Cotton losses hit Plains as rains wipe out vast acreages
Plains farmers report nearly a million acres of cotton ruined by heavy rains, hail and floods in the South Plains. Replanting is ongoing, with future harvests likely to be delayed well into next year. Wheat crops also suffered severe losses from drought, leaving cotton as a fragile hopeful outlook.
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Lubbock
Tex
South Plains
UPI
Pacian
Agriculture
Hale County
Ollie Liner
Drouth
CAB Rejects Merger Plan Between Eastern and American
The Civil Aeronautics Board rejected the plan by Eastern Air Lines and American Airlines to merge domestic systems into the world’s largest airline. Two board members dissented, urging the merger as beneficial to companies the public and national transport system. The decision, coming seven months after an examiner’s anti trust finding, signals a major impact on U.S. aviation amid ongoing consolidation.
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Washington
API
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
CAB
R Smith
Eastern
Ralph L. Wiser
Eastern American
U. S
United
Capital Airlines
National
Continental
Pan American Airways
Trans World Airlines
Arab States Join In Wider Labor Conference Boycott
Five Arab nations Lebanon Syria Kuwait Iraq and Jordan joined 32 African countries in boycotting the ILO conference in Geneva to protest South Africa's apartheid. With 37 absentees, the plenary budget debate proceeded after a failed adjournment bid by Vasili Borisov.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Labor Organization
I.L.O
Lebanon
Syria
Kuwait
Iraq
Jordan
Iwo
South Africa
I.L
Vasili Borisov
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Spadea
G.P.O
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N.Y
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Donald Johnson
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Mollie Parnis
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Charles Lewis Hiskey
Tucumcari
N.M
Hall of Justice
Los Angeles
Midwest City
Vickie Hill
Hiskey
Bob Turner
Oklahoma County
Martin E. Gates
Cizon’s
Wayside
Syracuse
Martin
Polk
Amarillo
Life West
Mattress
U.S. Coast Guard
MFG
Wa Sudea Mie
Norwich Aspirin
Briggs and Stratton
Rock Guard
Reuters
Erik Drever
Denmark
Kenneth
Sunset Center
Conley Spraying Service
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