Wheat overplanting caution urged by Kansas group
Don Crane of Wright urges Kansas farmers to avoid overplanting this fall due to foreign sales and high wheat prices. He notes sales to Russia have reduced surpluses but warns against repeating 1967 excesses as pressure from mills grows to raise plantings. The forecast calls for cool tonight and mild Thursday with no rain, while USDA ensures the program remains as written.
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Dodge City
Kan
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas
Don Crane
Wright
Crane
The
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Nation
Association of Wheat Growers
USDA
Economic contrast frames farmer incomes at NCCJC meeting
Wheat prices in 1947 reached about 2.70 per bushel while tractors cost 1800. Today wheat averages under 1.40 and tractors near 7000. Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees discussed finances and student activities on campus.
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Neosho County
Tim Watts
Student Senate
Senate
Student Association
Kansas Association of Public Community Junior Colleges
Kansas City
Kan
Watts
Nick Allen
NCCJC
J. C. Sanders
Hutchinson
Leon Hazen
City Tightens Gas and Water Line Replacement Safety
Charles Williams, head of the water department, says mapped old lines reduce risk of citywide outages during new line installation. He identifies unrecorded lines, notes breaks affect only one block, and explains relighting duties if a furnace or water heater goes out. Williams works with Smoky Hill Inc. on the project and oversees line shut downs.
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Charles Williams
Water Department
Williams
Smoky Hill, Inc
Hiring Gripe by Chanute Commission on Discrimination Probe
The Chanute Human Relations Commission met Tuesday at the Parks and Recreation Building to form a committee to investigate a Chanute resident's complaint against a local business over discriminatory hiring practices. Chairman Jesse Jackson noted September pamphlets on discrimination were distributed to merchants, and no further information on the complaint will be released for now.
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Chanute Human Relations Commission
Parks and Recreation
Chanute
Jesse Jackson
Intercepted Letter Declares Prostitution Surprising Benefit
The intercepted letter argues prostitution is good if it keeps young men off the streets and that a prostitute is beneficial when she is kept off the streets. The piece presents an unusual, paradoxical stance in a historical context.
Nader Sees Congress Dominated by Presidency and Big Business
Ralph Nader released the first part of a planned 20 to 30 volume study accusing Congress of being controlled by the President and special interests, particularly big business. He argues a new monarchy is emerging in American government and outlines the scope of his 488 profiles of senators and representatives.
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Washington
Congress
Ralph Nader
United States
Mone
Mental Health Center analyzed in southeast Kansas series
The first of four columns examines Neosho County and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center. It surveys funding, staffing, licenses, and outcomes, questioning effectiveness amid rising demand and flat income. It notes staff, branch offices, and local office operations in Humboldt Fort Scott and Parsons.
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Kansas
Neosho County
Southeast
Humboldt
A. G. Arnold
L. D. Putt
Leila Myers
Paul Rt. Thomas
Fort Scott
Nelma Noll
Parsons
Charlene
Paul Thomas
Judge orders ex-wife to pay alimony and support
In Los Angeles a judge ordered Gerald Paul Glickman's second ex-wife to pay his first ex-wife 8852.80 in alimony and child support after a court found the payments tied to a divorce agreement. The case notes Glickman is now living with his mother.
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Thomas
Los Angeles
Gerald Paul Glickman
Glickman
Senate Rejects Liberalized Welfare Reform Plan
The Senate defeated a liberalized version of President Nixon's welfare reform on a 52 to 34 vote. The proposal by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff would have expanded Nixon's family assistance plan, but the chamber blocked far-reaching changes, signaling no major welfare overhaul this session.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Sen
Abraham Ribicoff
Secret 1793 large cent sold from Gemini 7 mission
A 1793 large cent hidden aboard Gemini 7 in 1965 sold for 15000 dollars and could fetch up to 100000 in future. NASA says no official involved in the sale profited, and astronauts Borman and Lovell were not connected to the transaction.
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Space Center
Houston
U.S
Space Agency
Associated Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Bombing Boost Ordered in Saigon Region Amid Election Pressure
U S command orders intensified B52 bombing in the Saigon region to counter Communist plans for attacks timed to sway the U S presidential vote. Over North Vietnam Typhoon Lorna limits air operations as U S reports 120 fighter bomber strikes on Tuesday.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Wage hike doomed in House conference vote
The federal minimum wage rise looks defeated as the House again blocks a conference with the Senate. Republicans and Southern Democrats join to reject the motion 196 to 188, demanding Senate concessions before talks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tuition Credit Gain Backed by House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to grant parents tax credits up to 200 dollars per child for tuition in nonpublic schools. The measure targets about 5.1 million children but faces possible delays as Congress considers adjournment and lower credits for families earning over 18 000 dollars.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means
China assails U.N. arms pacts amid nuclear race
China’s deputy foreign minister at the U.N. General Assembly sharply rebuked the Soviet U.S. and their new arms pacts. He called the agreements not disarmament but the start of a new phase in the Soviet U.S. nuclear arms race, lacking limits on quality or mandated destruction.
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United Nations, N.Y
China
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
Chiao Kuanhua
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