Boll weevil menace shifts cotton farms and asks reader questions
The cotton boll weevil is a brown beetle that injures cotton by boring into bolls and laying eggs. In winter adults hide in haystacks or ground cracks near fields. Severe losses pushed farmers to switch crops and raise hogs and cattle. A prize offer invites youngsters to send questions to Johnny Wonder in Santa Cruz, California.
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North
South America
World Almanac Globe
Compton's Encyclopedia
Johnny Wonder
Santa Cruz
Mau-Mauing the news media roils L A teen gangs story
In Los Angeles youths, street workers and officials clash over media coverage of teen gangs and violence. Oliver Crawford and Fred Horn press reporters to shift focus from killers to unemployment and lack of opportunity, arguing sensational coverage fuels crime while officials warn publicity creates martyrs.
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Angeles
Mau- Mauing
Oliver Crawford
Maaan
Fred Horn
Crawford
Horn
Blackie
Aranda
New York
Michigan
Los Aneles
L.A
Crawford and Horn
San Francisco
Horn and Crawford
Lonnie Wilson
Teen Post, Inc
Teen Post
Wilson
King Doper
South Central
al Hayes
Jefferson High School
Los Angeles
Hayes
Arkansas figures react as Cox firing sparks impeachment talk
The Associated Press report shows Arkansas leaders split by party over President Nixon after Archibald Cox is fired. Governor Dale Bumpers calls it a constitutional crisis while urging restraint and possible impeachment talks. Republican leaders largely defend Nixon, with some warning that impeachment could follow if actions breach law.
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Associated Press
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Arkansas
Republican Party
GOP
Democratic Party
Dale Bumpers
Cox
William D. Ruckelshaus
Bumpers
Nizon
John Stennis
D-Miss
House of Representatives
Senate Watergate Committee
Congress
Alexander
White House
Charles Bernard
Earle
Bernard
Nix
El Dorado teen killed in tractor crash near city
A 16 year old Aubrey Dale Pipes died when his tractor left the road three miles east of El Dorado Arkansas. The tractor overturned pinning him between a wheel and a ditch. State Police identified the victim. he was the weekend’s sole traffic fatality in the state.
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EL Dorado, Ark
U.S
Here
R. D. Agerton
Aubrey Dale Pipes
el Dorado
Pipes
Arkansas
Agerton
Nixon power crisis sparks talk of federal troops
Jesson warned Nixon might call out federal troops to protect himself if a federal judge issues a marshal. He labeled Nixon irrational and said he has done enough and should go. Fulbright expressed surprise and astounded by the developments, offering no further comment. Mills and Hammerschmidt did not provide responses.
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Jesson
Nixon
Mershal
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Wilbur D. Mills
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Rark
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D-Mass
John F. Kennedy
Leona Trozell
Rosebud
Brad Jesson
State Department of Fi and Game
Maders-Freane- Tulare
London
Scofflaws
UPT
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