Disappointing Southwest Kansas Wheat Harvest Feels Slow
The 1981 harvest across Southwest Kansas yields 3 to 26 bushels an acre with weights around 60 pounds, far below prior years. Drought, hail, disease, and a May freeze cripple the crop, while farmers report slow intake at elevators and consistent warnings of a poor total county production.
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Kansas
Garden City
Tony Hall
Farmer’s Co-op Grain and Supply Co
Hugoton
Hall
Bob Greathouse
Carroll Witt
Pierceville
Scott City
Kathy Lawrence
Kirk Grain Co
Charles Sauerwein
Gray County
Cimarron
Detroit voters back higher taxes to save city coffers
DETROIT AP voters approve tripling the city income tax on suburban workers and raising residents' taxes by half in a special election. With 99 percent of 1,222 precincts reported, about 64 percent backed the plan by a 159,140 to 90,381 margin. MADRID AP government uncovers a military plot against King Juan Carlos, who helped defend democracy four months earlier.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
Madrid
Spain
Juan Carlos
Young Democracy
Weddings and more weddings on page seven
The page teases multiple wedding notices as the season unfolds with couples exchanging vows. Also hints at ongoing coverage on Supreme Court appointments and a mortgage series discussing fixed monthly payments and debt-driven purchases.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Doubts on Hostage Deal With Iran
Justices expressed doubts about the financial bargain freeing 52 American hostages. The case centers on President Carter’s 1979 action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the tribunal set to replace U.S. courts in settling claims against Iran. Dames & Moore argues the president exceeded powers. the government contends powers extend to freezing and unfreezing assets. The court heard the challenge before a federal appeals court decision, with deadlines tied to moving about $2.3 million in Iranian funds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iran
William H. Rehnquist
International Tribunal
Rex Lee
High Court
Carter
John Paul Stevens
Lee
U.S
Potter Stewart
Howard
Ma Bell seeks record Kansas rate hike
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co plans an $84.5 million rate increase filing with the Kansas Corporation Commission, the largest in state history if approved. The across the board rise would boost typical residential bills by about $4 and seek pay telephone rate relief. The carrier serves 757,000 customers in 177 cities including Topeka Kansas City Lawrence and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
State Regulatory Agency
Bell
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kg&e
Commission
George Chaffee
KCC
Kansas
Chaffee
Southwestern Bell
Kansas City
Johnson County
Lawrence
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Emporia
Hutchinson
Salina
Hays
Fishermen find large box of counterfeit cash in Missouri river
Two unidentified fishermen found an 18 inch wooden box containing about 250000 dollars in counterfeit twenty dollar bills floating in Truman Reservoir near Warsaw Missouri. The box was southwest of the Grand River bridge and damp but not soaked when found. Police believe it had not been in the water long and the money bore 15 serial numbers. The incident drew interest from the U S Secret Service.
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Warsaw
U.S
Secret Service
Truman Reservoir
Missouri
Grand River Bridge
Benton County Sheriff's Department
Counterfeit Bills Found Hidden, Searches Continue
James R Cantrell of the Secret Service said the counterfeit printing was not top quality and there were no arrests or suspects. Sheriff Robert Krenshaw reported no local circulation and that bills were hidden in a cave or shallow hole and washed away by rains as investigators from the sheriff's department and Missouri Water Patrol continue to search the area.
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James R. Cantrell
Secret Service Office
Ina
Kansas City
Robert Krenshaw
Benton County
Krenshaw
Sheriff's Department
Missouri Water Patrol
Carlin Stephan duel over veto power reshapes Kansas politics
In Topeka the Kansas governor and attorney general framed a legal clash over a vetoed school finance measure as a political contest. Carlin won the ruling that the Legislature violated the constitution while Stephan secured a win on veto authority. Analysts note gains and risks for both, with Carlin boosting his comeback momentum and Stephan potentially angling for a 1982 bid. The decision affects school funding politics and future veto battles as lawmakers consider new bills.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Robert Stephan
Kansas
Carlin
Stephan
U.S. Senate
Ward
Supreme Court
Adtv
Wendell Lady
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Bob Neesen
Sauerwein
Jerry Schmidt
Syracuse Co-op Exchange
Schmidt
Homer Evans
Ulysses Runge
Combine
Mark McDonald
Gus Garden
Stephen Howard
Los Angeles
Dames & Moore
Ma Bell
Carlin Chapeau
Estee Lauder
Hoovers
Adv
Bill Hoch
Ward's Pet Shop
Ady
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