Crop Forecasts Cut Sharply As Drought Hits Yields
USDA data show 1974 corn yields at 77.8 bushels per acre, down from 91.4, with total corn output under 4.97 billion bushels, 12 percent below 1973. Soybeans fall 15 percent to 1.31 billion, while wheat rises 8 percent to 1.84 billion. Cotton declines to 12.8 million bales. All crops index at 113 percent of 1967 base.
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Washington
Tate
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Department
Lighter Crop Means More Dough At Food Counters
Farmers face a smaller corn harvest the Agriculture Department estimates at 4.97 billion bushels, down 12 percent from last year, signaling higher meat and dairy costs and looming supermarket price increases. Nebraska officials warn beef costs may rise as drought bites. Industry leaders anticipate tighter supplies and potential export limits.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Richard Lyng
American Meat Institute
Dawson Ahalt
Department of Agriculture
Earl L
Butz
New Orleans
Midwest
Lyng
Department
Mid West
J. James Exon
Nebraska
Glenn Kreuscher
University of Missouri Agriculture
William Murphy
Judiciary Its Report Cautions Over Impeachment Action
House Judiciary Committee members across party lines oppose any action that could be seen as a back door impeachment vote on former President Richard Nixon. Chair Peter Rodine and Republican Rep. Robert McClory predict GOP resistance, while Democrats Holtzman and Danielson urge a formal House endorsement of the panel findings to curb misconduct by presidents. The draft summarizes charges and evidence from the three articles and follows revised transcripts about Nixon steering FBI toward election money. News: printing the report in bulk, possibly 50,000 copies, is under discussion.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Peter W. Rodine, Jr
D-N.j
Robert P. McClory
Illinois
Elizabeth Holtzman
New York
George E. Danielson
D-Calif
Nixon
FBI
Kaiser Donates 1000 to Audrain Medical Center
Kaiser Refractories presents Audrain Medical Center with a 1000 dollar check to furnish a patient room on the third floor of Stribling House. Former gifts totaling 3000 dollars and 100 shares in stock have supported AMC. Hagan and Humphrey thank Kaiser for ongoing community support from area industries and employees.
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Kaiser
Audrain Medical Center
H.J
Kaiser Refractories
Stribling House
H.L
Sonny ) Humphrey
Lowell Hagan
Hagan
AMC
Woodrow Lee
Humphrey
Bill Mihalic
Four Teachers Hired as One Resigns in Centralia
Centralia Board of Education approved the resignation of fourth grade teacher Mrs. Joan Rahn at Chance Elementary as four new teachers were hired: Carol Henry, Sue Ann Germeroth, Marilyn Jane Drennan, and Richard Pauley. The district also seeks a bus driver and notes state data program pilot status, anticipated state aid, a September education meeting, insurance coverage, lunch guidelines, calendars, a Monroe City conference, and 300 bleacher seats received.
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Centralia
Centralia Board of Education
Joan Rahn
Chance Elementary School
Roscoe
Illinois
Carol Henry
Sue Ann Germeroth
Marilyn Jane Drennan
Richard Pauley
Joan Roberts
State Department of Education
St. Louis City
St. Charles
Missouri
Chester Boren
Palmer and Ellis
Goose Plucker Draws Crowd At State Fair
Grace Ater of Chandlerville demonstrates feather plucking from geese at the Illinois State Fair, drawing crowds to a Clayville Folk Arts Guild exhibit. Her live-bird method highlights a vanishing folk craft as she explains calming the goose and the value of goose feathers for pillows and quilts.
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Springfield
Ill
Grace Ater
Chandlerville
Clayville
Ilinois
Charles
United States
Strobel Custody To Be Handed To St. Louis
John E. Strobel of Mexico faces transfer to St. Louis County police after dismissal from Audrain Medical Center where he was treated following a Friday arrest on a warrant for issuing insufficient funds checks over 100. Bond set at 2000. Civil suits in Audrain County total 94000 and allege unpaid commodity futures transactions. A separate suit with Commerce Bank of Mexico and Strobel seeks declaratory judgment on notes worth 73970 filed by Mrs. Bessie G. Strobel. bank joins in requesting judgment.
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John E. Strobel
Mexico
St. Louis
Audrain County
St. Louis County
Strobel
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Mr. Strobel
Bessie G. Strobel
Congress Responds Well To President Ford Honeymoon
Congress welcomes a honeymoon with President Ford but warns progress against inflation is essential. Lawmakers praise his candor and pledges to end covert surveillance, while predicting future fights over budget and defense. Biden and Kennedy cite a shift toward cooperation and honest debate.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
House of Representatives
Nixon
Jerry Ford
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Hugh Scott
Pentagon
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Ford Administration
Biden
Russian Roulette Tragedy Ends Fatally in St Louis
In St Louis police report Mark A Williams sixteen died after a .36 caliber revolver fired during a Russian roulette game with a teenage friend in a bedroom at Williams home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at City Hospital from a head wound.
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ST. Louis
Mark A. Williams
Williams
City Hospital
Age Makes His History Degree Easier
Frederick B. Noble, 91, says his long life through much of modern history eases his master of arts work at Jacksonville University. He will graduate Aug. 25 after nearly three years of graduate study in history and continues practicing law in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Frederick B. Noble
Noble
Nobel
Jacksonville University
New South
Ave
Preston, Md
Washington College
Maryland
Harvard University
Wrong Ford Gets Deep Suggestions
Alexandria AP report notes calls arrive from barrooms and salons about vice presidential choices. Gerald T. Ford, not the president, says he’s the accountant and youth with hair, while Gov. Ronald Reagan and Sen. Barry Goldwater are named as leading contenders. President Ford is nearby with a different unlisted number.
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Alexandria
Middle America
Paris
Gerald T. Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Gerald Tierney Ford
Ford
Gerald R. Ford
Tourism Agency Paid Illegal Grants to Broadcasters, Audit Says
Missouri Auditor John D. Ashcroft terms 15 000 dollars paid by the Tourism Commission to the Missouri Broadcasters' Association illegal. The 1971 73 payments totaling 15 035 were listed as donations though used for public service ads. Audit urged no prepayments, more proof of ads, and questioned accepting federal Bicentennial funds.
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Jefferson City
State Tourism Commission
Missouri Broadcasters’ Association
John D. Ashcroft
Ashcroft
James Pasley
Missouri
Pasley
Ozark Regional Commission
Attorney General
Tourism Commission
Bicentennial Commission
Mine Workers Call Stoppage At Coal Mines
The United Mine Workers will shut about 1,200 soft coal mines for a memorial week to honor miners killed and affected by black lung and company violence. The move coincides with renewed contract talks, and a federal official estimated an 8 million ton drop in national coal stockpiles.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
John C. Sawhill
U.S. Steel
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