Arkansas River revival hopes in Kansas drought land
In southwest Kansas, farmers along the Colorado border monitor a one foot deep surge of water released from a Colorado reservoir. They watch 10,000 acre feet flow two days toward Kansas to revive the dying Arkansas River, a riverbed scarred by decades of groundwater irrigation and drought.
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Toveka
Kan. AP
Kansas
Colorado
Hamilton County
Arkansas River
Kansas-Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas
Syracuse
Kinsley
Bill Hanzlick
Kansas Fish and Game
Pratt
Hanzlick
Wichita
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Garden City
Dodge City
Colorado Rocky Mountains
Royal Gorge
Colorado-Kansas
Byers
Ogallala
Corrigan
Carl Bentrup
U.S. Supreme Court
Bentrup
Trinidad
Purgatoire
South
Arkansas River and Ogallala Aquifer Water Crisis Deepens
The Arkansas River may lose its flow as the Ogallala Aquifer drains from groundwater irrigation. Kansas officials warn that Colorado releases will not restore the river, and experts predict the pumping may stop around 2050 with long term ecological and agricultural damage.
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Ogallala
Corrigan
Kansas
Hanzlick
Arkansas
Hanglick
New Books at Ottawa Library and Notable Ventures
A roundup of public library offerings and recent titles including Eden Burning by Belva Plain, Milk-Free Diet Cookbook by Jane Lakin, Thanagan's Run by Tom McNab, What You Make by Beverly Tanner, Rivington Street by Meredith Tax, Prime Rip by Wayne Swanson. Highlights explore fiction, consumer guides, immigrant stories, and critiques of meat pricing.
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Ottawa
Eden
Belva Plain
St. Felice
Eleuthera
Jane Lakin
Lukin
Thanagan
Tom McNab
Los Angeles
New York City
Beverly Tanner
Tanner
Rivington Street
Meredith
Hannah Levy
Russia
America
Sarah
Ruby
Rachel Cohen
Wayne Swanson Swinson
New Rules Allow Salvaged Meat Use Across Processed Foods
Washington AP reports new federal regulations allow salvaged meat containing small bone bits to be used in hotdogs and luncheon meats. Mechanically separated meat will appear on labels with calcium content, and the rule may add up to 640 jobs and $495 million annually in economic gains, despite mixed industry and consumer reactions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
American Meat Institute
Mandias
Department
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Houston
Nielsen top TV shows rise for CBS despite renewed Cagney
AP reports Cagney and Lacey placed second in the weekly PV Nielsen ratings with CBS leading the top lineup for the week ending June 27. House Calls, Lou Grant, and MASH also featured in the Top 10 while CBS claimed the season’s strongest prime time share at 14.1 percent.
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Nables
Cagney
A.C. Nielsen Co
CBS
Copney
Lacey
Lou Grant
Sharon Gless
Sharsol
Meg Foster
Chris Cagney
Cagney and Lacey
Tinll
ABC
NBC
Quincy
Hart
Cincinnati
Farmers Gamble At Marketplace In Grain Trade Talk
Kansas farmers brace for volatile harvest as wheat futures drop and prices hinge on whether the Reagan administration extends or lapses the Soviet grain pact due September 30. Experts warn a lapse could devastate markets, while an extension might lift prices amid bumper crops and credit pressures.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas
Soviet Union
U.S
Galen Swenson
State Board of Agriculture
State Department
Swenson
Reagan
Poland
Los Angeles Times
U.S.S.R
Rena Smith
Kansas Wheat Associates
Smith
John Junior Armstrong
Kansas Farm Bureau
Alexander Haig
Armstrong
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Electronic housing boon from silicon chips signals shift
New York AP reports economist James Christian of the U S League of Savings Associations says electronic technology could widen home buyer options to small cities and rural areas without sacrificing jobs. The shift relies on knowledge industries and remote work capabilities, reducing housing costs and enabling at home work through teleconferencing.
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New York
James Christian
Christian
U.S. League of Savings Associations
League
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