Ag Income at Fourth Highest Level in 1968
Washington AP reports that U.S. farmers harvested record yields in 1968 boosting net income to about 15 billion dollars after expenses, with prices pressured by market trends. Direct payments from government programs may total 3.5 billion, while farming debt rose about 7 percent and real estate values climbed nearly 194 billion.
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Don Kendall
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Agriculture Department
Gadsden Purchase area described in 1853 deal
Today in history notes that on this date in 1853 the United States purchased 45,000 square miles of territory from Mexico in a transaction known as the Gadsden Purchase. The item places the event in a December 30, 1968 context with Associated Press attribution.
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Woman, License Photo Form an Attachment
Milton Freewater Oregon AP veteran Justice of the Peace Sam Dodds recalls a unique reason a woman kept an out of state license and bought an Oregon one stating the photo was the only good picture she ever had. The items then present a series of historical notes and a birthday milestone in Lititz Pennsylvania.
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Sam K. Dodds
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