Small Group Rallies to Reframe Slovik Image
A Philadelphia story reports a dedicated effort by a small group to reshape the public image of Pvt. Eddie Slovik the only American executed for desertion since the Civil War. Widow Antoinette Slovik seeks $68,000 on life insurance while Georgetown law students gather witness testimonies to cast him as a conscientious objector who calmly faced death.
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Philadelphia
Pvt
Eddie Slovik
Slovik
Antoinete
Detroit
Congress
Georgetown University
Major Bethany Fire Claims Elderly Woman Missing
Bethany Missouri residents search the charred Nichols Building rubble for Mary Wightman an elderly resident presumed dead after a pre dawn fire that destroyed seven apartments Barker's Hardware Easton Floral Shop and damaged a tax office and a hotel. Firefighters from Bethany Albany and Coffey fought the blaze six hours as water pressure dropped and all Bethany District schools closed.
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Bethany
Mary Wightman
Miss Wightman
Howard Smith
Nichols
Town Square
Barker’s Hardware
Easton Floral Shop
Albany
Coffey
Farm Act Remedies Move to 4 or 5 Year Bill
Following regional meetings the group recommends a four to five year farm bill. Proposes higher target and loan prices tied to current production costs. Calls for disaster payments on all planted acres and timely reporting of funds by May 15, 1977 under the Budget Act of 1974.
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P.L
National Farm Coalition
Congress
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Ind
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Harrison County Times
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Kansas City
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Bo) Broemmel
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Morris Sts
Thomasville
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