Low wheat prices spark Oklahoma farm wives protest
Five farm wives in Weatherford Oklahoma organize under the national American AgriWomen movement to oppose low wheat prices and rising costs. They accuse broader market forces of endangering family farms, rallying 13 states with thousands of members to pressure lawmakers in Washington and state capitals. The piece notes the cost to produce a bushel exceeds the sale price, farm income declines, and organized action aims to educate the public about farming's role in the nation.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Weatherford
Okla
Arlene Neufeld
Colleen Buckmaster
Shirley Regier
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Buckmaster
Hydro
Here
Kansas City
Washington
Sharon Steffens
Grand Rapids
Mich
American AgriWomen
Regier
Jerry Shaffer
Pond Creek
Congress
Prayers and Labor Ideals Echo in Sermon and Quote
A Bible verse urges thieves to stop stealing and work honestly to aid others. A Rockefeller Jr. quote champions human dignity in labor and a world offering opportunity to earn a living through head or hand.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
Secretaries Confront Coffee Duty Sparks Office Clash
Art Buchwald riffs on Women's Liberation as secretaries refuse to fetch coffee, shifting power dynamics in offices. Simpson recalls a time when the secretary served coffee and Danish on a silver tray, while today bosses must fetch their own coffee and lunch, provoking anger and lawsuits over workplace roles.
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Washington
Simpson
Farrah Fawcett Majors tops girls' dream list
A national magazine polled 1,000 schoolchildren asking which famous person they would want to be. Farrah Fawcett Majors leads the girls’ top ten, followed by Marie Osmond Lindsay Wagner Nadia Comancci Toni Tennille Olivia Newton-John Barbra Streisand Cher Barbara Walters and Kate Jackson.
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Farrah Fawcett
Marie Osmond
Lindsay Wagner
Nadia Comancci
Toni Tennille
Olivia Newton-John
Barbra Streisand
Cher
Barbara Walters
Kate Jackson
Jimmy Carter
John Wayne
Elvis Presley
Gerald Ford
Henry “the Fonz
Winkler
Evel Knievel
O. J. Simpson
Fran Tarkenton
Elton John
This Day in History for Friday June 24, 1977
Key events include Berlin blockade beginning in 1948, Cabot sighting land in 1497, Cortes entering Mexico City in 1520, France adopts first republican constitution in 1798, Vichy armistice with Italy in 1940, Dutch royals arriving in the U S in 1942, Nasser elected Egypt president in 1956, Kosygin visit to Niagara Falls in 1967, hijacker ransom incident in 1965, and a 1976 Supreme Court wage and hour ruling affecting 3 million state workers. Birthdays noted for Jack Dempsey and Phil Harris. Thoughts from Louis Nizer included.
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Berlin
West Germany
North America
John Cabot
Halifax
Labrador
Mexico
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
United States
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Alexei Kosygin
Niagara Falls
Indiana
Supreme Court
Jack Dempsey
Phil Harris
Louis Nizer
Woman miner Rosa Pitts proves gender limits crumble in coal fields
Rosa Pitts, a 44 year old mother of nine, embraced coal mining after a divorce left her to support her family. She fights gender bias, endures gossip and harassment, and earns about 50 dollars a day proving women can hold hard labor jobs in the mines amid rising female hires.
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Marianna
NEA
Rosa Pitts
Rosa
America
Pitts
Kentucky
United Mine Workers In
Washington
Appalachia
UAW
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Politics Anonymous
Fannie Foxe
Oklahoma City
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Providence
France
Marshal Petain
Italy
The
Mountain Statesman
Grafton
West Virginia
Ralph J. Cooper
Phil Angelo
Montani
Semper
Daily Sentinel
Monte
T San
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