Santa Fe Official Cites Harvest Haul
TOPEKA Kan AP An official of the Santa Fe Railroad said that despite dire predictions of a rail car shortage another wheat harvest has largely come and gone with little more than normal problems. H d Briscoe said June grain handling on eastern lines exceeded the three prior years, nearly matching 1973 records. He credited jumbo covered hopper cars for moving more grain with less congestion and noted temporary shortages due to two year storage of crops as prices rose.
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Topeka, Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
H.d Briscoe
Topeka
Santa Fe
Briscoe
Kansas
Oklahoma
Robert F. Bennett
Union Pacific Railroad
Mail Worries As Postal Strike Looms For Firms
AP Business writer William Glasgall reports that a looming postal workers strike as contracts expire fuels worry among companies relying on mail. Some firms draft contingency plans while many plan to wait and see, hoping any stoppage will be brief.
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William Glasgall
William End
Toll Death Toll Rises From Tarragona Gas Explosion
Officials fear the toll from a truck gas explosion at a Mediterranean campsite could exceed 800 with a 131 official count and 170 unofficial figure. About 250 to 275 campers were hospitalized for burns across Barcelona and Valencia areas. Many dead are unidentifiable amid severe burns while tank trucks are restricted from coast road use.
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Tarragona
Spain
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Valenica
Valencia
Costa Brava
Aspirin Reduces Stroke Risk for Men in Study
Boston report says taking four aspirin daily cut stroke and death risk by 48 percent in men with warning ischemic attacks. Canadian researchers cautioned no protection for women. Study by Canadian Cooperative Study Group led by Dr. Henry J.M. Barnett.
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Boston
America
National Heart and Lung Institute
Food and Drug
United States
Canadian Cooperative Study Group
New England Journal of Medicine
Henry J.M. Barnett
University of Western Ontario
Barnett
Grasshopper Woe Sparks Kansas Officials Meeting
Western Kansas and neighboring states face a grasshopper plague with limited legal insecticides. Governor Bennett calls a Topeka meeting of four state agriculture departments, USDA, and EPA to seek approval for restricted chemicals under supervision. Congressional aides joke about impractical remedies while farmers seek permits for available but unsuitable chemicals.
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Jean Christensen
Washington Bureau
Washington
HNS
Kansas
New York
Detroit
Dan Glickman
State Capitol
State Agriculture Departments
USDA
Environmental Protection Agency
Bennett
EPA
Sebelius
Sens
Robert Dole
Russell
James Pearson
R-Prairie Village
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Dole
Sebelus
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Ottawa
District of
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Henderson Missionaries
Merrico
Mexico
Trinity United Methodist Church
North Cedar
Don Powell
Wieleree
OUR
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Ine
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ZEBCO
Ane
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Chrysler
Otasco
Grace Stores
Muriel and
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