Mixed Economic News Shows Inflation Ease and Wage Pressure
The September CPI rose four-tenths of a percent as procurement costs fell for the first time in six months, keeping annual inflation around 4.9 percent. Real earnings fell five-tenths of a percent, while the CPI level 172.6 reflects long term buying power. Food prices mostly held steady or declined in components like groceries, pork, poultry, sugar, and cereals, though fresh vegetables and dairy rose. Nonfood commodities rose four-tenths, down from spring levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Soft Winter Forecast Based On Folklore Signs
Louisville report cites woolly bear caterpillars geese and persimmon seeds as signs of a snowy but mild season. Folklore expert Nevyle Shackelford notes few traditional indicators of a hard winter and says wildlife activity suggests a first part of winter will be mild despite forecasts of ample snows. Meteorologist notes 17 foggy August mornings in Kentucky.
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Louisville
Nevyle Shackelford
Shackelford
University of Kentucky Agricultural Publications
Beatyville
Kentucky
David Smith
National Weather Service
Mississippi ferry disaster toll climbs as divers scour river
Divers followed a rope into the muddy Mississippi seeking bodies believed trapped in sunken cars after a ferry and tanker crash. At least 75 dead were feared with 22 bodies recovered and 18 survivors. authorities counted 53 missing, many in sunken vehicles. The Frosta tanker rammed the George Prince ferry upstream near New Orleans, with cause undetermined and Coast Guard investigating.
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Losing
Mississippi
West Bank
Destrahan
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Coast Guard
John St. Amant
Doorknob incident delays Ford news conference
Washington AP report describes President Ford entering a room after a door knob and later a ring handle came off a door, causing a brief delay before Ford appeared at the rostrum. Confusion over whether the Green Room or Oval Office door was involved, with aides offering clarifications and a TV crew filming the vacant spot.
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Washington
United States
White House
Ford
Oval Office
Green Room
Playboy Interview and Ford Ad Stir Carter Campaign
Carter denounces Ford ad linking Playboy interview to his morality while Ford aides push readers to weigh both magazines. Conyers demands release of Nixon era tapes, citing possible White House influence. County forecast ahead: partly cloudy, temperatures in upper 60s with breezy southwest winds.
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Dave Riley
Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Playboy
Carter
Newsweek
Plains
President Ford
United States
John Conyers
D-Mich
Nixon
Conyers
Congress
Courthouse Renovation Planned at Franklin County Building
Franklin County Commissioners signed a contract with Mid-Continental Waterproofing Co. of Fort Scott for exterior renovation of the 1893 Franklin County Courthouse at a cost of 50370 dollars. Work includes sandblasting stonework, restoring brick color, waterproofing, repairing trim, caulking frames, and repainting surfaces. The courthouse is listed on the National Historical Register. In a separate vote the commission rejected a zoning change for Kent Granger’s land east of Eisenhower Road and north of I-35 to allow a service station and billboard, despite a prior favorable zoning-board recommendation.
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David Olson
Franklin County
Franklin County Commission
Fort Scott
Jack Davis
Mid-Continental Waterproofing Co
Kent Granger
Ottawa
Lincoln Township Board
Eisenhower Road
Granger
UNICEF Campaign Drives Ottawa UNICEF Day Event
Ottawa ministers Dick Fears Harold Dungan and Don Powell lead local UNICEF Day activities on Sunday October 31 with door to door canvassing collecting pennies dimes and dollars for needy children in Asia Africa and Latin America Betty Ford serves as honorary chairperson for the second year Carroll O Connor and wife Nancy star as UNICEF Day campaign chairs in the All in the Family universe.
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Ottawa
Unicef
Ottawa Ministerial Association
Dick Fears
Harold Dungan
Don Powell
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Powell
Betty Ford
Star of
All In the Family
Carroll O'Connor
Nancy
Nellie Schoonover Sets Ottawa Court Dates
Nellie Schoonover returns to Ottawa on Wednesday November 3 for court to pursue a constitutional challenge. She seeks disqualification of county attorney Robert Pinet and district judge Michael Barbara plus venue changes and access to documents from former counsel Myron Steere as part of motions filed in district court. She was convicted of murder in 1973 and is serving a life sentence.
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Robert Pinet
Michael Barbara
Ottawa
Tom Gleason
Barbara
Pinel
Myron Steere
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
J. W. Schoonover
Butz Resignation Called Unselfish Move for Ford Campaign
Acting Agriculture Secretary John Knebel called Earl Butz’s resignation a totally unselfish move to avoid discrediting President Ford. Knebel spoke during a four city campaign swing with James Boillot and Richard King as Ford allies press for the 1975 embargo impact.
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Kansas City
John Knebel
Earl Butz
Agriculture
Ford
Knebel
Butz
Missouri
James Boiliot
Independence
Richard King
Congress
Boiliot
Tian
George Meany
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Board of Zoning Appeals
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Nellie Schoonover
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