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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1955
Page
4
The piece contrasts dawn chorus and blooming flowers with reflections on life’s contradictions from sunrise to sunset. It notes serene scenes from a window as morning light floods the world and children prattle, then shifts to pondering life’s prom ising mornings and bitter evenings. It also asserts a factual line about Gibraltar and the Empire State Building.
Texas farmers eye new crops as support price programs push diversification away from cotton and wheat. The Texas Beef Council reported six months of progress in Dallas on March 21 and plans to continue the program. Soybean varieties from private and public sources and sesame expansion are noted, with castor bean support cuts expected to shift acreage. Grain sorghum seed for 1987 hybrids will be tested by 150 farmers at Texas stations. An entomologist warns that all farmers are sharecroppers against insects unless control measures are taken.
C Decker notes that some pests hide below ground and target plant roots, stressing the hidden danger to crops from subterranean insects.
John W Gillett will attend the Lumbermen's Association of Texas convention in Fort Worth this weekend. He is accompanied by Mrs. Gillett. Reports will be heard from the newly organized Lumbermen's Investment Corp. Gillett serves as a director of both organizations.
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