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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1958
Page
9
Report highlights misfired heating defects and safety tips like keeping dangerous fluids away from children and not smoking in bed. Names cited include Anderson Millikan Herring Johnson Reichard Sowers and others involved in a project talk and song leadership.
Election meetings for representatives to the Franklin County Agricultural Extension Council will be held in October and November in half the townships. Officers were elected: Billy La Follette president, Lloyd Willey vice president, Billy Beal secretary, Loretta Alexander treasurer, Richard Alexander reporter, Sally Willey song leader, with members including La Follette and Beal. Plans included Halloween party at State College Manhattan and various demonstrations. Major topics covered farm education, 4-H, and home economics with 19 members.
Washington AP reports the Pentagon moved to declassify almost all pre 1946 documents marked top secret secret or confidential Some date back to World War I and include records from areas like Potawatomi Valley and Christian Ridge school The Defense Secretary Neil McElroy signed the order which calls for automatic downgrading after a set period of years and outlines a future phased plan to remove all secrecy from stored documents
The South Conservation District reports September the best month for conservation work in Franklin County with 5 miles of serv races completed on farms including Crowl Gilkey Johnson Broothers McAuliffe Shelton. Waterways work and pond construction were completed on several farms amid flat demand nationwide.
Washington AP A Department report shows September prices farmers pay for production inputs rising 6.32 percent from a year earlier while family living costs rose 1.36 percent. Feeder livestock, seed, farm machinery, building materials and motor vehicles up. feeder cattle up 25 percent due to tight supplies and herd expansion.
Farming notes advise tranquilizing cattle before shipment to cut shrink, with Trilafon the FDA approved option. Vet-directed treatment costs about $1 per head and can reduce shrink by 4 to 5 pounds. Underground wiring is urged for safer, moisture-resistant UF cable in new buildings. Hog markets show 17 percent fall finish rise. build profits by selling underperforming sows. A new income tax tool lets deferral of grain sales to next year for tax relief.
The commission has eight applications for standard radio stations. One each are filed for Coffeyville Phillipsburg Pratt and Winfield. Two applications are from Liberal and two from Salina.
Washington AP reports forty television channels allocated for Kansas are unclaimed by applicants. No one has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for them. Three occupy the band used by most commercial stations: Channel 9 at Garden City, Channel 11 at Lawrence and at Manhattan. The remaining 37 channels are ultra high.
Peoria groups met at members homes to vote donations and share lessons. The Well Child Clinic in Ottawa received five dollars. Lessons on The Clothing Dollar were presented by multiple members with next meetings scheduled in October and with several new or returning members.
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