Ohio Ag Chief Warns Farmers on Pesticide Rules and Fraud
Ohio agriculture director Gene Abercrombie urged farmers to press lawmakers to keep agricultural input in environmental policy. He warned a new agency must include farm voices while recounting cases of underweight flour and overpriced beverages as examples of enforcement.
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Gene R. Abercrombie
Ehove Vocational School
Abercrombie
Water Control Board
Air Pollution Control Board
Illinois
Hamilton County
Indiana
Nader
Fairfield County
Cleveland
Dayton
Economy expands slower in third quarter, sparking policy debate
Washington reports GNP rose 3 percent in the quarter ending Sept 30, below 4.8 percent in spring. Inflation cooled to 3.3 percent, aided by a wage price freeze begun Aug 15. Labor groups fault the administration amid steel stockpiling and a stalled strike.
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Washington
UPI
Paul W. McCracken
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Afl-Cio
Commerce Department
Department
Port Falls City Concepted To Bolster Great Plains Economy
Agricultural economists propose Port Falls in the Arkansas River Basin southeastern Kansas as a pilot town to halt farm depopulation. They outline a 10 year build plan with modular home plant and industries like malt beverages, plastics, vehicles, farming equipment, and electrical gear expected to create about 18 000 jobs in the basin and 5 800 in Port Falls.
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Washington
UPI
Great Plains
Arkansas River
Kansas
Port Falls
Wichita
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Robert R. Fletcher
University of Wyoming
Daniel D. Badger
Oklahoma State University
Port Fab
Highway Threatens Cedar Bog in Ohio Project
State officials Jim Richley and William Nye clash with Governor Gilligan over a 14.2 million relocation of U S 66 between Springfield and Urbana. Nye calls Cedar Bog irreplaceable and urges a eastward relocation to reduce impact. The site is managed by the Ohio Historical Society and used by Urbana College students.
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Columbus
UPI
New Lexington
Perry County
John J. Gilligan
Clouse Lake
J. Phillip Richley
William Nye
Cedar Bog
Champaign County
Nye
Richey
U.S. 66
Springfield
Urbana
Ohio
The
Ohio Historical Society
Urbana College
Highway Department
Abercrombie Promises More Funds For Yo-Ag
State Agriculture Director Gene R. Abercrombie told a group of farmers Thursday night he will secure funds for vocational agricultural programs.
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Abercrombie
Yo-Ag
AVERY
Gene R. Abercrombie
Ohio lunch bill would boost school reimbursements by four million
The measure passed both houses and goes to President Nixon. It would reimburse six cents per lunch and at least forty cents for free or reduced meals, easing strain after the wage price freeze. Ohio served over 157 million lunches last year in 3957 schools amid rising costs. Abercrombie urged directing funds to farm programs and scholarships, highlighting vocational and agricultural tech training needs.
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Columbus
UPI
U.S. Senate
House
Ohio
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Martin W. Essex
Nixon
Essex
Antioch College Cut Catalog Trees With Recycled Paper
Antioch College's 1971 72 catalog printing used recycled paper saving about 170 trees. Information Director Irwin Inman cited ecology as the motive and noted 30 000 copies weighed roughly 10 tons of paper with a standard of 17 trees per ton.
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Yellow Springs, Ohio
Inman
Market Report Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Consolidated livestock sale totals 180 consignors and 1 565 head. Hog prices range 12.85 to 21. Remaining cattle sections show steers 29.50 to 34.70, heifers 25 to 33.30, cows 19.50 to 23.80, bulls 25 to 30.60, calves 31 to 46, sheep and lambs 657 head, wools 23.50 to 27.75, clips 24 to 25.50 with feeder lambs 20 to 25.80 and aged slaughter sheep at 47.50. Market tone largely steady with some firming on clips and hogs lifting slightly.
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