Government Dominates Marketing of Cotton
NEW ORLEANS AP Cotton prices rose on futures in 1961 but trading on the New Orleans exchange was negligible as the agriculture act shifted marketing to the USDA. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange said the program hurt producers merchants mills and exchanges, with the 1961 farm price artificial and the government price ceiling. Dec futures traded 33.57 to 35.57 cents per lb. The 1961 crop was 14.538 million bales with exports seen at 514 million bales, domestic use 8.8 million, and July carryover around 7.6 million. Spot prices were about 17 dollars above last year’s, while actual sales lagged by roughly 24.4 million bales.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Exchange
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Orleans Cotter Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Man Recovers Stolen Property In Doles
DETROIT AP Donald Woloszyn keeps getting his stolen pigeons back one or two at a time. Last week a thief stole 32 homing pigeons from Woloszyn, 65. The birds have been trickling back since then, offering small recoveries in a long theft ordeal.
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Detroit
Donald Woloszyn
Woloszyn
Woman dropped from unemployment for wearing jeans
In Nashville Tennessee a mother of four, Mary Bell Turner, had her unemployment checks canceled after appearing at the office in blue jeans. She briefly reopened her claim, saying the cut will mean a lean Christmas for her family as her husband works city street cleaning. State officials defend the rule as enforcing available employment standards.
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Nashville
State Department of Employment Security
Piper Professors to Get 1000 Awards Across Ten Colleges
The Min nie Stevens Piper Foundation announced 1000 awards will be given to ten college and university professors judged outstanding by a selection committee. The committee selected the Piper professors from 1500 nominees. Honorees include Adolph Strong of Texas Lutheran College Seguin Selma Bishop of McMurry College Abi Jene Jean Autret of Midwestern University Corsicana Margorie Morris of Odessa College Odessa.
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Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Piper
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Corpus Christi
Foundation
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Adolph Strong
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Selma Bishop
McMurry College
Abi- Jene
Jean Autret
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