Wheat rich diets boost Nebraska Panhandle beef gains
In a Prairie States Feeds near Alliance trial, 117 steer calves fed wheat and rye along with silages showed 1.43 lb daily gain over 112 days on growing ration and 3.43 lb daily gain over 122 days on finishing ration. John Olson notes results encourage ranchers to feed more homegrown grain locally, tying grain production to year-round beef income and urging integrated farm ranch operations.
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Nebraska
Prairie States
Near Alliance
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
John Olson
Olson
Interagency Accord Eases North Platte Tourism Effort
State Game and Parks Commission agreed to loan Dick Schaffer to the Economic Development Department to coordinate the North Platte wild west show and tourism efforts. Stanley A. Matzke Jr. helped broker the compromise, avoiding a bitter dispute and benefiting Nebraska's tourism program.
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State Game and Parks Commission
Economic Development Department
North Platte
Game and Parks
Stanley A. Matzke, Jr
Matzke
Commission
Dick Schaffer
Mr. Matzke
Schaffer
Usk
Nebraska
Chamber offers three minute daily Congress summary
The United States Chamber of Commerce provides a prerecorded three minute daily summary of Congress covering taxes minimum wage public works and other topics for less than two dollars. While you hear the message Congress will spend about 1.2 million dollars more.
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Wilbur D. Mills
Harrison A. Williams Jr
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Public Works
Tora Tora Tora earns mixed reviews from critics
Critics call the Pearl Harbor film a documentary style account of the Japanese and American sides leading to December 7 1941. The piece argues the movie is entertaining and informative though not explicit, noting power and greed harm humanity in war.
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Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Rural revival drive sparks bipartisanship in Congress
The piece notes a push in Congress for a $2 billion rural development program, with loans via banks and stock requirements, backed by Sen. Herman Talmadge, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, and Rep. Charles Thone. It contrasts urban-rural tensions with efforts to redevelop the heartland and curb city overcongestion.
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America
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Charles Thone
Nebraska
House
Thone
Police Pay Debate in Scottsbluff Heats Up
Police chief James Teal pushes for a 12 percent raise amid resignations and inflation fears. City faces choices between higher pay, boosted top salaries, or sticking with a six percent increase while keeping taxes low and services steady.
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James Teal
Teal
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Star Herald
McGovern Suggests Nixon Shop For Inflation Insight
Senator George McGovern urges President Nixon to shop for a simple family meal to feel inflation's bite. He cites a four tomato, lettuce, corn, chicken, milk, coffee, bread and butter substitute list with prices and contrasts it with a shopper’s savings and broader food-cost trends. The piece argues inflation hurts wage earners and defenders of farm producers.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
Norfolk
Laurel
Nixon
Len McGovern
Sen. McGovern
South
Old Way Returns Houston Truant Officers
Houston Public School System brings back the old fashioned truancy officer with police picking up truants and delivering them to two new truancy centers under the Model Cities project. Bless the Beasts & Children will debut in the United States in August, featuring The Carpenters and filmed in Arizona and Santa Catalina Island.
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OLD Way
Houston
Houston Public School System
Bless the Beasts
New York
United States
The
Carpenters
Arizona
Santa Catalina Island
World Wheat Price Fixing Revisited Sparks Senate Action
M M Van Kirk argues that past efforts to fix a minimum world wheat price failed and cites a 1968 sequence where export taxes and quotas reduced U.S. exports, while Canada and Australia undercut prices. The piece urges avoiding a repeat as negotiations resume amid strong agriculture export gains.
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M.M. van Kirk
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
U.S. Senate
Chicago
USDA
Senate Foreign Affairs
Senate
U.S
Freeman
Commodity Credit Corp
Gulf Ports
Australia
France
Canada
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Regents Learn Budget Lesson in Nebraska State Budget Talks
Lincoln reports the University of Nebraska will seek a smaller budget for 1972-73 after a 101 million request last year. Regents explored funding sources, tuition reliance, and nontax funds amid calls to cut programs and streamline administration. A coed visitation plan failed to gain approval, while an Omaha campus master plan faced delays due to local resistance.
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Bridgeport News-Blade
Highway Department
Tiemann
Recreation Access
Cooper
Nemaha County
Concord
Dixon County
Exon
Wilcox
Holdrege
Sacramento Game Management
Nebraska
Huldrege
Wayne Ziebarth
Herbert Duis
Gothenburg
Lincoln
University
J.J Exon
D.B Varner
Board of Regents
Warner
UN Administration
Howard R. Neville
Business and Finance
Neville
Regents
John Humlicek
Prague
Hunlicek
Council of Student Life
Joseph Soshnik
UNO
Omaha
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Aid For
Lincoln Journal-Star
Bridgeport
Lincoln Land Co
Burlington
Cb&q
Northport
Union Pacific
North Platte Valley
Gerin
State Highway Department
Nebraska Department of Water Resources
Morrill County
Capitol News
Melvin Paul
Statehouse
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