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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1964
Page
3
A notice outlines forthcoming federal trade rules affecting furniture shoppers. After March 1 manufacturers and retailers must comply with new labeling or advertising standards. The Commission urges businesses to prepare for expected enforcement and consumer clarity.
The article urges learning furniture labeling language to understand wood and fiber content, guarantees, and origin. It notes new wood paneling bricks for walls and countertops, with installation tips and backing requirements, and highlights silk care and proper shoe sizing guidance from Extension specialists.
In Franklin County areas, surface drainage ditches are vital for profitable farming. Proper drainage prevents crop losses, improves soil warmth and aeration, and allows unified field work. Shallow ditches along low depressions are the simplest fix, best built during drought. Also included are tips on ham refrigeration and china storage in living rooms from Dr Vera Ellsthorpe.
Conservation notes on 1964 ACP seeding changes for grassed waterways. Require grasses meeting ACP specs with bluegrass mixes, tame cool season grasses, and reed canary or canary grasses where appropriate. Fall seeding of brome with spring overseeding of native grasses advised. annual fertilization expected to boost yields. Old brome waterways can be improved by overseeding 2-5 lb per acre native grasses. Waterways remain key to terrace effectiveness.
An infant robin in Colonie, Albany area, prefers indoor life after being found half dead in August. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver raised the bird in their seven room home and report it enjoys television roast beef and staying inside.
Answers outline when to file for retirement benefits, how to establish a dependent parent claim, and earnings withholding rules. It notes to contact the social security office about three months before retirement, and explains that benefits are not automatic and that eligibility may exist for those over 65 with earnings above thresholds.
Maser Optics Inc so announced a lightweight laser rifle that fires a destructive ray instead of bullets. Delivered to Frankford Arsenal Philadelphia the 25 pound backpack power unit makes it lighter than the M1 rifle. The ray can ignite clothing at a mile and may set fuses or start fires with bursts every ten seconds for a total of about 10 000 pulses.
Eight thousand employees of Italy's state radio and television network RAI began a three-day nationwide strike at midnight Tuesday. The walkout is part of ongoing actions by RAI workers demanding a 14th month's bonus at midyear and follows a series of sporadic protests.
Farm records show per acre costs for corn, sorghum, and wheat in eastern Kansas ranging from 30 to 50 dollars. High quality seed yields more profit per acre, with oat tests at Powell and Belleville fields showing about seven extra bushels. Seed cleaning and treatment, plus March planting, improve stands and reduce disease risk. phosphorus starter fertilizer aids early crops in cold wet soils.
Kansas farmers gather in Wichita March 12 to 14 for the First Annual Kansas Livestock Association convention. Winthrop Rockefeller of Winrock Farms will discuss industrial philosophy in cattle raising and Carl F. Neumann will address changing programs for changing times. Brooks Kedge of North Dakota and other leaders will speak on meat imports, school finance, and industry trends. A Three’s story slide show, a stockmen dance, and officer elections cap the event.
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