The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 11

Rooks farmers vote for wheat'plowdown' By PAT GASTON STOCKTON Rooks county farmers voted at a coalition meeting here Friday night to plow more and plant less in hopes of halting the grain price skid. "The sentiment was real high that we had to do something to keep ourselves in the profit picture," said Larry Conyac, rural Stockton, an organizer of the meeting. Conyac said about 80 of the 100 wheat growers attending voted in favor of a proposal to "plow down a percentage of planted wheat and reduce wheat seeding next Fall and feed grain acreage this Representatives of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Rooks county NFO joined in the discussion, led by Don McLaughlin, president of the county Farm Bureau chapter. Conyac and McLaughlin called the meeting last week after reading of a similar conference in Oberlin which resulted in plans to "plow down" 5 percent of the Decatur county wheat crop on March 18. Opinions voiced at the Stockton led Conyac to declare, "I'm sure there'll be some wheat destroyed in Rooks county, too." The scale and date of the proposed action are dependent upon the outcome of a followup meeting set for 8 pm next Friday at a still-to-be-announced site in Stockton.

Next week's meeting promises to be an even livelier affair. Most farmers attending the Friday event indicated they would bring "2 or 3 neighbors" if another meeting were held, and Conyac said he planned to invite both Kansas U.S. senators and Rep. Keith Sebelius to the March 14 session. All told, "I think there might be 200 or 300 people there next time," Conyac said.

The object, he added, would be to lay plans for a coordinated plowdown effort by as many Rooks county farmers as possible. Unless the movement gains steam throughout the Midwest wheat belt, however, the Decatur and proposed Rooks county plowdowns stand to have little effect on the sagging grain market as a whole. Both actions represent an attempt by farmers to reduce the size of the 1975 wheat crop and avoid another plunge in wheat prices when the new grain starts pouring into rural elevators in late June. The USDA has forecast a record wheat crop for 1975, a move which tends to depress grain prices even further as buyers bide their time waiting to pick up a bargain when new wheat becomes a glut on the market. "We may never get anything done," Conyac admits, referring to the limited Rooks county action, "but we're trying to show there's a little unrest in the country.

We can't just sit back on our cans and let this happen." Although meetings have been held in at least 3 Western Kansas counties to discuss possible crop-reduction measures Ford county wheat growers met Thursday night at Dodge City -Frank Mosier, state ASCS director, told a meeting at Belleville Thursday that none of the service's 105 county offices had reported an organized effort to destroy wheat. The Belleville meeting did reach a consensus, however, that many farmers may reduce Spring plantings because of recent price drops, and as much as 20 percent less wheat may be planted this Fall. 'Plowdown' favored in Decatur cou Today's records Hospital Admissions Aibury Mark Hawkins, 2016 Haskett; John Friedrich, 1012 Quincy; Edwin Hake, 319 W. Republic; Mrs. Walter Bernhardt, 764 Osage; Mrs.

Mildred Swanson, 113 E. Parkway; Mrs. Thomas Millikin, 1019 Manor Road; Kathryn O'Dowd, 1702 Hickory; Dr. Daniel King, 524 Camden Drive; Fred Funston, Abilene; Mrs. Edwin i a Mrs.

a Dikomey, Woodbine; Gustave Dixon, McPherson; Mrs. Georgia Wideman, Cawker City; Alfred Lenhart, Clay Center. St. John's Tara Carpentier, 1844 S. 4th; Mrs.

John Crough, 624 E. Ash; R. Q. Foster, 529 Aullwood; Ronald Freeman, 921 N. 8th; Mrs.

Fannie Gross, 607 W. Crawford; Mrs. Gertrude Lessig, Kenwood nursing home; Mrs. Walter Parris, 671 S. llth; Virgil Schmidt, 1922 S.

4th; Albert Timmons, 633 N. llth; Roy White, 115 Mount Barbara; Galen Barnett, Morland; Bob Belknap, Beloit; Mrs. i a Ingermanson, Solomon; Mrs. Julian Isenberg, A i Leva i Smolan. Hospital Dismissals Asbury Mrs.

