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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1961
Page
4
The United States intensified arms and supplies airlift to pro Western Laotian government troops as pro Communist rebels press fresh attacks. Six C130 transports ferry aid from the Philippines in Operation Hot Shot with about two dozen service personnel aiding the mission.
Secretary of Agriculture Freeman refused to be specific about the 1962 wheat program during two days of House Agriculture Committee testimony. He defended the omnibus farm bill which would create elected farmer advisory committees to consult on support for each crop. The wheat program would be expedited and may be enacted for one year, sparking questions from Republicans and Chairman Cooley.
Freeman described Congress power delegation and reviewed 1959 vetoed wheat bill under debate. The proposal set price supports at 90 percent of parity with a 25 percent acreage cut, while the Wheat Growers Association favors a bushel plan limiting marketed wheat under a certificated system. Freeman predicted the 1962 approach could be one plan or a combination of both.
A three year old boy named Brian Keith Schroll drowned Monday in an irrigation ditch at his farm home west of Syracuse. He was the son of Mrs Luther Schroll.
When the covers of your favorite cookbooks are worn and soiled, give them a new lease on life by applying an adhesive decorative covering.
The Arkv Valley Construction Co of Wichita won a 514545 contract from the Bureau of Reclamation for earthwork and structures on Cedar Bluff Canal section near Ellis Kansas. The project includes seven miles of 12 foot bottom width canal and 1.2 miles of open drains with varying bottom widths. The Cedar Bluff unit of the Missouri River Basin project will total about 18 miles when completed after a prior 594897 contract for the first section.
In January the department said it will place the final section under contract in fiscal year 1962. Named officials include City adjutant Eliza Stoltenberg Wichita finance officer Edith Robison Clay Center chaplain Pearl Cook Topeka judge advocate. Color bearers were Belle Woodruff Emporia and Elizabeth Garrison Salina. matron at arms Olive Yaple Leavenworth and Beulah Graggs Kansas City. auditors Alberta Spindler Leavenworth Julia Smith Kansas City Pat Parris Kansas City. trustees Nancy Day Goodland Anna Stowig Topeka and Mary Cheney Dodge City. Leavenworth was chosen as next year's meeting site.
Clara Zaruba of Wichita was elected state commander of the Kansas Navy Mothers Club. Other officers include Eleanor Clark of Salina as first vice commander, Bertha Morehead of Leavenworth as second vice commander, and Rebecca Parry of Kansas as a listed officer.
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