Farm Prices Jump in July Marking Largest Monthly Rise
Washington AP report shows a 5.2 percent July surge in raw farm commodity prices, the biggest monthly gain in six years, lifting the overall index to year-earlier levels for the first time since January. Increases came from hogs, soybeans, corn, broilers, potatoes, and cattle, while cotton and some fruit fell. Oilseed crops rose 15 percent, poultry and eggs up 7 percent, and potatoes up 45 percent from June, with meat prices leading the rise amid drought and supply concerns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
Graveside rites for Mrs Ethel Rittenhouse set Tuesday
Graveside services for Mrs. Ethel Baugher Rittenhouse will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Pomona with Rev. William R. Weber officiating. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Ada Boatman of Palestine Texas with services planned at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bailey Funeral Home. Admissions and dismissals from local facilities are listed, along with a detailed police blotter reporting a non-injury vehicle collision on South Sycamore, arrestees, and district court news including multiple marriages and divorces followed by agricultural market quotations.
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Ethel Rittenhouse
Ethel (Baugher) Rittenhouse
Woodlawn Cemetery
Pomona
William R. Weber
Ada Boatman
Palestine
Texas
Trinity United Methodist Church
Bailey Funeral Home
South Sycamore
Jimmy D. Sharp
S. Hickory
Max W. Seymour
Sycamore
Diana K. Kunard
S. Sycamore
Sharp
Second
Walnut Streets
Earlene R. Hicks
Oak
Vivian A. Granger
Hickory
Granger
Rittenhouse
Lamb-Roberts
Woodlawn
Carlin backs open convention amid drought and aids
Kansas governor John Carlin praised early support for an open Democratic National Convention while urging unity to aid President Carter. He noted Kennedy delegates reacting positively but staying with Carter. Carlin also discussed drought relief plans, fire risk, and county disaster area expansion, with updates on local appointments and agricultural aid agencies.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Carter
Kennedy
Kansas
Carlin
Farmers Home Administration
Community Advertisements and Notices Mix
Local items include a sirloin steak special at 3.99 with salad bar on Fri and Sat, a 50 cent ice bag sale, a political slate with Dorothy Chaney for State Senate, Eagles Lodge steak night and dance, Farm Bureau policy meeting, sample clothes sale, preschool openings, fall garden seeds, a garden center listing, clothing sales at Litwins, a Silver Lake golf scramble, a Williamsburg tavern closure, a campaign reiteration for A B Coffman, Pandora Classics fashion sale, Sacred Heart service notices, Earl Link county commissioner bid, and live music at Bill’s Bar with The Sidekicks.
Du Pont suit claims corporate farming violation in Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Robert T. Stephan filed a Shawnee County District Court suit against E I du Pont de Nemours and Co alleging illegal corporate farming. The petition says du Pont uses land in Jefferson and Shawnee counties for agricultural purposes beyond law limits, leasing hundreds of acres to farmers. Stephan asserts Kansas law allows corporate farming only with strict stockholder and land ownership caps, which du Pont reportedly does not meet.
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Topeka
Kan
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Kansas
Shawnee County District Court
Robert T. Stephan
du Pont
Bob Reagan
Wayne Hurdley
Stephan
Jefferson
Shawnee
Hundley
Turnpike Rates Higher Across Kansas Turnpike
Kansas Turnpike tolls rise effective today as rates for cars and trucks increase to offset higher upkeep costs and reduced traffic. The full 236 mile route now costs 6.70 for autos, with other segments and truck rates climbing to 37.55 for the largest class.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Turnpike
R.D. Fogel
KTA
Wichita firm lands $297000 contract for state museum in Topeka
A Wichita architectural firm, Schaefer and Associates, won a $297,000 contract to design Kansas's $11.1 million state historical museum in Topeka. Joe Snell of the Kansas Historical Society said the firm was chosen from five Kansas bidders. Construction bids could come as early as May with work starting in summer. The design will be entirely different.
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Don R. Hamilton
Chapman
Federal Land Bank Association
Ottawa
Miami County
Kansas State University
Wichita Bank Bank
Topeka, Kan
Wichita
Topeka
Joe Snell
The
Kansas Historical Society
Schaefer
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Rantoul
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N. Cedar
George Henry Coopey
Venice
Fla
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S. Main
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Baldwin
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N. Cherry
Steven Arthur Morse
B. Ith
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N. Sycamore
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George Elsen
Congress
Dan Watkins
John Simpson
U.S. Senate
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Waverly
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Richmond
Franklin County
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Sacred Heart
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Earl
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Sidekicks
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Donelson Mutitany
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