Red Cross Checks Out Hostages at Tehran Embassy
Two Red Cross representatives and Iranian officials visited the 50 American hostages in the U S Embassy to assess health and report to families. The group included Harold Schmidt de Guernecke and Dr Bernard Liebeskind, with Iranian officials and a Moslem cleric possibly joining. The militants termed the visit imposed by the government as Carter seeks sanctions alignment.
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Associated Press
International Red Cross
U.S
Red Cross
Harold Schmidt de Guernecke
Tehran
Bernard Liebeskind
Red Lion and
Sun
Moussa Zargar
Hojatoleslam Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Geneva
Carter
Japan
America
Iran
Weather Locks Southern Area Faces Floods and Deep Snow
Winter floodwaters forced hundreds to flee across the South as mid-April storms dumped up to 6 inches of snow in northern Arkansas and Missouri. Gulf Coast cities saw their coldest April day on record while Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana rivers rose amid weekend tornadoes and floods. In Avondale, Louisiana, a half mile of levee broke triggering evacuations for about 600 residents.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Arkansas
Missouri
Gulf Coast
Oklahoma City
Brownsville
Texas
United States
Columbia
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Noah
F.M. Pearce
Civil Defense
St. Tammany Parish
New Orleans
Avondale
Housing Counseling Vital ECKAN Program in Kansas
George Pyle reports that ECKAN runs a housing counseling program across six counties to help families budget mortgages, find rentals, and access fair housing aid. The agency handles mortgage counseling, referral services, and discrimination cases, with a $97,000 annual budget and HUD and FHHA support. 560 families served last year, including 150 in Franklin County, and Ottawa funds to hire a part time outreach worker.
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George Pyle
ECKAN
Kansas Economic Opportunity Agency
Gene Harold
Franklin
Douglas
Miami
Osage
Lyon and Coffey
Farmers Home Administration
FHHA
CETA
Harold
Fmha
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Couselors
HUD
Franklin County
Ottawa
Strong Trucking Lobby Holds Kansas Legislature in Tow
State Sen. Wint Winter said diesel tax hikes and trucking deregulation have little chance this year due to strong lobbying. Winter and Rep. Jim Allen noted farmers back deregulation for price competition, while large carriers oppose it. They spoke at a legislative coffee in Ottawa sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, with references to Gov. Carlin’s proposal and school finance proceeding to session end.
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George Pyle
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Winter
Kansas Farm Bureau
the Peoples Bank
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Jim Allen
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
Allen
USDA Buys Additional Wheat From Farmers Amid Embargo Efforts
The Agriculture Department bought 94.4 million bushels of wheat from farmers, adding to about 60.5 million bushels purchased from grain elevators, totaling around 154.9 million bushels as part of isolating embargoed grain from the Soviet market. The move follows President Carter’s Jan 4 suspension of grain deliveries to the USSR in response to Afghanistan.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Carter
U.S
Ray Fitzgerald
Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Liberia's Doe Arrests Tolbert Officials On Treason
Liberia's new ruling council announced trials for senior Tolbert regime officials on charges of high treason corruption and human rights abuses. President Samuel K Doe said the coup aims to heal the nation and liberate Africa while seeking good relations with foreign powers.
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Associated Press
Liberia
William Tolbert
Samuel K. Doe
Radio Monrovia
Washington
State Department
United States
Doe
Tolbert
British Broadcasting Corp
Cecil Dennis
People's Redemption Council
Gas Firms Seek Rehearing on KCC Order in Energy Formulas
Three gas utilities Kansas City Missouri based Gas Service Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Phillipsburg and Greeley Gas Denver contest a March 3 KCC order for an investigation over energy cost adjustment formulas. They argue federal standards target electric firms not gas firms. ECC will rule within 10 days after hearings.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
March Commission
Gas Service Co
Kansas City
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Phillipsburg
Greeley Gas Co
Denver
Kansas
KCC
ECC
Enery
The
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OHS
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Ottawa High
Cyclone Room
DPS
Kevin Mesiah
Silver Lake
John Carlin
USDA
Dee
West Germany
A. B. Tolbert
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