Letter to Benson on cotton allotments in Lawrence County
A Lawrence County farmer writes to Secretary Benson criticizing 1955 crop allotments. He argues underplanting reduced county allotments for 1956 by 12 percent, higher than the national 4 percent, and says unused acreage could have been reassigned if timelines allowed. He asks for policy remedy amid regulatory delays.
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Ezra T. Benson
Agriculture Department of Agriculture
Ee D.dear
Alabama
Lawrence
As&c
Lawrence County
Washington, D. C
First Ocean Steamer Traverses Panama Canal in 1914
The record notes the first ocean steamer completed passage through the Panama Canal on August 3, 1914, marking a historic milestone in maritime navigation.
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Panama Canal
CED urges first priority to cut individual tax rates
The Committee for Economic Development urged that individual income tax rates receive first priority in any tax reduction under a balanced federal budget. It called for broader cuts next year with larger percentage reductions in the middle and upper brackets to boost investment incentives and capital mobility. The CED is a New York based nonprofit economic research group.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
The
New York
Pap Revel Surrenders to Phenix City Law
J H Pap Revel, brother of Head Revel, surrendered this week at Russell County jail to face 52 counts of lottery and two of gambling. He was fingerprinted, photographed, and signed bonds totaling 27 500 dollars. Head Revel remains a fugitive.
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Phenix City
Ala
Lamarmurphy
J. H
Pap
Revel
Russell County
Revel Amusement Co
C. O
Head) Revel
Head Revel
Trace Elements In Nutrition By W W Bauer
Health education column explains trace elements in the body, listing zinc copper manganese cobalt molybdenum and others, their roles in enzymes blood formation and bone development, and warning against unnecessary supplements. It emphasizes a balanced diet of three meals from varied foods. Tomorrow topic is the change of life.
Nearly 4 000 Morg an Limestone children get first Salk shot
About 3 974 youngsters in Morgan and Limestone counties received their first Salk polio vaccine doses with 2 359 completing the second shot. Eligibility covers ages six months to 14 years and vaccination sites run Monday afternoons and Saturday mornings at local health offices.
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Morgan
Limestone
Health Department
Athens
L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
What I Want and the Path to Happiness
Eldridge A. Jones writes of longing for happiness freedom from burden land and sea sunshine and rain love and companionship a moonlit night and lasting peace. He expresses a measured, hopeful resolve to do his part someday and achieve the meant things in a glorious way.
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Eldridge A. Jones
Opelika Chamber Guides Growth With New Garment Plant
Opelika Alabama. The 15th annual chamber meeting announced plans to locate a new garment plant in Opelika. The facility to employ about 300 people, cost around 500000 dollars, and yield a 500000 to 600000 dollar annual payroll as an expansion of Opelika Manufacturing Co.
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Opelika
Ala
Opelika Chamber of Commerce
T. K. Davis Jr
Opelika Manufacturing Co
Insanity Cure Questioned by Mental Capacity View
A historical pondering argues that while an insane person might be cured, a mentally deficient person's intelligence cannot be increased. The remark contrasts disease treatment with fixed cognitive limits.
Lock and Dam Proposed 23.6 Million Dollars Near Coffeeville
Army Engineers back a new Tombigbee River site three miles west of Coffeeville Alabama for a Jackson Lock three miles upstream from prior sites. The plan would cut permanent flood area from 22 600 to 2 920 acres and eliminate backwater above normal pool. A public hearing is set for January 3 to hear objections.
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Coffeeville
Atlanta
Army
Tombigbee River
Ala
South Atlantic Division
Jackson
Henry J. Hoeffer
Mobile
Corals Off Scotland and Norway Mirror Tropical Forms
Readable text notes that corals exist off Scotland and Norway just as in the tropics, differing in no important respects from tropical corals. The passage highlights broader coral distribution beyond warm waters.
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Scotland
Norway
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