Legal tangle over custody of Best brothers in Kansas
In Topeka the fate of Ben and Charlie Best, abandoned at a church, hinges on a Shawnee County juvenile court custody hearing on August 6. Temporary custody rests with father Dennis Best while the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services holds legal custody pending an Illinois home study.
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Topeka
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Ben
Charlie Best
Topeks
Shawnee County
Sue Carpenter
Bill Honeyman
Dennis W. Best
Edwardsville
Kansas
Heat Threatens Corn Belt Next
Weather experts warn a large high pressure heat system centered in Kansas and Missouri shifts north toward the Corn Belt. Bergland says the heat may persist another month with little rainfall possible for parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi Delta, and Texas, while winter wheat harvest heads for a record despite heat.
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Washington
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Kansas
Missouri
Corn
Bergland
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility of
Kansas City
National Weather Service
Southwest
Fred Ostby
National
Ostby
Administration Plans Another Round Of Wage-Price Guides
The Carter administration plans a third year of voluntary wage and price guidelines amid weak inflation control. Officials acknowledge limited impact from oil and interest rates, citing rising wholesale prices and a potential 8.0 percent inflation level as recovery slows. Projections show higher unemployment and near 9 million jobless, with midyear budget review predicting 11.9 percent price rise in 1980 and 9.8 percent next year.
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Carter Administration
Robert Russell
President’s Council On
Russell
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