Canning Lid Shortage Hits Home Gardeners This Season
Shoppers blame grocers, grocers blame wholesalers, and wholesalers point at manufacturers as a lid shortage disrupts home canning. Ball Corp and Kerr Glass confirm demand rose with six million new gardens in 1974 and again this year, forcing round the clock production and a shift in lid supply to jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C
Rusty” Springer
Lawrence Rusty’s
National Association of Retail Grocers
Nargus
Las Vegas
Nev
George H. Loughery
Ball Corp
Harold A. Metsker
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp
Loughery
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Doughery
Springer
Kerr Glass and Ball Corp
U.S
Anniversary Dinner for Hess Couple Draws Family and Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hess of 642 N Sixth hosted a dinner party with their three children and spouses to honor their 39th wedding anniversary. Lawrence attendees included several Hess relatives and friends from area addresses. The article also notes Church Women United activities and a fifth annual service officers conference at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hess
Claude Landon III
Tenn
John Hess
Maple St
Ralph Hess Jr
Lennis Johnson
Clifford Coffman
Lee Hess
Ralph Lowman
George Faler
Bennie Erwin
Lawrence
Richard Rundquist
Church Women United
CWU
Central United Methodist Church
Veterans Administration Hospital
Topeka
Ewing Gunn
Vincent Wolfe
Norman Denton
Roland Johnson
Lloyd Daniels
Chester Paxson
Jayhawk
Alan Fisher
Dorsey Liberty Unit 14
American Legion
Mark Ardis
Pair wed at KU chapel in double ring ceremony
Karen Sue Rinkenbaugh daughter of Frances Longhofer Lawrence and Philip Dean Janke son of Robert and Mrs Janke Junction City married June 21 at Danforth Chapel Kansas University campus. Rev Wayne Castle officiated. The couple will reside in Junction City where she teaches and he farms. A reception followed hosted by relatives in San Diego and Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Sue Rinkenbaugh
Frances Longhofer
Lawrence
Philip Dean Janke
Robert G. Janke
Junction City
Danforth Chapel
Kansas University
Wayne Castle
First United Methodist Church
Robert J. Throop
San Diego
Calif
Wendell A. Janke
Topeka
Robert L. Walters
Robert Throop
Newlywed Respect Affects Marriage Beliefs
Ann Landers notes a 15 year marriage built on equality and mutual respect. The writer, content with harmony yet wary of change, comments on how respect for each other's opinions supports marital success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
House committee looks at lid crisis
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader tells a House subcommittee that a televised alert from President Ford could spur lid production to ease a nationwide canning lid shortage. He supports more imports from Japan and warns of possible anticompetitive activity and industry collusion involving Ball and Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Nader
Ford
Nader
Japan
House Commodities and Services
Federal Trade Commission
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Southeast
East Coast
Robert E. Liedquist
FTC
Bureau of Competition
Liedquist
Flower Club Plans Floriculture Open Class Show
Plans completed for the floriculture open class show at the Douglas County Free Fair from August 12 to 16 sponsored by the Lawrence Flower Club. The event in Building No. 4 welcomes entrants from all. Exhibits drop off August 12 from 4 30 to 7 30 p m. Schedules are in the fair catalog. Inquiries to Mrs C 0 Humphrey or Mrs Olie R Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Kanza 4-H Club Meets with Project Talks Planned
The Kanza 4-H Club meets at 7 15 p m Monday in the W F Bradley home. Melinda Marcum and Lesa Martin will present project talks and members reply to roll call with fair exhibits. The Lucky Leaf 4H Club opens July with flag salute and Pledge recitation. A Council meeting report and fair plans discussion conclude the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.F. Bradley
Melinda Marcum
Lesa Martin
Lucky Leaf 4H Club
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Debi Licklider
Springer’s
Journal-World
Kansas
Westside Greenhouse
Florida
Jim Owens
Scotts
Lawrence Area
John Carr
Mel Racy
New Hampshire
John Roberts
Briman
Jarelehi
Massachusetts
House Committee
Ball Co
Kerr Co
Ann
Libber
Suzette Crepe
Sue
Warren
10Th and
Mass
Downtown
Warren Thompson
Keith Thompson
sTeamex Rental Unit
DRY Cleaners
DIU
Ae Tegen
Cate Bag
Mr. and
Mrs
Philip Janke
EHU
ACORN
Bob Lowe
Buster Brown
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