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Show Page 1974 HERALD, Provo. Utah, Thursday, August 8, 16-- THE Rans Fnafy Come to Midwest But Too Late, Farmers Contend all By United Press International The thirsty land drank up the scattered rainfall, but for the crops, it was too late. The drought already has caused flO billion in losses. And -xperts say that unless more substantial rainfalls are forth- coming, there will be greater losses. Bobby Gruben stood under the eaves of his barn in Rotan, Tex.,' finaHy came to the Midwest Wed- but farmers, many already wiped out by the drought were not heartened by the showers. "Why did it wait so long?" asked one Kansas farmer. "I'd have got down on my knees and thanked God for even a few drops of rain two weeks ago. But today, drohl-parche- Sy d r r;,7 r-- it'sgoodforismakingmud" asJJ,e fields and t0 red mud.Buthewasntsmil.ng. puddles m turned dustry The light rains Tuesday and Wednesday were the first to dampen the area since mid June, and the area has only had about four inches since last October, "It's the same old story -- a matter of tod little, too late," Gruben said. "Our fields are dead or pretty near it. If my neighbors and I harvest 15 to 20 per cent of the total amount of cotton we harvested last year, we'll be doing pretty darn good," he said. A single flower, purple-rein the blazing sun, tells the story of the midlands' worst drought since the Dust Bowl Days of the d 1930s. Texas' cotton fields, they call it "the funeral flower." "When you see the funeral flower out, you know you've had it," said Ronnie McNutt, the Childress County, Tex., In S-fl- T : Ufc' agricultural agent. Cotton plants are dying in the fields and those that survive bear bloom at the single purple-re- d the top of the stalk a telltale sign of poor production. Donald Coker, a Roby, Tex., farmer, said his cotton, planted in May, would normally be about three feet high by August. Today, most stand less than four inches high. McNutt said the rain also was too late to save food grain crops, but he had a single word of optimism. "With what we've had for the past couple days, we can still make a hay crop by next fall if we get some more rain. " Navy Begins Communist Troops Turn Attack Trial for From Da Nang to Besieged Town overran district 48 Sailors (UPI) their their trying major By ALAN DAWSON Communist SAIGON (UPI) TOKYO The U.S. Da Nang .troops took 48 Navy has begun offensive to the besieged town of enlisted men for missing last Due Due today following the June's sailing of the aircraft of a nearby district carrier Midway, it was capture and the destruction of its capital announced today. defense force. entire A navy said spokesman The Saigon command said the military authorities ordered Communists were massing special courts martial for 41 around Due Due. a war- sailors and informal captain's troops mast proceedings for seven of the men. The spokesman said military authorities have yet to decide how to proceed against the rest of the 54 sailors accused of missing the June 14 sailing from the port WENATCHEE, Wash. (UPI) of Yokosuka. Authorities Wednesday said Most of the missing men were they have not yet established the black, leading Japanese cause of a tanker car blast that newspapers to attribute the mass destroyed a railroad yard here, .absence from the ship to racial killing two persons, injuring 77 trouble on the carrier. others and sending tons of The spokesman tried to play e area. shrapnel oyer a down the significance of the absence, saying only a little Among theories being investimore than one per cent of the gated are sabotage or the chance crew missed that rifle or pistol fire may have ship's the ship's sailing. touched off the tanker loaded with an inert liquid milithe said sources Navy previously believed to be tary trials have so far uncovered nonexplosive. no evidence of an organized R.A. Buelke, regional vice walkout . from the ship. The sources said sailors on trial president for the Burlington insisted they acted on their own. Northern railroad, said sabotA navy spokesman said 24 of age "had not been ruled out as a the 41 courts martial have possible cause." Ray Sabotka, a DuPont already been completed. 500-ma- n Communist troops Thuong Due Wednesday in 90 fightminutes of first ing to win victory in the offensive against the outskirts of Da Nang. 350 miles north of torn capita! 