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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1976
Page
3
In Salt Lake City AP report Rep. Al Lan Howe a Democrat 49-year-old father of five campaigns for reelection despite polls showing him far behind and party leaders doubting his chances. Howe insists he can win as he and his family work door to door while others rely on write-in candidate Daryl McCarty.
Washington AP reports the Labor Department continues a broad probe into the Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund amid a housecleaning drive that led to 12 trustee resignations. Investigators focus on real estate ventures tied to organized crime, concerning loans and collateral, while fund officials say reforms were to streamline board decisions. The ongoing inquiry guards potential civil or criminal action, possibly within a year.
In Geneva Rhodesian white leaders reject black demands for immediate prisoner releases and end to military action. Black leaders Nkomo Muzorewa Sithole clash over unity while Mugabe and Nkomo claim sole speakership for Rhodesian blacks. Conference opens with kissinger plan as negotiable basis amid risk of new guerrilla war.
Moisture adequate in topsoil and subsoil across Kansas supports good growth of newly seeded wheat, per the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Scattered showers needed to boost top growth. heavy snowfall hit northwest Kansas Tuesday with up to six inches. By week end 90 percent of the 1877 crop had been planted, matching last year but below the 10-year average of 95 percent.
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