100 Per Cent Farm Parity Stand Proposed
Democratic leaders urged the party to pledge farmers 100 percent parity for crops at the national convention. Claude Wickard outlined a plank mixing price support loans with direct purchases subsidized marketing, and other measures to expand farm prosperity amid Midwest unrest. He criticized the Eisenhower administration for partial parity and praised recent congressional actions while calling for safeguards including food stockpiles and expanded school lunch programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Convention
Chicago
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Democratic Platform Committee
Midwest
Wickard
Eisenhower
Congress
US Senate
Indiana
Paul M. Butler
Platform Committee
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House
GOP
America
International Food Bank
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Robert E. Short
Minnesota
Farm Bureau
Shuman
Oil Shares Lead Market Decline On Suez Canal Tensions
New York stocks slid sharply as fears over Britain and Egypt over the Suez Canal seizure sparked losses across sectors. The Dow average dropped about 2 percent, oils leading the fall with other major groups following, amid a busy trading day and a steel price rise later announced in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
American Stock Exchange
Michigan's shorelines bound by three Great Lakes
Detroit region notes that Michigan is completely bounded by Huron Erie and Michigan with every point no more than 5 miles from a lakeshore.
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Detroit
Michigan
Great Lakes
Huron
Erie
Tax Paradise Bermuda No Income Or Inheritance Tax
Bermuda is described as a tax paradise with no income tax and no inheritance tax. The article notes the absence of these levies and contrasts with other jurisdictions.
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TAX Paradise
Bermuda
Auctions on Aug 11 Feature Local Real Estate and Household Goods
Multiple auctions listed for August including personal property and real estate in Mechanicsburg Elwood Anderson Pendleton and nearby areas. Auctioneers include Egg Hood V Byrne and D Kirk with dates August 11 15 16 18 25 and locations across several towns.
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Elizabeth Holt
Guardian
Mechanicsburg
Egg
M. Hood
Tootie Banta
East Main Street
Elwood
House & Smith
Earl Jackson
Admi
Anderson
Moss Island Rd
Bailey Chapel
H. D. Kirk
John
Edith Chesnut
S.W
38Th St
Wemnester
Harry Obbs
Highland Chool
Arles Lawler
Pendleton Banking Co
Saylor Hosier Estate
Pendleton
Black Top Road
D. Kirk
Francis Gaus
Nichol Ave
V. Byrne & Egg Hood
Glenn D. Stohler
Markleville
Egg M. Hood
Five Cent Gain Made By Hogs In Indianapolis Market
Hog prices advanced in Indianapolis with gains up to five cents, though late trades trimmed some. Prices varied by weight and grade from 120 to 600 pounds with top hogs $17.25 to $17.50, sows steady to 25 cents higher, and light calves and lambs showing mixed movements amid broad ranges across grades and sizes.
Hogs and cattle prices rise as herd receipts fall in Chicago
Chicago buyers showed uneven bidding as 6 500 hogs traded amid higher bids, with No 2 and No 3 hogs at 16 75 to 17 25 per cwt and a 17 60 top for mixed No 1 and No 2 at 210 pounds. Prime steers reached a yearly top of 27 75 on a 1 525 pound load, with most primes 26 00 to 26 75. Receipts totaled 16 900. lambs 1 000 head sold 20 00 to 24 00 with some at 24 25.
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Indianapolis
Spl
Chicago
Grain Futures Score Gains On Board of Trade
Chicago headlines show May wheat up to 2 cents, corn and oats rising modestly as traders weigh Suez Canal uncertainties. Reports note firmer cash grain values, lower arrivals, and miller demand while profit taking trimmed gains. France plans to buy over six million bushels of wheat as weekend rains support crops and soybeans set near-record levels.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
France
U. S
Iowa
Nebraska
C. M. Galvin
Muncie Livestock Hogs and Cattle Prices Reported
MUNCIE HOGS sold 25 to 60 cents higher with various weights quoted from 1600 to 2080 pounds. CATTLE ranged from good to choice steers 20 to 23 dollars, and cows 11.5 to 13.6 dollars, with calves and lambs also listed in the market report.
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Muncie
Market notes and a Milwaukee tragedy amid varied post
Dry goods in New York retail sectors show mixed demand with wool and rayon varying. Dealers report week to week activity up from the prior five days. In Milwaukee a young husband attempted suicide by crashing into seven autos and a bus after a paternity accusation, yet no injuries occurred. A look back notes the postal savings system origins in England 1861 and Canada 1867, then US adoption in 1910.
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New York
Milwaukee
Roy Estes
Estes
Postal Savings
Washington
England
Canada
United States
Burglars Steal $100 000 From Lynbrook Bank Night Depository
In Lynbrook New York burglars alarmed their own system to break into the Meadowbrook National Bank night depository over the weekend and flee with about $100 000 plus unknown checks. They gained access by breaking a third floor window using neighboring buildings as a ladder. Bank officials noted 70 bags were used for weekend deposits but counting is hampered by customers with keys. In Chicago Mrs Gilda McDonald 32 was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after she attacked her husband with a kitchen knife following a domestic dispute.
