Nuclear plant clash at Wolf Creek faces drought fears
Kansas editors say water use for cooling is small and recirculated, while utilities Kansas Gas & Electric and Kansas City Power & Light push a nuclear reactor at Wolf Creek near Burlington. Opponents warn Neosho River could dry, sparking arid Southeast Kansas. Parsons editor urges referendum on nuclear power.
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Kansas Gas & Electric
Kansas City Power & Light
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Neosho River
Neosho
Kansas
Parsons
Time For Reason Opponents Favor Popular Vote
The piece notes that new ideas often face resistance and cites electricity as a historic example. It recalls 34 leading American scientists including 11 Nobel Prize winners endorsing nuclear power and coal as the best path to the nation's energy future.
What’s New About Cigarettes and the FTC
The FTC plans to reexamine cigarette advertising under the health warning mandate. Despite past bans on radio and TV ads six years ago, cigarette sales rose, suggesting many Americans ignore health warnings. Magazine and newspaper campaigns seem more influential, while belief in government messaging remains low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Diet query to lose six pounds from Dr Thosteson
A reader asks Dr Thosteson for a safe diet to lose six pounds and inquires how many pounds a person could lose by fasting for 24 hours. The letter-style request reflects weight loss guidance in a medical context.
Weight loss and diet advice mixed with medical Q and A
A health column discusses weight loss by gradual calorie reduction and warns against fad diets. It includes a reader question about kidney stones at age 23, with advice to limit calcium intake, drink fluids, and notes stones are uncommon at that age. The reply covers stone causes, heredity, urine dilution, and related conditions, concluding with a brief prayer.
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Dr. Thosteson
M.M
Emmy Awards Show Dull and Dreary, Shrugs NBC Crew
AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt says NBCs Saturday Night Live winners should host again with pie-throwing freedom to critique other winners. The Emmy ceremony ran 24 minutes past schedule as Norman Rosemont faced a long night with 45 categories and 10 absent winners. Public TV led no-show count with six Emmys.
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Jay Sharbutt
New York
NBC
ABC
Ike
Harvey Korman
Tim Conway
Chevy Chase
Charlie Brown
Lee Mendelson
Vince Guaraldi
C. Brown
Rosemont
National Television Academy
Ducers
Mercy
Public Television
Ford Revitalized After Wins in Key Primaries
AP Special Correspondent Walter R. Mears reports Ford’s Michigan and Maryland victories revive his bid for the GOP nomination as Reagan campaigns toward California. Carter faces new obstacles as Udall and Brown press on, with conventions shaping the race and uncommitted delegates likely to decide the outcome.
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Walter R. Mears
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Michigan
Maryland
Reagan
White House
Carter
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
United States
Brown
Udall
Fertilizer costs ease hurting farmers in 1976 outlook
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports fertilizer prices fell about 19 percent from the prior year by mid-April, with anhydrous ammonia at 191 a ton on April 15 down from 219 last fall and 265 a year earlier. The drop follows earlier peaks after the 1973 oil embargo, and analysts say lower prices may boost fertilizer use and crop output if weather cooperates.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Thei Petrochemical
Department
Economic Research Service
Television Log Schedule Snapshot For Evening Lineup
A dense OCR style list outlines TV programs across channels with a nighttime slate. It names classics like Gunsmoke Hogan's Heroes Beverly Hillbillies Sanford And Son Mary Hartman and Johnny Carson plus movies and specials across late morning to midnight slots.
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Electric Company
Gomer Pyle
USMC
Andy Griffith
Animal World
Crockett
Victory Garden
Hogan’s
Fay
Chico and the Man
Starsky & Hutch
Hawk
Ernest Block
Populus
Olga
News
Dick van Dyke
Weather
Mayle
Johnny Carson
Mary Hartman
Robert MacNeill
Sesame Street
Early Shaw
Zonm
Beaver
Hogan’s Heroes
Kansas City Round Table
Beverly Hillbillies
Mannix
Robert MacNeil Report
Green Man
Charter flights surge as air travel shifts to group tours
AP analysis notes charter round trip fares to London range 666 to 906 dollars with cheaper options by charter. CAB rule changes expand OTC group tours opening travel to millions, with 12 day Hong Kong packages at 699 dollars and solo fares around 1600 dollars.
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John Cunniff
New York
Here
London
Henry Huff
Trans International Airlines
Huff
Oakland
Calif
Civil Aeronautics Board
Whitin
United States
Hong Kong
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Editorial
Christ
George Cc. Thosteson
Norman Rosemont
Hollywood
Jimmy Carter
Midwest
South Dakota
Minnesota
Idaho
Business Mirror
Cedar Ottawa
Robert B. Wellington
Y Mall
Associated Press
Midbay
Poitier Ad
Arie Walker
Eer
Ottawa
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