Kansas Crop and Election News Briefs
Wet fields delayed field work across Kansas as the State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reported only 2 percent of the 1973 wheat acreage planted by last Saturday. Rye and barley plantings continued while corn was 80 percent dented and about 3 percent harvested. In Dodge City Gov. Docking urged street campaigning to meet voters face to face, citing money advantage of opponent Morris Kay. Prairie Village Republican Morris Kay pressed tax cuts on food and medicine, a six year highway plan, and an aged care department, noting reserves to cover tax loss.
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Topeka
Kan
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas
Dodge City
Morris Kay
Robert Docking
Docking
Prairie Village
Johnson County
Three-Judge Panel Calls Bank Secrecy Act Privacy Invasion
A San Francisco federal panel rules part of the Bank Secrecy Act violates privacy by forcing domestic transaction reporting. The 2 to 1 decision issues a temporary injunction while allowing microfilming of checks and deposits and foreign transaction reporting to continue. The American Civil Liberties Union and California Bankers Association await further appeals and potential broadened injunctions as they pursue different provisions.
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San Francisco
U.S. Treasury
Andrew J. Shepard
California Barkers Association
Sions
Shepard
American Civil Liberties Union
Charles Marsden
Marsden
ACLU
Emergency care cited as disaster in U S system
Washington AP a congressional panel seeks a 255 million program to aid accident victims saying the nation's emergency medical care is a disaster area. It faults ambulance operators and first aid training while urging federal action, planning and grants for research and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Rogers
House
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W.va
Nixon Strategy Mirrors Truman Play In Congress Fight
Washington AP Nixon plans a campaign strategy session with his Cabinet and Republican leaders to pressure Democratic Congress. He likens it to Harry Truman’s 1948 bid and says four months of work in four weeks will be the theme. He cites stalled bills on revenue sharing, government reorganization, health and welfare, and environment. Senate Leader Mansfield denounces the approach as malfeasance and duplicity while House Speaker Albert notes veto power rhetoric.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Harry Truman
White House
Truman
Mike Mansfield
Carl Albert
Kennedy
McGovern
Minneapolis
Wall Street
Main Street U.S.A
Massachusetts
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
United States Senate
Science Gains On Lightning
Scientists at Boulder Colorado report successful field tests using metallized nylon chaff to suppress storm electrical fields and neutralize lightning. The six week July to August study covered 200 square miles in northeastern Colorado with earlier work near Flagstaff Arizona. Kasemir and five NOAA colleagues say the method could reduce forest fires caused by lightning, though impractical in urban areas due to radar interference.
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Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Heinz Kasemir
Kasemir
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Flagstaff
Ariz
Farm Income Up In Kansas 1971 Record Net Income
Kansas net farm income in 1971 rose 9 percent from 1970 to a record 7,797 dollars per farm, with cash receipts from livestock and crops up 18 and 6 percent respectively. Total realized net income reached 671 million dollars, above 615 million in 1970 and far above the 1960s average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kennedy Beefs Up McGovern Campaign
AP dispatch from Minneapolis describes Sen. Edward Kennedy joining George McGovern on a five day Northeast campaign swing. The duo rally crowds from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh with stops in Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Kennedy mocks Watergate while McGovern energizes supporters with antiwar rhetoric and a strong call to end the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
Northeast
Pittsburgh
Larry O’brien
McGovern
South Dakota
George
Kennedy
America
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Militant Protestants Unite Behind United Loyalist Front
Northern Ireland Protestants form United Loyalist Front uniting paramilitary Ulster Defense Association, Ulster Vanguard Movement and Loyalist Association of Workers to oppose any power-sharing plan. William Craig heads inner council. rally planned around Sept 30 as Whitelaw hosts moderates’ talks. Two Protestants were killed in last week’s gun battle between British paratroopers and UDA vigilantes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
United Loyalist Front
Ulster Defense Association
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Loyalist Association of Workers
Protestant Unionist Party
William Craig
Ulster
ULF
William Whitelaw
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Butler
U.S. District Court
William T. Sweigert
William East
Portland, Ore
Oliver D. Hamlin
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
CBA
Sweigert
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
U.S
Disney World
Florida
Florida Southwest Properties, Inc
Myron S. Cramer
Richmond
Greeley
Scipio Road
Lewis and Irene Loper
Ratliff and
Ratliff
Clyde Boots
eFederal Mogul
McCord Gaskets
Harry Smith Auto
Cenend
School of Dance
Tonite Raquel Welch
Kansas City
Willard
Cricketeer
TRITON AND MICHAELS/STERN
Ottawa
Dassmer
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