Rough Real World Pressures Hit Star Farmers Across States
Kansas City Times survey of recent FFA Star Farmer winners shows top young farmers strained by the cost price squeeze and debt. Quotes from Boyd Spencer of Albert Oklahoma and others describe low milk prices, high feed costs, and rising beef prices, with many considering layoffs, reduced production, or selling cattle as farmers grapple with a difficult outlook for the farm economy.
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Boyd Joe Spencer
Albert, Okla
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City Times
FFA
Spencer
Richard W. Englebrecht
Madison, N.Y
Don C. Tyler
Conneautville
Tyler
Gary M. Trego
North Platte, Neb
Trego
Jimmie John Jarnagin Jr
Jarnagin
Lutheran Board Fires Dr Tietjen
AP report from St. Louis notes Concordia Seminary Board of Control fired Rev Dr John Tietjen after suspension sparked a major intra church dispute. Exiled Seminex remains active with about 400 students while Concordia enrolls 193. Mrs Tietjen calls the action unjust and says the family may leave campus.
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ST. Louis
John Tietjen
Concordia Seminary
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Board of Control
Ernestine Tietjen
American Lutheran Church Convention
Detroit
Tietjen
Synod
New Orleans
Concordia
St. Louis University
Eden Theological Seminary
Seminex
Jacob A.O. Preus
Saxbe Expects No More Indictments
Columbus Ohio AP Attorney General William Saxbe says no further indictments are expected in the Watergate affair. He praised special prosecutor Leon Jaworski as having done a good job and expressed hope to name a successor before Jaworski’s resignation effective October 25.
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Columbus, Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Saxbe
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
MHS Homecoming Dance Set at Hardin Gym
MHS homecoming activities conclude with a Saturday dance at Hardin Gym featuring Blue Spring from St. Louis performing 8:30 to 11:30 pm. Tickets are $3 per couple or $2 for a stag, sold at the door or in the cafeteria.
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MHS News
Hardin Gym
M.H.S
Hardin
Blue Spring
St. Louis
Richard Tiller
MHS
MHS Publications Department
Chehalis
Washington
Fat Helps You Run Better for Women, Study Claims
San Francisco AP reports Dr. Jean Ullyot, a pathologist and noted woman distance runner, says research shows women may outrun men after about 20 miles due to higher body fat percentage and more efficient fat energy conversion. She cautions this is residual fat not obesity and excess fat remains slow to metabolize.
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San Francisco
Jean Ullyot
Charlie Rich Wins Entertainer of the Year at CMA Awards
Charlie Rich claims the Coun try Music Association Entertainer of the Year after 15 years of effort. The event also honors Frank Pee Wee King and Owen Bradley in a first time dual Hall of Fame selection, with Ronnie Milsap and Olivia Newton John winning other major trophies. Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty win vocal duo. Don Wayne and Cal Smith win top song and single. Don Rich posthumously named top instrumentalist. The show aired from the Grand Ole Opry House.
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Nashville
Milsap
Olivia Newton- John
Rich
King’s
Bradley
Music Row
Loretta Lynn
Conway Twitty
Miss Lynn
Johnny Cash
Grand Ole Opry House
Cal Smith
Don Wayne
Smith
Wayne
Danny Davis
Nashville Brass
Don Rich
Buck Owens
Buckaroos
California
Statler Brothers
Congress lax in policing federal lobbying by Curtis
ST Louis AP report quotes Republican senatorial hopeful Thomas B. Curtis charging Congress is too lax at policing federal lobbying and urging reestablishment of congressional review. Curtis says federal employees including the President should not influence decisions except with facts or arguments and warns against executive arm twisting as a danger to democracy. He asks President Ford to limit action to recommending to Congress to avoid a Watergate syndrome.
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Curtis
Ford
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Prince Charles Criticizes Sinatra Amid Mafia Rumors
In Canberra, Prince Charles told reporters he was charmed by Frank Sinatra but displeased with the creeps and Mafia types surrounding him. He said he met Sinatra twice and spoke freely during the session, though an aide later urged that the remarks not be printed.
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Canberra
Australia
Britain
Prince Charles
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Too Many Guns Says Chicago Homicide Head
Chicago police report 27 dead in weekend violence with 93 shootings citywide from Friday evening to Monday night. Seventeen killed by gunshot in Chicago, 20 in suburban Cook County, plus seven other deaths by stabbing, strangulation, or vehicular assault. Police urge state or federal gun controls as enforcement gaps and large unregistered gun totals are noted.
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Chicago
Cook County
Cmdr
William McCarthy
Dairyman Quits Leadership After Threats to Granddaughter
Diamond Missouri AP A Goodman dairyman Connie L. Poffenbarger steps aside from leading Family Farmers of America after receiving a Saturday threat targeting his granddaughter. He led a delegation to Washington seeking Earl Butz’s removal and a Family Farm Week, meeting White House aides but not Ford. The group backs meat import bans, higher parity, farm oriented USDA, coop marketing, and long term low interest loans for farmers.
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Diamond
Goodman
Dairyman
Connie L. Poffenbarger
Washington
Poffenbarger
Family Farmers of America
Ford
Earl Butz
White House
Robert Melton Jr
Mount Vernon
Melton
Department of Agriculture
Million Dollar Bond Plan Probed for Centralia Water Plant
Centralia officials consider a $1 million bond issue to finance a new water treatment plant after consultants found the current system inadequate for growth. The proposal includes surface storage tanks and tying new mains to existing lines. No voter submission plans yet.
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Centralia
Board of Aldermen
Consolidated Engineering of Columbia
Howard Burton
Burton
Roy Gibson
City Hall
Sneed Street
Rollins
Collier
Joe
Fall Into Shredder Kills St. Louis Man
A St. Louis County man, Bruce Eckart, age 21, died after falling into a paper shredding machine at the Union Camp Bay Co. plant in Clayton. He was found wedged in the machine and pronounced dead at the scene. No witnesses were reported. Plant officials said a safety shutoff switch had not been engaged. Eckart had worked at the facility about eight months and had operated the shredding machine for roughly five months.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis County
Bruce Eckart
Union Camp Bay Co
Eckart
Nixon daughter calls Watergate cover-up tragedy for public
Julie Nixon Eisenhower tells Mike Douglas Show taping the Watergate break-in was minor relative to the cover-up which made the public more cynical about politicians. She notes past campaign bugging and warns power can escalate to a national tragedy through concealment.
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Philadelphia
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Mike Douglas
Hubert) Humphrey
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