Drought Wrecks Crops Across Mid-America and Beyond
Across Kansas, Iowa, Georgia, and beyond farmers endure extreme heat and drought. In California the economy faces about 1.5 billion dollars in losses as wells are drilled, fields burn, and disaster declarations spread from Alabama to Virginia. Forecasters warn rain may not arrive before 1979.
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Dawson
Bobby Locke
North Carolina
Neuse
Kansas
Iowa
California
Stanley Grant
Alabama
J.D. Hays
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Virginia
Florida
Gordon Snow
State Food and Agriculture Department
County landfill near capacity will force new dump site plan
Huron County faces a seven month deadline as the 60 acre landfill south of Town Line Road 131 fills. The county eyeing adjacent land but contends a noncontiguous dump would require separate operations and scales. Officials note legal and funding steps tied to shifting sanitary engineering duties.
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Huron County
John Staples
Town Line
Urban Livengood, Jr
Staples
Livengood
Doctors Charge Fees For Insurance Forms Stir Columbus Debate
In Columbus doctors increasingly bill patients for completing insurance forms amid rising admin costs. Internal Medicine Consultants of Columbus confirms charges for disability forms, typically around 3 dollars, with staff time cited as reason. The issue reflects broader practice variations across local medical societies. Columbia University receives a five million dollar gift from Armand Hammer toward a new health sciences center, named Julius and Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center, part of a thirty two million project.
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Berggren
Internal Medicine Consultants of Columbus, Inc
Dottie Keller
New York
UPI
Columbia University
Armand Hammer
Columbia
William McGill
Julius and Armand Hammer
Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
Julius
School of Physicians and Surgeons
Hays says he may not run again after sex scandal
Former Ohio Congressman Wayne Hays, forced from office amid a sex scandal, tells Wheeling News Register he would not be truthful if he said he never considers running again but is not thinking seriously. He defends leaving at the height of his ability and mentions a pension, book offers, and a vow to publish factual work.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
UPI
Wayne Hays
Hays
Soviet Union
Wheeling News Register
Congress
Elizabeth Ray
Congressional Committee
Ohio man drowns at Silver Beach in Lake Michigan
Robert J. Conway, 45, of Parma Ohio, drowned Monday night at Silver Beach after being swept by waves up to four feet. He was with his sons Michael 11 and Mark 9 who were swimming in deep water. Rescue divers recovered his body about two hours later.
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Joseph
Mich
UPI
Robert J. Conway
Parma
Ohio
Silver Beach
Lake Michigan
Berrien County
Michael
Mark
Conway
Marine Division
Sheriff’s Department
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Mid-America
Bill Schermer
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Schermer
James Shaver
Georgia
Locke
County
Richard Mutz
Mutz
Milan
Urban Livengood
Sandusky Drive
Cleveland RD
The
Hustler Squad
Columbus
Ronald B. Berggren
Ohio Academy of Medicine
American Medical Association
Starview Drive
Norwalk
Ies
Ruby
Piper Laurie
Huron
NEW York Post
Bridgeport
Aluminum
Cal
Sandusky Bellevue Willard Huron Ask
Gene Widman
Case Ave
Court House
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