Bread deliveries halted as Kansas strike widens
In Abilene pickets block bread deliveries as five major stores suspend all shipments for a day to back the nationwide farmers strike. Farmers threaten actions at Garden City beef plant and Liberal warehouse while crowds in Kansas City show strong displays of protest and support.
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Abilene
Garden City
Liberal
Eric Miller
American Ag
Farmland Foods Beef
Nash-Finch Foods
Baldwin Faces Water Rate Hike Across Cities
Lawrence plans a 72 cent per 1000 gallons wholesale rate tied to rising electricity and treatment costs. Baldwin City signs a 40 year deal to buy water via a $1 million pipeline, with Wellsville possibly joining if a $515,000 bond passes.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
John Robson
Robson
Buford Watson
Kansas River
Clinton Lake
Watson
Wellsville
Baldwin and
Poll says business confidence eroding
Washington Star reports a poll by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Gallup finds executives grim about the economy. Recession risk within two years rises to 50 percent, with many predicting poor government policy and higher taxes. only 22 percent see a good time for long-term investments.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gallup
Iness
Carlson
Schmiedeskamp
Carter
Governor weighs phased graduate fee waiver for KU students
Gov. Robert Bennett appears ready to propose a partial or phased in graduate student fee waiver for those holding teaching and research appointments at Kansas universities including KU. Press secretary Leroy Towns said a partial waiver could be approved by the 1978 legislature with mechanics to be finalized in the budget, and KU could lose about 260000 dollars yearly. Del Shankel suggested options from across the board cut to targeted teaching assistants, as the plan gains support in the statehouse and among KU officials.
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Kansas
Agriculture Stablization and Conservation Service
Bob Duran
Johnson
Bill Hanson
ASCS
Riley County
Hanson
Robert Bennett
Kansas University
Leroy Towns
Bennett
Towns
Lynn Bretz
KU Graduate Student Council
del Shankel
Shankel
Books closed on United Fund drive in Lawrence 1977 campaign
Lawrence United Fund closed its books on the 1977 drive posting 251 267.76 dollars toward a 254 500 goal. Board chair Dennis Barritt noted the total was 98.7 percent of goal and would fund 18 agencies, with funds transferred from the reserve to finalize budgets.
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Lawrence United Fund
Dennis Barritt
United Fund
Barritt
Unified School District
Kansas University
Breakthrough
Mental Health Association of
Douglas County
Betty Pearson
Wichita
Court restricts access to arrest warrant records
Douglas County District Court clerk ordered public access restricted to warrant files disclosed unlawfully. Unserved warrants will be kept in separate dockets accessible only to law enforcement and court staff. Malone filed a complaint against Topeka publishers for printing names of two warrants, one later dropped, alleging unlawful disclosure.
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Douglas County
Mike Malone
Sherlyn Sampson
Malone
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Lishers
Topeka
Capital and Journal
Lawrence
Stauffer Communications Inc
Sampson
Ear swab warning from FDA panel on ear wax risks
An FDA advisory panel warns that cleaning ears with cotton tipped swabs can push wax deeper and cause infection. The experts urge against daily use and note misconceptions about wax and deafness. A Chesebrough Ponds spokesman cited the Q Tips warning against inserting swabs into the ear canal.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Cheseborough Ponds,Inc
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