Historic Guernseys Auction Closes Ransom Herd Chapter
Bill and Anne Ransom sold their 62 year Guernsey herd at Ransom Farm west of Homewood in a sunlit auction. Cattle drew high prices with 21 animals topping $1,000 and top cows selling to Missouri for $2,125. Calves brought solid sums as spectators paid respects to a passing legend and the sale moved under a tent to ease stress on the cattle.
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Joan Istas
Bill
Anne Ransom
Ransom Farm
Homewood
Guernsey
Missouri
Claude Meyers
Ransom
Cap Ransom
Town
Illinois
Dauntless
Edgemoor
Argilla
Lee
Carter Promises No More Beef Import Expansion
President Carter addressed the MidContinent Farmers Association convention in Columbia Missouri telling thousands he will not permit any further beef import expansion this year. He projected 1978 net farm income up about 25 percent with farm prices rising and defended policy as sound. He pledged no price controls on meat and urged minimal government farm intervention while supporting farmer cooperatives exempt from antitrust laws.
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Columbia, Mo
Carter
MidContinent Farmers Association
Hackethorn
MFA
Columbia
Harry S. Truman
Mark Abels
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Missouri
Israelis Delay West Bank Settlements Until Camp David Summit
The Israeli Cabinet shelved plans for five new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank until after the Camp David summit next month. Cabinet Secretary Arieh Naor said the decision was made to discuss the issue after the meeting between Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat, with President Carter mediating. Begin was on vacation. Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon was absent.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Camp David
Arieh Naor
Jerusalem
Carter
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Maryland
Sadat
Begin
Ariel Sharon
Naor
Yigael Yadin
Royals fall, Chiefs win again amid page six notes
The Royals lose while the Chiefs win again as the paper notes sports results on page six. The Kansas City scene also reports that KPL plans to start collecting on its plant investments despite consumer group opposition on page three.
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Royals
Chiefs
KPL
Quenemo Farmer Battles 55 MPH Speed Law Challenge
Quenemo farmer Howard Peimann disputes the Kansas 55 mph limit arguing constitutional power to set highway speed. He faces six months in jail and a $500 fine after appellate court conviction, while pursuing a Supreme Court review. He defends himself, cites Solzhenitsyn, and remains undeterred though support is mixed.
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Quenemo Farmer
Kansas
U.S
Peimann
Floyd Coffman
Coffman
Associated Press
Kansas Supreme Court
Pelmann
Franklin County
Osage County
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Shorty Hoyt
Olathe
Hoyt
Arnold Hart
State
Norton
Nebraska
California
Bill Ransom
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lynda Pletcher
Dan Winter Quenemo
Howard Peimann
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Wichita
Soviet Union
Gulag Archipelago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Wichita Eagle
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