Ralph Bennett jr. and baby girl, 1661 W. Republic; Andrew Shrader, 1909 Roach; Mrs. Gary Henderson, 2355 Edward; Mrs. W.

J. Dannenberg, 2058 Edward; Robert Nichols, 2219 Mayfair; Peter Phillippi, 840 Highland; Mrs. Frank Fox, 630 S. 5th; Jesse Maze, Salina RFD Clarence Roberts, 513 W. Crawford; Mrs.

Gene Engberg, 1506 Oak Drive; Mrs. Earl Phelps, Salina RFD Mrs. Terril Scriven and baby boy, Assaria; Adolph Funk, Hope; Howard Holla way, Junction City; Mrs. Delmar Wolting, a a a Harold Hooper, New Sunday, March 9,1975 MATIOMAl WCATMf I UtVICI KMfCAtT 7 tftT 3 9 75 Salina Journal Page 11 TON nty OBERLIN Latest returns from a mail survey of Decatur county farmers are running about 55 percent in favor of a "plowdown" set for March 18, said Gaylord Shields, Oberlin, organizer of the crop-reduction effort. The recent showings are in marked contrast to early returns "cards that were marked and put right back in the mail" indicating only about 28 percent of the county's wheat producers- favored the action, Shields added.

He attributed the turnaround to a growing feeling among Decatur county wheat producers that they're not alone in the struggle to push up wheat prices. "Farmers out here were under the impression they were about the only people who were going to tear up wheat. But as they've read about other farmers doing the same thing, it has reversed the trend." Recent meetings at Dodge City and Stockton may have helped persuade Oberlin-area growers to fall in line behind plowdown advocates, he added. Rawlins county wheat growers interested in taking similar action have been invited to a Monday night meeting in Atwood, and the movement shows signs of spreading beyond Kansas. "We were going to go ahead (with the March 18 action) regardless, but this thing is catching on clear across the wheat belt, now.

I've received calls from every wheat state except Colorado, and people are indicating they're going to do this." Decatur county farmers who have indicated they'll cooperate with the plow- down are being asked to tear up a strip of wheat around each field. Goal is to reduce the county's 1975 wheat harvest by 5 percent. Drouth may save farmers the trouble of plowing up wheat OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)- Plunging grain prices are causing Midwestern farmers to talk about plowing under some of their wheat, but Emmett Pybus says the weather may be playing into their hands if they just wait. Pybus, research meteorologist at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, said his research with sunspots and rainfall indicates the chances of a drought later this year are better than 65 per cent. "By the same figuring, the expectations of continued drought during 1976 is better than 90 per cent." he said.

Drought, naturally, would mean a reduced wheat crop and a consequent rise in prices. Pybus bases his prediction on rainfall at Stillwater since 1894, when the first rain gauge was installed, together with the sunspot cycle. He uses a chart showing the annual Zurich sunspot number plotted over the years in comparison with the running six-year average of precipitation at Stillwater. "It has been noticed that a peak in the Stillwater rainfall occurs, on the average, about two to two and a half years after a sunspot maximum has occurred," he said. "From the curves it can be seen that a peak of sunspots occurred in 1969.

so a peak of rainfall should be past and that the next point on the rainfall curve will be lower than the peak for 1974." Pybus said that although his research concentrated on the Stillwater area, the conclusions are applicable to at least north-central Oklahoma--south to Oklahoma City, west to Kingfisher, east to Tulsa and up to the Kansas border. "My guess would be, and this is strictly intuition, that it would probably hold true in the Kansas. Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas areas, too," he said. These states make up much of the wheat belt. Ray Crooks, meterologist in charge of the Oklahoma City National Weather Service office, said he wouldn't Manchester Cambria.

St. John's Ruskin Road want to hazard a prediction on what the weather will be like so far in advance. He noted that a publication written by Bill Curry, his chief assistant, in 1973 showed that from the Palmer Drought Index there was a drought somewhere in Oklahoma 51 per cent of the time between 1931 and 1971. "There were droughts of unusual severity in 1894 and 1895, 1909 through 1914. 1916 through 1918, in the 1930s of the Dust Bowl era, in the 1950s, in 1962 through 1964, in 1965 through 1968 and 1969 through 1971." Crooks said.

