Kansas farmers lack guaranteed grain storage at local elevators
In Topeka the State Rules Board rejected an emergency Grain Inspection rule that would give long-time local customers first access to storage when capacity is tight. The 2-1 vote, with one abstention, upheld first come first served as state law requires, while warning large terminals may siphon space and push farmers to sell at low prices.
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Reda
Garvey Elevators
FarMar-Co
Amin carried high by Britons as Kampala spectacle ends in warning
In Kampala a group of 19 Britons carried Ugandan President Idi Amin shoulder high through the streets as part of a solidarity stunt. Amin warned Ugandan crowds not to harm British residents and pledged to maintain trade ties with Britain while denouncing any abuse of British nationals.
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London
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Radio Uganda
Ray E Ray escape at Brushy Mountain cost guard his job
Ray and six inmates climbed a wall at Brushy Mountain State Prison. Guard Floyd Hooks was fired for negligence after claiming distraction by a prisoner faking an escape. Fugitive James Earl Ray among those who fled, later captured as a large Cumberland mountains manhunt unfolded.
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C. Murray Henderson
Firemen moonlight to make ends meet in Chanute
Fourteen of Chanute's fifteen firefighters hold second jobs to supplement their about 12 000 yearly wages. Fire chief Jim Haines cites low wages and a lack of overtime as driving the need for part time work to pay for insurance, housing, and family expenses.
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Blue Cross
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Chanute
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Kustom Electronics
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Weather Summary for Thursday Area Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Locally heavy storms possible tonight. Lows tonight in the upper 60s. Highs Saturday in the mid 30s. South to southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances 40 percent tonight and Saturday.
Carter delays 1976 taxes with second extension
President Carter used a second extension to file his 1976 tax returns amid an accounting question on a type of income. White House spokesman Jody Powell cited an abundance of caution and said the forms would be mailed next week.
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