Farm roundup shows cattle on feed up but May placements down
The Agriculture Department reports 9,455,000 cattle in feedlots on June 1, up 4 percent from a year ago, with May placements down 10 percent. Cattle prices rose for May with steers averaging 45.19 per 100 pounds and heifers 43.99, while feed costs and pasture conditions influence feeding. Corn planting nears completion in the Corn Belt, soybean and cotton planting progress cited, milk production in May at 11 billion pounds, down 2 percent from last year.
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Miller predicts books fading as media rivals multiply
Los Angeles AP reports author Henry Miller, at the national booksellers convention, argues readers should “read less and less” as he predicts books will be displaced within 100 years by television and movies. He questions the value of today’s publications while ABA president disputes a decline, citing rising reading and Seagull’s impact.
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Booksellers Association
Norman Mailer
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Jacqueline Susann
Duke Ellington
Lillian ‘Gish
Eliot Leonard
Pickwick Bookshop
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Steamers lose license bid on riverboat licenses
Missouri Supreme Court upholds denial of liquor licenses for two Mississippi River excursion boats the Huck Finn and SS Admiral. It rejects treating vessels as premises and backs the supervisor’s interpretation that licenses apply only to fixed sites.
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Steamers Service Co., Inc
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John C. Casey
St. Louis
Casey
Liquor Control Supervisor
Steamers Service
St. Louis Levee
Supreme Court
Milk price increases loom for southern dairies
A San Antonio dairy cooperative says milk prices will rise for dairies in eight states and pass to consumers at least two local San Antonio dairies. The Associated Milk Producers announced a 70 cent per 100 pounds rise effective July 1, citing higher feed and production costs as a modest increase.
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Donahoe
Dairy Products
Associated Milk Producers
Arkansas
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Kwashiorkor Reaches Middle America Across U S
Kansas City AP reports that the protein deficiency disease kwashiorkor, once common in Africa and Asia, is being detected in middle class neighborhoods and on college campuses in the United States. Dr. Norge W. Jerome of the University of Kansas Medical Center explains the term and symptoms including growth failure swelling and apathy.
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Kansas City
United States
Norge W. Jerome
University of Kansas Medical Center
Africa
India
Jerome
Carpentry class sells house at auction in Russellville
A house built by Cole County R I High School carpentry students in Russellville sold for 21000 dollars at a public auction Saturday by the Board of Education. The only bid was from David Tarmicke Russellville, who confirmed it was the minimum bid set by the board. The property lies northwest of Highway C near the city’s west edge.
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R-I High School
Russellville
Board of Education
David Tarmicke
Grover Snead
Highway C
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