Pybus said these years of drought correlated pretty well with his sunspot theory. UNESCO tries to stave-off bankruptcy PARIS (UPI) The UNESCO, its treasury fast drying out after it passed the controversial anti-Israeli resolutions, has drawn up plans to placate the U.S. Congress and save the organization from bankruptcy, officials said Saturday. The United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization at the same time is urging member nations to pay 1975 dues as quickly as possible to bail it out from a financial pinch.

The United States, which provides 25 per cent of UNESCO budget, cut off the world organization without a penny after it passed the controversial resolutions at the urgings of Arab countries and with the backing of the socalled third world group. France and Switzerland also cut their UNESCO support by 10 per cent. Society to meet The Smoky Hill Audubon society will meet at pm Thursday in the First State Bank meeting room. Weather UN WIATMtt KNOC AST Deaths and funerals Mrs. Merle Ashton, 2006 Mrs.

Henry Gottschalk, 1318 Cheyenne, Kristen Haefeie, 2118 Roach; James Hall, 852 S. 5th; Jeffrey Hardie, 411 Vz S. 10th; Mrs. John Loftus, 1016 E. Jewell; Mrs.

Eugene Moravec, 1412 S. 9th; Joni Olson, 332 E. Bond; Kurt Parker, 543 Montrose; Mrs. Kenneth Rice, 1104 N. 10th; Danette Rodgers, 212 N.

12th; Albert Timmons, 633 N. John 2127 Meadowlark Lane; Willie Walker, 440 S. 9th; Alvin Borell, Wilson; Wende Fisher, Emporia; Randy Fox, Beloit; Mrs. Thomas Gillum, Smolan; Jack Goodwin, Prairie Village; Byrl Hunt, Wakefield; Mrs. Robert Killian, Minneapolis; Yvonne Law, Longford; George Newell Damar; Kimberly i a a Sparrowhawk, Wakefield.

Courts Municipal--Dennis Lee Bolen, 805 N. 9th, indecent exposure, $25 and 30 days, paroled 1 year; Austin Harriel 415 N. 13th, reckless driving, $100; Norman J. Leckberg, 441 S. Missouri, reckless driving, $150.

Magistrate- Bound over to district court--Jaylene Sue Walker, 1641 Elgin Drive, forgery. Maglitrate -Bound over to district court Edwin Eugene Lagerman, 532 W. Iron, charged with burglary. District- Filed--Susan K. White vs.

Rose M. Base, plaintiff seeks $100,000 in alleged damages from traffic accident. Dismissed--Raymond W. Heath vs. Fred Verhoff, plaintiff had sought $20,000 alleging defendant alienated the affections of his ex-wife.

Divorces Filed Dolores Antoinette vs. Donald Melvern Jolley; Peggy A. vs. Ter- renceL. Pistora.

Dismissed--Eileen F. vs. Roy Dean Albright; Wanda N. vs. Cyril P.

Cookson; Carl L. vs. Frances Lorraine Harris. Marriage Licenses Frank Tolson, 22, and Sharlene Jewell, 21, both of Salina. Fire Alarms 8:44 pm, Friday-In front of 948 S.

9th, odor of gas, couldn't get reading on gas detector indicating a hazard. 12:24 am, Saturday--In front of 112 N. West Place, truck owned by Robert Perkins, 1010 State truck cab's hood and fenders destroyed, cab and its contents heavily damaged, estimated $7500 damage, cause unknown. 2:33 am, Saturday --605 N. llth, Mrs.

Donna Carson residence, car fire, estimated $650 damage, cause unknown. Manhattan woman picked for PTA board TOPEKA Mrs. Glendola Mattews, Manhattan, has been elected vice-president of the Region 4 Kansas PTA board of managers. Mrs. Mattews replaces Mrs.

Ed Piper, Beloit, who resigned. Region 4 includes Saline and 13 other central Kansas counties. Classified ads get results. MRS. HENRY CHRISTIE CONCORDIA The funeral for Mrs.

Mae Christie, 90, Concordia, will be at 2 pm Monday at the Chaput funeral home, Concordia, the Rev. David Seward officiating. Mrs. Christie died Saturday at St. Joseph hospital, Concordia.

