Area’s Fall Crops Need Drying By JOAN ISTAS
Mile harvest slows in scattered Franklin County fields due to cooler nights and a wet August. Bob Bozworth notes rains boost yields by enlarging berry size and more heads or pods, but increase disease and insect pressure in milo and corn. Harvest corn and milo early, prefer high moisture grain, while wheat planting is unlikely this year. Prices: soybeans 4.41, corn 1.59, milo 2.43, wheat 2.10.
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Joan Istas
Mile
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
President Carter
Nature
Ottawa Co-Op
Amin Said To Be In Coma After Uganda President’s Surgery
Nairobi based AP report cites Robert Astles saying Idi Amin is in a coma after an undisclosed operation at Kampala's Nulago Hospital. Astles lacks details and plans to visit the hospital. Soviet surgeon Feodor Senkof performed the operation, with the Soviet ambassador present.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Kampala
Robert Astles
Associated Press
Amin
Astles
Mary Astles
Uganda Radio
Nulago
Park Banks Refuses U S Return Over Bribery Indictment
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Tong jin said Seoul urged Tongsin Park to return to the United States on charges of attempting to bribe U.S. Congress members but cannot compel him. He noted cooperation with American investigators while stressing Korea cannot exceed international law and diplomatic practice.
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Seoul
South Korea
Tongsin Park
United States
Park Tong Jin
Washington
U.S
Park
GM Plea To FPC Seeks Gas Hookup Order Reversal
General Motors asked the Federal Power Commission to reinstate a disputed order that would ban new natural gas hookups in portions of five states to safeguard fuel for Kansas City plants. The FPC stayed the order on August 2 pending further hearings, GM’s appeal was filed in Washington after serving Cities Service and Gas Service Co.
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Kansas City
General Motors
Federal Power Commission
FPC
City Service Co
Cities Service
The
Gas Service Co
Washington
Special Education At Key Crossroads
Three educators at an Ottawa forum discuss federal and state special education laws under 94-142, evaluation procedures, and the least restrictive environment. They emphasize parent involvement, systematic planning, and advisory councils to unite schools and families in serving handicapped students.
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Ottawa
American Association of University Women
Kansas University
Betty Weithers
Kansas
Ominous Bankers' Notice
Gov Robert F Bennett reported a Kansas bank survey showing 45 percent of farmers in serious trouble from low prices. The study predicts 86 percent of wheat producers will lose money this year and 9 percent of farm borrowers cannot repay debts while 36 percent are refinancing. Bennett spoke at the National Governors Conference in Detroit.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Detroit
Bennett
Carter Faces Mixed Feelings Over Panama Canal Pact
President Carter seeks Senate approval for the Panama Canal treaty amid mixed public opinion and Latin American backing. Reagan and Flood to address Senate judiciary concerns while protests drum outside. The pact ties U.S. neutrality rights and a shift of canal control to Panama, with critics labeling it colonial.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On
California
Ronald Reagan
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
Bank official questions Lance as budget pick amid oversight
Comptroller of the Currency John G. Heimann told a Senate committee he would have endorsed Bert Lance as budget director only if Lance had corrected questionable practices at Calhoun First National Bank in Georgia. He said oversight prompted orders to fix overdraft handling, and noted an agreed reform by Lance and bank directors in December 1975.
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Washington
Senate
Bert Lance
Lance
Georgia
Calhoun First National Bank
John G. Heimann
Heimann
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Carter
William V. Roth
R-Del
Calhoun Bank
Federal Bank
Robert A. Bloom
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Key Crossroads
Don Lambert
Mary Ross Moran
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas
Moran
Joan Strickler
Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services
Kansas Advisory Council For Special Education
Board of Education
Kansas Board of Education
Organization of American States
Omar Torrijos
OAS
Latin America
White House
Torrijos
Panama
Canal
Foreign Ministry
Comptroller's Office
Bloom
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