counterfeit laws and await Washington guidance on legality and travel risk.
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Amsterdam
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S
States
Washington
Wilson County NFO Elects 1973 Officers
A January dinner at the Altoona Community Center covered corn beans maize and wheat with Vic Erbe presenting. Newly elected 1973 officers include Willard Carter president Gene McMillen vice president Lucille Carter secretary Lewis Myers treasurer Allen Nunnenkamp trustee Glen Berg bargaining supervisor Charles Reaves bargaining supervisor Mary Erbe reporter.
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Vic Erbe
Wilson County National Farmers Organization
Altoona
Willard Carter
Gene McMillen
Lucille Carter
Lewis Myers
Allen Nunnenkamp
Glen Berg
Charles Reaves
Mary Erbe
St. Louis Teachers Strike Shapes Citywide Labor Action
Public school teachers in St. Louis join the wave of strikes spreading from Philadelphia and Chicago. The union votes authorize a walkout with 2,800 members seeking higher starting salaries, hospital coverage, and a collective bargaining agreement as classes continue for 103,000 students.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ers Union Local 420
St. Louis Teachers Association
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Chicago Teachers Union
Kansas senator backs bill to tighten driver license renewals
Senate panel sponsor Sen. Bob Storey says a bill by Storey and John Crofoot would require vision and written tests every four years for renewals and a driving test if either test is failed. It would raise fees to fund administration and aims to meet Federal Highway Safety Act goals to avoid losing funds. The open hearing saw no opposition and Storey aims to move the bill quickly through the Senate.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Bob Storey
Rtopeka
Transportation and Utilities Committee
Storey
John Crofcot
Cedar Point
Dairy Owner Protests Feed Cost Increases
Erie resident Dwain Ashcraft of Ashcraft Dairy protests higher feed costs after reviewing July 1972 and January 1973 bills showing a $200 per ton load rise over six months. He plans to send copies to President Nixon and key lawmakers including Earl Butz Joe Shu bitz James Pearson and Bob Dole.
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Erie
Dwain Ashcraft
Ashcraft Dairy
Ashcraft
Nixon
Sec. of Agriculture
Earl Buzz
Joe Shubitz
James Pearson
Bob Dole
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Sasnak
Howard Thomas
Jack L. Lowe
Optometrist
W. Main
Chanute, Kans
John Gale
United States
George Washington
Wilson County Nfo
Omaha
Neb
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Marcelle
Farmer S
Farmer’s Discount Center
Cherry
Chanute
Interic
IDEA
AY Teeey
Armstrong
Sherwin-Williams
State Optometric Association
Missouri
Rusty Drive
W. Main Chanute
Henry Block
East Main Street
Hotel Tioga
Amencia
Carl Larcom
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