She had been a resident of the Cheyenne Lodge nursing home at Jamestown since 1973. She was born Nov. 6. 1884, at Jamestown. She had lived at Concordia from 1926 to 1973.

She was a member of the Concordia Presbyterian Church and the church's BushneH society. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Nedra Barrick, Concordia; 4 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 2 great- great-grandchildren. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill cemetery, Concordia. The family suggests memorials to the church.

Friends may call at the funeral home. HARRY HORNER LINCOLN The funeral for Harry Horner, 88, Lincoln, will be at 2:30 pm Tuesday at the Hall mortuary, Lincoln, Elder Elgin Clark officiating. Burial will be in the city cemetery. Mr. Horner died Friday at Lincoln County hospital, Lincoln.

He was born Aug. 10, 1886, at Ash Grove. He lived there until 1930, then moved to Lincoln. He was a retired farmer and laborer and a member of the United Methodist Church, Ash Grove. Surviving are the widow, Nettie, of the Mid-America home, Lincoln; a daughter, Mrs.

Elsie I. Miller, Sylvan Grove; 3 sons, Ralph, Great Bend; Harry, Lindsborg, and Everett, Minneapolis; a brother, Everett, Lincoln; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Mid-America home. Friends may call at the mortuary. WILLIAM C.

OTT GYPSUM The funeral for William C. Ott, 75, lifelong Gypsum resident, will be at 2 pm Monday at the Gypsum United Methodist Church, the Rev. Earl Enyart officiating. Mr. Ott, a retired farmer, died Friday night at Asbury hospital, Salina.

He was bom July 25, 1899, at Gypsum and spent his life there. Surviving are the widow, Florence; a brother, Fred, Newton, and 2 sisters, Mrs. Rosa i a a i a and Mrs. Selma Webb, Topeka. Burial will be in the Chapel Hill cemetery.

Gypsum. Friends may call until Monday noon at the Gillum funeral home. Gypsum. MRS. WILLIAM MOORE RUSSELL The funeral for Mrs.

Bertha M. Moore, 95, former Russell resident, will be at 2:30 pm Monday at the Cline All-Faiths funeral chapel, Russell, the Rev. Tom Bandy officiating. Burial will be in the Russell city cemetery. Mrs.

Moore died Saturday at the White Cross Retirement home near Smolan. She had spent the past 7 years at the home and at Salina. She spent most of her adult life at Russell. Her husband. William, died in 1965.

Mrs. Moore, born Feb. 19. 1880, at Nebraska City. was the daughter of a Civil War veteran.

She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church. Russell, and the GAR auxiliary. Surviving are 3 sons, Walter. Westminster, Ralph. Buellton.

and Delbert, Wellington: 2 daughters, Mrs. Bonnie 1. Hocker, Nederland, and Mrs. Jennie Dickens, 1420 Pershing. Salina; 4 sisters, Mrs.

Florence Robinson. Ukiah, Mrs. Jeffries. Torrence, Mrs. Annabelle Stevens.

Independence, and Mrs. Elsie Windsor, Westminster, 10 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great- grandchildren. Salina arrangements were made by the Ryan mortuary. Would ban SST flights WASHINGTON (UPI) Moving to effectively ban the Anglo-French Concorde, Sen. William Proxmire announced Saturday he will introduce a bill forcing supersonic jetliners flying over the United States to meet noise standards applying to other planes.

The Wisconsin Democrat, who led the successful fight against the U.S. supersonic transport program in 1971, said his new measure would be introduced in the Senate Monday. Proxmire's plans were prompted by a recommendation from the Federal Aviation Administration that British Airways and Air France each be allowed to start flying three Concorde SSTs a day into New York and Washington next year. Ben Blue dies (C) New York Times LOS ANGELES Ben Blue, the sad- faced comedian of vaudeville, motion pictures, night clubs and on radio and television, died Friday evening. He was 73.

FORECASTS KANSAS: Travelers advisory Sunday. Considerable cloudiness through Monday. Occa- i a i spreading east. Precipitation ending Monday. Snow may be mixed with light freezing rain or drizzle daytime.

