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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1955
Page
4
A Tallatchie county grand jury indicted Roy Bryant and J W Milam on murder charges in the 14 year old Emmett Till case. The two white men admit kidnapping Till from Moses Wright's home but deny killing him. Till's body was found bludgeoned and shot near the Tallahatchie River after his disappearance.
The Justice Department is reportedly probing alleged monopolistic practices in the juke box industry. Investigators focus on exclusive contracts between suppliers and independent dealers to see if anti trust laws are violated and whether middlemen are forced into restraints of trade.
The Civil Service Assembly notes local governments in Dearborn and Lincoln Park Michigan and Milwaukee County Wisconsin have adopted a guaranteed annual wage for hourly workers. Each employee receives a stable two weekly paycheck, with time off offset by peak season work. The plan covers Dearborn’s 300 workers and Milwaukee County park staff plus Lincoln Park public works sewer and park employees.
Fort Worth reports that a two year study to determine if badly retarded children with IQs below 50 can be taught speech will start at Texas Christian University this month. The project, backed by TCU School of Fine Arts the Hogg Foundation and the Fort Worth Council for Retarded Children, seeks effective methods and will share results nationwide. Dr B L Pross head of the speech department Mrs Dorothy Bell head of the clinic and Prof Curtly J Firking head of the Testing Center supervise the study.
Washington upholds a 6 percent drop in milk cows to 22 087 900 as of June 30 after two years of gains. A 450 million pound output decline from January to July and a 30 percent cut in price support purchases since April 1 are noted. Lower dairy product prices and severe droughts push farmers to sell stock, though factors to halt the decline include cheaper feed and improved dairy price relations.
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson announced on Tuesday that three Democratic senators will visit London in November as guests of the British Parliament. The selections are Sens. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Mike Mansfield of Montana, and Hubert H. Humphrey.
Delegates to London 2rey Minnesota to represent the Democrats. Three Republican senators for the delegation have not been designated. Farm storage facility and farm storage equipment loan programs extended by the agriculture department for another year through June 30, 1956.
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