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Lynbrook
N. Y
Meadowbrook National Bank
Chicago
Gilda McDonald
McDonald
Bond market closes lower as industrials slip
New York bonds eased on Monday with industrial and investment grade issues losing ground while utilities and other issues were mixed. Treasury in over the counter market gains for first time in a week as corporate volume dipped to 3.47 million on the Big Board. industrials fell sharply with convertible losses extending beyond three points.
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New York
S. Treasury
Harvard astronomer predicts interplanetary travel within decade
Cambridge Massachusetts Dr Donald H Menzel head of the Harvard Observatory tells MIT satellite study that existing technology plus satellite experience could enable interplanetary travel within ten years The first stage is near term with metallic globes to be launched as satellites around Earth at 250 miles up Hobart Tasmania reports a 320 foot swamp eucalyptus may be the tallest tree in Australia and perhaps the world aged 350 to 409 years
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Donald H. Menzel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hobart
Tasmania
Australia
Creditors and heirs to appear in Indiana estate actions
Notices announce hearings for final settlements and discharge of estates in Madison County Indiana with proceedings for Lar amie Ecoff Albert Main Lura F. Smith and Albert Diven. Dates listed August 1956. attorneys O'Neill Scott Schrenker Armington Daun. Taxpayer hearing on school building fund appropriation set for August 21 1956.
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State of Indiana
Madison County
Carolyn Sue Goble
Stanley Wisemiller
Herbert Lee Wisemiller
Chester David Wisermiller
Lillian Patricia Wisemiller
Virgil
Leroy Goble
Madison Superior Court
Indiana
Madison County Department of Public Welfare
State of
Anderson
Joseph H. Armington
Dottie P. Keesling
Thomas H. Groce
O'Neill
Scott & Schrenker
Laramie
O'Neill, Scott & Schrenker
Charles B. Sayler
Albert Main
Ralph F. Mattingly
County of
Madison
West Lith Street
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Lura FE
Smith
Busby, Datisson
Flannae
Daun
Albert Diven
Ohio Edison Workers Strike
Deadlocked in contract talks 1,700 Ohio Edison Co. workers struck across 35 counties, amid a marathon bargaining session and rejections of a company offer. Present wages average $2.08 hourly. old contract expired July 1. no major service interruptions reported.
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Akron
Ohio
Ohio Edison Co
Toronto
Lorain
Marion
Shadyside
Warren
Randox herbicide boosts corn and soybean yields
Monsanto introduces Randox, a selective liquid herbicide that kills grasses without harming corn or soybeans. One planting time application reduces cultivation needs, saves costs, and reports yield gains of six+ bushels per acre for corn and three to six for soybeans. Priced about $3 per quart to treat one acre, with limited market this year pending regulatory clearance.
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ST. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Company
Monsanto
Randox
Letter Delay Costs 1229 Dollars in Wyoming Bid Loss
The Ten Sleep Wyoming post office delayed a bid letter by two days causing a government loss of 1229.52 dollars. President Eisenhower signed a bill ordering payment to Frank R. Davis of Ten Sleep as reimbursement for the fallout from the delayed mail. Davis had the low bid on a fence building project with the Bureau of Land Management but the bid arrived late.
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Washington
Ten Sleep
Wyo
Eisenhower
Frank R. Davis
Bureau of Land Management
Davis
Youth Charged In Abduction Case Tied To Elopement
Los Angeles report says 20 year old Thomas Bellows is jailed on kidnapping charges after a 17 year old Illinois girl Molly Spencer says she eloped and married him under coercion threats to kill himself. She seeks annulment or divorce. The couple left Green Rock July 5 and married in South Carolina before arriving July 23. Bellows had $10 of the initial $600 when arrested.
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Los Angeles
Illinois
Thomas Bellows
Green Rock
Ill
Molly Spencer
Bellows
South Carolina
Sweden Size Stockhom Facts
Sweden measures about 940 miles in maximum north south length and 225 miles at its greatest width. The figures summarize the country’s geographic proportions.
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Sweden
Classified Ad Rates for Anderson Newspapers
Advertising rates for The Herald and The Bulletin outline one day to one month ad options with per line pricing. Discounts apply for cash or within seven days, and 12 point type incurs two lines. Deadline times are 9 a.m. for Bulletin and 3 p.m. prior day for Herald.
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Anderson Nte
Herald
Bulletin
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
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George Cole
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Missionary Society
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Merle Lowe
Jerry Lowery
William Hart
Westfield
Ind
John H. Johnson
West Vineyard
Madam Rose
Sun
Columbus
Reliable Tailors & Cleaners
West 13Th Street
R. W. Beeman Gravel Co
Eavey’s
B & H_ Box
Chesterfield
Leverett
Ellen Hobbs
LEVIS
Levi's
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Meridian
Star China
Margaret’s
Nichol
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Durgan
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Nursery Road
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Noblesville
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