Cuba’s agricultural crisis under Castro noted by ERS
The ERS review finds Cuba, once a prosperous agrarian economy, now faces severe food shortages and rationing. Four years after Fidel Castro’s rise, farm output remains well below 1958 levels, with per capita consumption down about 20 percent and reliance on imports and trade shifts to the Sino-Soviet bloc.
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Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
ERS
Cuba
The
Antilles
Fidel Castro
United States
Early Almanacs On View At Concord Cooperative Bank
An exhibit at the Concord Cooperative Bank showcases rare and early American almanacs. Items include an 1809 clergy-focused almanac, the 1825 Mechanics Almanac with weather omissions, and Low’s Astronomical Diary editions. the display traces almanac evolution and notes playful and practical knowledge from colonial to early national America.
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Concord Co-Operative Bank
America
William Peirce
Cambridge
Boston
Poor Ole
Simla
C. W. Roeback
Concord Cooperative Bank
Tax Reform Fears Mark Centennial of Income Tax
The centennial of the income tax prompts concerns about Kennedy tax cut plans. The piece warns reforms could erase deductions, end joint returns, or hit Social Security and estate taxes, risking higher overall burdens amid deficits and new IRS scrutiny. It notes historical twists from Lincoln to Taft and questions the withholding system.
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Kennedy
Wizards of
IRS
Congress
Mul Bush
Iico
Internal Revenue
Abraham Lincoln
Dent William Howard
Dent Taft
Tina Cole joins Warner Brothers as new series singer
Hollywood reports Tina Cole, a blonde with green eyes, was added under contract after Connie Stevens left the Hawai ian Eye show and later returned. Studio denies she is a direct replacement but notes Tina could expand the singing lineup as Connie resumes appearances. Tina, a BYU freshman, signed for seven years and began work quickly in Honolulu amid a chorus of stock shots and wardrobe. She hopes Connie will accept two performers instead of one.
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Hollywood
UPI
Connie Stevens
Warner Brothers
Tina Cole
Connie
Tina
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Brigham Young University
Honolulu
Brothers Winer
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