NFO to Decide on Killing Stock At National Meet
About 15 000 delegates from 41 states attend the National Farmers Organization convention in St. Louis to decide over two days whether to pursue more withholding actions or livestock kills. President Oren Lee Staley says the hog kill drew attention to farmers plight, while vice president Edward Pfingsten explains the goal to price farm products at production costs and secure year ahead contracts.
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Nixon Faces Civil Rights Tests As New President
Washington AP reports President Nixon must reckon with a skeptical black America as he shifts policy from federal aid to local control. Civil rights leaders like Roy Wilkins urge care, while figures such as Whitney Young demand subsidies and guarantees for private enterprise to aid urban Negroes. Rep. John Conyers notes the same old domestic problems persist. The piece highlights desegregation gaps, education disparities, job discrimination, and the looming focus on attorney general role in enforcing civil rights.
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Mississippi
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