Dunn Merchant Remoans Decrease In Nation's Mule Population
Dunn merchant Louis Baer laments a shrinking national mule population due to farm mechanization. He cites census projections of 750000 mules by 1970 if male numbers drop similarly. He frames mules as vital for small farmers and notes Mule Days and a proposed national mule preserve near Benson.
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John G. Thomas Dunn
N. C
Dunn
North Carolina
Louis Baer
Baer
U. S. Census Bureau
Benson
Sampson
Wayne County
East N C Crop Damage Sized Up By AP
Surveys begin today to size up crop damage after a week end deluge that dropped up to 10 inches in eastern North Carolina. Six counties—Martin, Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pender—likely hardest hit. Total insured crops for 3,400 farmers equal about 7 million dollars. Extension specialist Bennett suggests fertilizer based on crop size and maturity.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Julian E. Mann
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
New Bern
Martin
Beaufort
Craven
Jones
Onslow
Pender
Mann
Roy Bennett
North Carolina State College
Congress presses Washington to overhaul welfare program
A House committee report denounces Washington's public welfare system as the capital's "most serious problem" and endorses a $290.1 million appropriation with added investigators. Lawmakers fault cost estimates and call for tightening relief for ineligible families while the city seeks firmer cost figures. Walter Tobriner and the board vow to push for a precise study.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
House
National Capital
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
City Council For
William H. Natcher
D-Ky
Ing
James A. Haley
D-Fla
Board of Commissioners
Walter N. Tobriner
Welfare Overhaul Sparks Push to Clean City Aid Rolls
A district welfare committee reported that about 66 percent of Aid to Dependent Children cases are ineligible. It urged immediate steps to purge the rolls while noting the program is federally financed. The panel estimated unemployment relief costs at 1,312,000 for the year starting July 1.
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Tee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Peacock's Imperial Creme Promises Wrinkle Reduction
Advertises a white compound with quicksilver claiming to smooth wrinkles on face and hands after six days. Promises fading brown spots and age marks, lubrication of pores to remove blackheads, and shrinking blemishes. Offers money back guarantee and notes Mann Drug Co and department or drug stores as retailers. Clip and try.
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New York
Imperial Creme
Mann Drug Co
Homer Travis Dies at 54 Leader in Appliance Field
Homer Travis president of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and longtime home appliance leader died Sunday from a heart attack. He was a vice president of the Kelvinator division of American Motors.
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Detroit
Homer Travis
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Travis
Kelvinator
American Motors
Widow Remarriage Cuts Social Security Widow's Benefit
How remarriage affects 5 million women age 65 plus receiving widow's benefits. A widow gains a wife benefit of up to 50 percent of her husband's benefit, usually reducing her own 82 2 percent widow's benefit. Immediate wife benefits apply if already widowed before remarriage. Reader questions cited include a widow at 67 with $58.60 benefit and a man at $86, plus another case on soil income reducing benefits.
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Montpelier, Vt
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