Farm Bill Producing Bumper Word Crop
Washington debate over the farm bill yields a bumper crop of words with lawmakers trading parables and puns. Referencing Billy Sol Estes and Ezra Taft Benson, the discussion covers parity, quotas, and rural electrification while quips about straitjackets color the floor fight.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Ezra Taft Benson
Charles. B. Hoeven
Arowa
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Robert H. Michel
Ilt
Rural Electrification Administration
D. R
Billy) Matthews
D-Fla
Don L. Short
R-N.d
Billy
Billie
Rain Delays Harvest as June Rain Totals Rise
Rain drenched Garden City area with .21 inches at Kansas State University station northeast of town and .16 inches at the airport. Totals for June approach 1o 3.00 inches, far above last June, while waterworks recorded .18 inches. Authorities note delayed harvest and a weather-based tally of fatalities in a separate June report.
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Garden City
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Town
Santa Fe
Garden Sass Sparks Weather Outlook Quip by Gus Garden
Evening thunderstorms return with regularity as Gus Garden jokes that storms are as certain as taxes. The remark frames a seasonal pattern while lightening the mood of local weather chatter.
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Gus Garden
Demos Primed To Push Farm Bill Through
House Democrats aim to push the administration farm bill through by a slim margin after two days of debate and a lengthy amendment process. Leader Carl Albert said he believed he had enough votes, while members worked on acceptable amendments to align with the Senate version, keeping mandatory acreage reductions and penalties for overplanting.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Albert
Enrollment Open for Second Red Cross Swim Session
Enrollment is under way at the Red Cross office 317 N 7th for the second session of swimming and life saving instruction. Executive secretary Mildred Hope said enrollment runs through July 3 with sessions starting on or near July 18. Parents must enroll their child who has completed the second grade to be eligible for the free classes.
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Red Cross
Mildred Hope
Cimarron Man Survives Tornado Plane Crash Near Kalvesta
Cimarron farmer and part-time aerial sprayer Gerald Wehkamp, 42, survived a crash of his single engine Taylorcraft 40 aircraft ten miles northwest of Kalvesta while surveying tornado damage. He was injured mildly, with bumps and bruises, after a downdraft felled the plane during the Saturday storm. Wallace Myers aided the pilot to a nearby farmhouse. The tornado tracked southwest to northeast, ripping wheat fields and crops along its wide path.
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Cimarron
Gerald Wehkamp
Here
Kalvesta
Wehkamp
Wallace Myers
New 4-Gallon Club Initiated in Blood Donor ranks
Roy L. Wilkerson of Rt. 1 led the new four gallon club after donating his 48th pint during the June Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. He previously gave two gallons with the Red Cross before arriving in Finney County. the final two were donated locally. New three gallon members include Mrs. Ena Wilcox, Lloyd Haag, and Elmer M. Foreman. Two gallon qualifiers are Selah Ridgeway, Leslie Cline and Harrison Smith. One gallon givers are Blanche Salyer, Charles Lancaster, and Duane S. West.
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Roy L. Wilkerson
Rt. 1
Red Cross
Wilkerson
Finney County
Ena Wilcox
Lloyd Haag
Elmer M. Foreman
Selah Ridgeway
Leslie Cline
Harrison Smith
Blanche Salyer
Charles Lancaster
Duane S. West
Rusk Inspects Berlin Barrier During Berlin Stop
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Berlin from Paris aboard a U S Air Force plane to view the Red Wall and confer with Mayor Willy Brandt during a 24 hour visit. He planned talks in Bonn with West German leaders after saying Paris would consider France's nuclear option for Western defense. A government spokesman said Adenauer's cabinet had unity on European unification, as tensions rose from nightly shootings along the border.
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Berlin
Dean Rusk Arived
Redwall
Willy Brandt
Paris
East Germany
Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Western Alliance
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Wall
West Berlin
Fire Burns 30 Acres of Wheat Near Plymell
A Wednesday afternoon blaze on Martin Nusser land two miles north and one east of Plymell scorched about 30 acres of ripened wheat. An additional 30 acres of recently harvested stubble also burned. A hot brake on a combine started the fire, with alarms sounded at 2 10 p.m.
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Martin Nusser
Plymel
Plymell
Roark Quits Garden City Jaco Coach Job for Cameron switch
Dale Roark, head basketball coach at Garden City Junior College for three seasons, resigns to become head cage coach at Cameron A&M in Lawton Oklahoma. He will replace Gerald Stockton, moving to freshman coach at Montana State University. Roark’s teams were strong defensively then more offense-driven, with three seasons posting 31 losses only five in state Jayhawk Jaco Conference play. Cameron enrolls about 1,200 students and boasts strong athletic facilities.
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Dale Roark
Garden City Junior College
Roark
Cameron A&m
Lawton
Okla
Gerald Stockton
Montana State University
Missoula
Juco
Kansas City
Oklahoma State University
Hank Iba
Phillips 66 Oilers
Army
Yale
High
Don Talley
Kansas
Arkansas City
Jayhawk
Dodge City
Ark City
Broaccusters
Ben Grimsley
Busters
Weber College
Ogden
Utah
Hutchinson
Pueblo
Trinidad
Cameron
Moslems Believe Truce Will Hold In Algiers
Algiers sees a near total return to work across vital services as Moslems resume duties. Streets are cleared of garbage and private firms reopen. Moslem auxiliary police patrol European areas to ease transition before independence next month amid ongoing attacks by the Secret Army Organization.
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Algiers
Algeria
Trans World Strike Threat Is Quashed
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg announced a settlement ending the engineers strike threat against Trans World Airlines after an all night bargaining session. The pact reduces cockpit crews from four to three and aims to prevent similar actions at Pan American and Eastern Airlines. The agreement safeguards the 600 Flight Engineers International Association members and prioritizes their job security while setting up mediation for unresolved issues. President Kennedy hailed the deal as statesmanlike and praised the mediators and officials involved.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
TWA
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Airlines
Goldberg
Flight Engineers International Association
Gohlberg
Engineers
Air Line Pilots Association
Asher Schwartz
David Crombie
Willard Wirtz
Feinsinger
White House
Pierre Salinger
Judge Denies Estes Motion in Grand Jury Case
A federal judge in Texas refused defense requests to block further grand jury investigation into Billie Sol Estes. Judge Thomason denied dismissing the 23 jurors or isolating them from media coverage, allowing use of sworn testimony while permitting instruction submissions as an exhibit.
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DL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Federal Grand Jury
West Texas
U.S. Dist
R. EB. Thomason
Estes
John Cofer
Austin
Cofer
Thomason
Milo Club Renamed Finney County Money Maker Milo Club
Finney County renames its annual irrigation and dryland sorghum contest to Finney County Money Maker Milo Club. Since 1955, the award targets 100 bushels per acre irrigated yields and 40 bushels on dryland. Entries due July 15 with plots of at least five acres and a full production report due December 1.
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Finney County
Milo Club
Oscar Norby
Agricultural Soil Conservation Service Office
County Agricultural Extension Office
Chamber of Commerce
ASCS
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