Farm electricity dangers and safety tips from MU extension
University of Missouri extension engineer Fred Crawford warns farm households to inspect electrical gear and wiring regularly. He notes overloading from added attachments, damaged cords, and worn components can cause shocks or fires. A drive in theater in St Louis reported screen damage from wind but no other injuries as storms moved through.
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Fred Crawford
University of Missouri-Columbia
CVC
Shop City Drive-In
Feast St. Louis
Ill
Harry Conn
ST. Louis
Hardin backs $85,000 acreage payments proposal in farm bill
Kansas City secretary of agriculture Clif ford M. Hardin voiced support for an $85,000 per farmer cap on acreage reduction payments, opposing the Senate’s $20,000 ceiling. He and Rep. Poage traveled to Wyandotte County and discussed limits, price supports, and keeping big farmers in the program to reach demand. Hardin warned a too low limit risks undermining the program and noted the cost could rise by about a billion dollars annually versus current plans.
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Kansas City
Clifford M. Hardin
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
J . Hardin
Congress
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Page Becheler
R-Okla
Agriculture Hall of Fame
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Ois
Poage CL
Hardin
House
Havel
Poage and Hardin Push Farm Bill Amid Coalition Pressure
House Agriculture Committee members, led by Poage and Hardin, press a new farm bill after extended talks spanning a year and a half. They seek to balance coalition demands to preserve the 1965 act with limits and plan a Tuesday committee session to decide on a possible vote.
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Poage
Hardin
Belcher
House
Farm Coalition
Coalition
Nixon Plans Week of War Negotiations and Health Update
President Nixon, at Camp David, prepares for a week of talks on Vietnam war end maneuvers. Meanwhile four year old Linda Thompson of Fremont Nebraska remains critical after 24 hours on investigative drug treatment at Scott Air Force Base. the drug sodium carbenicillin was flown from Temple University Medical Center to aid her.
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Belleville
Linda Thompson
Fremont
Neb
Scott Air Force Base
Donald Gilner
Temple University Medical Center
Philadelphia
Gilner
Scott
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Washington
Nixon
Camp David
White
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Robert c. Thompson
Naval Air
Pearson To Oppose Cambodia War Aid
Senator James B. Pearson of Kansas says he will back a move to bar Nixon's administration from funding or arming mercenary troops in Vietnam and Cambodia. The Armed Forces Committee added the restriction to the military authorization bill amid anticipated admin pushback.
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Pearson
Cambodia
Kansas City
Kan
James B. Pearson
Nixon
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Armed Services
Pearson on financing troops for Cambodia raid
Pearson argues that under the rule they cannot finance troops or arm third countries like Thailand or South Korea to join the raid of Cambodia. The statement frames limits on foreign support and military involvement in the Cambodian operation.
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Tee
Pearson
Thailand
South Korea
Cambodia
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VaiTivuula
Joe R. Monk
Scent State Farm Ins
E. Monroe
National Farm
Security Bank OF
Lesa
Wieberg
International Harvester Dealer
Martinsburg, Mo
Dave Kelsay
Mexico
Farmers and Laborers Co-Op Insurance Ass'n
Louise Collens
Menree
Mexico Lumber CO
M. L. Page
Mgr
Meeks Atkins Oil CO
Audrain Co-Operative Association
Missouri
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