Iowa Faces Potential Corn Loss Without Rain Help
Iowa farmers may lose up to 650 million bushels of corn if soaking rain does not arrive within days. Secretary Robert Lounsberry estimates losses could exceed 1.8 billion dollars at current prices as heat and dryness devastate crops across Iowa, with forecasts calling for hot weather and temperatures above 100 degrees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
National Corn Growers Association
Indiana
Illinois
Ant
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
National Weather Service
Towa
Apollo crew exposed to rocket fumes after switch lapse
Apollo astronauts faced poisonous nitrogen tetroxide fumes in the cabin as an apparent miscommunication and a missed switch prevented shutting off a tiny rocket motor during descent. The incident followed a longer isolation period for medical reasons, with officials citing unclear cause and praise for Stafford's quick action.
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Apollo
Honolulu
Space Agency
Glynn 8
Lunney
Slayton
Brand
John Young
Johnson Space Center
Stafford
Young
Oil firms report profits fall amid recession and taxes
NEW YORK AP three oil majors report weaker earnings in second quarter and first half driven by recession and tax changes. Gus Oil Corp. Q2 earnings fell 48 percent to 180 million while Union Oil Co of California dropped 47 percent to 42 million and Phillips Petroleum down 18 percent to 111.2 million. First-half earnings also declined across Gulf, Union, and Phillips amid repeal of exploration subsidies and higher taxes.
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NEW York
Gus Oil Corp
Union Oil Co
California
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
Union
Gulf
Detroit Shooting Sparks Violence in West Side
An 18 year old black teenager, Obie Wynn, was shot by white bartender Andrew Chinaman after being accused of tampering with a car. Wynn died from head wounds. The incident triggered rioting with police using tear gas as hundreds roamed the Liver/ Fenkell area. Police reported most trouble subsided by daybreak. Chinaman, who turned himself in, faced questioning. Crowds gathered near Bob Boltons Bar. some youths threw fire bombs as riot police in gear patrolled the four square blocks.
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Detroit
Obie Wynn
Livernins-Fenkell
Wynn
Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital
Don Nash
Andrew Chinarian
Chinarian
Sing er Diane Warwicke sues Bacharach and David for breach
In Los Angeles AP reports singer Diane Warwicke filed a 5.5 million lawsuit in Superior Court alleging Bacharach and David failed to deliver a promised four year album output. The suit seeks 1 million in punitive damages and 500000 in compensatory damages claiming career harm.
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Los Angeles
Diane Warwicke
Burt Bacharach
Hal David
Superior
Miss Warwicke
Bacharach
David
Poll shows people back Ford vetoes
A Harris poll of 1,497 adults found 38 percent approve of President Ford using his veto power while 33 percent disapprove and 29 percent are undecided. Support centers in Ford's party with independents leaning toward the president overall.
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New York
Ford
Harris
Congress
Jury hears Joan Little murder trial start in North Carolina
Joan Little a 21 year old black woman on trial for killing jailer Clarence Alligood says prosecutors will be out like wolves to get her. Testimony described a blood stained scene with Alligood stabbed by an ice pick and found in the Beaufort County jail cell. Little contends she acted in self defense as he attacked her and she fled, later surrendering to authorities.
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Cathy Steele Roche
Raleigh
N.C
Joan Little
Washington, D.C
Clarence Alligood
Beaufort County
Miss Little
Jerry Helms
Alliford
Helms
Washington
Johnny Rose
Alligood
Helios
Rose
Pone
Alligoot
Mins Little
Miss Lite
Arlil
Georgia
Julian Bond
Washington, N.C
Beautort
Elsie Alligood
Ashgood
The
Tion
Heart attack risk linked to birth control pills in studies
A 4 percent higher risk of heart attack is seen for pill users, rising with other risk factors such as smoking diabetes high blood pressure obesity and high cholesterol. Dr Samuel Shapiro notes deaths and nonfatal attacks could occur but urges further studies to confirm the link.
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New York
Ciga
Rette
Samuel Shapiro
Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Shapira
Widow of jailer testifies in Joan Little trial
Elsie Alligood, widow of Clarence Alligood, testifies from her Beaufort County home about the killing. She says she wants justice if Little is guilty but opposes the death penalty and questions how a 105 pound woman could kill a 200 pound man. The case hinges on self defense versus murder in the August Beaufort County incident.
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Miss Little
Beaufort County
Birt
Daily Mail publication details and pricing
The Daily Mail lists its address at 251 Summit Ave Hagerstown MD 21740 with a press notice that it publishes daily except Sundays and certain holidays. It notes carrier and mail rates and credits the Associated Press for local and AP dispatch republication.
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Summit Ave
Hagerstown
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