Farm land values rise as grazing demand boosts prices nationwide
Demand for grazing land to expand cattle herds drives a 13 percent rise in farm real estate values in the year ending March 1, with national average land price at 247 dollars per acre and total farm land and buildings valued at 258.7 billion. regional gains vary, western grazing land up 64 percent since 1967, Corn Belt leads in sale values at 556 dollars per acre, while Mountain States average 100 dollars.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
The
Economic Research Service
California
Wisconsin
Corn Belt
Northeast
Mountain States
Paducah Weather Relays July Rainfall Totals
Rainfall in Paducah for July reached 1.46 inches with 0.63 inches from 4 05 to 6 30 p m Saturday and 0.05 inches overnight. The 24 hour total ending 6 a m Sunday was 0.68 inches the greatest July day. Nine days saw 90s with several readings above 100. Local social notes record weekend visits and family gatherings across Paducah and nearby Texas sister cities.
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ORA Lee Frazier Index
Paducah
National Weather Service
Five Outstanding Young Texans Named by Jaycees
The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce honored five young men as 1973's outstanding Texans at a Victoria banquet. The honorees include Wyatt Thomas Johnson Jr a 31 year old executive vice president of Texas Broadcasting Corp Austin Pike Powers Jr a 32 year old lawyer and state representative Beaumont Edwin Larry Dickens a 34 year old government professor Sam Houston State University Huntsville Charles Toliver Terrell a 34 year old Unimark Insurance Agencies chairman and Dallas city councilman and Dennis W McGill a 31 year old Lub bock lawyer.
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Victoria
Tex
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wyatt Thomas Johnson Jr
Texas Broadcasting Corp
Austin
Pike Powers Jr
Beaumont
Edwin Larry Dickens
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Charles Toliver Terrell
Unimark Insurance Agencies
Dallas
Dennis W. McGill
Lubbock
Deep Purple No-Show Sparks 12,000 at Cornell
An hour and a half rock and debris throwing incident occurred June 12 at Cornell University Ithaca New York after the rock group Deep Purple failed to appear. Four people received minor injuries. Promoters provided no explanation to the crowd of about 12 000.
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Deep Purple
NEW York
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Gifts Keep Lexington Baptist College Alive on Faith and Tuition
Dr. Ross L. Range leads one of the nation’s smallest colleges where tuition runs $100 a semester and gifts sustain operations. The school, 23 years old, offers an AB degree with a Bible emphasis, has 103 students this year, and relies on part time faculty mostly drawn from local pastors. It operates from a five year old building funded with a modest debt and distributes a weekly church newspaper of 97,000 copies worldwide.
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Bob Cooper
Associated Press
Lexington, Ky
Ross L. Range
Lexington Baptist College
Dr. Range
Ashland Avenue Baptist Church
Clarence Walker
United States
Range
Dear Dr Lamb on smoking air travel and health scenes
Reader letters recount smoking hazards on planes, request bans, and the right to clean air. Dr Lamb responds that risks extend to asthmatics and others with medical problems, urging clear smoking limits and separate sections may not suffice. A second reader describes chest pain and misinterpreting a heart attack. Dr Lamb cautions non-specific symptoms and advises medical evaluation.
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Ball Park
Legislative Status Update for Major Bills This Week
Summary of congressional action shows several bills advancing. Key items include Indochina bombing cutoff enacted, price and wage controls enacted, rural electrification and social security increases enacted, and many programs in committees or awaiting compromise or Senate action.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Legal Services Corporation
Wero
Lead Guitarist Richard Black Contacted About Inquiry
Richards Black, lead guitarist, was reached for additional information as the inquiry continued. Further details were requested to clarify his role and timing of involvement.
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Richard Blackmore
Z Z Top Cancels Outdoor Show After Storm Warnings
The group mailed a statement on June 25 noting weather danger as electrical storms threatened outdoor performance. Z Z Top proceeded with three songs before canceling due to safety concerns from the storm.
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Z. Z. Top
Skylab to Launch For 59 Day Linkup Mission
The Skylab mission plans to link with the orbiting station for 59 days. Navy Captain Alan L. Bean Owen K. Garriott and Marine Major Jack R. Lousma are the astronauts. They will conduct medical earth resources astronomy solar physics and material processing experiments aboard a 118 foot long craft with a 21.6 foot diameter living area. The station will orbit 270 miles high passing over 75 percent of the world between 50 degrees north and south. Program cost is 2.6 billion dollars. Future flight Skylab 3 would launch in October or November for 56 days or longer.
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Navy
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
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Evansville
Ind
Howard P. Davis
Springfield
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Kan
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USDA
Paducah Nfws
Neal Smith
Gregory Spears
Bunia Swisler
Fritz Smith
Hubert Truelock
Smiths
National Linen Co
Church of Christ
John Fish
Maude Fish
Lonnie Hill
Ralph Hardin
Ray Gillet
Tracy
Leslie
Bill Cartwright
Sheila
Bill Jr
W. H. Mulkey
Kirk Barnhart
Fern Park
Fla
Ella Lawdon
Barnhart
Margaret Ann Mulkey
Emma Whatley
Sweetwater
Edith James
Wanzalue
Jess Looney
Whatley
Looney
Dewey G. Porter
Amarillo
John Chase
Lorie
John Glen
Fort Monmouth
N.J
van C. Porter
Mary
Antone Rekieta
D. N. Gregory Jr
Richard
Damon
Delisha
Luther Porter
Tim Porter
Cheryl
Tod
Dashia
Jimmy Porter
Vance
Mitchell
Kent
Gordon Taylor
Scott
Melissa
van Porters
Hubert Sharp
Mrs. Sharp
Leslie Sharp
Shanna Beth
J. D. Parker
Misses Jewel
Ruby Parker
U.H.F
Red River
KVII
Childress
Red River Translator
Texas
Childress County
Farm Bureau
N. Main
Board OF Directors
Earnest Rea
K.L. Fouch
Kenneth Husband
Claude Andrews
Elbert Kelley
Clyde Hackler
Jack Cox
Jaycees
Baptist College
Lawrence E. Lamb
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D
Dr. Lamb
Jet
Texarkana
Arkansas
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Acsu Ay
Christine Jenkins
Sarah Coventry Fine Fashion Jewelry
Nita Black
Delmar Jones
D. T. Morris
Laura Schouw
Jenkins
Sarah Coventry
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