Mines, Seaports Closed by Strikes
The Associated Press reports the nation’s soft coal mines and nearly all seaports stay shut as miners and longshoremen continue their strikes.
02 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1971
Page
1
The Associated Press reports the nation’s soft coal mines and nearly all seaports stay shut as miners and longshoremen continue their strikes.
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Dr. Karl Menninger warned that Attica’s riots will spread violence as security tightens nationwide. He cited dehumanizing prison practices and called for nonviolent detention and prison reform, noting Kansas progress with its diagnostic center.
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The Ozarks Regional Commission plans a one year contract with Farm Products Management Inc to test a grow and market program for horticultural crops in nine southeast Kansas counties. Williams Brothers of Tulsa will assist marketing and roadside markets while FPM provides field supervision. Governor Bumpers praised the study backing the plan.
The Hughes subcommittee heard estimates that up to 60 percent of interstate truckers use pep and diet pills to cope with long hours. Ralph Nader cited 60 percent, while four truckers testified 60 to 90 percent. They described 20 hour days, limited rest, and brutal work life.
District editor Dwight Wallingford compiles a week of four county briefs highlighting local happenings. Communities across the region share quick updates on events, notices, and small-town developments.
Mrs. Ray Garrett of Neodesha transcribes Wilson County cemetery records for a decade locating Civil War veterans graves. She has found 806 veterans, noting Wilson County contains about 75 cemeteries, 26 rural and 32 abandoned.
High Prairie Church in Wilson County relies on land revenue and farming labor to fund its building program. A 13 member crew harvested 45 acres of grain sorghum, yielding 5 265 bushels, with net proceeds added to the church building fund. The church rents 70 acres nearby. 15 years of farm work have boosted the fund by about 1 000 to 1 200 yearly, aiding a 1970 addition.
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