Milk Production Down Cost Up From Last Year
The Agriculture Department reports 1969 first quarter milk output fell 1.5 percent from a year earlier while farmers’ prices rose 5 percent. Output per cow held about steady amid higher grain feeding. cow numbers declined 3.25 percent in March, the smallest March drop since 1962. Dairymen face tighter margins despite higher prices and government supports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Black actors rise in demand in film market
Hollywood reports a surge in roles for Black actors as Godfrey Cambridge and peers gain star status. Cambridge speaks of the open ballgame for Negro talent, noting changes in typecasting, recent success on screen and at the Academy Awards, and the business wisdom behind studios backing Black-led pictures.
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Godfrey Cambridge
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Cotton
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Cambridge
Raymond St. Jacques
Ossie Davis
Columbia
Godfrey
Paul Bogart
Bogart
Mne
Paul
Some Question Increase In Solons Retirement
AUSTIN AP readers weigh whether a legislative retirement raise was a treasury raid or reward. The bill boosted minimum benefits to 150 dollars monthly and added 20 dollars per year over eight for each former legislator, with 5 percent of salary now 6 percent contributed by lawmakers and a 6 percent state match. The changes hinge on a proposed constitutional amendment due August 5.
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Neveille Colson
Navasata
Tl. Weinert
Seguin
A. M. Aikin
Paris
Grady Nazlewood
Ama
Tillo
Wilthar
House
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Will Smith
Beaumont
Rep
R.H. Cory
Victoria
Cory
Hazlewood and
Aikin
Cory-Hazlewood
Jobless Rate Up Slightly in April
Washington AP The nation's unemployment rate edged up to 3.5 percent last month as rapid employment growth slowed. Most gains fell short, with nonfarm payrolls rising only 34,000 the smallest since January 1968. Unemployed numbered 25 million. total employment fell 441,000 to 77,079,000 while the civilian labor force rose to 79,621,000.
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Washington
Labor Department
Asst
Harold Goldstein
Bureau
Goldstein
Oregon College Lets Students Choose 48 Courses for BA
Mount Angel College in Oregon will allow students to take and complete any 48 courses for a bachelor of arts degree starting next fall. Currently the college prescribes about half of the required courses. A college spokesman called the change a shift from faculty endorsed education to student choice.
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Mount Angel, Ore
Mount Angel College
Mount Angel
Lake Nasser Waters Boon And A Problem
CAIRO AP The rising waters of Lake Nasser the world's largest manmade lake bring agricultural gains and a growing fishing industry while causing resettlement of Nubians and loss of ancient temples. 23 monuments are being moved to protect heritage. 60 000 Nubian villagers were uprooted, with $69 million spent on new homes. New communities need schools health centers and markets.
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Nasser
Egypt
Nile
Aswan High Dam
Nubian Desert
Us.n. Development Program
Food and Agriculture Organization
Kingdom of
Kush
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific
Lake Shore
Earnest Preacher Is Victim of Pun
Camden Arkansas AP reports Rev E Dodson pastor of First Methodist Church spoke on Thou shalt not steal next Sunday. During the sermon someone stole his ear, a punning misdeed noted by the congregation and police.
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Camden, Ark
Dodson
First Methodist Church
Camden
Barnard Medallions Capt Town Honor Donor Families
Medallions awarded in Cape Town to Mrs Ann Wayhhanshy widow of a heart recipient and Edward Darvall whose daughter was the first heart donor. About Rands 2,000 has been paid for the Barmah Heart Fund amid praise for the pioneers of heart transplantation.
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All AP
Gealden
Chris Barnard
Ann Wayhhanshy
Edward Darvall
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