Nebraska corn harvest under way with moisture concerns
Nebraska reports more than 45 percent of corn mature last Friday, above the normal 30 percent, with harvesting beginning in areas that usually start in late September. Topsoil moisture remains largely short across 93 counties while subsoil moisture also stays limited. sorghum and soybeans hold mostly fair conditions with sorghum ripening ahead of schedule and some stalk breakage reported due to drought. Alfalfa and wild hay remain poor to fair as the third cutting nears completion.
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Lincoln, Neb
Carryover Soybeans Seen Falling and Corn Rising in 1977 Outlook
Carryover reserves of soybeans may fall to about 100 million bushels by late summer 1977 with corn reserves rising to roughly 421 million bushels a year later. The Agriculture Department notes no export controls on soybeans and cites drought reducing 1976-77 demand projections while forecasting stronger corn use for livestock.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Don Paarlberg
Leigh Optimists hear Leigh JC volleyball coach on season outlook
Leigh community School volleyball coach Leigh Pennington told the Leigh Optimist Club the team has won its first three games and the outlook for the season is strong. Plans for the installation banquet at Tri-County Club House Saturday include several dignitaries. A press box project at the high school field was dropped due to cost. Thursday night Optimists repainted the old press box.
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LEIGH
Jack Pennington
Leigh Optimist Club
Tri-County
Don Ray
Grand Island
Dick Stoehr
Lincoln
Bob Billings
Omaha
Fred Apodaca
Three Suspects Plead Innocent In Kennedy Plot Case
In Springfield District Court three suspects, Robert White, David King, and Sandra Rondeau, pleaded innocent to murder conspiracy tied to a claimed plot against Senator Edward M. Kennedy. White faces bail changes and psychiatric exams, while King and Rondeau were freed on recognizance.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert Earl White
David J. King
Sandra Rondeau
Westfield
George Brigianes
White
King
Rondeau
Salvation Army
New York
Kennedy
Oak’s Inn
Democratic Party Committee
Silver Creekers on western trip
Silver Creekers Mr and Mrs G W Grosch and Mr and Mrs Marvin Wilcox left Saturday for a trip to Nevada and other western states visiting Fred Grosch in Rupert Idaho. Mr and Mrs Eldon Ward of Omaha were Friday overnight guests at the Ned Powers home. A surprise birthday party honored Vernon Peterson Sunday at the Peterson home with guests Ed Hansler Karen Youngbeck Virgil Peterson Judy Chapin Peterson and others.
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Silver Creek
G.W. Grosch
Marvin Wilcox
Nevada
Fred Grosch
Rupert
Idaho
Eldon Ward
Omaha
Ned Powers
George Damme
Lloyd
Norfolk
Vernon Peterson
Peterson
Ed Hansler
Karen Youngbeck
David City
Virgil Peterson
Judy
Grand Island
E. L. Klein and
Orleans man dies in truck train crash near Kearney
William A. Shipley aged 23 of Orleans was killed when his gravel truck collided with a slow moving westbound Union Pacific freight train at a crossing two miles north of Kearney Nebraska 1 ay. The crossing had flashing lights but no drop arms according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
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Kearney, Neb
UPI
William A. Shipley
Orleans
Kearney
Nebraska
Nebraska State Patrol
Shipley
Union Pacific
Space shuttle crew eyes routine flights to aid life on Earth
At Johnson Space Center Houston Gordon Fullerton Fred Haise and Richard Truly say the shuttle rocket plane aims to make spaceflight routine and conventional to enable payloads that directly affect life on Earth. The reusable craft can perform 100 orbital trips with minimal changes and a prototype rolls out Friday ahead of desert testing.
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Houston
UPI
Earth
Gordon “Gordo” Fullerton
Fullerton
Fred Haise
Richard Truly
Johnson Space Center
California Desert
Swine flu dosage rules for children pending experts say
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Center for Disease Control plan initial recommendations for high risk children. Dosage for the average healthy child remains undetermined with two doses possibly needed for some age groups.
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Jon Sweet Omaha
UPI
American Academy of Pediatrics
Evanston
Ill
National Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
John J. Witte
National Center For Disease Control
Witte
United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
Pediatrics’ Academy
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