Editorial: It Is Your Business on Farm Subsidies
The piece argues farm subsidies waste tax dollars and mostly aid prosperous large farms. It cites Edward Higbee calling price supports excessive and recommends abandoning them for free markets. It notes 93 percent of subsidies go to the top 46 percent of farmers and warns government controls raise food prices.
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Delaware County
Edward Higbee
Twentieth Century Fund
Secretary of Agriculture
Solomon
Higbee
County cuts payroll as microfilming saves funds
County recorder Joseph Pappano says the department reduced staff by over 40 000 annually by microfilming documents replacing hand copying. Full operation by July 1 could save about 100 000 yearly while critics note 49 tax collectors cost the county roughly 1.9 million yearly in fees.
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County Recorder of Deeds
Joseph Pappano
Pappano
TV Tomorrow Q row paints rosy NBC future at PTA
Robert Sarnoff, NBC board chairman, spoke at a national PTA convention in Miami predicting full color TV worldwide and wall-size murals as receivers. He also hinted color sets from miniaturized components. The writer adds a quip favoring better programs over tech advances.
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Robert Sarnoff
NBC
PTA
Miami
Sarnoff
Singapore
Suez
Stockholm
San Francisco
Minnow
Free Enterprise Exhibit at World's Fair Promotes Capitalist tenets
Ground broken for a $2,100,000 free market exhibit at the New York World's Fair. The Lloyd Jones project, organized with the American Economic Foundation, will argue that government is not a source of goods and that productivity comes from private enterprise. The exhibit outlines ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom emphasizing voluntary cooperation, customer security, and the role of tools and production in a competitive society.
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American Economic Foundation
When Is A Mill Not A Mill In Tax Debates
Taxpayers face uneven assessments across Delaware and Chester counties. A $15 000 home taxed by mills yields different real costs due to assessment rates from 19.9 to 31.7 percent. Bethel Township shows 110 mills with low assessment yet 69 mills if higher, revealing inequities. The piece urges state aid and fairer taxation with citizen support.
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Delaware County
Point Bethel Township
Bethel
Chester County
Bethel ‘Township
Why Vegetables Cost So Much Says Victor Riesel
Columnist Victor Riesel explains rising produce costs due to high seasonal wages for fruit and vegetable workers. He cites California cantaloupe season wages for loaders and packers, noting skilled labor from migrants and unemployment benefits, and argues Congress limits Mexican workers driving price increases.
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Texas
Rio Grande City
Yuma
Arizona
Do you remember when shotgun wedding at St Hedwigs church
A wedding under court protection occurred yesterday at St Hedwig s Polish Catholic Church with the bride in regalia marching arm in arm with the groom. The Rev Leo Wierzynski officiated and Patrolman Padgett served as best man.
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St. Hedwig’s
4Th and Hayes Streets
Leo Wierzynski
Padgett
Alderman Elliott
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