Corn crop overestimated in western belt says Iowa officials
Iowa agriculture officials claim USDA corn yield forecasts are too optimistic for the western corn belt. Iowa and Nebraska analysts report deteriorating crops since August estimates, with Iowa's forecast at 90.3 bushels per acre and a harvest near 12 million acres, down from July projections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Nebraska
Thatcher Johnson
Doug Murfield
Lincoln
Ray Halley
Iowa Usda
Hawkeye State
Johnson
Lowa
Halley
Bay City Nuclear Plant Partly Approved for Construction
NRC licensing board report finds South Texas Project compliant with environmental and site requirements permitting limited work and site preparation for the 1.1 billion plant near Bay City. Full construction awaits radiological health and safety approval. public hearing held last April. parallel hearing on radiological issues not yet scheduled. Major partner is Houston Lighting & Power Co with Central Power & Light and city utilities of Austin and San Antonio as sponsors. Application filed July 1974.
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Houston
Bay City
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
South Texas
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Central Power & Light Co
Corpus Christi
Austin
San Antonio
Wheat holdout urges Texas embargo response
Texas growers should suspend grain sales as Earl Butz orders a temporary export embargo until after the September crop report. Leo Witkowski of the Texas Wheat Producers Association warns that without holding crops, speculators may reap future profits and distort prices. The government report shows record wheat crops but unclear export capacity. Texas Panhandle prices lag October by $1.27 per bushel.
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Leo Witkowski
Association
Earl Butz
Butz
Witkowski
United States
Texas Panhandle
Simon Says Food Stamps Criticizes Federal Program
Bloomington AP report quotes Treasury Secretary William E. Simon calling the food stamp program a haven for chislers and rip-off artists. He argues federal spending threatens free enterprise and cites the program as an example of government overreach, noting costs rising from a 1962 start of 14 million to 6.6 billion this year.
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Bloomington
Ind
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Chislers
Across and Down Puzzle Clues From Historic Page
A compact clue list presents across and down entries with wordplay like proceeding slowly for across and regard as saintly down. Names such as THOMAS JOSEPH DOWN anchor the grid.
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Saint Louis
Cryptoquote puzzle quote day hint uses substitution
A coded daily quote replaces letters with other letters. The sample decodes to lines about ignorance and night, referencing Confucius. The note shows a prior quote and hints at a changing cipher daily.
Oil import fees in court could end a $5 per person refund
U S government collected oil import fees since 1973, potentially totaling about $1.1 billion. The ruling says fees exceeded presidential authority and may be refunded. Ford may appeal, and lawmakers discuss rebates. If fees fall, gasoline and heating oil prices could drop, though impact is uncertain.
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Washington
Ford
U.S. Court of Appeals
White House
Ron Nelsen
Vail
Cole
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Robert Moore
Federal Energy Administration
United States
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Barber B. Conable Jr
R-N.y
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Foreign Oil Cartel
Conable
Illegal alien flow curbed by border patrols and fewer jobs
Fewer jobs and 550 extra Border Patrol agents helped reduce illegal immigration across the Mexico border, with 663,270 arrests in fiscal 1975 compared to 686,669 the prior year. INS officials note the decline ends 14 years of rising figures as deterrence grows. Ed O Connor cites English language advantage and job competition as key factors.
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Los Angeles
Southwest Regional
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Southwest
INS
Mexico
Ed O’connor
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