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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1977
Page
6
Jack A. Black of Kansas City was injured when his northbound semi trailer overturned on US-59 south of Princeton Coats Corner. He was cited for imprudent speed. the vehicle and its $15,000 damage load of $20,000 worth of television sets suffered damage.
President Carter searches for a successor to Bert Lance as budget director after Lance quit amid investigations. Lance plans to return to Georgia with his mother signaling his home life. sources name possible candidates in a widening personnel effort.
Frank Ross of Rosa Industries told a Wichita hearing that inverting electric rates to charge big users more would harm agri business in Kansas. He said the plan penalizes use rather than efficiency and urged lawmakers to consider peak pricing and minimum service fees for the poor. Kansas State economist Nordin noted higher peak rates could save rate payers, but not through reduced consumption.
Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bergland said he will listen carefully when meeting western farmers protesting federal farm programs in Pueblo. Several thousand from Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma were expected to attend. The group American Agriculture seeks 100 percent parity with crop costs or a strike in December. Bergland acknowledged wheat price trouble but offered limited hope of meeting their demands.
In Washington the White House leads a major lobbying effort to salvage President Carter’s energy plan. Schlesinger and Carter target undecided senators for a pivotal vote on natural gas price controls as rival plans gain momentum.
A nationwide AP poll shows 50 percent oppose the Panama Canal treaty backed by President Carter. Twenty nine percent favor, 21 percent undecided. Opposition spans regions and parties, strongest among those over 60. 18-29 year olds show 35 percent support. The Senate opens hearings next week on the two treaties, seen as indivisible.
United States and the Soviet Union open fresh negotiations on SALT I with expectations of extending the current treaty past its October 3 expiry. Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko meet at the State Department as Congress debates legal and political implications of any provisional extension.
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