Lows Sunday night around 20 northwest to the 20s southeast. Highs Sunday and Monday mid 30s to low 40s. EXTE.NDED FORECAST Extended forecast: Monday through Wednesday Chance of showers northeast Tuesday. Minor temperature changes, lows upper 20s and 30s, highs mostly 50s. ZONE FORECASTS Zones 1.

2, 4 and 5: Travelers advisory Sunday. Considerable cloudiness through Monday. Occasional snow continuing into Monday. Snow possibly mixed with freezing rain or drizzle nighttime and light rain or drizzle daytime. Lows Sunday night upper teens to low 20s.

Highs Sunday and Monday mid 30s to low 40s. Zones 7. 8, 10 and 11: Considerable cloudiness through Monday. Occasional snow possibly mixed with freezing rain or drizzle nighttime and light rain or drizzle daytime. Lows Sunday night low to mid 20s.

Highs Sunday and Monday mid 30s to low 40s. Precipitation probabilities: 70 per cent Sunday. 60 per cent Sunday night. ZONE 1 Cheyenne. Rawlins.

Sherman. Tnomas ZONE 2 Wallace. Logan, G'ee'ey. Wicnila. Scott ZONE 4 Decatur, Norton.

Sheridan. Graham ZONE 5 Gove. Trego. Lane. Ness.

ZONE 7 Phillips, Smith, Rooks. Osborne ZONE 8 Ellis. Russell. Rusn. Barton ZONE 10 Jewell.

Republic. Washington, Mil- Chen. Clouc. Clay. ZONE II Lincoln.

Ottawa. Saline. Dickinson, R.ce. Marion. McPherson SALINA WEATHER City Airport Temp at 7 pm 33; Min.

Saturday 25; Max. Saturday FA A Reported at 7 pm; Barometer 30.33 falling; Wind 10 MPH; Relative Humidity 59 percent. Lowest this date minus 3 in 1912; highest 76 in 1936. Sunday Sunrise 7:51 am; sunset 7:31 pm. Airport Temperatures (By FAA) Saline, Ottawa county Honor students to be honored Outstanding high school students from Ottawa and Saline counties will be recognized as Kansas honor students at a Wednesday banquet at the Salina Country club.

Chancellor Archie Dykes. Kansas university, will be guest speaker. The banquet is sponsored by the county chapters of the Kansas university alumni association. The 98 honored students are: Central Thomas Baldwin. 611 Morningside; Kelly Broce.

960 S. Front; Shirley Oinkel. 1006 E. Iron: Daniel Gooden. 309 Baker; Susan Harder.

418 S. 9th; Cynthia Hays. 424 S. 5th; Linda Helm, 925 Cedar; Donna Holz, 517 Park; Jay Howard. 825 Manor Road; Judith Hudder.

837 S. Santa Fe; Karen Immenschuh, 620 W. Ash; Cindy Jennison, 830 Millwood; Kenneth Jilka, Salina RFD lanne Kearns. 35 S. Ohio; Jetfrey Knox, 442 Beechwood; David Lerret.

942 S. Ohio; Joan Lundy, 848 Sunrise; Mark McBrTde, 104 W. Lake; Nancy McDaniel, Salina RFD Robert Mayo, 814 Moundview; David Morriss, 203 Greenway, David Palmer, 1952 Ridgelea; Larry Rah- 127 BsXer; Daniel Rodgers, 1120 Greeley; Cindy Schwindt, 617 State; Jill Sisson. 617 S. Randy Talbott, 401 Morrison; Cheryl Thielen, 909 S.

10th; Linda Thomas, 1112 Gypsum; Cheryl TrochecV. Saline RFD Richard Wilcox, 616 N. 13th. Sttlru South Adams. 330 E.

Cloud. Ivan Ayala, 511 Crestwood; Cynthia Ayre. 626 Carl; Roma Baldwin. Salina SFD Rise Block. 2054 Norton; Barbara Gerleman, 14)5 Coronado; Dana Glover.

