Congress Sees 1968 Woes In NFO Milk Dumpings
In a burst of farm unrest linked to the NFO milk price push, Democrats and Republicans warn rising costs and low prices threaten Johnson’s 1968 position. House Chair W R Pouge says trouble for Democrats. GOP leaders Ford and Dirksen call farmers back to the barn wall. Secretary Freeman pledges improvement but notes risk to production stability.
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Nationals
Farmers Organization
Congress
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W. R. Pouge
House Agriculture Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
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Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Ithaca
N.Y
Dairymen Explain Withholding Failure
CHICAGO AP The failure of the National Farm Organization withholding campaign to cut deeply into the milk supply drew varied explanations. Dairy spokesmen said normally 60 to 75 percent of grade A milk is bottled, the rest goes to ice cream cottage cheese butter and powdered milk. When inflow dwindles they can readjust handling, putting more milk in cartons and less into by products.
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National Farm Organization
Daylight Time Urged For State All Year
Hartford AP reports Rep Ina Vestal of Woodbridge urged Connecticut to adopt daylight time year round. She said farmers rely on the sun rather than the clock and that permanent daylight time would end semiannual railroad schedule confusion.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Ina ‘Vestal
R- Woodbridge
Judiciary Committee
Milk price split shows farmers get 23.5 cents of 50 cent half gallon
Government and dairy industry studies outline how 23.5 cents of every 50 cents paid by housewives for a half gallon of milk goes to farmers. The remaining 26.5 cents covers middlemen processors dealers and retailers with varying regional and seasonal price differences noted by the Agriculture Department and related bodies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
National Commission On “Food Marketing
Milk Industry Foundation
Torrey Canyon Oil Spill Threat Shrugs Free on Cornish Reef
In London AP report the Japanese built Li thle supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground on a Cornish reef, owned by an American interests and chartered by British Petroleum. Navy officials warn of oil pollution risk as coastal authorities mobilize response efforts.
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Maurice Folley
Torrey Canyon
London
Navy
English
Petroleum Corp
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