Kansas wheat crop sets record at 308 million bushels
Kansas farms posted the largest wheat harvest in state history at 308,074,000 bushels with an average of 34 bushels per acre across 9,061,000 planted acres. Weather aided yields for oats barley and rye while other crops showed varied gains and declines in plantings and output.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Livestock and Crop Reporting Service
Harvest Labor Control Office
Great Bend
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Steel Industry Hurting More Pain To Come
PITTSBURGH AP A shrinking demand has forced layoffs and production cutbacks in the domestic steel industry. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem are hardest hit with thousands laid off. U.S. Steel idled 5,000 workers including 2,700 at Youngstown Ohio. Bethlehem laid off about 2,500. Cutbacks began last month after an anticipated boom fizzled as foreign imports surged.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Ohio
McCloskey Challenges Nixon in 1972 Primaries
Rep Paul N McCloskey Jr declares a bid in California and New Hampshire primaries against President Nixon and Vice President Agnew citing doubt they can win in 1972. He plans a delegate slate to end the Vietnam War conditioned on POW release with Adams. The Western White House offers no comment as observers expect Nixon to avoid primaries.
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San Francisco
Paul N
Pete” McCloskey Jr
Nixon
California
New Hampshire
Spiro T. Agnew
McCloskey
GOP
Los Angeles
White House
Washington
Beatles Still Champions In Shea Stadium
New York AP reports Beatles draw larger crowd and stronger uproar than Grand Funk Railroad at Shea Stadium where 55,000 fans attended. Humble Pie opened as Grand Funk earned more than 2,000 dollars extra versus the Beatles 304,000 from 1965 show.
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New York
Grand Funk Railroad
Shea Stadium
Humble Pie
Grand Funk
Railroad
Trevino Wins British Open in Langley Finishing Push
Trevino used precise putting on the front nine and withstood a late double bogey on the 17th to win the British Open by one stroke over Liang Huan Lu. Jacklin stood at 12 under with 280 as the field closed, Trevino matching Lu's birdie on the final hole to seal the title.
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Southport
England
Lee Trevino
Liang Huan Lu
Trevino
Tony Jacklin
SAMs MISS US RECON JET AS FIGHTERS FAIL TO ENGAGE
SAIGON AP reports three surface-to-air missiles fired at the unarmed RF4 reconnaissance jet 45 miles above the DMZ failed to hit. U.S. fighters did not return fire. The mission near Dong Hoi aimed at North Vietnamese supply bases as B 52s pounded northern Vietnam. Ground fighting eased with large air strikes and Laos Plain of Jars action continuing.
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North Vietnam
Laos
Dong Hoi
Hanoi
Cambodia
South Vietnam
North
Dayan Says US Help Is Waning In Middle East
Tel Aviv AP Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said Egyptian pressure on the United States is hindering military aid to Israel and undermining efforts for a Middle East settlement. He warned NATO leaders to notice Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean and cautioned that renewed fighting by Egypt in the second half of the year would not bring glory. He noted Cairo receives Soviet arms while Israel lacks a regular flow due to U.S. pressure. He urged Washington to avoid backing Egypt-Soviet diplomacy without American participation.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
United States
Israel
Middle East
Dayan
Mediterranean
Egypt
America
Cairo
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Armstrong Silent At Satchmo's Funeral Rites
Louis Armstrong was laid to rest in a quiet Queens service attended by about 500 guests and heard by 2000 onlookers. The funeral moved to Flushing Cemetery where the rose casket bearing Satchmo’s name was lowered as family requested simplicity. Renowned singers including Peggy Lee and Al Hibbler performed or joined in prayers. A New Orleans memorial service was planned for Sunday.
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New York
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Little Corona
Queens
William J. McManus
Lucille Armstrong
Armstrong
Peggy Lee
Hugh Porter
al Hibbler
Flushing Cemetery
Satchmo
Chile Earthquake Ignores Flooded Streets Killing Dozens
Chile faces widespread destruction after a central quake 8 to 9 on the Richter scale. President Allende orders emergency shelters and rationing as Valparaiso and Hierro Viejo endure heavy damage. Aid flows from United States and neighbors as food, water, and tents arrive for thousands left homeless.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Hierro Viejo
Valparaiso
Pacific
Railroads Still In Trouble After Court Decision
A federal judge refused to block work rules changes and selective strikes in the railroad industry. The United Transportation Union plans strikes against Union Pacific Southern Railway System and Chicago Northwest Railway, with July 24 actions against Southern Pacific and Norfolk and Western. The union seeks a nationwide contract on wages and conditions for 265000 workers. injunctions against rules changes and strikes were denied. The case affects potential walkouts and union bargaining dynamics amid stalled negotiations and a presidential emergency board decision. The Chicago Northwest withdrawal from the industry bargaining group and limited enforcement points are noted.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Union Pacific
Southern Railway System
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co
Southern Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Howard Corcoran
U.S. District Court
National Railway Labor Conference
Industry Bargaining
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United Steelworkers
Braddock
Gary
Ind
National Duquesne Works
Duquesne, Pa
South Works
Chicago
Biide
Friend
Sams
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Saigon
U Minh Forest
Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Franklin County
Allen French
Bruce Spears
Allen
Spears
French
Lee C. Nichols
Peru
Cuba
Argentina
Agency For International Development
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