Storms Hit Missouri and Kansas With Floods and Tornado
Thunderstorms drenched portions of Missouri and Kansas with 2 to 5 inches of rain. A tornado struck Wilmont Kansas destroying four homes. Harsh weather caused floods, traffic jams, power outages, and injuries including a truck driver burned and a bus passenger hurt. Several towns reported heavy rainfall totals and the forecast predicted continued warm, unsettled conditions with little rain later in the week.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Wilmont
Winfield
Liberty
Kansas City
Roy Allen
Kan
Kansas City International Airport
Adel Spencer
Garnett
Kissinger Sees Progress on Sinai Pact Talks in Egypt
Secretary of State Kissinger, returning to Alexandria with a draft interim Sinai accord, reports smooth progress and possible initialing by week’s end. Israeli officials note key points include Egyptian withdrawal lines and front line electronic surveillance posts partly manned by American technicians. President Ford weighs civilian participation, pending Congress approval.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai
Israel
Yigal Allon
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
United States
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana Democrat
South
Vietnam
Ford
Milwaukee
Wis
U.S
Congress
Gulf of Suez
United Nations
U.N
Gidi
Mitla
Gidi Pass
Umm Khashiba
Cairo
Local Currency Fraud Warnings From Ottawa Detective
Ottawa police warn of doctored ten dollar bills and altered coin rolls. Detective Tony DeLaTorre notes two incidents, one this week, one weeks earlier, involving cutting ends from ten dollar notes and taping them to a one dollar bill to inflate value. He advises clerks to verify portraits George Washington on the one and the fake ten, Alexander Hamilton on the real ten, and to break open quarter rolls to detect substitutions. Suspected cases should be reported to police.
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Tony DeLatorre
Ottawa
Police
DeLaTorre
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Enrollment Decline Seen in Ottawa Schools
Ottawa reports 2409 students on the first full day, down from 2449 last year, with declines across all levels. Elementary totals drop to 1145 from 1170, junior high to 654 from 680, and the high school to 610 from 599, despite some grade gains in first and sixth grades.
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John Dungan
Poplar
Garfield Elementary School
Ottawa
Dan Neuenswander
Neuenswander
Kansas
Garfield
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Post Office Labor Pact Approved to Avert Strike
The American Postal Workers Union said its members ratified a new three year contract with the U S Postal Service, joining the National Association of Letter Carriers in earlier ratification. The deal reduces strike risk among about 600,000 postal workers and spurs calls for legislation to legalize a nationwide mail strike.
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Washington
American Postal Workers Union
U.S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
Grim Harvest Forecast for Franklin County Farmers
Franklin County farmers face another poor year as yields drop across corn soybeans and milo. Agent Bozworth projects corn 25-40 bushels per acre, milo 35-40, soybeans 10-15. some irrigated corn may hit 50-100, with rare plots near 200. Frost risk looms with average first frost between November 5 and 10. Wheat area up to 31,000 acres, but row crops dominate. Many farmers may abandon farming in 1976 if breakeven fails. a tough year ahead.
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Joanistas
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
Ford Seeks End to Longshoremen Grain Boycott
President Ford returns to Washington from Colorado and meets with AFL CIO chief Meany and Labor Secretary Dunlop to resolve the longshoremen boycott of grain shipments to Russia. The dispute centers on U S price protections and U S seamen work guarantees with grain loading continuing at Gulf ports amid a Texas restraining order.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Colorado
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Russia
John T. Dunlop
Milwaukee
U.S
Soviet Union
Ford Administration
Gulf Ports
Texas
Ford seeks meeting on grain dispute during vacation retreat
President Nixon pressed for a talks with Meany during a Colorado vacation as U.S. disputes over grain sales to the Soviet Union and shipping rates surged. Negotiations with Russian officials aim to adjust freight charges to boost U S ship business overseas. The AFL CIO and IL A charged an illegal boycott over grain shipments. Ford also prepared to veto a bill extending oil price controls set to expire Sunday.
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Ford
Meany
Vail
Colo
America
Commerce Department
U.S
American Farm Federation
International Longshoremen's Association
Russia
National Labor Relations Board
Slayton Undergoes Surgery for Lung Lesion
Houston reporting that astronaut Donald K. Slayton underwent surgery today to determine if a small left lung lesion is cancerous. Slayton, among the original seven spacemen, was part of the Apollo-Soyuz mission crew.
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Houston
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
Charges Show Increase In Farm Food Prices
An Agriculture Department report shows midlevel charges for 65 farm foods rose 4.1 percent from June to July, lifting farm value 13 percent over April and 15 percent year over year. Retail spreads widened to 1.8 percent above April, with a 9.8 percent rise over a year ago, as officials predict a strong current quarter followed by leveling and wider margins.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Soviet Union
Great Plains
Boom Expected in U.S. Birth Rate Rise Says Demographers
Two California researchers predict a baby boom as women who delayed childbearing in the 1960s now in their 20s and 30s plan to have children. June Sklar of UC Berkeley and Beth Berkov of the California Health Department say birth rates may rebound from historic lows.
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Washington
U.S
California
June Sklar
University of California At Berkeley
Beth Berkov
California Department of Health
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