Wheat Crop Storage Crisis Faces Missouri Farmers
Jefferson City AP reports that despite a good yield farmers may struggle to store wheat. About 80 percent of grain belt storage is full, risking ground spoilage for weeks after harvest. Officials cite bumper prior years, slow exports, and low prices as factors, with warnings of possible deteriorations and crowded bins.
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Jefferson City
Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Midwest
Bill Theis
Simonds-Shields-Theis Grain Company
Kansas City
Theis
Turnbull
Kansas
Missouri
Board of Trade
Jack Runyan
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Troop 38 Boy Scouts Campout at Cedar Creek
Boy Scout Troop 38 from First Presbyterian Church enjoyed a working campout at Cedar Creek in Callaway County. Participants listed include Matt Lukacs Rich Bowen Luke Lukacs Jim Oliver Darell Cartee Ricky Wells Scott Batts Lloyd Acton and others with adult leaders J J Lukacs Dick Bowen Larry Wells and Carl Campbell. The group plans a Missouri Woodland Trail hike and spring campout in April while grain storage concerns loom for Missouri elevators amid Western Kansas capacity issues and renewed farm storage loan liberalization.
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First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Creek
Callaway County
Matt Lukacs
Rich Bowen
Luke Lukacs
Jim Oliver
Darell Cartee
Ricky Wells
Scott Batts
Lloyd Acton
Brian Stephenson
Jay Moore
Bill Boyce
Bill Campbell
Scott Purcell
Steve Batty
Darwin Wells
J.J. Lukacs
Dick Bowen
Larry Wells
Carl Campbell
Missouri Woodland Trail
Three Hooked With Ton Of Fish
Three Missouri fishermen Leonard Gray Richmond Daniel Smith and Jackie Shields were arrested after a deputy stopped their truck for a defective tail light near Westmoreland Kansas. They face multiple charges including fishing with unlawful gear and without a Kansas license. Authorities found 2600 pounds of fish and 2700 feet of illegal nets and also charged them with possession of stolen property.
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Westmoreland
Kansas Fish and Game
Hunt For Sister's Nitro Tears Up Street
In Holliday Texas an Army demolition team spent three days digging the town street after Georgia Lynch feared nitroglycerin from her late sister's cellar. Despite dogs reacting to traces, no explosive was found and the crew left, evacuations lifted.
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Holliday
Tex
Texas
Georgia Lynch
Fort Sill
Lawton
Oklo
David Farmer
Lynch
W.C. Curlee
Mrs. Lynch
State Gets 500000 Grant For Elderly Transit Services
Missouri Department of Transportation reports a federal grant exceeding 500000 from the U S Mass Transportation Administration. The funding aids not for profit groups serving the elderly and disabled, with OATS and similar groups set to receive vehicles and equipment. The department aims to double prior outreach and ridership figures next year.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Department of Transportation
U.S. Mass Transportation Administration
Jack Kirkland
Department
Older Adults Transportation Service
OATS
Kirkland
Mexico High School juniors and parents meeting announced
All juniors at Mexico High School and their parents are invited to a 7 pm meeting in the high school auditorium. Principal William J. Lowry said the meeting will cover next year's curriculum and enrollment procedures.
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Mexico High School
Willam J. Lowry
Older Scouts Eligible For May Contest
Older Boy Scouts and Exploring Division members may enter the 1978 Little Dixie District Public Speaking Contest in Mexico on May 25 with speeches five to seven minutes long. Winners advance to a Great Rivers Council contest. national winners receive $2,000 scholarships and 10 others are awarded. May 1 is the deadline to select unit winners and forward applications to John Cline.
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Boys Scouts of America
Reader's Digest
BSA
John Cline
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Cline
Little Dixie
Mexico
Great Rivers Council
National Explorer
Reader’s Digest Association
Golf IIs New Merit Badge
Golf, one of the oldest games, becomes a Boy Scout merit badge raising sports badges to 19 among 120 advancement topics. Golf traces its history back about 900 years to Scotland.
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Scotland
Blind sportscaster who calls games without sight
Seattle based radio announcer Randy McMillan, 24, blind since birth, describes his role at KGDN covering NBA and NFL games. He provides postgame commentary and occasional play by play, typing touchdowns and major plays on a braille typewriter then delivering reports by phone.
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Randy McMillan
McMillan
Kgdn
Domed Stadium
Slick Watts
Seattle SuperSonics
Seahawks
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