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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1964
Page
6
A total of 18 senior entries placed first or second in the District III Roundup Elimination Contest in 4 H at Wichita Falls and will advance to the state competition at Texas A M. They competed against app
The U S Department of Agriculture announced that micronaire readings or mike readings will be an added quality factor for upland cotton price support loans starting with the 1964 crop. Fees at six cents per bale, with discounts and premiums keyed to reading ranges, will apply. readings must be provided for each bale classed.
The article outlines Soil Stewardship Week with the theme To Each Among Us A Share. It urges all people to act as stewards of land water forests and wildlife amid growing urban demands and population pressures, stressing future generations and community responsibility.
The maximum temperature in the last 24 hours reached 95 degrees by 3 p.m. Monday, with a minimum of 71 degrees observed from 3 to 4 a.m. today.
About one eighth of all fatal accidents among preschool children are attributable to drowning according to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
A May 7 meeting in the county courtroom will discuss expanding guar production with Herbert Partridge of General Mills and I D Russell arranging guar seed sales. Guar offers a guaranteed $3.99 per hundred for grade 1, with soil-friendly benefits and 500 to 1000 lb per acre yields. District II 4-H eliminations at Midwestern University saw 19 seniors and 15 juniors compete from 23 counties. 18 of 19 seniors placed first or second, qualifying for State 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M in June. Public fund-raising, a Friday domino and 42 tournament at Fair Park, and an Experimental Ranch field day at Throckmorton highlight upcoming events with barbeque, fences, and mesquite control demonstrations. A county agents’ office coordination urged for travel plans. Here and There notes a specialist’s comment on profitable talents.
Texas A M University reports two research projects using insect instincts to lure pests into traps. In Rota island experiment methyl Eugenol excited male oriental fruit flies guiding them to lethal insecticide pools. In Mississippi a natural substance from male boll weevils attracted females for potential boll weevil control.
The text describes multiple sclerosis as a chronic disabling progressive disease of the central nervous system, noting that its prevention and cure remain unknown.
May 5 1964 is the 126th day with Saturn as the morning star and Venus as the evening star. On this day in history Napoleon died in 1821 on St Helena, a 1925 Dayton Tennessee teacher arrest over evolution, 1939 Poland rejects Danzig cession, and 1955 West Germany becomes sovereign.
Farmers blame supermarket chains for lower cattle prices amid heavy live cattle imports and abundant poultry. Industry officials note chains fix prices via wholesale purchases, while farmers urge slight price increases on beef. Beef futures show declines with prime steers at Chicago hit an 18 year low. other livestock and grains follow mixed to down trends.
Westinghouse researchers announce a magnetohydrodynamics MHD generator that produces electricity and chemical fertilizer from air nitrogen. Dr W T Lindsay Jr and Dr E V Somers describe potential for large scale power fertilizer plants and global food production gains. Census data show candy makers sold 769 million pounds of can bars valued at 321 million in the first months of 1963.
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