NFO to Launch Drive Most Concentrated in History
Minneapolis AP. The National Farmers Organization plans a Monday start to its most concentrated membership drive, aiming to raise farmer prices and build strength for ongoing holding actions. President Oren Lee Staley, recovering from appendicitis, said new members and storage plans could curb processor influence and ensure fair prices. He noted the convention sent 9,000 delegates home ready to activate plans and foresees supervising the drive in Missouri.
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NFO
Minneapolis
National Farmers Organiation
Oren Lee Staley
NFC
Staley
Rea. Mo
Plan seeks end to fees system for Minnesota sheriffs
A circulated bill proposes abolishing the fee system for some sheriffs and creating a county population based wage scale for sheriffs in all 87 Minnesota counties. Minimum salaries range from 8 000 in smallest counties to 15 500 in largest, with increments for mid sized counties. Hennepin County Sheriff Ed Ryan would gain 3 850 annually.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Ed Ryan
House Never Was a Home in Madison
A prefabricated two story house built in 1938 by the U S Forest Products Laboratory will be dismantled to make room for a four million dollar laboratory addition. The structure served as office space and demonstrated early panelized construction methods later adopted by the industry.
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Madison
Wis
U.S. Forest Products Laboratory
Computer Aids Football Sales Forecasting
University of Alabama marketing researcher Dr Morris Mayer has created a computer method to calculate a sales forecast in under 30 minutes, replacing days of work. The forecast guides retail decisions on merchandise budgets personnel needs and store facilities.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala i
University of Alabama
Morris Mayer
Business in Duluth Took Little Hop
In Duluth October activity rose with the Duluth Business Index reaching 136.3, up 7.8 from September and 9.1 above October 1963. Freight carloadings hit their October peak since 1957, aided by grain shipments after a summer grain strike. Employment exceeded any October since 1960 and unemployment dropped to a seven year low.
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Duluth
Minn
St. Louis County
Glenn 0. Gronseth
Minnesota State Employment Service
Cecil H. Meyers
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Lot of Phones Now for New Zealanders
Wellington New Zealand The Post Office says New Zealand ranks third in telephones per capita behind the United States and Sweden and ahead of Canada With 902000 telephones installed for a population of 2500000 the country reaches a high level of penetration.
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Wellington
N.Z
New Zealad
Canada
United States
Sweden
Post Office
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