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August week brings rain and farm bills into focus
The week described in Perseverance area notes heavy July rain in south Limestone washing out roads and boosting green pastures while cotton farmers fear weed and boll loss. The Farm Bill negotiations in Congress and state legislature in Montgomery loom as prices and profits for farmers and housewives hinge on the outcome. An Associated Milk Producers Inc official links a Justice Department antitrust suit with Nixon campaign contributions, noting timing and sequence of events.
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Congress
Washington
Legislature
Montgomery
South
Limestone
Highway 31
Decatur
Swann Creek
Somerville Road
Delano Park
House
Senate
Chicago
Farmer Cooperative
Justice Department
Nixon
The
Chicago Tribune
George E. Mehren
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Tribune
Mehren
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Herbert Kalmbach