Police Halt Move Of Oren Staley At Farm Meeting
In Baldwin Wisconsin police blocked National Farmers Organization President Oren Lee Staley from reaching a stage at a Farmers for Freedom Committee meeting. The rally drew about 2000 inside and 2000 outside as Staley spoke after deputies formed a barrier. He pledged not to force his way onto a platform and planned a strategy meeting on continuing NFO actions for higher milk prices. The group seeks 6.05 dollars per hundredweight for bottling milk, above the federal August price of 4.29.
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Tmo
Staley
NFO
Chicago
Errol Harris to Lead Two Semester Philosophy Series
Dr. Errol E. Harris, Roy Roberts distinguished professor at Kansas University, will deliver a two semester series of weekly public lectures on The Philosophy of War and Peace. Lectures run Wednesdays at 7 30 p.m. in Dyche Hall auditorium with open admission. credit available for juniors and above.
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Errol E. Harris
Roy Roberts
Kansas University
Dyche Hall
Harris
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Wichitan to Be Speaker At Local Church Sunday
Wilbur Knowles, manager for the Maude Carpenter Children's Home of Wichita, will be guest speaker at the Central Church of Christ this Sunday. He will speak on behalf of the home. Knowles previously served as minister at the Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ and is a graduate of Abilene Christian College.
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Wilbur Knowles
Maude Carpenter
Wichita
Central Church of Christ
Children’s Home
Knowles
Cleveland Avenue
Carpenter
Fire crews respond to dishwasher smoke at sorority
Lawrence fire department was dispatched to Delta Gamma sorority on Emery Road at 4 40 p m Wednesday after a dishwasher short caused smoke. No damage beyond the appliance.
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Lawrence
Delta Gamma
Emery Road
Merger Sessions End on Santa Fe
ICC completed a public hearing on Santa Fe plans to merge with Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Panhandle & Santa Fe and Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railways. Decision timing uncertain. Galveston opposes the plan citing loss of about 2 million dollars annually and 390 local jobs.
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Santa Fe
Galveston
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Railway Labor Executives Association
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Panhandle & Santa Fe
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co
Gulf Lines
Escapee shoots hostage then surrenders in Kansas
Harold Griffin, 22, escapee from Larned State Hospital, shot a police dispatcher’s office and wounded Larned officer Leo Schaefer before surrendering two hours later in Great Bend after a car pursuit. He had seized hostages Harold Bennett and Schaefer, fired on officers, and was jailed in Barton County.
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Great Bend
Kan
Larned
Harold Griffin
Burlinga
Larned State Hospital
Griffin
Leo Schaefer
Schaefer
Grim
Harold Bennett
Bennett
Dwight Cobb
Cobb
Kansas
Charles Wickham
Wickham
Barton County
GALAXON Diet Pill Ad Promises Quick Weight Loss
An advertisement from Round Corner Drug Store markets GALAXON as a fat loss tablet with a seven day guarantee. It claims appetite suppression allowing normal meals and promises full refunds if not satisfied, with mail order option from 801 Massachusetts.
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Round Corner Drug Store
Massachusetts
Three Negroes Enroll at South Carolina College
Three African American students registered at the University of South Carolina in Columbia becoming the first to attend since 1877. Henri Monteith, Robert Anderson, and James Solomon picked up papers met deans and paid fees as campus police stood by. About 100000 visitors attend the annual Boardwalk Art Show at Virginia Beach with art from 250 painters displayed along six blocks near the sea.
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Columbia, S.C
University of South Carolina
Henri Monteith
Columbia
Robert G. Anderson
Greenville
James Solomon
Sumter
Uni
Virginia Beach
Britain farm hands win wage rise and shorter week
The Agricultural Wages Board granted a seven shilling weekly increase and a one hour cut in the standard week from 46 to 45 hours. The new minimum rises from nine pounds three shillings to nine pounds ten shillings, meeting a compromise with farm workers who sought ten pounds a week and a 40 hour week.
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London
Britain
The
Agricultural Wages Board
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Washington
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National Railroad Labor Unions
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Y. Missus
Journal-World
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