Iowa Farmers Grapple With Drought Hit Water Shortages
Iowa farmers haul water for livestock as the worst drought in 104 years strains subsoil moisture and feeds worries about soybean, corn, and hay crops. Government crop experts warn it is early to judge 1977 wheat yields while December temperatures run among the coldest in a century, threatening the breadbasket and winter wheat with poor moisture absorption and delayed spring planting.
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Demons Ruled Out In Giles County Home Disturbances
A Giles County, Virginia case of objects moving in a Dec. 19 home is not blamed on a year old boy said to be possessed by demon like mice. Dr J G Bret of the University of Virginia ruled out demons citing possible psychic energy discharge from the boy. The boy is in foster care while investigators pursue other explanations. local welfare director Johnson noted wide media interest and said his priority is the child.
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Wheat Storage Filling Rapidly in Midwest and Plains
Oklahoma Wheat Commission spokesman Don Dudley says surplus wheat from bumper global crops and low prices has led farmers to store grain, with plentiful on hand the first week of January. He warns space may run short, forcing temporary on ground storage and potential price impacts.
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Unicorn Hunters Ban Words at Lake Superior State College
SAULT STE. MARIE Mich AP group called Unicorn Hunters at Lake Superior State College targets words deemed useless. This year they aim to ban phrases like perfectly candid active possibility and new dimension saying they mislead about truth likelihood and future actions.
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Rabe
Skelton Named To Ag Committee For Freshman Replicas
Washington AP reports freshman Reps Ike Skelton of Missouri and Dan Glickman of Kansas were named to the U S House Agriculture Committee pending House Democratic Caucus approval. Skelton succeeds the late Jerry Litton, killed Aug 3 after winning the Democratic primary. Glickman will join Kansas colleague Keith ice on the committee and aims to boost farmer welfare, discuss drought legislation and wheat loan rate increases.
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Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Dan Glickman
Dkan
U.S
House Agriculture Committee
House Democratic Caucus
Farm Committee
House Democratic Steering Committee
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Jerry Litton
Missouri
Agriculture Committee
U.S. Senate
Glickman
GOP
Garner Shriver
Keith Ice
Craguas
Comeeiartis
Missouri health shows lower death rate in 1976 amid rising venereal disease
Missouri's 1976 health report highlights a 2 percent drop in overall death rate, a 7 percent fall in infant deaths, and a 17 percent drop in maternal deaths, while venereal disease cases rose sharply with syphilis down 90 percent from prior years and gonorrhea increasing. The report notes life expectancy at birth reached 72.8 years and heart disease deaths declined 3 percent.
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Mancaell
Herbert R. Dorke
Ioot
Missouri
Domke
H. Denny Donnell
State’ Division of Health
L” Laclede
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union Candidates Ordered to Name Campaign Contributors
A Circuit Court judge ordered United Steelworkers presidential candidates Ed Sadlowski and Lloyd McBride to file depositions naming their campaign contributors. The nonpublic filings cover donations from individuals and firms, with a Jan. 19 hearing set on McBride’s complaint.
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United Steelworkers Union
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Lloyd McBride
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