Emperor Hirohito Tours Illinois Farm Visit
Japanese emperor Hirohito toured a pair of Illinois farms near Plainfield hosted by Donald Baltz and his son John. Secret Service agents and international cameras surrounded the scene as Hirohito observed corn and soybean harvests and a pig pen containing 30 pigs. He admired a carved jack o lantern, which an aide later carried to the hotel.
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Plainfield
Ill
UPI
Donald Baltz
Secret Service
Japan
Hirohito
Baltz
John Baltz
Chicago
Weather outlook with showers and mild temperatures
Partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight 55 to 60. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs Thursday in the 70s. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and Thursday.
Snow Hits Rockies and West as First Winter Storm
Snow and gusty winds bring the season's first big storm to the West dumping up to six inches on Rockies and Sierra Nevada peaks. An intense Wyoming low plunges temperatures while a 60 mph wind gust kills one woman and injures another near Kanab Utah. Snow and cold rain spread through southeast Idaho and western Montana and Wyoming.
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United Press International
West
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Wyoming
U.S. 89
Kanab
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Industry notches strong payroll for Washington firms
Ted Johnson reports Washington area industry employs 1 075 people with a 9 064 240 dollar payroll and 270 140 dollars in property taxes, about 20 percent of local levies. Utilities boost payroll and taxes. one firm spent over 12 million dollars on grain purchases last year.
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Ray
Ted Johnson
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Grand winners named in Washington fire prevention posters
Three grand winners Bradley Marek Dawn Fuhr and Shelley Marek were honored in the Washington Volunteer Fire Department poster contest with top prizes for fourth fifth and sixth grades at Stewart St James and Lincoln and Stewart Schools. State competition entry ordered and trophies presented with a fire drill.
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Bradley Marek
Dawn Fuhr
Shelley Marek
Washington Volunteer Fire Department
Washington
Bradley
Stewart School
Dawn
St. James School
Shelley
Stewart
Burns rules out federal loan to rescue New York City
Fed Chair Arthur F. Burns told Congress the Federal Reserve lacks authority for a multibillion dollar loan to New York and did not advise federal rescue. He warned unresolved New York City default risks delaying national economic recovery while noting potential spillovers to New York State. Standard and Poor's Harries warned default could cause civil unrest and statewide defaults if federal aid is denied.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Fed
New York City
Congress
Burns
New York State
New York
Joint Economic Committee
Brenon W. Harries
Standard and Poor’s
Harries
Compromise Possible on Tax Proposals
President Ford may back a compromise with Congress on a federal spending ceiling to go with his 28 billion dollar tax cut. Treasury Secretary William Simon and Budget Director James Lynn signaled flexibility during a Capitol Hill session with House Republicans, while Democrats called the plan preposterous and irresponsible.
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Washington
Lynn
GOP
KCII Radio to reduce power during tower construction
KCII in Washington will operate at reduced power for about seven days during construction of a new 300 ft tower on West Fifth Street. Operations manager Lee J. Thomas said the higher tower will allow the station to start a long planned FM broadcast future, upgrading from its current 500 watt AM signal to a 3,000 watt sister FM operation.
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KCII
Washington
Lee J. Thomas
Thomas
West Fifth Street
Washington High DECA Marathon Dance Planned
DECA at Washington High School sponsors a two day marathon dance at the National Guard Armory on October 31 and November 1. The event runs from 10 p.m. to midnight with a $1 couple or 75 cent single registration and a general admission of 1 for the first hours then 50 cents. Proceeds go to UNICEF and DECA. For details call 653-5838 or contact listed DECA members.
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Washington High School
DECA
National Guard Armory
Washington
Unicef
Paul Anders
Kathy Bates
Larry Bohlen
Carol Coleman
Denny Franzen
Tammy Garrett
Joyce Grim
Jenni Kleese
Bill Nicholson
Julie Redlinger
Kris Ross
Jim Scheeler
Dick Schmitt
Tari Speece
Holly Waters
Congress to veto long term grain export deals
Sen. Stevenson introduces a bill to grant Congress 90 day review and veto power over any export sales agreement lasting more than one year. He cites need for transparency as U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union rise, while Ford discusses a potential five year pact.
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Washington
UPI
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Congress
America
U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Ford
Knoxville
Tenn
Stevenson
Senate
House
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Agriculture Department
United States
Ford urges deregulation to curb airline controls
President Ford asks Congress to end most airline regulation to foster true competition. The plan would let carriers set prices within 20 percent of current levels and cut or raise fares without CAB approval, ease entry for new airlines, and remove antitrust immunity for route coordination. Industry opposition cites potential loss of service to many cities.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
U.S
Acupuncture Demonstration Stirred Interest at Meeting
Dr Opal Jutabha of Sigourney demonstrated acupuncture on a reporter and a nurse after a Washington County Nurses Association lecture. He described the Hoku point and noted 12 years of medical training, using needles briefly with limited but some reported improvements among about 50 patients. He pref ers Western medicine and limits practice to one hour weekly, calling acupuncture a last resort for chronic pain.
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Washington
Washington County Nurses Association
Opal Jutabha
Sigourney
Marjorie Glover
Jutabha
Shanghai
Thailand
Sigourney Area
Taiwan
Hong Kong
California
Opas Jutabha
Journal
Marty Chebuhar
Chebuhar
Journal Photo
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