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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1966
Page
8
The article explains how grasses manufacture food in their leaves using minerals from the soil and air. It notes that grazing, mowing, or clipping stops food production by removing green foliage, and describes the soil mineral uptake through root hairs and the transport of nutrients to support growth.
Kansas and Michigan pass measures requiring measles vaccination for intermediate and transfer students this fall, joining polio tetanus diphtheria whooping cough and smallpox rules. Public Health Service officials cite vaccine drives and mass clinics as keys to near eradiation with millions of doses distributed nationwide.
A party of sport fishermen near Coos Bay recall an uneasy meeting with a Soviet trawler ten miles off the southern Oregon coast. The incident nearly halted trading when a can of American beer exploded aboard the Soviet ship, spraying crew members and prompting them to dive for cover as a hissed spray escaped the can.
Article by Carole Grigsby explains sewing with today's fabrics. It advises choosing fabric with purpose, using simple patterns, altering before cutting, testing threads and tensions, and using appropriate needles. Emphasizes reducing puckering and achieving professional finishes.
Governor Avery announced Kansas qualified for 902,158 dollars from the federal land and water conservation fund for fiscal 1967, to be matched by state funds. He criticized delays in Washington for grant disbursements, noting only 160,000 of last year's 985,000 has arrived and citing stalled projects such as the Cheney Reservoir marina. He blamed Treasury demands from Johnson's poverty program and the Vietnam War for the holdup.
Kansas State University and the Agricultural Ammonia Institute sponsor a one day agronomy workshop in Wichita on September 7 at 9 a.m. in the Broadview Hotel. Dr Floyd W Smith says the event targets regional fertilizer managers, retail contacts, county agents, teachers and others focused on soil fertility amid a twentyfold rise in fertilizer use over 20 years.
The Kansas State administrator signals a likely ongoing need to address nitrogen use amid a looming food and feed grain shortage. The upcoming workshop covers anhydrous ammonia handling, equipment, soil distribution patterns, and crop response with recommendations for corn, wheat, sorghum, forage crops, and sugar beets. Speakers include university and fertilizer firm experts from multiple states and Kansas State researchers.
Kansas official Jack Lacy, head of the Department of Economic Development, urged an aggressive Keep Kansas Beautiful campaign during the Kansas Association of Nurserymen annual meeting. He asked a group to lead the effort, framing it as broader than a government anti-litter program and stressing objective improvement of the state.
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