Record wheat sales to Russia push U S prices higher
The article notes record crops yet prices rise as Americans bear the cost of grain shortages from last year. Wheat futures top $4 a bushel while bread and beef prices climb. government forecasts show higher food costs this year, with exports and domestic crops both at record levels.
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Washington Warden Plans Incentives to Improve Prison
SEILACOOM Washington AP William Hardy Rauch who became McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary warden this summer outlines reforms to improve segregation units repair and comfort. He favors work release halfway houses furloughs probation and a behavior modification program with rewards and punishments. Rauch calls for more mental health staff and rejects closing prisons despite overcrowding and high recidivism.
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McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
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United States
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Leavenworth
Kan
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Poll Indicates Attitudes About Sex and Nudity Change
Gallup poll of 1,544 adults in July shows shifting views on premarital sex and nudity. Forty three percent find premarital sex not wrong, 55 percent would be offended by nude pictures, and 59 percent by topless waitresses. In 1969, 68 percent opposed premarital sex and 73 percent objected to magazine nude pictures.
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N.J
Gallup
Mainder
Chinese Pandas Roll Up Food Bill
The National Zoo faces a high food bill for pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Diet includes rice gruel minerals honey carrots apples sweet potatoes milk and dog biscuits plus 15 to 20 pounds of fresh bamboo each. Bamboo is free but cutting and lead testing add costs. Hsing-Hsing weighs 229 pounds with a 155 pound rise on cooking.
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Cambodia Said Imperiled by Vietnam Offensive Quote
Senator Stuart Symington said on ABC Issues and Answers that if North Vietnam resumes a military offensive after a bombing halt on Wednesday, the Cambodian government could fall in a relatively short time. He spoke as acting chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Kansas City.
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ABC
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White House
West Point
Eldridge House closed for renovations to Sept four
The Eldridge House will suspend normal public service until September 4 for renovation and staff vacations, spokesman Andy Garyardt said. Other food service will operate as usual.
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Obscenity Law Changes Likely in Kansas Session
The Kansas attorney general and lawmakers push to remove the redeeming social value defense from obscenity statutes. A bill seeks 2000s fines for selling pornography to minors, with recent raids in Kansas City Topeka and Wichita leading to store closures and convictions.
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Kansas Attorney General’s Office
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Kansas City
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Wichita
Wyaddotte
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Wyandotte County
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