Butz Opposes Farm Price Lids and Sees Risks
Kansas City AP dispatch reports Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz will oppose new farm price controls on raw agricultural products. He warns price controls would require rationing and foster black markets seen in World War II. He spoke after addressing Farmland Industries and argued farmers still receive only about 39 cents of each consumer dollar. He also defended grain sales to the Soviet Union as aiding world peace.
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Kansas City
Congross
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Butz
Agriculture Secretary
Farmland Industries, Inc
California
Soviet Union
Russia
FBI to Run Police Training Schools in Missouri
FBI official Robert G. Kunkel announced training schools will open after the new year to assist smaller Missouri cities improve police departments. He noted only two counties require proper police training, and criticized rural entry standards while stressing broader use of wiretaps and immunities to fight organized crime in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Robert G. Kunkel
FBI
Missouri
Kunkel
Kansas City
Washington, D.C
Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Society
Gerald McDowell
McDowell
Unions May Seek Tougher Quitting Rules After Supreme Court Ruling
Washington AP report notes unions may rewrite bylaws to curb defectors following an 8-1 Supreme Court decision. The court held a member who quits after voting for a strike loses union power, ending fines but prompting unions to consider tougher exit rules for future strikes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
New Hampshire
Nashua
Textile Workers Union
Harry A. Blackmun
Lawrence Gold
Aflcio
United Auto Workers
Allis- Chalmers
Gold
Douglas
Pentagon Papers Trial Set Tuesday
Los Angeles AP The Pentagon Papers trial will begin next Tuesday as Judge Matt Byrne ruled the government may present new material but must remove about 100 pages of evidence not disclosed to the defense. The judge allowed most new material to be used, saying topics remain the same despite page changes. Defense argued the shifting evidence makes the case a moving target and wastes defense prep.
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Los Angeles
Matt Byrne
Pentagon Papers
Byrne
Charles Nelson
Rookie Officer Slays Gunman to Free Hostage in Atlanta
Atlanta police say rookie Patrolman R. S. Johnson killed Larry Lee Minerd, 31, of Columbus, Ohio, who held a woman hostage at gunpoint inside a downtown loan company after earlier taking a clerk from an employment office. Johnson, on the force less than a year, said he fired when the gunman exposed his profile to defend the woman.
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ST. Louis
Las Vegas
Missouri
John C. Danforth
Doris Bass
Danforth
James C. Kirkpatrick
Emprise
Sportservice
Kiel
Busch Stadium
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Teresa Mathis
R. S. Johnson
Johnson
The
Force
Kansas Court To Rule On Cockfighting
The Kansas Supreme Court took under advisement a case challenging a Johnson County restraining order against cockfighting. Vernon D. Claiborne appeals after a district court ruled birds in cockfights are animals and the activity cruel mistreatment under state law. Johnson County Attorney Jim Wheeler and Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller support upholding the restraining order.
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Kansas
Topeka, Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Dichinson County
Vernon D. Claiborne
Johnson County
District Court
Claiborne
Jim
Kraemer
Wee Wheeler
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Columbus, Ohio
Knights of Columbus Hall
Jim Wells
Optimist Club
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KTVO
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