Irrigation Expands on Great Plains Crops
Lincoln Nebraska AP reports modern irrigation accelerates farming in the Great Plains. About 4.5 million acres added irrigation in the last decade, bringing total to 22.6 million. Nebraska notes irrigation boosted corn yields while water tables face long term depletion amid center pivot systems and projected shortages.
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Lincoln
Neb
Khan
Great Plains
Plains States
Yast
Nebraska
U.S
Allen Christenson
Production Credit Association
O'Neill
Guster County
Kansas
Leslie Sheffield
Frontier County
University of Nebraska
U.S. Geological Survey
Blue River
Mexicoans Enroll At William Woods College
Miss Tammy Isgrig daughter of Deloy Isgrig and Mrs Isgrig Miss Jo Dean Miller daughter of Charles Miller and Mrs Miller and Miss Ann Lankford daughter of Harold Lankford and Mrs Lankford all of Mexico will attend the 1975 fall semester at William Woods College in Fulton. The three graduates of Mexico High School.
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Tammy Isgrig
Deloy Isgrig
Jo Dean Miller
Charles Miller
Ann Lankford
Harold Lankford
Mexico
William Woods College
Fulton
Mexico High School
Born With 6 Legs, Puppy Now Has 4
Davis California AP report details Vinnie the puppy born with six legs who lost two limbs after a 35 minute operation. Dr. Robert Leighton, a veterinarian with 34 years experience, noted the lifeless legs could have caused sores and jeopardized the pup’s survival.
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Davis
Calif
Vinnie
Robert Leighton
Leighton
Woman survives 20 days lost in Grand Canyon
Linda Forney, 25, of Pittsburgh, was found 20 days after going missing August 1 while hiking toward Supai Village in the Grand Canyon. She cited cactus buds for food and 100 degree daytime heat with nights near 50s, and said she avoided sleep due to fear before being found by Hardy Jones and others near a side canyon.
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Supai Village
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Linda Forney
Pittsburgh
Flagstaff
Dick McClaren
Coconino County
Jones
Ford Briefed On Oil Shale Operations
President Ford receives a second briefing on shale oil, meeting with Occidental Petroleum executive Jacoby after cancelations over Logan Wash access. He toured Parade mine, golfed at Vail, and discussed shale oil as a path to boost U S crude. Ford planned to return to Washington Sunday.
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Vail, Colo
Ford
Colorado
Neil Jacoby
Occidental Petroleum
Logan Wash
Parade
Rifle
Occidental
White House
Parado
Jacoby
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisors
United Trs
Eeford
Vail
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Mideast
Soviet Union
10 Percent Interest Law Repeal Urged in Missouri
AP reports Harvey Tettlebaum of the Missouri Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division urged repeal of the 10 per cent home loan interest ceiling. He told the Joint Legislation Committee that no residential loans exceed 9.5 per cent in eight months and that a competitive market makes the cap unnecessary. Abolish it as part of 18 changes to state lending laws to be proposed for January’s session.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Harvey Tettlebaum
Missouri Attorney General
Tettlebaum
Joint Legislation Committee On Banks
Gas Dealers Oppose Ford On Decontrol
In St Joseph Missouri AP report John S Costello head of the Mid America Gasoline Dealers Assn condemns Ford decontrol of domestic oil prices as devastating to service station owners. He invites Ford to meet Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Iowa and Nebraska dealers in Kansas City on September 12 for a Republican fundraiser. He says consumers will face bankruptcy from higher gasoline costs and questions the incentive to search for domestic oil.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Mid-America
Assn
Ford
America
John S. Costello
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
Costello
Ninth Grade Is Biggest In Missouri And Mexico
State officials report the ninth grade as the largest class this year with 304 freshmen at Mexico High School and 268 sophomores, 243 juniors, and 241 seniors. Junior highs show 253 eighth graders, 275 seventh graders, and 281 sixth graders. The three elementary schools total 1261 in six classes from kindergarten through fifth grade. Hawthorne 334, Eugene Field 474, McMillan 253. Final enrollments may change totals when school opens next Wednesday.
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Missouri
Mexico
Mexico High School
Hawthorne
Eugene
McMillan
Henless Rooster Won't Dance at Canadian Circus
Allison the dancing hen was plucked from her pen at the Canadian National Exhibition. Albert the dancing rooster refuses to perform without her, dancing to a player piano. Puck's Canadian Traveling Circus offered a $100 reward for Allison's safe return in dancing condition.
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Toronto
Allison
Albert
Puck
Space Shuttle Test Glides to Smooth Runway Landing
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP The X24B forerunner of the space shuttle glided onto a 15000 foot concrete runway in its second test landing The wingless delta shaped craft launched by a B 52 bomber touched down at speed of 200 miles per hour officials said
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Desert Base
US. Air Force
Bill Anderson to Perform at Huntsville High Auditorium
Country music star Bill Anderson and his all star show visit Westran High School Auditorium Hunt sville on Saturday September 13 with guests Jimmy Gately Mary Lou Turner and the Po Boys Band for a packed concert event.
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Huntsvillbe
Bill Anderson
Westran High School
Huntsville
Jimmy Gately
Mary Lou Turner
Po' Boys
Sihanouk Plans Return To Cambodia
In Tokyo, Prince Norodom Sihanouk prepares to return to Cambodia to shape its Communist era future. Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang announced a Khmer Rouge delegation would travel with Sihanouk home. Sihanouk affirmed Cambodia’s nonaligned path as exile ends, with Premier Penn Nouth also expected to join the return.
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Tokyo
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Kim Il-sung
Pyongyang
Khieu Samphan
Samdech
Kim
North Korea
Penn Nouth
Peking
State Health Check Now On Encephalitis
Missouri health officials are reviewing two additional possible encephalitis cases after a Campbell man died from the St. Louis strain. State health director Domke stressed no epidemic and noted deaths in Mississippi from another form. A Perryville woman and a St. Louis man are being treated. Vet reports in Missouri indicate horse-borne sleeping sickness has appeared in about 10 animals in northwest areas, with one lab-confirmed case.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Campbell
Herbert Domke
Domke
Mississippi
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Gerald LaFollette
St. Joseph
Savannah
Plattsburg
Platte City
LaFollette
Kennedy Evidence Missing in RFK Assassination Case
Los Angeles officials disclosed missing evidence from the RFK assassination probe include the left sleeve of Kennedy coat and ceiling panels from the Ambassador Hotel pantry. Special counsel Dion Morrow said the panels were destroyed in June 1969 and had never been entered as trial evidence. City council members consider a motion to release files despite police resistance.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Dion Morrow
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Morrow
Sirhan B. Sirhan
UN Rejects Cuba Move On Puerto Rico
A United Nations Special Decolonization Committee vote 11 to 9 with abstentions halted discussion of U.S.-Puerto Rico relations. The United States boycotted the session saying the Puerto Ricans favor their status, while Cuba and allies pushed a 1976 debate on Puerto Rican independence.
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United Nations, N. Y
United Nations
United States
Cuba
Special
Caribbean
Independistas
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Puerto Rico
U.N
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Panhandle
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Preas
Forrest Nelson
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Texas
Water Development Board
High Plains
A. G. Flippen
Vega
Tex
Texas Water Resources Institute
North Dakota
William Woods
Picador Lounge
Dale Palmer
Jeff Argo
Suzie
Fort Smith, Ark
Little Dixie Drive-In
Sihanouk
Liberty
Walt Disney Patel
Mary Reddick TitterRiots
Utah
Jay Anergy
Ken Smith
Columbia, Mo
Kelly's
Kelly
Dataligtiwery
Khia AL
Kelly Jfaenfure
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