Long Enough Delay by USDA Costs Farmers and Taxpayers
The Salina Journal letter argues the U S Department of Agriculture failed to give accurate crop and market data, aiding Soviet wheat purchases and costing farmers, consumers and taxpayers millions. It urges prompt, reliable information on supply and demand and warns against repeating the mistake. Whitley Austen writes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Continental Grain Corp
USDA
Soviet Union
Nixon
Whitley Austen
Salina
Distaff Side welcomes Megan Elaine in family renewal
The rocking chair column announces the birth of Megan Elaine, the sixth child and fifth daughter of the author. She arrived July 24 at St. Catherine Hospital weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and 21 inches, with the author reflecting on a long family timeline and an extended life cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine Hospital
Megan
Elaine
Fred
Yale University
Navy fires and tapes dispute at Ocala National Forest
Florida story details a GAO probe into Navy live ordnance use at the Ocala National Forest Pinecastle range. Bombing, fires and cover stories are cited with March 1972 and April–May 1973 activity. The piece also notes a possible Supreme Court tie and Rehnquist’s potential recusal due to national security ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Ocala National Forest
Florida
U.S. Forest Service
National Forest
General Accounting Office
Pinecastle
Ocala Forest
GAO
Jacksonville
Fla
E.W. Ingley
Naval Aviation
Bill Gunter
D-Fla
Teachers Fear Domination by AFL-CIO in Kansas
Kansas teachers oppose AFL-CIO domination as NEA and AFT discuss a merger that could reshape public education representation. NEA executive director Melvin Neely notes teachers favor cooperation with labor but seek professional aims, not union control. Kansas NEA has about 2,700 members, AFT only a few hundred locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Towns
Kansas
Melvin Neely
Kansas National Education Association
K-Nea
Afl-Cig
Neely
NEA
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Afl-Cio
Clay Thompson
Salina
Labor Movement
Unio
KNEA
Kangis
Wichita
Kansas City
Investigation Ends In Normandy Plane Crash Probe
The on site technical investigation into the July 23 crash of an Ozark Air Lines plane in Normandy Missouri has ended. N T S B spokesman Edward Slattery said information gathered will be reviewed and prepared for a public hearing later this month in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Ozark Air Lines
St. Louis
Normandy
National Transportation Safety Board
Edward Slattery
Gypsies Hit Watkins Glen And Parents Bite Nails
Art Buchwald reflects on the Watkins Glen rock concert drawing 600000 youths and 1,200,000 anxious parents. He jokes about teenagers seeking purpose, the scene becoming a cultural rite, and parents monitoring collect calls while National Capitol watchers worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins Glen
Washington
Grateful Dead
Rfk Stadium
India
Ganges
Middle East
Mecca
United States
New York
Priné
America
New York State
Washington Monument
President Won’t Get an Invitation
AFL-CIO President George Meany says he will skip inviting President Nixon to the October federation convention breaking a long-standing tradition. Meany cites Watergate as the motive and accuses Charles Colson of arranging a confrontation to help Nixon politically. He adds he will not sever ties with the White House and will stay on the Council’s management-labor advisory committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Nixon
White House
Archibald Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
Chicago
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Colson
Charles Colson
Meany
Miami Beach
Oost of Living Council
Management-labor Advisory Committee
High Prices in Grain Markets Face Uncertain Future
Kansas City commentary by Roderick Turnbull argues farm prices may stay high if demand remains, but warns history shows prices rise and fall. He cites World War eras, soybeans breakout, and government export limits while noting record soybean prices this year and ongoing global demand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City
U.S
Kansas City Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Kangas City
Kansas Oy
Soviet Union
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Fevorih
Garden City Telegram
Nankolving
Early Tra Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City
Dred
Jack Anderson
Flori
Eustis Civic Center
William Rehmquist
Rehnquist
Robert Wild
Wild
Justice Department
Senate
Jack Andorach
DR Says
NEA Works
CAPE
Labor
Art Buchwald
Gosl
Eugene Sheffer
Almond
Wander
Continent
Harriet
Fate Beecher
Barbara
Fir
Che
Yao
Glflipn
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