Plowdown Protest by Kansas Wheat Farmers Draws Media Attention
In Johnson County and across 22 southwest Kansas counties, farmers including Terry Dimitt and Bill Wilkerson plowed up parts of their wheat fields in a media event to press for higher price supports amid a nationwide farm strike. They hope the publicity reaches President Carter as Congress prepares farm legislation.
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Johnson, Kan
Terry Dimitt
Bill Wilkerson
Washington
Dimitt and
Wilkerson
Kansas
Carter
Congress
Gene Shore
Stanton County
Dimitt
Young Dimitt
Jim Dimitt
AAM
American Agriculture Movement
Wilberforce museum under study again in Ohio
The Interior Department will start a new in depth study of a plan to build a National Museum of Afro American History and Culture in Wilberforce Ohio near Xenia home to Wilberforce University and a former Underground Railroad stop Proponents led by Sen John Glenn and Rep Clarence Brown say the town's significance justifies the project A new study is to be completed by September with Glenn and Brown backing funding efforts in 1976.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Interior
Wilberforce
Ohio
Greene County
Xenia
Wilberforce University
John Glenn
Clarence Brown
Joseph
Glenn
Brown
Charles Taylor
Congress
Glenn and
Farm valuation deadline April 15
Butler County farm landowners may apply for current agricultural use valuation by April 15 per auditor James A. Tilton. Eligibility covers tracts of 30 acres or more used for agriculture in past three years, or smaller farms with $2,500+ average annual gross income. Appraisals lead to tax savings recapture if land use changes, for up to four years. Appointments via auditor’s office. fee $10 plus $2 yearly renewal.
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Butler County
James A. Tilton
Auditor's
Don Sumner to Speak at Harlan Park Church of God
Don Sumner formerly with J. D. Sumner and the Stamps, back-up for Elvis Presley, will be the guest speaker at Harlan Park Church of God 2216 Wilbraham Road. He and wife Betty will give testimony Saturday at 7 30 p.m. and Sunday at 9 45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sumner's career included with Blackwood Brothers, Stamps Trio, Stamps Quartet and production on Street Corner Preacher Man.
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Don Sumner
J. D. Sumner and
the Stamps
Elvis Presley
Harlan Park Church of God
Wilbraham Road
Hawaii
Elvis
Sumner
Cincinnati
Betty
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Wilberforce Museum
Worthmore Clothes Shop
Worthmore
Botany
Worthmore Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Master Charge Bank
Americard Shoppers Charge
Filson
San Re
Cash & Carry Peck's
Flower Shop
South Main
Spri
Filzen
Central Avenue
Highview Center
Lee College
Cleveland
Williams
House
Sam
Montgomery
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