Last I 35 link opens near Emporia and political chatter grows
Saturday Notebook recalls Ottawa figures like J R Cheney and Sid Harris shaping I 35. Cheney says opening near Emporia proves flood control and interstate presence needed. Kansas political talk includes Dole governor bids and Osage Democrat polling. Street overlay sparks historic street debate.
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Kansas
Emporia
J. R. Cheney
Ottawa
Cheney
ABC
Topeka
I-35
Sid Harris
the Herald
Sid
Harris
Johnson County
Ag Department Eyes Farm Economy Windfall
The Agriculture Department says keeping the wheat target price at 2.90 a bushel could funnel about 1.2 billion dollars to farmers in 1977. Payments depend on the difference between market price around 2.25 and the target, distributed by allotments tied to yields and acreage.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Congress
Carter
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
USDA
Department
Dentist Drill Turns Into Satirical Dental Visit
A patient endures a chaotic dental appointment by Chester N. Pembrooke D.D.S. as the dentist cracks jokes about drought politics and presidential history while performing injections. The humorous ordeal ends with the patient misreading the initials D.D.S. as Doctor of Dental Sadism.
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California
Golden State
A's
Giants
Oakland A's
Charlie Finley
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Chester N. Pembrooke
Insulation Industry Booms Amid Housing Rebound
Insulation manufacturers struggle to meet rising demand as housing starts climb and Americans seek energy savings. Owens-Corning allocates supplies based on prior shipments, while Johns-Manville expands rapidly on a planned 200 million program.
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Mark Potts
Rnter
New York
Stanley Collins
Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corp
Owens-Corning
Collins
Owens- Corning
Foods To Avoid For Gas In Older Adults
A physician offers a concise list of common gas offenders for older adults, detailing foods and beverages that trigger flatulence. It notes beans and many vegetables, carbonated drinks, high carbohydrate meals, and air swallowing as culprits, plus factors like slow stomach emptying and inadequate digestion.
Supertankers Turn Valdez Narrows Into Busy Channel
The first 120,000-ton tanker ARCO Juneau clears the Narrows toward Valdez as Alaska’s oil pipeline begins. Oil from Prudhoe Bay is flowing at 550,000 barrels a day, triggering coastal debate and safety worries about tanker traffic and the deep Narrows.
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Robert Weller
Associated Press
Potato Point
Alaska
Coast Guard
Roger Holmes
Valdez Narrows
ARCO
trans-Alaska Pipeline
Valdez
Prudhoe Bay
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Hays Man To Head State Health Care Group
Frank A. Lowman of Hays was named chairman of Kansas new Health Care Cost Commission amid state plans to curb rising medical costs. Gov. Bennett said a cost control committee will monitor health care costs as the legislative panel organizes, with leaders signaling possible faster startup. Lowman, 37, is president of a Hays savings and loan association and was named to the state Board of Regents earlier.
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Johns-Manville Corp
Johns- Manville
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
U.S
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Topeka
Kan
Frank A. Lowman
Hays
State
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Legislative Commission
Senate
Ross Coyen
House
John
Lowman
Hays Savings and Loan Association
Ottawa Hera Ad Rates and Publisher Note
Ottawa Hera lists daily publication with editor Robert B. Wellington. Subscription rates shown for trade area and out of area, by mail, with monthly and yearly pricing and tax details. Includes statement about Associated Press rights to local news and dispatches.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
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Robert Dole
Chicago Tribune
Dole
GOP
Sage of
Osage
Hornbeck
D.D.S
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Federal Reserve
Thosteson's Law
George C. ‘Thestes
Dr. Thosteson
Thosteson
Christ
Supertankers
Narrows
Hickenbrook
Prince William Sound
Gulf of Alaska
Hays Man
State Board of Regents
Paul R. Wunsch
Kingman
Hillcrest Rcm
Knights of Columbus
Burlingame Topeka
Topeka Singles, Inc
HERA
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Robert Shaw
Universal
Lg Gunate
Ameae
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