House Unit Demands Aggressive Cuts in Agriculture Spending
The committee proposed $3,692,899,757 for the Agriculture Department and urged a new program to aid farmers while curbing the soil bank acreage reserve. The panel cut total appropriations by over $14 billion this year and will face House review next week. It cited poor agricultural conditions and warned that four years of policy under Secretary Benson have shrunk farm income, boosted costs, and raised debt, calling for a new legislative approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
House
Rep. Whitten
D-Miss
Benson
Catholic Influence Credited In Farm Policy Debate
The House Appropriations Committee backed lower farm relief funding and criticized soil bank limits while detailing next year’s allocations for Regular, Corporation, and Special activities. It urged pensioned price support reforms and noted CCC recovery funds for storage, handling, and losses, amid broader political turmoil abroad with Colombia’s Rojas Pinilla remaining in power after a coup and protests.
Public debate over foreign aid cuts in Eisenhower plan
Senate leaders push to trim foreign aid as President Eisenhower seeks 2.8 billion dollars for military and economic defense aid for allies. Senator Russell maintains demand for total cut to 2.4 billion, while Johnson and Knowland weigh the administration’s case and potential further reductions.
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Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Aiken R-Vty
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Forest Fires Rage Across New England and Pennsylvania
Fires burn across five states with 1000 acre blazes near Stroudsburg and Jefferson and Clarion counties. evacuations near Plymouth and Montague, millions of acres affected as New Jersey and New Hampshire report numerous small fires. Fiji Islands population noted.
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Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
Jefferson
Clarion
New Jersey
Plymouth
Seattle Banker Testifies
A Seattle banker testifies in a continuing court hearing, outlining financial dealings and relevant transactions. The testimony references specific accounts and dates as prosecutors seek to establish a timeline of the alleged activities.
Obituaries from Indiana County list Pierce and others
Long obituary section notes Monroe Pierce of Indiana RD 1 died May 8 at home after birth in 1877 in Banks Township. Survived by wife Nellie Mechtey Pierce, son Ellis Pierce and two daughters plus many grandchildren. Other notices include Dora Alma Haskell Welch of Smicksburg, Bart Runyan of Indiana, Miss Mary J. Re of Kittanning, with funeral details and burial plans.
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Monroe
Pierce
Indiana RD
Joshua
Mary Catherine Ball Pierce
Banks Township
Indiana
Nellie Agnes Mechtey
Eilis L. Pierce
Ernest
Sara) White
Henrietta Hutton
Sutila
Wayne J Ave
Richard J. Barris
Mount Zion Cemetery
New Washington
Dora Alma Haskell Welch
Smicksburg
Thomas Weston
Mary Catherine Dodson Haskell
West Mahoning
Twp
George’ ‘Lewis Welch
Snyder,n.y
Linda
Ellen
Annett
W. E. Hyskell
Meadville
Ira D. Hyskell
New York City
Stella Farra
Hood River
Ore
Welch
Smicksburg Methodist Church
Ely Funeral Home
Dayton
Harvey Nicholson
Bart Runyan
States Rest
North Seventh Street
Marion Barton
Lizzie Aken Runyan
Dollie McCracken Runyan
James
Clayton
George
Washington
Church of the Nazarene
Will
Mary J
Indiana Hospital
Miss Moore
H. Mason Moore
Kittanning
Charles W. Moore
Boggs
Armstrong County
Matthew Hay Moore
Concord
Presbyterian Church
Rhodes Funeral Home
Kittanalung
Walter Kennedy
Concord Cemetery
Storms Hit Texas Flood Areas Amid Heavy Rain
Thunderstorms swept south Texas with floods displacing hundreds as rains eased along the Brazos and Trinity. Forecasters warned swollen tributaries near Beeville and the Guadalupe could crest again if rainfall continues. Helicopters rescued San Angelo residents stranded on rooftops as heavy rain subsided elsewhere.
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Dallas
Texas
Brazos
Trinity
Guadalupe
Beeville
Long Texas
Weather “Bureau
San Angelo
Christoval
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Commodity Credit Corp
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Colombia
Rojal
Povornment
Laureano Gomez
Rojas Pinilla
Gottrament
Gomez
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Congress
Dent
Lyndon B.johnson
Johnson
Getton
The
Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvanis
Massachusetts
Newemap
Boston
Lynn
Quincy
Sudbury
Foster Furcolo
Miles Standish Reservation
Mashpee
Cape Cod
New England
Myles’ Standish
Bith
Maine
West Kennebunk
York County
Vermont
Barton
Peacham
Lyndonville
Unenburg
Kirby
New ‘Hampshire
Pembroke
Boscawen
N. H
William’ ‘H. ‘Messeck
New Hampshire
Nashua
Connecticut
Old Lyme
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Seattle
Tions
Anheuser-Busch Co
St. Louis
United Brethren Church of
Sdeattle Mahaffey
Dave Beck Jr
Teamsters
Re. Beesins
Hedlund
Investment Co
Beck
Simond Wampold
Teamsters Union
Iwas
McEvoy
Fof Beck
Robert F. 4Kennedy
Seattle First National Bank
Thig
Channel Union Mort‘gage
Waa
First National Bank
Union
Fred P. Loomis
Teamster
Honolulu
Becky
Loomis
McClellan
D-Ark
Gazette Classified
DE Vries Palmer
Philo, St
McGregor Motor CO
Outer Space
Indiana, Pa
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Gatti Drugs
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