Transportation Tragedies Spur Government Investigation
Federal hearings will probe hazardous material transport on railways and roads after a string of deadly derailments. Incidents include acetaldehyde spills in Pond Eddy Pennsylvania and epichlorohydrin near Point Pleasant West Virginia, plus chlorine near Youngstown Florida and other toxic releases. EPA investigators and safety officials press for full board sessions to examine handling of dangerous substances.
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Washington
Pond Eddy
Conrail
Kay Bailey
The
Safety Board
Fullboard
Slattery
Farmland Use Value Tax Measure Moves To Kansas Senate
The Kansas House approved use value appraisal for farm land with a 75-48 vote, sending the measure to the Senate. It bases agricultural land value on production capability, eight year averages, and a capitalization rate, with six year recovery for any tax difference from market value. The package also adjusts school finance treatment and includes a civil verdicts reform proposal.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
John Carlin
Damolan
Patrick Hurley
D-Leavenworth
House
Soil Conservation Service
Federal Land Bank
Ottawa artists open unique shop in highlights
Waymire food stores win lawsuit and prep details fill pages three and four. Big Eight basketball analysis narrows to the nitty gritty. Tongsun Park to tell all on page eight. Recognizing gifted children a problem discussed on page ten. Israel won’t bend in Mideast deadlock noted on page R.
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Ottawa
Waymire Food Stores
Tongsun Park
Israel
Pep Talk Given To UMW Persuaders
About 400 coal miners and United Mine Workers district leaders are being briefed on how to sell the proposed soft coal industry contract. Union officials hope the rank and file will approve next week and return to work by mid March, with meetings across 21 districts to address questions before a nationwide ratification vote.
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Washington
United Mine Workers District
UMW
Buying Power In Nosedive
Consumer prices rose 6.8 percent in January driven by food and housing costs. The all urban CPI increased 0.8 percent, marking the largest one month gain since 1977, with buying power dropping 3 percent since December and real earnings down 1.2 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
Farm Groups Push For Parity Across U.S. Agriculture
Washington AP five major farm groups led by NFO and Farm Bureau press the 1977 farm act mechanisms to raise crop prices. They urge Secretary Bergland to act now with price supports, reserves, and acreage cuts while cautioning against corporate credit dependence and processor control in the supply chain.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
National Farmers Organization
Bob Bergland
Scott
Bergland
L.C. Carpenter
Midcontinent Farmers
Farm Bureau Washington
John C. Datt
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
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Montgomery
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W.va
Ohio River
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Leon
Mayhew Flats
Woodland Park
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Waverly
Tenn
Youngstown
Fla
al Smith
Environmental Protection
Mike Gullett
Kansas
Arnold Miller
Agriculture Department
NFO
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
National Grange
Midcontinent Farmers Association
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John W. Scott
Grange
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