Bastrop Farmers Protest Cotton Acreage Formulas
A Bastrop County delegation publicly opposed the US Agriculture Department cotton acreage formulas before Congressman Homer Thornberry and Senator Lyndon Johnson. They argued allocations were unrealistic and caused hardship, urging revision to allow individual increases from a county pool and a minimum acreage reduction.
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Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Huge Billy Mitchell housing unit opens at Lackland
The Billy Mitchell $10 million housing project at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio will have its formal opening Friday with public inspection of the first two houses and Assistant Secretary of the Air Eugene Zuckert as a guest. The complex will serve Brooke and Kelly bases and coincides with the graduation of 230 officer candidates commissioned as second lieutenants.
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Kelly Air Force Bases
Lackland
Pioneer Resident 89 Dies in Childress Burial Planned
Mrs. B. T. Williams aged 89 died Sunday at a family home west of Childress. She settled the area in 1887 before the town’s founding and will be buried in Childress Cemetery beside her husband who died in 1929. Survivors include four sons three daughters 33 grandchildren 51 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Services were set for Tuesday.
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Childress Cemetery
Two Sovereign Nations Share Hispaniola
The island of Hispaniola hosts two independent states Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The pair are the sole example worldwide of two sovereign nations occupying a single island.
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Acreage Cuts Hit Local Cotton Farmers
Production and Marketing Administration announced acreage allotments using a Agriculture Department formula. A farmer reported his land trimmed from several hundred acres to under 50, with other cotton producers facing similar reductions.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Agriculture Department
Cotton acreage reallocation sparks Bastrop County protest
Bastrop County farmers criticize cotton allotment changes as many with tillable land hold cotton acreage they do not plan to use. Yerger Hill notes hardship on tenants while considering alternatives like clover and cattle. Congressman Thornberry and Senator Johnson promise state wide program talks and slower readjustments. Attendees include Bastrop and Smithville residents and local officials.
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Yerger Hill
Congress
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