Area Cotton Grading Dips Again in Week Ending Dec 4
USDA Memphis reports cotton entered for growers again showed lower grade and staple lengths than the prior week due to weather and harvesting methods. White grades fell to 30 percent with 70 percent Spotted grades, while staple lengths mainly ranged from 15-16 inches. Micronaire readings dropped though most samples stayed in the desirable 3.5 to 4.9 range. prices edged lower with seeds at 45 to 47 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Memphis
K. E. Voelkel
Cotton Division
Cotton Research Committee of Texas
Pressley
1965 Farm Outlook Unchanged Despite Rising Supplies
The 1965 agricultural outlook shows higher demand and larger supply with farm incomes and prices expected to stay steady. Exports for 1964-65 remain strong though below the 6.1 billion peak. livestock and crops rise slightly while carryovers stay high. Farm assets rise over three percent in 1964, but debts grow, signaling greater need for credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
JohnHaney
Texas A and University
McHeney
McHaney
U. S
Temperature highs and lows for the period with 1963 reference
The report lists a 24 hour high of 52 degrees at 4 p.m. Monday and a low of 25 degrees at 6 a.m. today. For December 8, 1963, the high was 61 degrees and the low 42 degrees. Sunrise is at 7:35 and sunset at 5:31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiesisene
Fertilizer use on dryland crops and soil testing tips
Folio notes that correct fertilizer use does not burn unirrigated crops or weaken cotton stalks, nor harm soil, with emphasis on proper placement, amount, and timing. It urges soil testing and offers help, especially as cotton is harvested. Also mentions 4-H speaker Jack Hightower at Vernon and Randy Matson at a District Gold Star luncheon. Beef futures as insurance discussed by Texas A&M’s Ed Avacek, with example of 25 steers and 25,000 lb. of beef. The section closes noting a shifting economy and appealing prices.
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Jack Hightower
Vernon
Randy Matson
Randy
Lie
Texas Aggie
Ed Avacek
Texas A and M
Estes Case Expands Scope With Press Access Debate
The Billie Sol Estes case broadens to a press rights versus accused's rights issue sparked by Oswald and Ruby trials. The Supreme Court agreed to review Estes conviction due to televised trial in Tyler, with defense and media executives debating impact on courtroom coverage and judge safety rules.
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Dallas
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Thestes
U.S. Supreme Court
Estes
Tyler
Wfaa-Tv
Mike Shapiro
Otis Dunagan
Tyler Court of Civil Appeals
Texas
Abilene
Actress Dorothy Malone Granted Divorce in Los Angeles
UPI reports actress Dorothy Malone is granted a divorce from actor Jacques Bergerac in Los Angeles. Malone also receives custody of their two daughters Mimi 4 and Dianne 2.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dorothy Malone
Jacques Bergerac
Mimi
Dianne
Laos accuses North Viet Nam of armed aggression at UN
Laos charged Communist North Viet Nam with armed aggression in Laotian territory and appealed to the United Nations to stop it. Gen Phoumi Nosavan presented a white paper signed by Souvanna Phouma, accusing Hanoi of breaking Geneva accords and offering defectors, radio broadcasts, battlefield letters, and captured-soldier evidence as proof.
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United Nations
UPI
Laos
North Viet Nam
Phoumi Nosavan
Council of Ministers
General Assembly
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Peking Radio
Wall Street Averages Drift Through Trading Day
Dow Jones indicators show mixed moves at 11 am noon and 1 pm with Industrials and Utilities posting gains early and rails slipping. Treasury figures for the year end show withdrawals at 54.349 billion dollars deposits 44.701 billion with a cash balance of negative 7.102 billion and a public debt of 318.737 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Jones
Washington
UPI
Treasury
Weather extremes dip and peak across the U.S.
The coldest morning reading by UPI reports 17 below zero at Houston and Greenville Maine. The warmest Monday high reached 76 at Pompano Beach Florida.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Houston
Greenville
Maine
Pompano Beach
Fla
Calls for Fair Trial for Pearl Harbor Leaders
Opinion column argues the American public overreacted to the Pearl Harbor attack by blaming Maj. Gen. Walter Short and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. It urges a reassessment of their reputations and a fair, compassionate review of the record and actions taken on December 7, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Army
Navy
Hawaii
Washington
Kimmel
Short
Pearl Harbor Inquiry Casts Doubt on Short and Kimmel
A 1942 Roberts commission blamed Walter C Short and Husband E Kimmel for Pearl Harbor failures while later investigations in 1944 found no evidence to justify court martial. The piece notes political pressure, shifting blame, and calls for renewed examination amid broader wartime fallout.
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Harold R
Dolly) Stark
Naval Operations
Europe
London
Doghouse-on-the-Thames
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Short
Kimmel
Roberts
War and Navy Departments
Walter C. Short
E. Kimmel
Survey on Hired Farm Labor Will Be Held Here
Statistics on the nation's hired farm labor for 1964 will come from the December Current Population Survey by the Census Bureau. Dallas regional office announced the survey will be conducted in 357 areas the week of December 13. The 1963 survey showed 3.6 million workers employed at some point on U S farms. The December questionnaire adds questions on unemployment reasons, duration off work, and 1964 hires, supplementing monthly labor statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
United States
Percy R. Millard
Census Bureau
Dallas
Bureau
U. S
Bureau of Labor Satistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Ammonium chloride may prevent urinary calculi in cattle and sheep
College station reports that adding 1.25 ounces per steer and 0.25 ounce per wether daily of technical grade ammonium chloride to feedlot rations can prevent urinary calculi without harming carcass quality. Costs run about 1.5 cents per steer daily and 50 cents per wether for a 112 to 140 day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
A. D. Thompson
Extension Animal Husbandman
H. R. Crookshank
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Thompson
Battle report at Dat Do signals sustained Communist pressure
The article notes a long Communist attack in Vietnam, the first such sustained push in memory. At Dat Do, 45 miles east of Saigon, government militiamen reportedly repelled a Viet Cong battalion in close in combat early today.
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Dat Do
Saigon
Leave Stubble For Game Birds
COLLEGE STATION crop stubble left in fields provides food for game birds such as quail doves ducks geese and wild turkeys during winter and early spring. Birds need cover to protect against predators and remain fed while field crops like rice corn and sorghum offer good feeding areas after harvest. Native woods border fields offer travel lanes and erosion control benefits.
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College Station
Wallace Klussmann
Klussmann
Western Part Of State Fair
Light rain and drizzle fell in South Central and Southeast Texas today. The rain is expected to move slowly eastward. Northern sections remained fair while southern areas were mostly cloudy and it stayed cold in the north. Low temperatures ranged from 20 at Dalhart to 47 at Galveston and Houston with a moderating trend through Wednesday. Am arillo 26 Lubbock 22 El Paso 31 Presidio 39 Brownsville 43 Corpus Christi 46 Beaumont Port Arthur 40 Austin 45 Dallas 34 Dallas Fort Worth 28 Abilene 31 Texarkana 33.
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United Press International
Texas
Dalhart
Galveston
Houston
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
Presidio
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Austin
Dallas
Greater Southwest International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth
Abilene
Texarkana
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