Wheat harvest raises fear of price drop and export cuts
Kansas farmer Earl Hayes warns a bumper wheat crop may depress prices if export markets falter. Across the plains, a second record corn and wheat harvest runs alongside stockpiles rising toward 850 million bushels, prompting cautions from farm groups to curb plantings and safeguard export demand.
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Great Plains
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
National Association of Wheat Growers
Special Team To Pipeline Investigates Weld Records
President Ford's pipeline troubleshooter arrives in Anchorage with 11 specialists to review alleged weld errors on the Alaska pipeline. Deputy Transportation Secretary John W. Barnum meets state officials, local inspectors, labor leaders, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. officials as a report is promised within a week.
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Ford
Transportation
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Federal Energy Administration
Barnum
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Alyeska
Department of Transportation
Interior Department
Department of Justice
School Board Faces Full Slate
The 290 School Board agenda includes electing president and vice president, fixing meeting time and place, civil rights compliance, financial depositories, and bids for security locks. Ottawa receives a $47,738 grant for 11 jobs up to seven months funded through the Manpower Commission under the 1973 Act.
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U.S.C
Board of Education
Ottawa
Doug Harris
Robert W. Mills
State Manpower Commission
Department of Labor
Harris
U.S.D
Sunny heat continues across Kansas with possible Tuesday storms
Sunny and hot weather persisted across most of Kansas today as the Nations Weather Service warned of a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms beginning Tuesday afternoon.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
the Nations Weather Service
Democrats See Unity as Carter Seeks Running Mate
At the Democratic National Convention in New York Carter projects unity while narrowing his vice presidential choices among seven prospects including Frank Church and Adlai Stevenson. He plans to announce after Wednesday's presidential nomination vote, as Brown and Humphrey weigh their delegations.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Robert Strauss
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Georgia
Adlai Stevenson
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Brown
Patrick Caddell
Tractors Stolen In Weekend Heist At Underwood Equipment
Sheriff says a well planned operation stole a Case 580 backhoe and two John Deere tractors valued at 25 000 total. Thieves moved machines from I 35 near K 66 to a hidden field using a stolen backhoe to load a trailer and vanish. Call sheriff or KBI with tips.
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Rex Bowling
Sheriff's Department
KBI
John Deere
Sheriff's Office
The
Weather Outlook Mixed Rain Likely Across Kansas
Weather service notes early morning temperatures in the mid 60s to low 70s with highs in the upper 60s to 70s across eastern and western Kansas. Lows tonight expected from mid 60s west to low 70s east. Isolated thunderstorms possible central and western Kansas Tuesday with a Wednesday to Friday period of scattered showers and storms. County forecast calls for partly sunny conditions Tuesday with isolated storms tonight, highs mid to upper 80s, and southerly winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Weather Service
Kansas
The
Ronny
Tyeadey
Tenigny
City Zoning Appeals Board Reforms After Long Hiatus
Ottawa to reconvene its Board of Zoning Appeals for organizational purposes after more than five years. City Manager Mills proposes appointing the planning commission chair to a permanent seat, expanding the board from five to six members with potential for more. The meeting follows the Bell case seeking hardship relief for 15th and Orchard Drive.
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Ottawa
Planning Commission
Lewis Bell
Commission
Orchard Drive
Board of Zoning Appeals
Mills
City Commission
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