Grain inspector testifies on threats and bribes in grain export
Former USDA grain inspector Robert W. Johnson told the Senate Agriculture Committee he faced threats and took up to 1000 dollars in bribes to approve below grade export shipments in New Orleans. He said corruption persisted despite earlier reports and urged stronger federal authority to police private inspectors and elevators.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Robert W. Johnson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Johnson
USDA
Usda Grain Division
Destrehan Board of Trade
Louisiana
Agriculture Department
Harlan Ryan
Ryan
Senate
Area Forecast Clears for Tonight and Saturday
Weather forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 40s with highs Saturday in the mid to upper 70s. Winds become light and southeasterly tonight.
Hearst says politics changed amid captivity and bail concerns
In jail conversations Patricia Hearst says she no longer wants a bail arrangement that makes her a prisoner in her parents home and that her politics have shifted to a revolutionary feminist outlook since her SLA abduction. The transcript notes she remains cautious about public statements until bail.
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UPI
Patricia Hearst
Randolph Hearst
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Patricia Tobin
San Mateo
Redwood City
U.S
James Browning Jr
Oliver Carter
Carter
Miss Tobin
Browning
Area seeks federal funds for alcoholism treatment plan
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission backs SERAN Comprehensive Mental Health Services in seeking 434 415 dollars from HEW for one year plus 136 135 local match. The three year grant would total 1 017 250 with local support. Five outpatient alcoholism specialists would operate in Chanute Parsons Independence Coffeyville and one of Fort Scott or Pittsburg. A 16 bed inpatient unit at Mercy Hospital Independence would be used as needed, with short two week stays and follow up. An industrial consultant would assist local businesses with alcoholism issues. Funding comes from area counties including Wilson Neosho Allen Woodson Humboldt and SEKPC.
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Kathleen Pickett
Erie
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
Seran Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas
Elk
Chautauqua
L-County
Harvey H. Hillin Jr
Seran Services
Chanute
Parsons
Independence
Coffeyville
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Mercy Hospital
Hillin
Wilson County
Neosho
Allen and Woodson
Humboldt
Ben Robinson
SEKPC
White House panel urges low priority for marijuana enforcement
A 150 page White House Domestic Council task force report recommends de-emphasizing simple marijuana possession in law enforcement and redirecting resources to hard drug abuse. The panel, led by Dr. Robert DuPont and Raymond Shafer, notes marijuana poses lower social costs and favors prioritizing other drugs when funds are tight.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Ford
UPL
US Drug Enforcement Administration
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
American Public Health Association
Robert DuPont
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shafer
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Bennett tour to fund GOP campaigns across Kansas
Gov. Robert Bennett conducted a six city fundraising tour in Kansas to aid 1976 GOP legislative races. Events in Salina Pittsburg Wichita Emporia Great Bend and Topeka drew hundreds at $25 to $50 per person. Bennett urged more voter involvement and backed grain talks and limited handgun regulation while noting First Lady Olivia Bennett's illness.
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United Press International
Republican Party
Robert Bennett
Kansas
Bennett
Salina
Pittsburg
Topeka
Secretary of Health and Environment
Dwight Metzler
Olivia Bennett
Ford
Ed McNally
Wichita
Emporia
Curtis Rorabaugh
Great Bend
Soviet Union
United States
Senate approves reinstated oil price controls until November
The Senate narrowly backs retroactive price controls through Nov 15 to curb gasoline and petroleum costs. The plan, touching Sept 1 as the start, requires House action and foresees no lifting plan before Nov 1. Ford and leaders agree, while opposition questions retroactive measures.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
Explaining Why In State Long Distance Costs Differ
Sharon Stout clarifies in simple terms that in state long distance rates can be higher due to intrastate cost financing. Interstate rates cover nationwide facilities with lower per mile costs because lines carry more traffic across state borders. Local factors in each state then set intrastate costs to support that state's telephone system.
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Sharon Stout
Kansas
Missouri
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