NFO plans nationwide market strike by farmers
In Des Moines Iowa the National Farmers Organization approved a nationwide market strike involving about 20900 to 23000 farmers from 28 states. The plan seeks to push prices for corn to 150 a bushel wheat to 2 a bushel and soybeans to 3 a bushel with withholding and government or local loans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
National Farmers Organization
Veteran's Auditorium
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Chicago Board of Trade
NFC
NFQ
Ed Wiemer
National Federation of Independent Businessmen
Lke
NFO Board of Directors
Bill Raephiots
Japan presses Washington on Okinawa status and timetable
Premier Eisaku Sato declared Okinawa’s continued US administration is natural only in the eyes of history and will be raised with President Johnson in November. Tokyo seeks a timetable for reversion, arguing Okinawa should align with Japanese governance while preserving military needs.
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Robert Trumbull
New York Times
Tokyo
Japan
Washington
Okinawa
United States
Western Pacific
Eisaku Sato
Johnson
Ryukyu Archipelago
Sato
Okinnawa
Far East
Okinawa Problems Council
Nobumoto Ohama
Waseda University
Foreign Office
U.S
Southeast Asia
Ferdinand T. Unger
Miyako
Bonin Islands
Pacific
US Navy
Record Opening Day Attendance At Winnebago County Fair
A record opening day crowd welcomed the 1967 Winnebago County Fair on Wednesday with children under 12 admitted free. Fair manager Robert Misky noted attendance seems the largest ever from gate and carnival receipts, and warned this could become the state's largest county fair if the rest of the week matches. Skies were sunny, aiding a strong start despite morning showers. Auxiliary police, organized in 1966, helped manage grounds. Over 7,000 toured the Wickfield model home as plans for future exhibitions grew. Friday features include tractor pulling at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. 4-H demonstrations, and grandstand shows at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
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Robert Misky
Milky
Winnebago County
Misky
Death Toll at 7 Alaska Flood Waters Down
In Fairbanks and Tok four more flood victims were found, raising Alaska's death toll to seven as the Chena River receded slowly. City evacuees face delayed return, with damage around 200 million dollars and only a small portion having flood insurance. Federal relief and low interest loans urged. rain and clouds threaten further trouble.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena River
Tok
Creath Tooley
Western
President's Office of Emergency Planning
Walter Hickel
Weather Bureau
H. A. Boucher
Chena
Geological Survey
New York
Monstrous Sale: Pop Art Mural Offered Cheaply
In London a clothing store selling a 396 square foot pop art mural featuring monsters yelling Ka-Blam or Skreere-ce offers the piece for $3 per linear foot, totaling a little over 300. A company spokesman calls it a marvelous bargain and notes it is 104 feet long.
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London
UPI
House Moves Social Security Hike Bill With Welfare Reforms
The House readies approval of a sweeping Social Security bill increasing benefits by 12.5 percent for 23 million seniors and expanding welfare controls. It includes a new 1.4 billion child health program, higher payroll taxes, and work training provisions while sparing few details on implementation.
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Washington
UPI
House
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Wats & Means
Johnson
Hig
Summittee
Alaska Declared Major Disaster After Floods
President Johnson declared Alaska a major disaster area in response to floods around Fairbanks. Federal aid includes $1 million for public facilities and SBA loans at 3 percent for small businesses in the Fairbanks area over 30 years. The White House coordinates relief through Everett, with emergency food supplies pledged by Agriculture Secretary Freeman.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Fairbanks
White House
Small Business Administration
Office of Emergency Planning
Everett
Wash
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
No Motive Found in Saskatchewan Farm Family Slayings
RCMP and investigators search Shell Lake area for a killer after nine Peterson family members are slain in their home. Survivor Phyllis Peter son, four, reports seeing an unknown man in a dresser area and hearing shots. No weapon located, no motive, no suspects. coroner notes indicate one member shot in the stomach and others in the head.
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Shell Lake
Sask
Phyllis Peterson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James Peterson
RCMP
RE. Sandegaard
Brian Sawyer
Ron Shelmer Helgoton
Phyllis
Petersons
Calvi S Lambert
Inside Editorials and Society Pages Overview
A fragmented newspaper index lists sections and page numbers across the publication. It mentions editorials weather society theater comics TV movies sports obituaries markets and want ads spanning pages 2 6 8 19 21 25 26 29 32.
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