NFO Vows Price Hike Or Boycott
In Des Moines the National Farmers Organization threatened an all-out market boycott if food processors do not raise prices for farm products. With 35 000 members praising the ultimatum, NFO plans a grain bank and price targets for corn soybeans wheat milk hogs cattle and lambs as part of a broader strategy to push higher farm prices and possibly halt agricultural markets.
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Syracuse and Houston Hit By Violence
Violence erupted in Syracuse and Houston as hundreds of Black residents looted shops and set fires in predominantly Black districts near Syracuse University and Houston South Side. Police arrested 28 in Syracuse after crowds gathered near a campus liquor store and vandalism spread to surrounding stores amid mounting tensions.
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Syracuse
Syracuse University
Wilson Refuses Protest Over U S Bombing Near China
London sources say Prime Minister Wilson declined to intervene with President Johnson over U S bombing of North Vietnamese targets near the Chinese border. A letter to eight left wing Labour MPs reportedly states Britain's policy remains unchanged. Fulbright was also Cabled by the Labour MPs protesting the strikes.
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UPI
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Scilly Isles
Britain
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D-Ark
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Child Escaping Murderer Tells Of Strange Man
A four year old girl who escaped the mass slaying of her family said she saw a strange man in the house the night her parents and seven other children were slain. Royal Canadian Mounted Police hunted in the farming region and placed guards at the Helgeron home where she stays. An aunt and another daughter arrived, while the girl keeps silent about details beyond sensing something terrible. Brig Gen Francis Kosler Newcomer, 77, former Panama Canal Zone governor, died after a long illness.
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Winnipeg Free Press
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Lee Hill
British Columbia
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San Antonio
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Panama Canal Zone
Banks and branches joke on money trees
A witty line questions banking profits with a quip that money does not grow on trees yet banks seem to have many branches. The remark frames a humorous take on finance.
Johnson Defends Vietnam Elections Amid Criticism
President Johnson urged Americans not to set impossible standards for a young nation at war amid Viet Nam election controversy. He defended the South Vietnamese process in a White House address honoring six civilians, urging free and fair elections while noting historical perseverance and allies who stood with the United States.
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Federal Relief Declares Alaska Major Disaster Area
President Johnson declared Alaska a major disaster area and authorized one million dollars in federal flood relief funds for the state. The action comes as Alaska faces widespread flood damage and disrupted communities.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Alaska
Deserter Says Many U S GIs Seek Refuge in Britain
In Birmingham England ex GI Gordon Mepham details how numerous Vietnam deserters find sanctuary in Britain. He describes service, leave rules, and his moral stance while noting possible extradition limits. He lists personal injuries and divides with the Johnson administration.
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England
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Midwest Weather: Showers Move Across Iowa With Cooler Air
Cooler air moved into the upper Midwest as showers roamed Iowa from northwest to southeast. Rain totals ranged around one third inch, with a Dyersville thunderstorm adding 1.7 inches. Cedar Rapids logged .74, Manchester .87 inches. A fourth cool snap pushed into North Dakota and Minnesota. the cold front stretched from western Lake Huron to northwest Kansas by Friday morning.
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Bank Robbery Grazes Cashier in Mitchellville Heist
Two armed bandits robbed Farmers Savings Bank in Mitchellville near Des Moines. One fired a shot grazing cashier Wayne Rowland, who helped load cash into a bag while a third accomplice waited outside. The trio fled in a maroon 1967 Mustang with undisclosed proceeds.
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Farmers Savings Bank
A. E. Chittenden
Chittenden
Rowland
Des Moines
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Norman Skinner
Vandals smash motos in San Francisco Hall of Justice crash
Vandals steered an empty station wagon into the San Francisco Hall of Justice garage early Thursday. Fifteen police motorcycles were damaged and about 25,000 dollars in damage occurred. The stolen car, with a jammed accelerator, struck the rear wall and the culprits fled as firemen sprayed the area to prevent gasoline fires.
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San Francisco
tVandals
Casualties At Lowest Since Jan. 7
American forces reported last week the lowest combat toll this year with 82 Americans killed and 748 wounded. Still, skirmishes intensified in hills west of Tam Ky as Marines hunted communist troops. Air strikes were hampered by clouds over North Vietnam, totaling 1,043 enemy dead for the week.
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U.S
Tam Ky
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Panhandle
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Parsons College in Fairfield Sees Leadership Shakeup
Dr. William B. Munson resigns as acting president with six month leave. Prof Wayne Stamper named provost and Dr Charles O’Hare dean as the college reorganizes. New acting president not named yet. NCA previously revoked accreditation citing shaky ground. Convocation set to explain the plan to students and faculty.
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Fairfield
Wayne E. Stamper
Charles O'Hare
Stamper and O'Hare
Death Sentence for Soviet Woman Slayer in Bielorussia
A Baptist sect member in the Bielorussia village of Uzevsk was sentenced to death by firing squad for the ax murder of her nonbelieving daughter. The sect leader, part of the Evangelical Christian Baptists, was jailed for organizing an illegal religious procession, per Soviet Bielorussia on Thursday.
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UPT
Soviet Bielorussia
Evangelical Christian Baptists
Bielorussia
Uzevsk
Arab Refugees To Return Home
Jerusalem reports that Arab refugees will begin returning to homes in the Israeli occupied west bank Friday. Jordan warns of a mass return via Amman radio while Israeli authorities set 7 am crossings at Allenby and Dam ya bridges with up to 1000 expected first day. Amman radio lists 595 names expected to cross Friday.
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UPI
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Jordan
West Bank
Amman Radio
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Dam‘ya
Jordan River
Bellmon Named New Nixon Aide
Washington UPI reports Henry Bellmon former Oklahoma governor will succeed Dr Gaylord Parkinson as chairman of the Nixon for president committee, the move announced Thursday.
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UPI
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Oklahoma
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