Climate shift sparks concern over global crop failures
World climate experts warn a cooling Arctic over 20 years drives droughts in South Asia and North Africa, risking demand outpacing production as energy costs rise and fertilizer cuts bite. At Bonn talks 27 scientists proposed three action research programs to gauge climate impacts on society and policy.
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Columbia
Arctic
Wayne Decker
University of Missouri
Department of Atmospheric Science
South Asia
Sub-Sahara
North Africa
Bonn
Germany
Decker
Ron Jones Appointed Deputy Director of Missouri Agriculture
Ron L. Jones of Sedalia was named deputy director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, effective immediately, under a reorganization plan. Jones previously served as secretary of the Missouri State Fair, with Wendell D. Smith acting secretary until a replacement is named.
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Jefferson City
Ron L. Jones
Sedalia
Missouri Department of Agriculture
James Boillot
Jones
Wendell D. Smith
Boillot
Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower Says Montgomery Can't Tell The Truth
London reports an upcoming Cornelius Ryan book quotes Dwight D. Eisenhower calling Field Marshal Montgomery unable to tell the truth. Ryan says Eisenhower warned he would reveal the interview after his death. Montgomery, aged 86 and in poor health, had a bitter quarrel with his rival over war strategies.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Lord Montgomery
Cornelius Ryan
Europe
Ryan
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Brian Montgomery
Missouri lawmakers split on 60 day cooling off health care amendment
Last week Missouri congressmen voted 5 to 4 against an amendment that passed 168 to 137, mandating a 60 day cooling off period when the FMCS finds a dispute could disrupt health care delivery. Voting yes were Hungate Ichord Randall Taylor. voting against were Bolling Burlison Clay Sullivan Symington. Litton was absent.
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Missouri
Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service
Hungate
Ichord
Randall
Taylor
Bolling
Burlison
Clay
Sullivan
Symington
Litton
Orange Bowl Benefit For Broke Mayor
Miami AP report says Dade County Mayor Jack Orr, diagnosed with inoperable cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, is financially strapped. A benefit soccer game June 28 at the Orange Bowl, hosted by Vice Mayor Edward Fogg III, aims to raise 50 000 to 100 000 dollars featuring the Miami Toros and the Baltimore Comets to ease his burden amid lawsuits and alimony obligations.
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Miami
Dade County
Jack Orr
Orr
Edward Fogg III
Fogg
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Miami Toros
Baltimore Comets
Florence Dillard Improves At Audrain Medical Center
Mrs. Florence Dillard of Mexico, previously a patient with a back injury at Audrain Medical Center, has shown improvement and is recovering at the Stribling House.
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Florence Dillard
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Stribling House
Clay Brashears Wins Summer Scholarship at Inspiration Point
R. Clay Brashears of Mexico New York, a clarinet major at University of Rochester Eastman School of Music, won a full scholarship from Missouri State Federation of Music Clubs to study and perform six weeks at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony in Eureka Springs Arkansas. The six week session runs June 16 to July 26.
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R. Clay Brashears
Mexico
University of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N.Y
Missouri State Federation of Music Clubs
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
Eureka Springs
Ark
Federated Music Clubs of
Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Brashears
Mexico High School
Richard Co. Brashears
Kentucky Rd
Aaron Copland
Abbie Lewellyn Snoddy Music Club
Carl Maria von Weber
National Music Camp
Interlochen
Mich
Boston University
Tanglewood Institute
Lenox
Mass
Her Souls Symphony Youchestra
Dixie Grey Band
No More Uncle Miltie After Book Berle Says
LOS ANGELES AP Milton Berle finishes a 24 year life summation in My Autobiography with Haskell Frankel. He vows readers will see the naked Berle and that there is no incest, no alcoholism, only frank life facts. He recalls Mafia brushes and a 1945 Pittsburgh loss, nearly leaping from a hotel window after Thanksgiving call. He recorded 510 hours of tape and remains active at 65 with TV work and possible Alaska trip.
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Los Angeles
Milton Berle
Berle
Uncle Miltie
Haskell Frankel
Delacorte
Mafia
Brazil
Pittsburgh
Joyce Matthews
Joyce
Vicki
Lepke
Tony Curtis
ABC
Wide World of Entertainment
Frank Sinatra
Alaska
Inflation War Demands Painful Tradeoffs Says Simon
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon warned at an International Monetary Conference that Americans must restrain purchases to fight inflation. He said unemployment may rise beyond ideal levels, but is needed to curb inflation, with demand kept below total potential output to slow pay scales and keep the economy from collapsing.
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Williamsburg
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
International Monetary Conference
Sutor Named to Dean's List at Northeast Missouri State
Drew Sutor of Mexico earned a 3.85 semester GPA and 3.15 cumulative average to be named to the Dean's List at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. He joined the National Blue Key Honor Fraternity and was elected Vice-President of the student senate. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Brooks Sutor of Jonesburg. Secretary of Defense Schlesinger will fly to Norway for NATO meetings this Friday, with no Brussels trip planned.
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Drew Sutor
Mexico
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Sutor
Brooks Sutor
Jonesburg
Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Norway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense Department
Schlesinger
Brussels
NATO
Kissinger Lands Record 65 Percent Good Rating in Harris Poll
New York AP Harris surveyed 1555 adults May 4–7 before a Middle East accord. Kissinger earned 65 percent good to excellent, 10 percent negative, 5 percent unsure, highest executive-branch rating yet. Nixon stood 32 percent positive, 66 percent negative. foreign policy strength cited.
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New York
Louis Harris
Henry A. Kissinger
Harris
Kissinger
Executive Branch
Nixon
Nixon sails Sequoia with aides to discuss Mideast and Moscow trip
President Nixon spent another evening on the Potomac aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia. He dined Tuesday with White House chief of staff Alexander Haig, Secretary of State Kissinger, and Brig. Gen. Brent Scowcroft as they discussed the Mideast situation and Nixon's upcoming Moscow visit.
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Washington
Nixon
Potomac
White House
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
Mideast
Moscow
Medal of Honor recipient admitted to mental health center
Kenneth Kays, 24, a Medal of Honor winner who said he could not adjust to hero status and grew about 100 marijuana plants as part of his quest for personal freedom, was admitted to the Chester state mental health center for observation. The admission followed an emergency hospitalization petition by State's Attorney Robert Hawkins at the request of Kays' father, after an incoherent state at his Fairfield trailer home. Kays twice faced arrest and was convicted once for cultivation and possession of marijuana, and he described his Vietnam experiences and his Fairfield acts as a search for self and protest against the law. He said he cannot handle being a hero.
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Fairfield, Til
Kenneth Kays
Chester
Robert Hawkins
Wayne County
Kays
John
Hawkins
Young Kays
Illinois
Vietnam
Fairfield
Bolivian revolt against Banzer reportedly crushed
Two colonels led a military revolt against President Hugo Banzer Suarez late Tuesday night. Government officials said the attempt was completely put down as Banzer remained away in Sucre. Accompanying unrest included university closures and a peasant price‑rise protest earlier. Armored cars and a bazooka were involved at the presidential palace, but the attackers withdrew without seizing power.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Hugo Banzer Suarez
Guillermo Bulacia
Banzer
Sucre
Tarapaca Regiment
Lightning Kilts Table Rock Boater Killed by Lightning
Branson man James R. Middleton, 46, a guide operating a 16 foot boat on Table Rock Lake Long Creek arm, was struck by lightning and killed. Two other boat occupants were not injured.
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Branson, Mo
James R. Middleton
Branson
Missouri State Water Patrol
Long Creek
Table Rock Lake
Middleton
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