Grape Machines Threaten California Supremacy Says Cornell
The Cornell College of Agriculture reports New York grape growers plan to use mechanical harvesters, cutting costs from 36 to 20 dollars per ton versus hand-picking. If adoption accelerates, New York may outrun California, echoing citrus shifts of the past and risking labor conflicts as producers confront a changing market.
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Cesar Chavez
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
New York
California
Bennett A. Dominick, Jr
Cornell
Corse
Texas
Middle Western
Cesar Chavez & Company
Chavez
East
Former LAPD Chief Reddin shifts to TV news role
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Thomas Reddin abruptly resigns to join a television news program. The move shocks law enforcement and the public, with speculation that newspaper pressure influenced his decision. His first on air moment included endorsing both The Times and Herald-Examiner for fuller world understanding, a candid jab at broadcast filler.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Reddin
Reddin
Police
Los Angeles Times
The
Times
Herald-Examiner
Government probes warn common household items unsafe
Probers warn many everyday household items in use today are unsafe. An expert notes growing early retirement could foster a new poverty class as the rich accumulate wealth while the poor gain little.
Arizonan Reveries and Desert Riding With Paul Barvey
Paul Barvey reflects on a sunlit week in Arizona escaping urban crises. He describes donning Western gear, riding through Sonoran landscapes, and noting the desert’s evolving vegetation from mesquite to pines. He imagines wildlife habitual to the range while questioning the appeal of the cowboy image.
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Arizona
Sardine Society
Tountainside
Paradise
Sonoran
Paloverde
Mountain vantage point rewrites world noise from mountaintop
The speaker reflects on the pull between office life and wild horseback horizons. He notes how distant tumult from teletype tuned news cycles, global troubles, and human brutality seems distant when seen from mountaintop calm. He invites the reader to join him again from higher ground.
Revolutionaries Must Be Tested Not Yielded
A columnist muses on energy and vigor in revolutions. He contrasts 18th century struggles with modern movements, urging that new revolutionaries prove themselves through hard trials rather than seek easy gains. He warns against amnesty for law breakers and cautions that power should be seized by tested hands.
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Gram
Don McLean Sees East Berlin Tour Potential and Ironies
East Berlin aims to rival West Berlin as a tourist draw yet shows strict limits and sobering realities. A guide points to the Fuhrerbunker and Allied cemetery while praising the Berlin Museum and a looming 1100 foot TV tower. The writer notes the paradox of grand sights and restricted access as the city plans a future that may both attract and confine visitors.
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Berlin
America
England
France
Russia
Homosexuals and Security Risks in Government Policy
A California homosexual organization pressures Secretary Rogers to bar homosexuals, tied to claims of discrimination. The State Department cites Executive Orders 9835 and 10450, outlining three risk categories loyalty, security, and unsuitability, with homosexuality deemed an unsuitability risk. The piece notes long suppression history, review procedures, and fears of blackmail as reasons for mandatory dismissal in government.
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California
William P. Rogers
Free America
Rogers
State Department
Washington
Switzerland
United States
Robert C. Hill
U.S
Spain
House
Mexico City
Hill
Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Notable executions and captures in 17th to 20th centuries
On this date in history Capt William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy and murder. Nazi chief Heinrich Himmler died by his own hand after capture. Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and later hanged for war crimes. The Organization of American States established a Dominican Republic peace-keeping force in 1956 to separate rebel and royalist factions.
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William Kidd
London
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
Israel
Eichmann
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
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Paul Barvey
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Mea
Ght Syndicate
Toe
T. N. Alexakos
Rousseau
Leonardo da Vinci
Marcuse
da Vinci
Don Maclean
East Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Hitler
Europe
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Carthage
Woody's World
By John Holm
Otis
Henry J. Taylor
United Press
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