Weekend Freeze Threatens Kansas Wheat Yields
Dr. Gerald Green of the agriculture experiment station cautioned the freeze could cut wheat yields by up to 20 percent as ice remnants lingered in western Kansas. He noted much of the crop had headed and was vulnerable to cold, with damage to pollinated heads likely. Officials planned sample heads this week to gauge losses while farmers awaited further assessments and forecasts.
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Gerald Green
Agriculture Experiment Station
Greene
Bermuda hotel reopenings follow island strike settle
In Bermuda, a major hotel reopened as owners said remaining resorts shut by two week strikes would reopen by Thursday. About 3,000 hotel workers walked out April 29 to push wage demands of public-service UNion members amid sympathy actions by taxi, airport, dock workers and telephone staff.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Bermuda Industrial Union
France's Mitterrand victory triggers stock selloff in Paris
Socialist Francois Mitterrand won the presidency ending a center-right era, prompting a broad stock market selloff on the Paris Bourse dubbed Black Monday. The index fell about 9 percent as nine major companies faced heavy selling while the franc dropped toward 1971 levels and investors warned of nationalization plans.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
France
Valery Giscard
Giscard d’Estaing
Mitterrand
Bank of France
Paul Quiles
Ministry of Interior
Washington
White House
Reagan
Chateau Chinon
Raymond Barre
Winds Send Plane Sliding Into Beech at Garden City Airport
During a weekend storm 50 mph winds pushed a Seneca twin into a parked Beech King Air at Garden City Airport at 10 30 am Saturday. The Seneca was moved by gusts, its propeller striking the King Air wing. the Beech’s right wing trim tab was damaged. No insurance claim or federal report filed. Frank Witham of Scott City reported the Beechcraft owner Bud Palen flew the plane back after the incident. Rain totals from the storm varied across towns in Southwest Kansas.
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Garden City
Dennis Coates
Coates
Denver
Tom Lyons
Lyons
Federal Aviation
Frank Whitham
Scott
Witham
Bud Palen
Scott City
Kansas
Kial Radio
Satanta
Copeland
Dighton
Ulysses
Sinkhole swallows houses edges and cars in Winter Park
A massive sinkhole near Orlando, Florida expanded to 450 to 600 feet wide and 125 to 170 feet deep, swallowing a bungalow and multiple cars including Porsche models. Authorities fenced a 4,000 foot zone as residents and onlookers watched, some seeking disaster aid while five men faced arrest for drunkenness.
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Winter Park
Fla
Gus LaGarde
Mother Nature
LaGarde
Orlando
Barbara Nuss
Ray Beary
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al Maddux
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