Wheat variety sparks possible action against farmers
Dixie Portland Flour Mills, holder of Plainsman V wheat rights, threatens Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri farmers with penalties under the Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970. Officials say about 26,000 acres were planted in 1980. Oklahoma contracts cover roughly 20,000 acres. Aerial surveys and road checks are planned to ID suspected growers.
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Arkansas City, Kan
Arkansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Dixie Portland Flour Mills
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kay and
Grant Counties
Sman
Dixie Portland
Plainsman
Emke
Elmore Bathurst
Blackwell
Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association
Kansas Wheat Crop May Be Hit By Late May Freeze
Kansas wheat production in 1981 faces a frost damage assessment after a May freeze. As of May 11 a 412.80 million bushel estimate reflected conditions to May 1. full damage will be known upon harvest. Analysts fear up to one third loss, which could still leave the crop among history’s largest.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
M. E. Johnson
Harvest spreads like rainbow as Kansas wheat cuts begin
In Sumner County Kansas 1981 wheat harvest advances with early cutting. Elevators report loads testing 61 to 65 pounds per bushel at 11 to 13 percent moisture. Barber County yields seen around 20 bushels per acre while Kiowa's OK Coop offloads about 400000 bushels since Saturday. Weather and labor supply could affect pace as harvest heads into Reno Pratt and Garden City areas with test cuts planned nearby.
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Wellington
Kan
Kansas
Sumner County
Barber County
Kansas County
Jim Reed
OK Coop
Kiowa
Reed
Kansas Job Service
Barber
Harper
Hutchinson
Reno
Coldwater
Liberal Harvest
Senior citizens warned of fraud in Kansas tour stops
Attorney General Robert Stephan urged vigilance against fraud during a three day tour through Dighton Scott City and WaKeeney addressing senior citizens. He and assistant Elsbeth Schafer promoted a crime prevention film and discussed consumer protection laws and local enforcement efforts.
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Dighton
Robert Stephan
Kansas
Stephan
United Methodist Church
Scott City
WaKeeney
Elsbeth Schafer
Schafer
American Association of Retired People
Green River
Wichita lawyer disbarred over misused cousin's funds
Kansas Supreme Court ordered the disbarment of Wichita attorney Robert Freeman for misusing $45,200 belonging to his cousin Sheila Hoffner. The court upheld the disciplinary administrator’s stance over a prior board recommendation of indefinite suspension, stressing that commingling client funds with personal assets warrants harsh penalties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita
Robert Freeman
Kansas
Supreme Court
Arno Windscheffel
Kansas Board For Discipline of Attorneys
Windscheffel
Freeman
W.E
Bill
Woodard
Great Plains Advisory Council Meets in Garden City
The Great Plains Agricultural Advisory Council meets in Garden City for a three day session on energy inflation and transportation with Dr Floyd Smith of Kansas State University leading a 10 state gathering including USDA and extension personnel. About 50 people attend tours of Iowa Beef Processors Kearny County Land Co Kansas State Experiment Station in Garden City and its Holcomb wheat plots and the Finney County Extension office. Council headquarters are Hilton Inn.
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Garden City
Floyd Smith
Kansas State University
USDA
State University
Wendell Holmes
Iowa
Kearny County Land Co
Kansas State Experiment Station
Holcomb
Finney County Extension Office
Hilton Inn
Holcomb honors Joe Roth as board member retires
Holcomb School Board presents a plaque to Joe Roth who steps down after eight years on the board. He will remain active on the Holcomb City Council and is praised for his leadership and long service to the district. The meeting covered a high school tour, budget actions, bids for flooring and bleachers, reinstatement of cross country, and adding Honor Society.
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Holcomb
Joe Roth
Roth
Loyd Milligan
Milligan
High Plains Special Education Coop
Vitzum Commercial Flooring Inc. of
Hays
Vitzum
Ron Bailes
Emporia
Hodgeman County teachers honored at hall of fame ceremony
Mrs. Carruthers, a longtime first grade teacher, retired in 1980 and was among teachers honored in Dodge City. Laurence Stanton, vice president of the Hall of Fame, presented the plaques at Saturday’s ceremony. Photo by Syracuse Journal.
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Hodgeman Counties
Carruthers
Dodge City
Laurence Stanton
Hall of Fame
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame
Alice Tuttle
Garden City
Ernestine Carruthers
Syracuse
Woman assaulted while babysitting leads to husband’s arrest
A 29 year old Garden City woman babysitting several children was attacked by her 32 year old husband who took two children, a 3 year old boy and a 10 year old girl. EMS treated the woman and she was released from St Catherine Hospital. She reported the assault to police. the husband is jailed pending formal charges.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Arson Charges Expected in 307 N First Fire
Police announce arson charges likely to be filed Wednesday in a Saturday fire at 307 N First. State fire marshal and police investigated a residence owned by Christine Allen, 28, where two children were not home. The blaze began in the living room northeast area, causing about $26,000 in damages.
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Christine Allen
Zoo Altercation Leaves Dixie Man in Custody
A 72-year-old man allegedly struck 68-year-old Al Dixon with a tree branch at Lee Richardson Zoo yesterday afternoon. Dixon, who was not hospitalized, fled, then rode with officers and helped officers locate the suspect, who resisted arrest and was jailed on charges of aggravated battery and resisting arrest.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
al Dixon
N. 10Th
Zoo
Dixon
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