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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1976
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Farmers face wheat loss from draught
Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. — Wheat far
mers in the Great Plains have begun
plowing under part of their
drought-shriveled 1976 crop in a de
sperate effort to head off severe wind
erosion that could affect millions of
pected wheat production in south
western Kansas to about 5 per cent of
the normal 30-bushel per acre yield.
Bowman estimated, and many fields
are being plowed to prevent soil
from blowing away.
acres.
High winds this week in western
Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas
panhandles kicked up dust storms
reminiscent of Dust Bowl days.
“It was like the ‘Dirty 30s’ for
awhile Monday,” said Allan Bow
man, district director in southwest
ern Kansas for the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Ser-
‘There is considerable stripping
being done now,” he said, “and if
the weather continues like this, the
farmers will have to resort to total
tillage in many fields. Of course,
then they lose their wheat crop.”
vice.
Drought already has cut ex-
Lack of rainfall has plagued the
wheat-growing region from Neb
raska to Texas. Winter wheat, which
makes up about three-fourths of all
the nation’s wheat production, has
been drastically affected by the
drought, agricultural officials re
ported.
“We re not just crying wolf to
make the price of wheat go up, ” said
Myron Krenzin, administrator of the
Kansas Wheat Commission. “It looks
bad. If we don’t get some rain soon
and the winds keep up, we’re really
going to be hurting.”
Mrs. Earl Hayes of Stafford,
whose husband is presidentof the
Kansas Association of Wheat Grow
ers, said growers estimate they have
lost at least 75 million to 100 million
bushels, figures that translate into a
loss of between $225 million and
$300 million at current farm prices.
Although important as bread
grain, wheat does not bear as heavily
December because of the drought.
Emergency tillage was accelerating
in some areas as the dry weather con
tinued.
The SCS figures will he updated at
the end of this month, and Krenzin
and other wheat officials predict a
substantial increase in damaged
croplands and wheat acreage tilled to
prevent erosion.
The problems in the wheat belt
stem from an extremely dry autumn
that has been followed by a mild, dry
winter. Western Kansas has had only
two major rains or snows since far
mers seeded the 1976 crop last Sep
tember, and similar conditions have
prevailed in parts of Nebraska, Col
orado, Oklahoma and Texas.
on consumer food pricesasci
other livestock seed grain
produce the nation’s meat,
and milk. But a skimpy whaj
would probably fan prices 4
grains upward and make it
pensive to feed livestock.
The federal Soil Conser
Service said 10.3 million atOM
land from the Dakotas to Te
open to severe wind erosion
end of December and moretli
million acres already hadb«|
aged.
Farmers in Colorado, ft
New Mexico, Oklahoma and
plowed up about 43,000 atlose
cropland — much of itplantel
winter wheat — in NovemleJIi tl
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A public-
service jobs bill moving through
Congress faces a presidential veto,
and there is at least one sign that
such a veto will be successful.
The House approved the measure
Tuesday by a vote of 239 to 154, 23
votes short of a two-thirds margin
that would be needed to override
President Ford’s veto, which is ex
pected.
Members of the Senate Labor
Committee are expected to approve
the measure, which is given a
reasonably good chance of passing
the full Senate.
The bill would authorize about $6
billion for 280,000 jobs mainly in
nongovernmental, nonprofit institu
tions such as schools and hospitals
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and continue an existing program of
320,000 jobs in state and local gov
ernments.
Expansion of the public service
jobs program is a key part of the
Democrats’ antirecession effort.
Democratic backers of the bill said in
debate Tuesday that even with the
recent drop in unemployment fi
gures, more than seven million per
sons still are unable to find jobs.
“People are on the brink of despair
because they cannot find jobs,” said
Rep. Parren Mitchell, D-Md., espe
cially in the black community where
jobless rates are far higher than for
whites.
Ford, who successfully vetoed a
similar bill last year, repeated his
opposition to the legislation Tuesday
during ceremonies for his new labor
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“Quality First”
secretary, saying steady growth of
private industry is needed to “gener
ate realistic, permanent fulfilling
jobs” as opposed to government-
sponsored programs.
“This steady approach is already
yielding convincing results,” Ford
said, pointing to the drop in un
employment from 8.3 to 7.8 per cent
in statistics for January released last
week. Two million more Americans
are now working than at the depth of
the recession last March, he said.
Rep. Dominick V. Daniels,
D-N.J., who handled the public ser
vice jobs bill on the floor, criticized
the administration’s intention to
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phase out public service jo!»
this year.
“I am appalled that the
ration can indulge in choi
self-congratulation aboutan
in the rate of joblessness,
admits that over seven
Americans are still out of )wine
Daniels said. “Public stjbut
employment is the most e%nm
emergency solution because ph ( i
rect. It hires people.”
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to pass the jobs bill was 2161 [her
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Weather modificati
chasing away rain
Associated Press
PLAINVIEW, Tex. — The ques
tion of weather modification — cloud
seeding and hail supressing — has
brought out some bitter reaction
from farmers in this West Texas area
who feel any tampering with the
weather could have an adverse ef
fects on their crops.
weather modification actisil
portions of West Texas.
A. C. Black, chairman!
hoard, said after the meeto
popular sentiment woulc MOS
necessarily a guidingfactorwM of
hoard makes a decision ontk|curs<
A s request.
The farmers expressed disap
proval of weather modification
Tuesday during a hearing by the
Texas Water Development Board. It
was a continuation of the controversy
involving farmers with irrigated
lands, who generally favor hail sup
ressing or cloud seeding programs,
and those who farm drylands and are
opposed to any experiments that
might affect weather conditions.
Sentiment is important,
are also after documented
Black said.
Most of the speakers saidikftRe <
seen twin-engine planes displLu,
clouds which they felt coiiilf a ne
brought them some needed
Most of those testifying Tuesday
were opposed to the weather modifi
cations attempts. The hearing had
been called following a request by
the Plains Weather Improvement
Association for a permit to conduct
Parmer County Judge Pi
tenberry said he and otherm
of commissioners court feel
weather modification activi
fringe on the right of the pen;]
Parmer County.
The permit for weather,..— -
tion activities would coverpif eso ^
of Castro, Swisher, Hale, IT's by
Floyd, Lamb, Hockley, DeafjjlMei
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Associated Press
HOUSTON — Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co. has been stymied
once again — this time by the Hous
ton city council — in its efforts to
charge for directory assistance calls.
The council had approvedl
osal in 1974 allowing the photfl
pany to begin charging fordii|
assistance calls this year.
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The council voted 5-4 Tuesday to
refuse Bell permission to charge for
information calls in the Houston
Last October the council I
nded the ordinance grantin^tll
ity permission to charge for so: to
formation calls. e e toc
In a
Tuesday Bell had soughttoc ly a]
for each information call'
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