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Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 4

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Sherrill and Mother Are Disappointed Conference on Domestic and tid her and l-r daughter he was happy to meet them, and he was doing all he could to determine the wherebuuts of men still unaccoumcd for in SiMitheat Asia. That uas about it. Mrs. Sten-drrwitk said. Sherrill told reporters she also had been unable to pose questions about what was being done to locate her father.

taken from him She said arrangements for the Offutt meeting with the President were made by Mrs. Christine Barrows of Plaits-mouth. Nebraska coordinator for the National League of Families of American Prisoners and feting in Southeast Asia. Mrs. Stenderwick said Ford Economic Affairs.

Air Force Col. Hubert Stenderwick has mis-sing since his plane was shut down over Laos Feb. 3, 1971. Mrs. Stenderwick said her husband was known to have been a prisoner of North Vlrt-nam in Hanoi, and intelligence sources bad seen documents 1 4 MWCnUS ,) LfAKtfRCSt The President Visits Omaha Defends Farm Policies OMAHA.

Neb. (AP)-A relaxed and smiling President Fori returned to the city of his birth Wednesday, defending his tarm polkirt and assuring'farmers that their croos ilf jSTI'lfifJi- Ford also took the opportunity to cnlicle the fo its inability to come up ith Dew energy bill Ford's visit, the first here since he became the nation' chief executive, aa made ta connection with the Nebras-ka-Iowa JMiite House Conference on Economic and Domestic Affaire, la an. Ford spent about minutea. about IS minutes tonger than acfeeduled, at the podium, giving a formal address and answering 17 questions from the Conference floor. Commending the efforts of the farmers.

Ford said. "The American farmer has produced a miracle of abundance which is the envy of the rest of the world. "The American farmer not only raises crops he raises the overall standard of living of all Americans Ford said the farmer should Rot be blamed for rising food Ik 'M BELLEVCE. N. AP)-Stiernll Sienderwsck and her mother came away disappointed after a meeting with President Ford Wednesday.

Mrs. Caroiir Strnderwick and her daughter, a (-year-old Bel lev ue High School junior, talked for about a minute with the President before be boarded plane at Offutt Air' Wfehingiun. Mrs. Stenderwick said she had been led to believe the session with President Ford would amount to" more. She said she thought she would be able to ask some questions and get some answers about the status of the men still listed as musing in action in Southeast Asia, one of whom is her husband.

Ford greeted the mother and daughter as be prepared to board Air Force I following his appearance at a White House Campbell at Central -I PI Tekaaola Sherrill SUaderwirk, left, II. Bellevwe, wsMed with her net her. Carolyn, for a visit with President Fsrd yesterday la father Is Mxtrd as missiag la artisa slace 1971." It's time for Dragon Art Theater To Change Offerings HIGH SPRINGS. Fla. (VPI) There will be some changes made at the Dragon Arts Theatre, a drive-in that specialized in X-rated flicks.

It's under new management now the pastor of St. Madeleine's Roman Catholic Church. Father Roland Julien, the pastor, signed the purchase papers this week and lm- mediately announced plans for family entertainment. The first two shows will be "That's Entertainment" and Huckleberry Ftnn.V The church bought the theatre from former owner Dnnn Davidson, who plans to produce his own X-rated films. Money made at the drivY ia will go into a fund to build a new parish Hrp PARK FREE at Rear of Star or Across tbo Street While Snooping at Enter from McDonwl DRESS CURTAINS DRAPES BLANKETS BEDSPREADS NOW LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS STORE DEPARTMENT STORE No more bunchy bulk wtten you're oriving this beautiful wool polo coot ow open wrtti ftp of a tipper.

Not toftty cur-yoke and rkh WotW oto. Super! Sum 20 Cotort: Comet Rwj, Vicuna. Vown, Grey GoW, Copper, Green Start Houfii 30 -1: rM hOpAJHC LJCINTRAL 9 30 AM 30 PM Wool Polo '100 POLYESTER DOUBLE KNIT 90.00 BKUTIF1 I'ATTKRNS, SOI JUS TKXTl RF.S 5 FORMERLY. ARDIS prices, even though they he often is Turning to the energy crisis, Ford continued to chide the Congress. "The Congress is merely postponing hard choices that must be made, and is attempting to blame high fuel prices on everyone but themselves," said the President.

He called the OPEC price Increases on crude oil "arbitrary and excessive, saying the rising prices "worsen inflation and hinder economic recovery everywhere." Talks Oil-Grain Deal OMAHA, Neb. (AP)-President Ford huddled with Nebraska Republican leaders Wednesday and said he could make a better deal on V. S. grain for Russian oil if he could extend an export moratorium beyond mid-October. "He said he needed another 30 Douglas County Commissioner Mike Albert said.

About 20 Nebraska Republicans met privately with Ford in what was described as an easygoing chat about national problems Albert said the president did not spell out how much he could improve a deal now pending with the Russians if he had the extra time. Gives Bulz Support OMAHA, Neb. (AP)-President Ford strongly defended Agriculture Secretary Earl But Wednesday "I can assure yoo that Secretary BuU is an affirmative spokesman for agriculture. 1 think most farmers support him and I back him fully," the President said He said, "I happen to believe that Earl BuU has done an excellent Job of defending Ford said Soviet grain purchases from the United Slates will Hopefully be stabilized in the future Ford echoed statements made earlier in the day by Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz concerning foreign grain sales. "If anybody wants to buy sizeable amounts of grain in the future, they'll have to come to us," Ford said Ford asked farmers to be patient, saying "what we want are stable, substantial markets abroad" for American grain Tradition Is Shattered OMAHA.

Neb. (AP) A presidential tradition was shattered during President Ford's visit to Omaha. What happened was simple thing. Ford got into his armored Cadillac through the left-hand door, (he one closest to the curb the way the motorcade was formed, outside an Omaha hotel. About a thousand people stood across Capitol Street, opposite the right-hand door.

Presidents back to George Washington's lime have enjoyed the seat of honor on the right-hand side of their vehicle, whether horse-drawn carnage or armored limousine. And being practical men. presidents traditionally have entered their conveyances through the door on the right side. In the IJ years this reporter tFrank Cormier) has covered presidents, Ford's movements Wednesday night represented the first time that a president was seen entering a car from the left side, except in foreign countries where the host president, prime minister or king has the seal of honor. Ford got into the car from the left not because it was his preference but because circumstances, and his Secret Service bodyguards, dictated it.

It seemed to sum up the problems caused by threats against the President A Cop Sighs With Relief OMAHA. Neb. all over." said a retreating reporter to a policeman watching the President of the United States speed away from the Hilton Hotel in downtown Omaha late Wednesday afternoon. "Thank heavens." said the relieved cop. That seemed to sum it up security-wise.

It may have been business as usual for the Washington crowd, but for Omaha the security which surrounded President Ford's arrival and departure nearly defied description. Ford arrived at the Capitol Avenue entrance of the Omaha HillW Jrt ia, emerged from his briefly waved at the crowd oa the opposite side of the street in front of the Federal Building and entered the hotel. He as outside no more than 1 seconds. When be was, be was encircled by a protective ring of Secret Service agents, who seemed te be subtly urging the President into the safety of the more controlled Hilton environment. jPolice sesled off an approximate two block area of Capitol Avenue for more than 14 hours before Ford's arrival.

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