Freeze and Drought Ravage Southwest Wheat Prospects
Drought and late freezes hit the Southwest wheat crop with forecasts revised sharply downward. May 1 USDA projection of 1 091 billion bushels, down from prior averages, as Texas Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas report poor yields. Kansas expert Andrew B Erhart warns of a short crop and unmet export commitments amid ongoing drought. Exports rising to a record 860 million bushels are seen ending next month.
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Garden City
Kan
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Andrew B. Erhart
Kansas State University
Winona Youth Killed In Motorcycle Crash
A Winona youth, Paul Steber, 15, died after a head on collision between motorcycles on a Winona street. Jeff Turner, 15, survived with injuries and remained in Winona ICU. Another fatality, Arthur Mattson, 29, Moorhead, died later from a crash near Detroit Lakes. Wayne Belanger, 26, of White Earth, was hospitalized in good condition.
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Winona
Minnesota
Paul Steber
Jeff Lee Turner
Steber
Rochester
Turner
Arthur Mattson
Moorhead
Detroit Lakes
Mattson
Wayne Bellanger
White Earth
Hundreds Held After Rioting in Northern Nigeria
In Lagos police report two hundred people detained on charges of disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly after last weekend’s violence in northern Nigeria. Prosecutor Nathaniel Npongo said 45 were charged with looting. All held for hearings July 7. more than 60 Ibo tribesmen reportedly killed and hundreds injured.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Nathaniel Npongo
Kamna Court
State Meetings Set On Migrant Labor
The Industrial Commission reported three meetings with migrant labor employers to explain state laws on workmen's compensation employment of minors and minimum wages. Sessions are June 14 in Wautoma June 15 in Ottawa and June 16 in Sturgeon Bay.
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Madison
The
Industrial Commission
Wautoma
Oconto
Sturgeon Bay
Rep Ford to Speak at State GOP Session Dinner
The State Republican party announced its executive committee will meet in Milwaukee and host a June 18 fundraising dinner with Representative Gerald Ford of Michigan as the speaker.
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Rep. Ford
Madison
Republican Party
Milwaukee
Gerald Ford
Michigan
La Crosse Tribune June 1 1966 Briefs
Short La Crosse Tribune item dated June 1 1966 summarizes local notices and briefs delivered by mail on June 2 1966. It notes community happenings and upcoming events across the city with brief factual lines.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFD
Chicagobound train derails near Peotone injuring 16 students
An Illinois Central passenger train carrying 267 schoolchildren derailed two miles north of Peotone on Tuesday night. Eight cars went off the tracks as propane tanks fed a small fire. 16 youths were injured, four hospitalized for observation, all other riders treated and released. The derailment followed an emergency cord pull on the nine car Green Diamond, with crew citing brake activation as the cause.
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Peotone, Ill
Illinois Central
Peotone
Springfield
Illinois
Green Diamond
St. James Hospital
Chicago
Seri
Bank Teller Loses Cash in Exchange
In Statesville North Carolina a woman entered a bank branch and exchanged two rolls of quarters for $20 in paper money. The teller handed over the cash and the customer departed. The rolls were later found to contain aluminum foil washers with quarters on the ends.
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Statesville
N. C
North Carolina National Bank
David Eisele
Eisele
Train accident delays Louisiana liner. hundreds sheltered
About 250 children and 295 passengers were taken by school bus to Will County fair grounds for shelter after a collision blocked one of Illinois Central's two main lines. They were later returned home. Schools affected included St. Sylvester in Chicago, Central Junior High in Tinley Park, and St. John's Lutheran in Lansing.
90 Percent Enroll In Extra Medicare Benefits
The Social Security Administration says over 17 million Americans, about 90 percent of those eligible, paid $3 to sign up for additional Medicare benefits. Enrollment ran to midnight May 31 after a two month extension at Congress’s request. Commissioner Robert M. Ball praised the nationwide outreach and projected final totals near 17.3 million, with earlier counts at 16.8 million as of March 31.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Congress
Johnson
Holiday Auto Death Toll Tops 500 for Memorial Weekend
The Chicago AP report states 542 people were killed in traffic crashes during the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend, smashing the prior four day record of 525 set in 1963. Deaths ranged by state with California at 55, Michigan 40, Pennsylvania 32, New York 29, and Florida 26.
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Chicago
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Appreciation Dinner At Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
An appreciation dinner was held at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in LA CRESCENT Minnesota for Sunday school teachers vacation Bible school teachers choir members and their spouses. The program included selections by a boys quartet from the high school Randy Weidman Paul and Tom Prindle and Steve Pittman. Scott and Lynn Lachecki and Duane Fancher also entertained.
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Duluth
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