Confusion Follows No Vote on Wheat Referendum
Kansas farm leaders forecast lower wheat prices and says $1 a bushel possible for 1964 if Congress does not pass new legislation after the referendum defeat. G W Egbert Ingalls and Martin Byrne Kansas Farmers Union predict excess plantings will boost supply and depress prices. Byrne argues resignation from control may still keep price benefits.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Farm
G. W. Egbert
Ingalls
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Martin Byrne
Kansas Famers Union
Congress
Egbert and Byrne
Government Going To Hold Farmers To Their Choice
Wheat farmers rejected Kennedy’s plan for strict production controls, with 595,851 voting against and 545,776 for. The result sets an alternative of voluntary production cuts and low price supports for 1964, while administration and lawmakers promise pressure to shape new wheat policy this session.
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Congress
Kennedy
Shuman
Infants Infected With Salmonella At Sedgwick County Hospital
Two more infants were admitted to Sedgwick County Hospital in Wichita with salmonella infection. Dr. Leonard Hirsch, county medical director, noted several infants have been released after treatment and one infant died. He cautioned that five infants remain isolated and called the situation not an epidemic.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County Hospital
Leonard Hirsch
Hirsch
Bright Day For One A Blow For Another
A Franklin County NFC leader calls the wheat referendum defeat a blow to the American farm economy while the Farm Bureau sees it as a sign farmers demand change. Small producers voted, possibly delivering the outcome. results by county show more nos than yeses across several districts.
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Ellender
Congress
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Franklin County National Farmer Organization
Franklin County
Farm Bureau
NFC
Charles Thorn
Wellsville
Thorn
Enda
Clyde Berry
Richmond
Franklin County Bureau
Berry
New York Hosts Parade For Astronaut Gordon Cooper
Millions line Broadway as Gordon Cooper arrives from Washington for a ticker tape parade ending at City Hall. Mayor Wagner to present a medal of honor before luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria. Cooper thanks supporters with his family and Vice President Johnson present.
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New York
Gordon Coper
Broadway
Coop
Super Cooper
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Cooper
Manhattan
Waldorf- Astoria
la Guardia
Washington
Hattie Cooper
Shawnee
Okla
New York City
Lots Of Corn Under Loans
The Agriculture Department said 531,962,257 bushels of 1962 crop corn were placed under price support loans and purchase agreements through April, down from 548,522,405 bushels for 1961 crop. In April, 27,891,642 bushels were placed under support, vs 39,797,930 in March. Farmers have until May 31 to enter 1962 crop corn under support, with loan maturity on July 31.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Need for Sex Education Seen in High Schools
Los Angeles AP reports Planned Parenthood Federation president Dr. Alan Guttmacher says sex education and contraceptive instruction in high schools are mandatory due to breakdown of parental control. He notes it is unrealistic to burden youths with unwanted children and that giving teens freedom requires accepting risks.
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Los Angeles
Planned Parenthood Federation
Alan Guttmacher
New York
Franklin County voters reject tighter controls plan
Franklin County wheat growers voted 515 to 322 against the government proposal in yesterday’s referendum. Final totals await 51 absentee votes and 67 challenged ballots to be counted and cleared before the official result.
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Franklin County
Douglas County
Osage County
Miami County
Anderson County
Coffey County
Kansas Farmers Defeat Kennedy Wheat Plan in Kansas
Kansas voters rejected the Kennedy administration wheat program with 53 210 no votes versus 38 269 yes from 91 479 ballots. The yes share fell to 41.8 percent, well below the 66.7 percent needed for passage, with 17 464 ballots challenged.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Chicago Wheat Price Tumbles in Early Trading
Chicago wheat futures fell sharply as heavy selling drove prices down up to five cents a bushel at the opening. Other grain markets also weakened amid broad selling pressure.
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Chicago
Frosty Temperatures Record Lows Across Kansas
Arctic air hit Kansas producing record low dates with 32 near Frankfort, 34 Concordia and Manhattan, 37 Topeka. Warming trend unlikely soon with highs 50s to 60s and Lows tonight in 40s. Cloudy skies kept temps up and brought moisture, with about .2 inch at Garden City and Dodge City. Cool damp weather preserved scarce soil moisture in the southwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frankfort
Concordia
Manhattan
Garden City
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Tany's Toot And What Will A Loaf Of Bread Cost
Tany shows a local news item with a quirky title about bread prices and consumer costs. The short note highlights price questions and suggests grocery pricing curiosity for readers.
Texans to Move to Kansas City for 1963 Season
Lamar Hunt announced the Dallas Texans will relocate to Kansas City for the 1963 season. He spoke from Dallas and Kansas City officials invited the move after Hunt’s appearance at the Kansas City Press Club gridiron dinner, noting strong local support.
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Dallas
Dallas Texans
American Football League
Kansas City
Lamar Hunt
Texans
Hunt
Nations Says He Warned Gov Hall On Release Of Mrs Brown
Wichita AP Mack Nations testified in the tax evasion trial that he told former Gov Fred Hall it would be a political mistake to release Annas Brown from prison. Nations, once executive secretary to Hall in 1955, described a motel meeting with Brown's attorneys and relatives and said Hall instructed him to relay a message to Lackie. He also recalled an envelope containing $10,000 given to be delivered to Hall, which Hall denied receiving. Nations said he advised against the release, believing it would harm Hall’s political standing. He described confronting hardship aiding his mother in running a weekly newspaper.
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Wichita, Kan
Mack Nations
Fred Hall
Annas Brown
Nations
Hall
Jack Harris
Hutchinson
Harris
Clair Hyter
Brown
Hyter
Long Beach
Calif
Topeka
Mrs. Brown
Lackie
Cliff Ratner
Nancy Burlingham Wins Two Scholarships for Next Year
Ottawa High senior Nancy Burlingham daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Burlingham received two scholarships for the coming school year An $100 award from the Ottawa Business and Professional Women's Club in memory of Mrs G C Robe was presented by president Dele bert Campbell The second scholarship Curli-Q at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia supports her goal of studying music and teaching at high school or college level She has participated in Kayettes Student Council Pep Club Radio Club Thespians Quill and Scroll Dramatics Club Job’s Daughters and Church Youth Fellowship
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Nancy Burlingham
Ottawa High
Charles E. Burlingham
Ottawa Business and Professional Women’s Club
Delebert Campbell
G. C. Robe
Nancy
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Burlingham
Kayettes
Thespians
Job's Daughters
Church
Weather County Forecast Fair and Cool Tonight
Generally fair and cool tonight with low in the lower 40s. Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday with highs near 70.
Ailing Pope John XXIII Cancels Audience Blesses Crowd
Vatican report says Pope John XXIII 81 curtails weekly audience on doctor order. He appears pale at a third-floor window blessing about 15,000 in St. Peter's Square while his voice remains strong. The audience in the Basilica is canceled. a nine-day novena on Ascension Day to prepare for Pentecost follows.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter's Square
Basilica
Vatican
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