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Washington Fly-In highlights by two Wellington women
Mrs. Lloyd Wooldridge and Mrs. Dudley Phipps joined 265 National Farmers Union members on a May 4 to 9 Washington visit. They pressed for an Agricultural Act of 1968, farm bargaining power, and expanded safety nets while meeting 535 House and Senate offices and urging full funding for education and rural services.
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Lloyd Wooldridge
Dudley Phipps
National Farmers Union
Washington, D.C
National Capital
America
House
Senate
Farmers Union
Wooldridge
Texas
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
Bob Price
Eligio de la Garza
Mission
Bob Casey
Houston
Richard C. White
el Paso
Mrs. Phipps
Maston O’neal
Georgia
Chas. E. Wiggins
California
Tom Railsback
Ilinois
John S. Monagan
Connecticut
James Kee
West Virginia
John T. Myers
Indiana
Fernand St. Germain
Rhode Island
National Safety Grain Reserve
Department of Agriculture
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Lee Metcalf
Montana
Congress
Wright Patman
Banking and Currency Committee
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Omaha
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