Poultry farmers seek federal aid over mortgage woes
The essay argues for government help to stabilize the U.S. poultry industry facing high feed costs and mortgage pressures. It urges loans and cooperative organization to prevent widespread loss of mortgaged broiler houses, paralleling past Reconstruction Finance Corporation support during the 1929-33 crisis. The piece frames food production as top national priority and calls for targeted aid rather than a blanket giveaway.
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Senate
Capitol Hill
Ford
U.S
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
America
Index Dips as Leading Economic Indicator Slips
Washington AP report says the index of leading indicators fell five tenths of one percent in March, reversing February’s rise and signaling ongoing deterioration with no clear recovery in sight. Factors weighing it down included shorter workweeks, weak durable goods orders, fewer building permits, reduced consumer borrowing, and lower production costs.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Washington man wins egg producer contest at poultry festival
J Lee Overstreet of Texarkana named top poultry producer in the 16th Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival at Nashville Ark. The event drew about 4,000 with Comedian Jerry Clower and a 10 minute fireworks finale. Alternate winners, district reps for state pageant at Little Rock, and Miss Congenially chosen were announced along with prizes for state cooking queen entries.
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Nashville
Little Rock
Marilyn Spohn
Ft. Smith
Judith Lynn Shackelford
Prescott
Karen Snodgrass
Ann Ellis
Sherry Butler
Debbie Scoggins
Bernard
Virginia Webb
Route 1
Washington
Ark
Webb
Corn Belt Hatcheries
James Chandler
Sidney Phillips
Texarkana
Bob Perry
Murfreesboro
Joe Robert Wesson
J. Lee Overstreet
Bernard P. Webb
L. W. Swope
James W. Southall
Bonnerdale
Marilyn Sophn
Sherry Elaine Butler
Little Hook
Arkansas
Chrystal Phiffer
Dana Newberg
Ruth Cooper
Mable Sanders
Elizabeth Welch
de Queen
Delta Chalker
Jerry Clower
Yazoo City
Clower
Mel Street
Guy Shannon
Nashville Jaycee
Eddie Cobb
U.S. 82
Pilgrim Industries
Mt. Pleasant
Tex
Overstreet
Bombing halts evacuation flights in Saigon area
U S officials said South Vietnamese pilots dropped bombs near Tan Son Nhut forcing a temporary stop to evacuation flights from the Saigon area. Reports said North Vietnamese involvement was unlikely and the bombing may have been carried out by a disgruntled South Vietnamese air force pilot.
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Wshington
U.S
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Tan Sao Nhut
Saizo
State Department
Mudnnight
Congress
House
Ford
Duane van Minh
Viet Cong
Firce
Air Force
Commuunists
Terrorists seize Israeli consulate in Johannesburg
Six armed gunmen seized the Israeli consulate in downtown Johannesburg and held five women hostages. Police surrounded the Carlton Centre complex as a standoff unfolded with shootings and injuries reported among dozens of onlookers and workers. Negotiations and a request for ambulances and the Israeli ambassador followed the flare of combat inside the fifth floor offices.
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Johannesburg
South
Afrca
Miderm Carlton Center
Policw Iarksmen
Frank Fainer
The
Jewish Herald
Hensmen
J. Anna
Jinn
Stieuts Leen
Dent
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Wall Street Journal
Hope
Pod Rogers
Washington Man
Cobb
Dais Sear
Naushvilly Layaces
Wade of the Twoshour
Irom Clower
Rc&d
Southwest Arkansas Resource Conservation and Development Project
Federal
Olen Hendrix
Vision Arehy
CEEY
Times
Senate Foreign Relations
Cambodia
Minh
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