Widening drought cripples Midwest crops
Widespread drought from the Southwest Plains to the Mississippi Valley depresses yields in Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma. Prices rise as forecasts from the Agriculture Department and weather services warn of continued crop stress and potential losses.
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Mississippi Valley
National Weather Service
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Texas
Oklahoma Panhandies
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Colorado
Indiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Corn
Agriculture Department
Weather Service
J. James Exon
Exon
House Passes Strip Mining Standards Bill in 241 to 81 Vote
The House approved a measure to create a national environmental and reclamation standard for surface coal mining. It would form a new Interior Department agency to regulate strip mining with states allowed to enforce as strong state rules. The bill would fund reclamation from offshore oil lease royalties, not a per ton tax, amid debate over cost and impact on coal prices.
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Hhouse
House
Senate
Interior Department
Senate House
Royaltes
AEC weighs reopening H-bomb units to ease fuel woes
The U S Atomic Energy Commission weighs reopening some H-bomb production complexes to shore up strained nuclear fuel supplies. Chairman Dixie Lee Ray says the agency may need to activate government facilities to store spent rods if private reprocessing stalls. General Electric faced delays and study overhauls at its Morris Illinois Purex plant, risking a costly redesign beyond 90 to 130 million dollars.
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Dixie Lee Ray
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AEC
General Electric
Morris
Chicago
Wis
Craig Hosmer
H-Calle
Ray
Purex
Sugar import quotas revised for 1974 by USDA
The Agriculture Department cut quotas for five countries and raised them for nine others, totaling 104 589 tons, while keeping the overall 1974 consumption quota at 12.4 million short tons to ensure adequate sugar deliveries through the year.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
U.S
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Dale Awtry
Towa
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Awtry
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Don Graffis
University of Illinois
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Iown
Dale Sheldahl
Menlo Park
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Hammon
Cedar Rapids
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