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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1975
Page
7
Obituaries for Stella M. Andrews and Wesley W. Piersol note funeral details in Garnett with local chapels and pallbearers listed. Admissions and dismissals show multiple local residents. Births and emergencies recorded. Kansas City livestock quotes cover cattle hogs sheep with price ranges and Tuesday estimates.
U S Senator Bob Dole urged the Ford Administration to provide operating capital loans for farmers while export sales are delayed. He criticized current loan rates as insufficient and warned that rationing access to world markets threatens young farmers, with grain costs cited at 3 50 per bushel and loan rates at 1 37. He warned labor unions and some officials could push young farmers out of business, affecting future U S and world food supplies. The article also recalls scenes from the 1975 Kansas State Fair with hog and beef displays and fairgoer activity.
Ottawa area schools join Kansas and Missouri bands for University of Kansas Band Day events in Lawrence. A 9 a.m. parade starts downtown with 95 bands expected and a halftime show at KU-Oregon State. Participating bands include Ottawa Junior High Pomona Wellsville Santa Fe Trail Overbrook Osage City Osawatomie Oskaloosa Paola Perry Lecompton.
The Dow Jones average slipped 2.04 to 827.75 at noon as profit taking followed a sharp rally. Gainers beat losers 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange while short term rates firmed slightly. The NYSE composite eased to 45.51 and the American Market index rose 0.17 to 84.73.
Tropical Storm Eloise, which killed 42 as a hurricane last week, regained hurricane strength with 85 mph winds and is set to hit the Florida Alabama Gulf Coast near Mobile and Pensacola later today. Warnings extend from Grand Island Louisiana to Apalachicola Florida as Eloise moves north at 14 mph toward the coast.
The 36.2 billion appropriation bill for HEW and Labor faces heated debate over antibusing measures and the OSHA law. Biden riders threaten Title VI impacts, while Byrd and Scott Humphrey proposals vie as amendments. Contingent actions include talks on abortion funding and a rush to energy and gas legislation.
Former President Richard Nixon denied under oath any personal responsibility for the 18 minute gap in a White House tape from three days after the Watergate break in. The disclosure emerged during a hearing before a special three judge court reviewing Nixon's bid to regain control of tapes and millions of documents from his presidency. Nixon attorney Herbert Miller said prosecutors question Nixon's character and accuse him of distorting the record. Miller noted Nixon testified before a Watergate grand jury last June when asked about the gap.
The 28th Stanton reunion runs noon Sunday at Spring Ridge Hall west of Paola with a potluck and meeting. The Second City from Chicago performs at Ottawa University tonight at 8. Homecoming at Princeton United Methodist Church Sunday features church school worship dinner and a 1 30 program. Deborah Bloom, Waverly, has joined Unified School District 287 Pomonia as a teacher. State Rep George Wingert speaks on ERA at Up Front Booksellers Tuesday at 7 30. NEED volunteer training sessions continue Tuesday at Ottawa University Chapel with additional session Sept 30.
Gov. Robert F. Bennett said he is less upset than the Kansas Farm Bureau over President Ford's extension of grain export controls into fall. He called the move unfortunate but noted wheat already sold and shipments abroad. Bennett said the delay worries him and that a long term contract with the Soviet Union could help, while the Farm Bureau criticized the decision and questioned Ford's 1976 reelection bid.
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