817 E. Jewell; Donna Goering. 2086 Raymond; Nedra Goodman, 507 Hart, Susan Harris, 2058 Leland Way; Scott Hoisington. 117 Wayne; Lisa Klotzbach. 2080 Wesley; Vicki Krehbiel, 2036 Edward; Mike Kroneberger.

U16 Highland; Becky 908 Maple; Scon Leaderrand. 2096 Roach; Jody Leslie. 2SM Highland; Richard Lungstrum. 302 W. Park Lane; Charles 2304 Quincy; Lesa 2347Mont- clair; Mary Maxwell.

414 Wayne; Ron Mimick. 2323 Kensington; Dean Naegele, 348 Cloud; David Olson. 2218 Roach; Timothy Pivonka. 2046 Highland; Lori Roth, 729 Carl; Marcia Schwartz. 2007 Raymond; Jimmy Shea, 1941 Gebhart; David Silhan.

909 W. Cloud: Fred Suhr, 1521 Dover Circle; Leland Swartz, 1300 Pawnee: Molly Woodhouse. 648 Mon- Irose; Ann Zimmerman, 812 E. Republic; Cheryl Harmon, 142 Montgomery; Robert Kennedy, 421 Wayne; Kim Woodall, 2161 Kensington. Htart Rhonda Ahlstrom, 123 S.

llth; Jim Martin. Solomon; Gerardelte Medve. 313 N. Phillips; Katny Prather, 425 E. Claflin; Christine Rirter, 213 Baker; Moriica Scheibmeir.

604 Leslie; Mike Sheahon. 504 E. Jewell; CindyTalley, 539S. 12lh. St.

John's Military school Gregory Paul, Denver, Douglas Reed. Fort Scott; James Weliman. Longview, Tex. Southeast of Saline Debbie Forsberg, Assaria; Linda Richter. Assaria; Ralph Romig, Assaria; Rick Sundell, Assaria; Linda Sundgren, Salina RFO3.

Ell-Saline Cindy Jensen, Bavaria: Teresa Jensen, Bavaria; Cindy Lyne. Bavaria; Bonnie Mulder, Salina RFD Robert Whitbeck, 1209 Osage. Bennlnqton Cheryl Orner and Janet Werner, both of Bennington. Minneapolis Marilyn Ballou, Delohos; Susan Bremerman. Minneapolis; a Krone, Minneapolis; Tom Pruitt, Barnard: Richard Scoggan, Minneapolis: Kirk Wallace, Minneapolis.

Patty Gorrel, Culver, and Debra MartJn, Tescott. Name top teenagers Four Salina students have been out selected as Outstanding Teenagers for 1975. Monica Scheibmeir, 604 Leslie; Sarah Hein. 304 Rahm, Bill Shea, 601 E. Leslie, and Michelle Budke, Salina RFD 3, were chosen for academic achievement and community service.

They will now compete at the state level for $7000 in scholarship awards. Home hungry Robert Guy Davis sits at his mother's table at Palo Alto, following his release from a Cuban prison. Davis lost 50 pounds. (UPI Photo) Cuba frees Americans MIAMI (UPI) An American freed in mid-term from' a Cuban prison in what may have been a low-key bid by the Fidel Castro regime for detente said his release interrupted a hunger strike, the Miami Herald reported today. A reporter for the newspaper interviewed David Libke, 28, Streator, at the home of a friend in North Miami Beach where Libke is in seclusion.

Libke; Roger Sanderson, 29, Euclid, Ohio; and Robert Guy Davis. 36, Palo Alto, were freed Wednesday from an old fortress-prison near Havana and returned to the U.S. via Kingston, Jamaica. Release of the trio has been interpreted by some Cuban observers here as a response to the speech last weekend of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in which he indicated a change in U.S. official attitudes toward the Castro regime.

Libke and Davis were arrested in June, 1973, when the yacht "Sahive" ran aground on Cuba. They and two other persons aboard, David Bruce Nirenberg and Susan Lane Brown, each were sentenced to four-year terms in Cuban prisons on narcotics charges, which Libke said were false. Nirenberg and Miss Brown were freed last October in an apparent good will gesture in response to the Cuba visit last September of Sens. Jacob M. Jav- and Claiborne Pell,.