Wheat farmers demand rain as drought grips Kansas
In Ness City area and across the drought region from Colorado to Texas Panhandles, farmers warn of severe losses without rainfall within days. Wind erosion spreads, grain prospects vary by locality, and officials note uncertainties about potential grocery price effects while calling for moisture before fall planting.
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Kansas
Ray Uehling
Uehling
Ness City
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Uehrling
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Ness ‘County
Great Plains
California
Minnesota
Texas
Ed Stone
International Multifood Corp
Minneapolis
Agrigature Department
Tenas
Euthern
Mexico
Arizona
Raton
Don Weald
Italy tightens austerity to halt lira slide
Rome Premier Aldo Moro orders second gasoline price hike in six days and boosts purchase taxes on autos liquor and meals. Bank of Italy raises discount rate from 8 to 12 percent as part of broader austerity. Lira falls to 880 per dollar, a 4.5 percent drop in one day and 28 percent since January.
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Rome
UPI
Aldo Moro
Bank of Italy
Tee Power Gornsnunist
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Long Christia
Enrico Bertageer
Milan
Italy
Schuyler 4-H Speaking Contest Set for April 20
Schuyler 4-H unveils Timely Topics Speech Contest to be held April 20 from 4 30 to 7 30 PM at the Colfax County Courthouse Community Room. Prizes include a radio for winners in the 9 to 15 age group and an all expenses paid trip to the Co op Youth Leadership Camp in Kansas City for top boy and girl in the senior division. Speeches must run between five and eight minutes for most contestants and three to five minutes for those under 14. For more information contact local Extension.
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Chuy Lee
Colfax County Courthouse
Co-op
Kansas City
Garbagemen of the Year Earn Big Praise in Houston
Bennie Lee Keener Earvson Ross and Curtis Lee Williams named Garbag e Crew of the Year by the Houston Chamber of Commerce and Houston Association of Building Service for exceptional route care. Foreman Willie Marlin notes they exceed rules to please customers while some residents applaud their savviness and teamwork. Williams says the award makes them feel real nice.
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Houston
UPI
Bennie Lee Keener
Earvson Ross
Curtis Lee Williams
Willie Marlin
Garvagens
Ida Wal
Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Houston Association of Building Service
Wiliams
Bellwood Party Honors 93rd Birthday for W W Ernst
Ruth Jackson hosted a Sunday party at the Legion Hall Bellwood honoring her uncle W W Ernst on his 93rd birthday. A covered dish dinner fed nieces nephews and great nieces and nephews from Columbus Lincoln David City and Bellwood. Special guests Rev John McGee of Columbus and Father Robert Roh of Bellwood attended. The afternoon was social with card games.
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Bellwood
Ruth Jackson
Legion Hall
W.W
Bill) Ernst
Columbus
Lincoln David City
John McGee
Robert Roh
Seal final entrance to mine within months to recover 11 bodies
Officials say sealing the Scotia Coal Co mine would take up to three months to finish and make entry safe. A 23 man crew worked to seal the underground entrances to prevent methane explosions and fires while air checks determine when re entry is safe. Two self styled rescuers proposed to retrieve the bodies but would not be allowed to enter.
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Scotia Coal Co
Rovers Barsett
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Kentucky
Mississippi
Public Hearing on 1976 School Land Leases Schedule
The Board of Educational Land and Funds will hold a public hearing at the Madison County District courthouse in Madison on Thursday March 25 1976 at 10 00 a m to discuss 1976 rental adjustments with lessees and interested parties. The focus will be on School Land Leases in Merrick Boone Platte Washington Douglas Sarpy Burt Stanton Madison Pierce Dakota Dixon and Cedar counties.
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Board of Educational Land and Funds
Madison County District Court House
Madison
Merrick Boone
Platte
Washington
Douglas Sarpy
Burt
Stanton
Pierce Dakota
Dixon
Cedar Board of Educational Lands and Funds
State Capitol
Lincoln
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