Budget OKs Smaller Farm Slice Amid Big Food Spend
President Nixon's proposed Agriculture Department budget totals 9.2 billion with farmers receiving a minor share as prices are expected high and subsidies unlikely. Food programs rise to 59 billion, about 64 percent of the total, while direct farm payments fall to around 286 million if a 1973 provision is repealed.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Congress
Natural Causes Administration
USDA
Jerome A. Miles
Rural Electrification Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Legislature Passes Farm Land Tax Reform Bill LB 359
The Nebraska legislature approved LB 359 to tax agricultural land near cities at its agricultural value. The 39 to 6 vote sent the bill to the governor. Key supporters and opponents from Omaha Lincoln Genoa voiced positions, with fiscal impact estimates varying. The measure includes a five year carry back for lost taxes if land shifts to nonagricultural use.
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Jerome Warner
Waverly
John Cavanaugh
Glenn Goodrich
Duke Snyder
Omaha
Roland
Luedtke
Harold Simpson
Lincoln
Herb Nore
Genoa
Associated Press
Warner
Elton Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Warrer
Legislative Calendar Day Twenty One Action Report
The Associated Press lists the 21st legislative day activities. Convened at 10 am with final readings LB359 LB599 passed. resolution 111 on highway signs adopted. LB878 LB777 withdrawn. Governor approved LB438 LB595. New bills LB1010 LB1011 LB1012 LB1013 LB1014 LB1015 introduced. Select-file advances LB592 LB986 LB967 LB680 LB655 LB323. Adjourned 12 11 pm to 9 am Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Estate Planning Meeting on Property Distribution
An Estate Planning Meeting will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse meeting room. Sidney Phil Henderson, University of Nebraska Extension Economist, will discuss who should plan, how to make a plan, usable instruments, and holding property. The County Extension Service sponsors the event for any interested person.
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Sidney Phil Henderson
University of Nebraska Extension
County Extension Service
Rivers Seen Driving Energy Transport Growth
Ashland Oil chairman Orin E. Atkins predicts the energy crisis will boost inland waterway shipping, especially for petroleum products and coal, over the next 29 years. He urges offshore port facilities for supertankers to move crude oil and other petroleum products.
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Ashland
Orin E. Atkins
Ashland Oil Inc
Atkins
Body Found Near Gering Investigated by Officials
Authorities in Scotts Bluff County examine a man’s body found Sunday in the hill country southwest of Gering. The discovery was made by two children, with no further details released as of Monday, per Associated Press reporting.
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Gering
Here
Scotts Bluff
1974 Housing Costs Show Marked Rise
At the 1974 National Agricultural Outlook Conference in Washington D C Georgia Skinker of the University of Nebraska Lincoln reports housing costs rose 31 percent since 1969 with 1973 median price at 33500 and 1969 at 25600. The outlook notes supply demand, slower price trends, mobile homes growth, and energy labor cost mix.
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National Agricultural Outlook
Washington, D.C
Georgia Skinker
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Skinker
Farm Officials Say Wheat Supply Is Not In Peril
Nixon administration economists told a Senate panel that the United States will not run out of wheat before the next harvest. Agriculture Department experts and industry reps testified about supply tightness and price implications, with Bakers Association arguing higher prices could still keep bread near $1 per loaf despite current market levels.
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Nixon Administration
Senate
United States
Robert L Schaus
American Bakers Association
Jist
Alliance Power Unit Gets Loan
Rep Dave Martin announced approval of a 237000 REA loan to Panhandle Rural Electric Association based in Alliance. The loan at two percent interest funds service expansion to 72 new consumers, 35 miles of line, and general system improvements across 10 Nebraska counties including Arthur Box Butte Cherry Garden Grant Hooker McPherson Morrill Sheridan and Sioux.
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Dave Martin
Panhandle Rural Electric Association
Alliance Martin
Rural Electrification Administration of the
Agriculture Department
Panhandle
Holiday Bill Is Withdrawn From Nebraska Legislature
Senator Duke Snyder of Omaha asked to withdraw a bill that would move Veterans Day and Memorial Day to Mondays. Despite interest from Shirley Marsh and Ernest Chambers, the legislature let Snyder withdraw the measure and left holidays on traditional dates. The legislature had previously changed celebrations back to the original dates.
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Nebraska
Duke Snyder
Omaha
Associated Press
Shirley Marsh
Lincoln
Ernest Chambers
Snyder
Carew tops AL batting in 1973 with .350 mark
Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins led the American League batters in 1973 with a .350 average, finishing 44 points ahead of the runners up George Scott of Milwaukee and Tommy Davis of Baltimore.
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Rod Carew
Minnesota Twins
George Scott
Milwaukee
Tommy Davis
Baltimore
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