Home canning prompts new supply and safety concerns
Millions of Americans plant vegetables and prepare for home canning raising worries about material shortages and safe procedures. Kerr Glass Co. and Ball Corp. run around the clock to prevent a repeat of last year’s tinplate and soda ash tightness while Virginia Knauer urges restraint and warns against hoarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr Glass Co
Los Angeles
Ball Corp
Muncie
Ind
Virginia Knauer
FTC probes need for care labels on all plants
The FTC announced a probe into whether plant care and feeding labels should accompany every plant sold in the United States. Staff say labels could curb plant losses estimated at 40 percent of the two billion dollars in annual nursery sales. Commissioner Mayo J. Thompson dissented, calling the plan a waste of agency resources and likening labels to "a pair of socks on a rooster."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo J. Thompson
FTC
Agriculture Department
America
Thompson
Butz forecasts farmers unlikely to cut crops this summer
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz doubts farmers will curb output 5 to 10 percent despite strong incentives to push prices higher. Senator Humphrey recalls anger among farmers and bankers warning of loan trouble as weather and exports raise concerns about farm income dipping from 32 billion in 1973 to about 20 billion this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Earl Butz
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Butz
Humphrey
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Midwest
Old Fred
Buzz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Lumber Company
Leroy Pickens
Esust
FILON
Rockwell
LEMS
10S Alamitos Blvd
Los Alamitos
Phono
Dooley
AFC
Dooley’s Reg
Panasonic
Model
Zeniti
EL Rac
North
Long Beach
Hubert
John Raymond
Sum
Edgewater Hyatt House
Pacific Coast Hwy
Spoor
Wahine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!