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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1974
Page
5
Ottawa High School praised students who attended classes on Skip Day while over 100 seniors who skipped faced exams or options. Administrators chose not to punish the non skippers and offered a final exam option only to those who attended.
Top administration officials led by Interior Secretary Morton and Frank Zarb convene at Camp David to craft short and long term energy policy for presentation to President Ford. They will weigh conservation, oil import quotas, and potential allocations akin to last winter’s embargo, aiming to reduce dependence over three years.
A farmer confronts a writer at a party asking for pictures of cattle on Main Street while discussing why beef prices are low. Local figures note calves bring $2 to $3 today and feeder calves 28 to 32 per hundred, versus $60 to $75 a year and a half ago, with prices at the Franklin County Sale Barn.
Franklin County Agricultural Agent Robert Bozworth estimates finishing a baby calf to 1100 pounds costs around 500 for feed and 80 for other costs, with total expenses nudging cattlemen to pay 150 for the privilege. He notes corn and hay have risen sharply while soybean meal has fallen slightly. A 1100 pound steer could fetch about 400 at top, illustrating tensions in the slaughter debate.
Washington AP reports U S industrial production fell 2 3 percent in November the steepest drop in over four years as a 24 day coal strike worsened the downturn The Fed warns further cuts are due in December with output 4 3 percent below a year ago and near December 1972 lows Durable and nondurable goods declined auto and appliance production dropped and car sales slid 28 3 percent in early December Oil prices rose 3 9 percent in Vienna while sugar prices fell due to Amstar and other refiners cutting wholesale prices
Walter Lippmann, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and influential political writer, died at 7:25 a.m. in his Park Avenue apartment. He had been ill and confined to a wheelchair and recently received New York City's Bronze Medal of Honor from Mayor Abraham Beame.
OPEC ministers in Vienna adopt a new pricing system and a 38 cent per barrel rise, lifting the average price to 10.12 and shifting more cost to oil companies and consumers. The move, effective Jan 1 1975 for at least nine months, aims to curb “unjustified” profits but could raise consumer prices in practice.
A panel of pro women's liberation men at Ottawa University explored how the movement challenges traditional male roles. They described two aspects, the drive for equal rights and a broader human liberation, noting shifts in dating, marriage, and parenting roles.
A cold rain and drizzle spread across Kansas as snow develops. Northeast Kansas faces a winter storm watch with 1 to 3 inches possible tonight. Northwest Kansas may see 2 to 4 inches, southern Kansas 1 to 3 inches, with temperatures dropping to the low teens in the west and 20s to 30s in the east.
Increasing cloudiness with snow periods tonight. Possible accumulations around 1 to 3 inches. Travelers advised. Colder tonight with lows in the mid to upper teens. Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 30s. Winds northwest 10 to 20 mph tonight. Probability of precipitation 30 percent tonight.
President Ford makes his first cabinet change without bitterness by naming Attorney General William Saxbe ambassador to India. Saxbe, eager for the post, leaves the Justice Department though he regrets unfinished work. Levi is expected to be Ford's nominee for the attorney general post, with Saxbe to remain until Senate confirmation.
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