Cotton and Wheat Plans Announced by Freeman
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman outlined new cotton and wheat stabilization programs keeping 1964 planting allotments. The measures, signed by President Johnson, total about 1 billion in payments to farmers and subsidies to mills. Four cotton options span basic, domestic, export acreage, or no allotments with penalties. The domestic subsidy aims to let U.S. mills compete with cheaper foreign cotton at world prices.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Johnson
Jolson
U.S
Soybean Big Crop in State This Year
In Arkansas, soybeans are expected to cover about 3.1 million acres, half the state's cropland, according to Clay R. Moore of the Agricultural Extension Service. He notes soybeans offer higher profits than other crops aside from cotton and rice, with five-year yields showing net returns per acre of $30 for soybeans versus $21 for wheat and $7 for corn.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Clay R. Moore
Agricultural Extension Service
Moore
Four Arkansas Players Lead NAIA Scoring List
KANSAS CITY AP Four Arkansas basketball players ranked among the top 100 scorers in the final NAIA statistics released Saturday. James Mack Allen of Arkansas AM&N led at 31.6 points per game, followed by Leon Clements of Ouachita with 26.1, Harold Brevins of AM&N at 24.6, and Tom Davis of Arkansas State Teachers College at 23.7.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
James Mack Allen
Arkansas Am&n
Leon Clements
Ouachith
Harold Brevins
Am&n
Tom Davis
Arkansas State Teachers College
Jones Files for a Fifth Term as Auditor
State Auditor Jimmie Red Jones filed today in Little Rock as a candidate for a fifth term. A 44 year old native of Magroli a and graduate of Southern State College he was appointed to the post in 1957 after Os car Humphrey’s death. Previously he served as land commissioner under Gov. Francis Cherry.
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Little Rock
Jimmie
Red) Jones
Jones
Magrolia
Southern State College
Oscar Humphrey
Francis Cherry
Big Circus Comes to Hope with Charles Barnes Liberty Horses
The Barnes and Bailey troupe headlines a three ring circus arriving April 23 on N Hervey Street. Audience will witness liberty horse drills and skyscapes as Charles Barnes showcases free running steeds. A parade titled Old Fashioned Circus rolls downtown April 18 at 2 p.m.
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Charles Barnes
Charles
Barnes and Bailey
N. Hervey St
Hope
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