USDA Unruffled By Threatened Farm Strike
Farmers threaten Dec 14 stoppage to demand full parity price support for wheat and other crops. USDA officials doubt the strike would alter policy. Bergland says he will listen but offers no pledge to raise subsidies. Plunging drought risk and bank pressures complicate decisions for farmers facing winter plans.
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Carter Administration
Agriculture Department
USDA
Bob Bergland
Pueblo
Bergland
Kansas-Colorado
Bright Weekend In Store For Kansas Weather
East central and southeast Kansas saw stormy starts but skies cleared except southeast. Autumn weekend looks bright and mild with scattered rainfall totals from about a half inch to an inch in several cities. Official forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions through Sunday with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s and mild overnight lows in the 50s.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Coffeyville
Chanute
Emporia
Goodland
Garden City
National Weather Service
Progress In Arms Talks Inched Toward Limitation Pact
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held seven hours of talks in Washington with President Carter joining a White House session. They signaled closer positions but acknowledged no new agreement before the Oct 3 expiry of the 1972 SALT treaty. Vance issued a nonbinding pledge to abide by the expired accord if the Soviets do likewise.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Gromyko
White House
State Department
Carter
Vance
United States
Bergland details wheat set aside plan in winter belt
Secretary of Agriculture Bergland promoted a wheat set aside program in Wichita addressing about 525 in attendance including 225 farmers from a protest group threatening a December strike. He said a 26 percent acreage set aside is needed or wheat prices will remain low and he ruled out export subsidies to avoid a pricing war with other nations.
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Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pueblo
Colo
American Agriculture
USDA
Bergland
Hock
Wichita
Kan
Bob Bergland
Colo. Bergland
U.S. Treasury
Retirement Issue May Go On Shelf
Washington AP The White House seeks a one year delay in enforcing a 70 retirement age, as Congress debates a bill raising mandatory retirement from 65 to 70 for private sector workers and banning retirement at any age in the federal government. The House approved 359 to 4, with immediate effects for federal workers and phased private sector changes.
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White House
Congress
Carter
Senate Human Resources Committee
House
Senate
Ray Marshall
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Oval Office
Carter Trip Is Timely
President Carter will begin an eight nation four continent tour on November 22. The trip aims to improve U S relations and mend ties with allies, with stops spanning India Brazil Paris and Nigeria among others. Officials say it could offset domestic woes and bolster Carter’s foreign policy stance.
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Carter
Richard M. Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Bert Lance
Jody Powell
Powell
U.S
India
JS. Mehta
Samachar
Brazil
John Crimmins
Paris
Nigeria
Black Africa
Bennett To Go Truckin
Gov. Robert F. Bennett ramps up a listening tour with an eight city swing across Kansas riding in a semi truck on U.S. 69 from Fort Scott to Pittsburg in a bid to spotlight road conditions amid criticism of highway neglect. He will meet students and citizens at multiple sites including Baker University, KU, Kansas City, Yates Center, Manhattan and Wichita while dedicating a regional penal facility and attending forums.
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Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Turnpike
Bennett
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
U.S
John Vermillion
Vermillion
Joe Rei
Blue Mound
Rei
U.S. 69
Kansas
Baldwin City
Lawrence
Kansas City
Yates Center
Man
L-County
Fort Scott Community Junior College
Pittsburg State
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Wichita
Compromise Looms For Natural Gas Pricing Debate
Senate leaders signal a middle ground between Carter price controls and industry deregulation. Byrd says total deregulation unlikely, hopes for a compromise to move to conference. House rejects deregulation, signaling a high-stakes stalemate with heating bills rising under either plan. Industry allies push for onshore lift now and five-year offshore phase, while Jackson proposes stepped ceilings to 1985.
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Senate
Robert Byrd
Congress
Carter
Byrd
D-W. Va
House Senate Conference Committee
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Administration
O'Neill
Congressional Budget Office
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Senate Energy Committee
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