25 miles southwest of Da Nang. and predicted an attempt to overrun the town. A government spokesman said the Saigon command was rushing reinforcements to Due Due to avoid a repetition of the loss of Thuong Due a district capital eight northwest. miles to hand-to-han- d three-week-ol- d Saigon. Officers in Da Nang said all 500 ranger battalion and small militia force guarding Thuong Due were believed killed or captured. They said there was little chance of the men fighting their way back to government men in the the No Cause Yet Established For Rail Tanker Blast two-mil- 4,200-ma- n 15,000-gallo- n lines. chemist sent to the scene, said the liquid marketed under the name P.R.M. Solution was inert and would not become explosive until combined with other chemicals in a "trade secret" formula. The chemical travels under the and designation of until Tuesay was not considered dangerous by DuPont or the railroad. But that changed when the tanker exploded with the force of a thousand pound bomb Some 70 boxcars were reduced to twisted piles of steel. Tons of schrapnel that used to be boxcars and trackage peppered the Wenatchee Heights area. Dozens of homes were hit by the flying steel. Officers reported little fighting in the Da Nang area following the fall of Thuong Due, but Communist troops shelled Due Due sporadically throughout the day. A 2.500-mainfantry regiment has guarded Due Due since tank-leViet Cong and North Vietnamese troops launched an offensive July 17 against the approaches of Da Nang, South Vietnam's second largest city. n d Away From It All AIRES (UPI) -BUENOS Hikers in the southern Argentine mountain resort area of Bariloche will find scores of trails that can put them several hours, or days from the nearest civilization. d l n ' f ' ''-- ,,. . " IOWA FARMER, Jerry Barth of Missouri Valley kneels amid rows of parched corn while reaching up to his elbow into a crack in the moisture-starveearth on his n UPI Telephoto d 10 Police Sergeants Face Indictment in New York Felled - By Dispute By United Press International The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra canceled its 1974-7season Wednesday because of a labor dispute. The concert season was called off when the symphony failed to work out a contract agreement with the American Federation of the Musicians, representing symphony's 83 musicians. Other labor disputes across the nation affected everything from professional football to public transportation. San Mateo, Calif., located on the San Francisco Peninsula, was hit by a firemen's strike Wednesday. The city's 114 firemen walked off their jobs to back demands for a 26 per cent pay hike. State forestry department firefighters were called to the city to man fire stations. More than 200,000 daily commuters in California were without transportation for the 39th straight day today. Striking bus drivers in Alemeda and Contra Costa counties have rejected a settlement offer for the second straight time. Contract talks in New Stanton, Pa., failed to make any progress toward settling a strike by some '1,100 utility workers. While a tentative national agreement between the Bell Telephone System and its employes has averted a nationwide strike by 725,000 Bell workers, local unions in California and Ohio staged wildcat strikes against Bell and a third Bell site was picketed by the International of Brotherhood Electrical Workers. IBEW members also are on strike against Western Electric, which manufactures Bell equipment. No progress has been report-- , ed toward ending strikes affecting some 16,000 workers at General Motors assembly plants in St. Louis, Mo., Iordstown, Ohio, and Doravrille, Ga. 5 cars that are relatively be the safest in light crashes because of their ability to absorb the impact, a national Big would safety conference has been told. www farm. Rains finally came Wednesday to the drought-strickeMidwest, but many farmers already have been wiped out. AN Orchestra d The NEW YORK (UPI) special prosecutor's office today announced the indictment of 10 New York City police sergeants on charges of conspiracy, extortion and perjury. A source in special state prosecutor Maurice Nadjari's office said the indictments stem from an investigation into a corruption in certain segments of the police force. Most of the alleged corruption involved narcotics traffic, but Nadjari's probe has expanded to include police protection of gambling, prostitution and other illegal activities. the The golden mantled squirrel likes his sleep. In addition to hibernating seven months, the squirrel seldom rises for breakfast until well after sunrise. .. "sergeants' club" in borough of Queens, in which ranking officers allegedly received regular bribe money to protect a variety of illegal activities. 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