Farmers dump corn into Missouri River protest
A group of disgruntled farmers dumped truckloads of corn into the Missouri River to protest falling prices. About 100 trucks reportedly took part, with some loads dumped through a bridge grate. No arrests were reported. A news conference was planned at the National Partners Organization office in Corning to explain the protest.
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UPI
Missouri River
National Partners Organization
Corning
NEC
Almanac notes and historic events for August 17
Today is Tuesday August 17, with the moon in late waning phase. Davy Crockett born 1786. 1919 Galveston hurricane killed 275. 1984 Lou Gehrig 1308th straight game. 1905 Watts curfew lifted after deadly violence. Dr Philip Blaiberg died aged 60.
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Venus
Mercur
Mars
Jupiter
Leo
Davy Crackell
Galveston
Tex
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Watts
Los Angeles
Philip Blaiberg
New tidal wave detector aims to revamp Pacific warnings
A Pacific tidal wave detector project led by Dr. Marlin Vitousek and Dr. Gaylord Miller installs five deep water sensors off Oahu Wake Island Minami Tori Shima and Amchitka. The devices connect by cable to shore analysis and may soon use radio transmission. Costs total about 1.5 million dollars funded by the Commerce and Energy commissions.
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UPI
Pacific
Marlin Vitousek
Vilousek
University of Aid
Ile
Vitousek
Ousek
Virousek
Oahu
Hawaii
Wake Island
Western Pacific
Minami Tori Shima
Wake
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Vitausek
Three Year Contract Ratified by Serven Factory Guild
Tollywood UPL reports members of the Serven Factory Guild ratified a new three year contract with a 15 percent pay rise by a margin near three to one. The vote was 5580 to 2006. The pact retroactive covers theatrical and jaw motion pictures and payments for television reruns. The guild expects no effect from Nixon era wage freezes due to the contract's effective date.
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Tollywood
Serven Actory Guild
Jom J. Dales
Dales
Iion Nixon
Eisenhower Birthday Diamond Jubilee Dinner Planned
Washington UPI reports Mamie Eisenhower will be honored on her 75th birthday with a Diamond Jubilee banquet on September 29. Entertainers include Red Skelton Ethel Merman Ray Uniger and Lawrence Welk. President Nixon and the First Lady are honorary patrons, joined by 14 cabinet members from the Eisenhower era.
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UPI
Mamie Eisenhower
Red Skelton
Ethel Merman
Ray Uniger
Lawrence Welk
Nixon
Eisenhower
Natural father seeks return of abandoned boy
Falls City authorities filed charges of child abandonment and criminal negligence against Jim and Sharon Ball of Edina Minnesota for abandoning a 9 year old boy Friday night near a farm home in Falls City. The boy Bruce Edward Bell has been cared for by Falls City Police Chief Blaine Sailors and his family while the natural father Bruce Graves 24 of Minneapolis said he would travel to fetch his son once authorities and an attorney advise legality. Officials reported rope marks on the boy wrists and ankles and the child initially gave only his name and that he was from Minnesota.
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Edina, Minn
Bruce Edward Bell
Blaine Sailors
Minneapolis
Bruce Graves
Minnesota
Jim
Sharon
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