Eradicating the boll weevil could slash Alabama cotton costs
Craig Smith urges Alabama Farm Bureau to back eradication or a cheap control method. He cites a potential 7 to 9 cent per pound reduction in production costs and calls for private industry and government to join forces for such research. He questions why this effort hasn’t occurred sooner.
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Craig Smith
Avondale Mills
National Cotton Council of America
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabama
Education funding in Alabama urged for price of excellence
Dr Ralph Craughon of Auburn University says Alabama must face persistent education funding problems until residents recognize needs and are willing to pay. He favors clearer needs presentation or a new penny sales tax, and notes underassessed property affecting education finance as an alternate route.
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Ralph Craughon
Auburn University
Alabama
County Board of Equalization
Harry Haden
Department of Revenue
Young Kennedy Ready to Act on Economy
In the memo you sent Kennedy meets with Johnson Rayburn and Mansfield signaling urgency. The piece endorses federal measures for unemployment, higher minimum wage, housing education and aged care with a Democratic emphasis on active government over GOP inaction. It argues Kennedy will focus on boosting national economic health.
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John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Mike Mansfield
Sen. Kennedy
Congress
America
Kennedy
Washington Calling Most Futile Gestures On West Alliance
Marquis Childs analyzes NATO morale and the push for an independent nuclear force under Norstad. He notes Allied commitments lag and French manpower is near zero, while Britain contemplates reducing forces. Kennedy faces pressures but defers action until Inauguration Day, complicating any move without Congress.
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Washington
West Alliance
NATO
Germany
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Norstad
Eee Ae Council
Paris
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Stratgeic Air Command
America
Tragic Auto Deaths Spur Call for Safer Driving
Arlie B Davidson laments nearly 40,000 yearly traffic fatalities and over 2,000,000 injuries in the nation. She blames reckless drivers and urges sober, responsible behavior to prevent collisions and ease the emotional toll on victims and families.
Eisenhower urged to keep families with troops this Christmas
Drew Pearson quotes servicemen and wives protesting Eisenhower s order separating families amid postwar troop redeployments. Letters from Japan Syracuse and Korea condemn the policy while arguing it damages morale, reduces spending abroad, and strains marriages.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
U.S
Greenland
Armed Services
Kilroy
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
D.E.B
Syracuse
N.Y
Ali
America
Px’s
United States
AIR Force
Washington, D. C
Philippines
corporate executives turn to air travel for business
Grumman president E Clinton Towl says 1960 marks the first year executives will spend more hours in company planes than in commercial airliners. About 5.7 million hours were flown by business aircraft in 1959, vs 12.4 million by non-scheduled airlines, with roughly 25,000 business aircraft in use and safety records far better than cars.
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E. Clinton Towl
Grumman Aircraft Corp
Porter
Towl
Grumman
Gulfstream
U. S
Flight Safety Foundation, Inc
NBAA
Grumman Transport
FAA
Neneim
The
Hall Syndicate
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Seven Powers
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SperTine
Bell Syndicate
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