Drought price tag climbs over two billion in South
The Southern drought costs farmers over 2.3 billion with 62 heat deaths. Hay shipments flow from Jimmy Cagney’s widow 700 acre farm as relief effort expands. Maryland officials warn 10 percent of farmers face ruin with no crops to pay debts. Weather forecasters expect no quick relief as record heat persists. Cattle die and aid programs, from disaster declarations to low interest loans, attempt to ease the crisis. Frances Cagneydonates hay to aid Tennessee and Georgia farmers amid ongoing drought effects.
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Pennsylvania
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Midwest
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Georgia Farm Bureau
Maryland
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Mobile
Ala
Tulsa
Okla
Kika de la Garza
Texas
Charles Hatcher
Georgia Democrat
Kentucky
North Carolina
Cagney
Frances
New York
Tennessee
Georgia
Jimmy
Surplus grain aid considered for drought regions
Washington lawmakers move to supply free surplus grain to hardest hit Southeast farmers. The House Agriculture Committee backed a bill to liberalize disaster payments, share half the cost of emergency feed, and allow use of hay from idle acres to assist livestock producers amid drought losses estimated at 1.9 billion dollars.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
USW Eyes Strike Deadline Extension Amid Nationwide Tensions
USW leaders threatened a possible nationwide steel strike as dawned heavy pressure on negotiations. USX idled blast furnaces and coke batteries while Lorain prepared procedures for the first nationwide stoppage since 1959. Roderick warned some plants may never reopen if a walkout occurs.
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Roderick
Pittsburgh
Elyne Postage Rate Notice for Daily Home Delivery
Daily Elyne newspaper announces home delivery by carrier. Rates shown include 50 cents for postage and 145 dollars per week with daily and Sunday editions. Publication by Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company lists address and box number for subscription.
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Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Fats Avenue
Elyna
Ous Wap
Regan Gets Rhinestone Gift From Cleveland Protest
In Washington Donald Regan defends himself after Rep. Mary Rose Oakar confronts him with a rhinestone brooch. Oakar says the gesture mocks a White House remark linking women and jewelry to sanctions on South Africa. Regan calls it a misquote and a publicity stunt while detailing U S policy and mentions Crocker Howe talks.
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Washington
Donald Regan
Dakar
Netherlands
Soviet Union
Regan
Oakar
South Africa
Chester Crocker
London
Geoffrey Howe
Crocker-Howe
Jenco Meets Archbishop and Delivers Captors Message
Rev Lawrence Jenco met Archbishop Runcie at Lambeth Palace delivering a secret message from captors. He spoke of awaiting homecoming and noted a Vatican audience in which a religious factor aided his release. He described ongoing health concerns and declined to reveal the captors’ full message.
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London
Lebanon
Lawrence Martin Jenco
Jenco
Lambeth Palace
Runcie
Joliet
Ill
John Paul II
Vatican
Rome
Servite Brothers
Islamic Jihad
Iran
Pope
Reagan
Berea teen Lori Taylor found murdered in field
Lori Taylor, last seen March 18, was found stabbed to death with a large kitchen knife near a Berea reservoir. Police, after interviews with over 30 people and weeks of investigation, search Cuyahoga and Lorain counties for a suspect while pursuing forensic tests to determine time of death and any additional wounds.
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Lori
Tessa
Linda Thurman
Berea Police
William Leppert
Berea
Lorain County
Jim Hinners
Taylor
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