Prices at 18 Year Low Spurs May Parley on Cattle
Secretary Freeman called an advisory 22 member panel to meet May 18 and 19 in Washington to consider actions to bolster depressed cattle prices. Wheat program attracts many signups in Great Plains as farmers join voluntary plan with benefits tied to planting allotments. Major farm groups warn against rapid pesticide restrictions risking food supply. Federal Crop Insurance reports 1963 premiums of 30.5 million and indemnities of 25 million since 1948. Ben Wichterman resigns to run for Minnesota 7th District in Democratic-Farmer-Labor bid with multiple contenders named.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Johnson
Washington
National Farmers Union
Great Plains
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Plummer, Minn
Ben Wichterman
Plummer
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Congress
Democratic - Farmer-Labor District
Detroit Lakes
DFL
William Kjeldahl
Fergus Falls
Coya Knutson
Traverse County
Keith Davison
Harding Noblitt
Concordia College
Hiring Rules Change After United Nations Preference Complaint
The New York State Commission for Human Rights dismissed white waitresses’ claim that a Negro was favored in hiring a waitress at the United Nations. An agreement with Lido Shores Corp and Local 302 of the Cafeteria Employes Union now includes seniority for extras in the dining room labor contract.
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New York
United Nations
State Commission For Human Rights
Ruperto Ruiz
Commission
Ruiz
Gertrude Wooten
Lido Shores Corp
Catholic Bishop Addresses Methodist General Conference
Bishop John J. Wright of Pittsburgh spoke at the Methodist General Conference marking the first time a Catholic bishop addressed the gathering. He urged closer ties between the two faiths despite deep differences, noting Christians share a common stance against secular trends.
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Pittsburgh
John J. Wright
Methodist Church
Fred Pierce Carson
World Methodist Council
Wright
Dien Bien Phu Ten Years Later Still Haunts French
Ten years after Dien Bien Phu fell the French in Saigon recall a shattered outpost and warn the United States may face a similar trap. Veterans and journalists note the parallels as US forces fight in South Viet Nam, while French exiles weigh dreams and nightmares born from that battle.
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Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Indochina
Waterloo
United States
High Mountain
Laos
North Viet Nam
Geneva
United
Pathologist Testifies in 1963 Racine Police Murder
In Milwaukee a pathologist testifies in the first degree murder trial of Thomas C. Morris of Racine. He says Detective James Hantschel died minutes after being shot in the neck on May 15, 1963. The bullet nearly severed the spinal cord. Morris, 27, faces a murder charge with a .22 revolver. The case, moved on venue to Circuit Judge Herbert J. Steffes, includes defense and court notes.
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Milwaukee
Thomas C. Morris
Racine
James Hantschel
Morris
Hantschel
Myron Schuster
St. Mary’s Hospital
Herbert J. Steffes
Dien Bien Phu lesson cited by strategists
Military analysts cite Dien Bien Phu’s fall to stress not underestimating the enemy, a factor they say contributed to the historic defeat. The remark appears in a La Crosse Tribune item from May 7 1964.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFC May & Ad
Dien Bien Phu
Car Collision Near Charlotte Kills Three Prison Bus Victims
In CHARLOTTE North Carolina an automobile ran a stop sign and struck a prison bus late Wednesday night. Three people in the car died and at least 15 others were injured including two Black residents Fred Hall Jr 29 driver Corene Barnes 33 and Willie M Easter 32.
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Charlotte
N.C
James Styron
Fred Hall Jr
Corene Barnes
Willie M. Easter
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American Farm Bureau Federation
National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
The
National Grange
Herschel D. Newsom
Wichterman
Minnesota
Peter Arnett
Penney
Adonna
Penney’s
Gaymode
Gaymodes
Aurora
Frontenac
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