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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1961
Page
3
In a Saturday night chat, locals debate if crows cost farmers millions yearly with government losses. Ed Doolittle defends crows as not costing him much, while Zeke Grubb jokes about a crow tax deduction and plans to note it on his barn door. The discussion shifts toward corn prices and local anecdotes.
A humorous letter proposes a national corn shucking in Washington as a way to boost goodwill between farmers and Congress. It contrasts farmers running the event with Congress handling it, avoids tax rises, and imagines a parade around the Washington Monument. The writer asks for publicity.
Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg warns the United States faces a growing employment challenge as automation and shifting demand reduce jobs. To return to a normal rate of about 2 percent, roughly 10.5 million new positions would be needed within a year, including 5.5 million currently unemployed, 1.9 million part‑timers seeking full‑time work, 1.8 million displaced by automation, and 13 million new graduates entering the labor market. Even sweeping Eyed administration proposals would only nibble at the problem.
American Cancer Society funded work hints a vaccine could control leukemia in humans. A Chicago scientist reported injecting volunteers with material from leukemia deaths, and mouse testing showed protection from leukemia. No cure or prevention in humans yet. Support the 1961 Crusade to boost research.
Three public field days at the Caldwell branch experiment station are set for early May focusing on beef sheep and dairy topics. J J Dahmen announces programs with James E Kraus delivering daily talks on livestock research feeding breeding management and pasture use. Beef day features steer feeding results and a beeforama social.
About 45 million Americans, a quarter of the population, may develop cancer if current rates continue. The appeal urges support for the American Cancer Society in its efforts to reduce the disease. The ad notes higher costs souring life on the other side of the fence, including water bills.
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