Drought Ravages Minnesota Agriculture As Losses Rise
Minnesota faces a severe drought with crop stress and hay shortages. Agriculture Commissioner Jon Wefald estimates losses at about 1 billion dollars and warns of possible double losses without rainfall before July 1. Governor Wendell Anderson plans to seek a presidential hay emergency designation to unlock subsidies.
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United Press International
Upper
Midwest
Minnesota
Jon Wefald
Wefald
Werald
Wendell Anderson
Ford
Orville Whitney
Moorehead
Minn
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
South Dakota
Farmers Home Administration
Pierre
S.D
Kansas
Motorist saves crop duster after crash north of Tipton
Crop duster pilot Jeffrey Hines of Muncie survived after a plane crash and fire in a Tipton area cornfield. He is listed in fair condition at IU Riley Burn Center with burns on hands arms shoulders and face. The Piper single engine and 1,600 pounds of chemicals were destroyed. The motorist who assisted was not identified by officials.
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Tipton
Ind
UPI
Jeffrey Hines
Muncie
Indiana University Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Piper
Pioneer Seed Co
Hines
Nature's Way by Sharon Blair Wildflower guidance from Indiana park outreach
Sharon Blair promotes native wildflowers for easy gardening from spring to fall. She advises soil適 favoring typical garden loam, warns against picking blooms in state parks, and encourages seed gathering in limited amounts. Readers can request a list of common Indiana flowers and attend weekend evening programs at Shakamak State Park.
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Indiana
Sharon Blair
C O Shakamak
Jasonville
Central band to receive new uniforms
The Band Boosters at Central School raised 7000 dollars for new uniforms. Six thousand were raised between December 1, 1975 and June 1, 1976. The band plans to wear the uniforms at the I.S.M.A. Marching Band Contest in late September. A thanks note was issued to supporters.
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Central School
Syrians halt advance as cease fire talks loom near
Reports say Syria agreed to a truce mediated by Libyan Algerian and Arab League envoys while Lebanon’s leftist alliance and Christian militias voiced reservations. Arab and Soviet pressure plus troop movements by Libyan and Algerian forces shaped the pause as clashes eased east of Beirut and near Sidon. An Evansville, Indiana incident meanwhile left one dead when a garbage truck struck Floyd Bucy as he waited to cross a street.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Damascus
Syria
Soviet Union
Iraq
Middle East
Sidon
Tripoli
Algiers
Arab League
Hafez Assad
Abdel Salam Jalloud
Abdel Karim Ben Mahmoud
Evansville
Ind
Floyd Bucy
James Fulkerson
Bucy
Martin Hunt
McLeansboro
Ill
Hunt
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W. Main
Bloomfield
Plainville Lions Club
Plainville, Ind
Central Band
Gamuel Music Warehouse
Vincennes
N. 4Th Street
Samuel Music
Hammond
Wurlitzer
Yamaha
Everett
Cable-Nelson
Baldwin
Kimball, Lowery and
Conn
Spinet Organ
Orbit
New Everett
Spinet
Mt. Carmel
SMC Warehouse
Sprites
Kimball! Spinet
Samuel Mue
4Th ST
4Th & Main
Amencard
Bekaa Valley
Linton
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