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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
8
Texas farmers face weed control with 2 4 D and similar herbicides but wind drift and equipment flaws cause crop injury. Damage reports arise mainly in 129 unregulated counties while 129 regulated counties report none under the Texas Herbicide Law. Inspectors enforce spraying distances and monitor licensed applications.
Officials warn of widespread damage from cotton poisoning via equipment used for herbicide applications. Farmers in unregulated counties should contact department inspectors or county agents for safeguards, and copies of the herbicide law and county lists are available from Joan C. White, Commissioner, Austin.
Frank Arthur Cavanagh age 75 of Pontotoc died Wednesday at home. Born April 25 1882 in Corpus Christi he was a Penn graduate and drug statesman. Survivors include wife Lenice Ryder and sisters Rachel Walker and Mother Mary. Funeral at Pontotoc Baptist Church burial in Pontotoc Cemetery.
The San Angelo Standard-Times accepted a jury award of $1,000 in the libel suit filed by Mc Culloch County Deputy Sheriff Ona James. The paper settled last Friday and James released the paper from further claims.
County agent Jimmy Cusenbary will explain the new state egg law at 8 30 p m Saturday night. The McCulloch County Farm Bureau invites the public to attend at the Electric Co op building. Directors will hold their business session at 7 p m.
A gospel meeting opens at Pear Valley Church of Christ Saturday night, August 3, and continues through Sunday, August 11. Novel Baize of Stamford will preach with nightly services at six o'clock.
The English poet laureate Johnson is reportedly buried in an upright position at Westminster Abbey. This unusual practice draws attention to his lasting memorial and the abbey's historic burial customs.
Lyndon Johnson writes that the civil rights bill debate informs the nation about voting rights and federal powers while noting he doubts Senate passage in its House form. He also describes Senate Appropriations Committee support for 30 Texas water projects including 10 stream surveys and argues for more flood control spending amid rising small business failures.
A third shipment of Spanish red legged partridges totaling 96 birds was released near Childress in Cottle County and near Canadian in Lipscomb County. BE. A. Walker of the Game and Fish Commission reported ranchers praised prior releases and hopes remain high these birds will establish.
The article notes postwar changes lowering small business share of defense prime contracts to 17.6 percent, down from 19.6 percent in 1956, and mentions a one-year SBA extension approved by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee.
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