Baseball labor war looms as 2001 season stalls
Editorial warns that baseball faces a ninth work stoppage since 1972 if no new labor deal is struck. It notes owners and players blame each other over salaries, rising arbitration and revenue sharing, and warns of possible strikes or lockouts disrupting the season and postseason.
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Renewable fuels urged by farming experts in Sweden
A group of experts in Sweden urged development of renewable alcohol fuels from crops, arguing oil supplies will peak around 2010 and that Americans’ energy use drives demand. They urged leveraging American farmers to grow feedstocks, reducing waste and boosting sustainable fuel sources.
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Great Bend
Sweden
U.S
Kennedy son lands in trouble for good deed in Iowa
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance, spoke in Clear Lake about Iowa water quality laws and the impact of large scale hog farms. He drew sharp responses from critics who accused him of undermining agriculture while arguing for environmental stewardship and rural conservation. The debate highlighted subsidies, factory farming, and the fate of small farms amid industrial agriculture.
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Kansas
Kalahari
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Farmers and Subsidies In Weather Driven Economy
A reader argues farmers survive on nickels from grain as prices hinge on weather and world markets. Subsidies persist to stabilize farm income while GOP and Congress debate elimination, noting weather cannot be regulated and export drive alone won t solve farm economics.
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Kansas
Ily
Congress
Federal Reserve Bank
Readers invited to submit letters to Ottawa Herald Forum
The Ottawa Herald invites reader opinions for its Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed with the author’s address and phone number and sent to Reader Forum at 104 S. Cedar, Ottawa KS 66067 or emailed to letters otawaherald.com. Limit is 400 words. letters may be edited for space.
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