Cattle Sales Volume Drops as Holding Action Begins
Nerison reported the Nerison Livestock Sales barn in Coon Valley Wisconsin saw below normal receipts on Friday morning as NFC holding action started. Cows were 50 cents to $1 higher per hundredweight while hogs rose 50 cents. overall market steady.
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la Crosse Tribune
Nerison
Coon Valley
Wis
Neri
Nerison Livestock
NFO
Tribune
Dwight Westerdahl
Department of Agriculture
Market News
South St. Paul
Otter Tail
Grant
George A. Hormel Co
Austin
Swift & Co
Winona
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea
Swift
NFC
Donald Rupprecht
Lewiston
Armour
Swift and Co
Jerald Cary
Cashton
Vernon County Nfc Meat Bargaining Board
Raymond Buhr
Vernon County Nfc
Buhr
la Crosse County
Norbert Nuttelman
NFC Checkers
Nuttelman
Barre Mills
Cary
Holding Action Cuts Supply Of Livestock
National Farmers Organization leaders planned a widespread hold action aimed at lifting livestock prices across 23 states. Initial reports showed sharply reduced hog shipments at country stations and lower cattle marketings, with no violence observed.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
Vernon County
Drought Threatens U S Crops and Farm Income
AP dispatch from Washington reports spreading drought deepening across many states endangering corn sorghum soybeans cotton and sugar beets and damaging pasture for livestock. Prices may rise though a national shortage is not expected and the Agriculture Department speeds up forecasts and relief efforts.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Drought Here Triggers Emergency Aid for Farmers
Area drought picture shows Coulee Region hardships with emergency aid approved for farmers in 617 counties across 26 states. Officials warn extended dry weather could force herd liquidation and push livestock prices down, while milk production dips and milk price support may rise in 13 marketing areas across eight states.
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Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Kentucky
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Hurricane Cleo Nears as Barbados Flags Fly
Tropical storm Cleo nears the Caribbean with winds up to 75 mph and potential hurricane strength by tonight. Barbados and the Windward Islands see warning flags as Navy reconnaissance spots a growing storm southeast of San Juan. In Minnesota, Gov. Rolvaag urges farmers to share hay with drought-stricken neighbors at fair prices during a helicopter tour of affected counties.
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Miami
Fla
Barbados
Windward Islands
Cleo
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Caribbean Sea
Navy
ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Mower
Olmsted
Steele
Russell Schwandt
Milton Maxwell
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Rolvaag
Congo forces fight rebels as Americans vanish in Bukavu
Congo army, aided by reinforcements, battles Communist backed rebels threatening Bukavu as three Americans associated with the U.S. mission are reported missing. Washington weighs renewed aid and faces criticism amid possible parallels to Vietnam.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Bukavu
Washington
U.S
G. Mennen Williams
Moise Tshombe
Congo Army
Leonard Mulamba
U.N
Lewis R. Macfarlane
Seattle
Wash
William A. Dodds
Donald V. Rattan
Alexandria
Williams
Togliatti Dies in Russia at Yalta
Palmiro Togliatti aged 71 longtime head of Italy's Communist party died in Yalta Tass announced He suffered a stroke Aug 13 while on vacation and pulmonary complications followed He directed propaganda from Moscow for years and led the party into a loose front government before resigning from leadership.
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Moscow
Palmiro Togliatti
Communist Party
Yalta
Tass
Togliatti
Young Pioneers
Ern World
Italy
Palmiro
Palm Sunday
Mussolini
National Front
Christian Democrats
U.S. House Committee On Un-American Activities
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Black Sea
Viet Students Protest Khanh Amid Saigon Unrest
Students in Saigon and other Vietnamese cities demonstrated against President Nguyen Khanh calling for a civilian government. The protests followed the deaths of four American advisers and heavy Viet Cong losses, with rallies in Hue Can Tho Tuy Hoa and other towns.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Ton
Tue
Khanh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kien Hoa
Phu Tuc
U.S
Hue
Tuy Hoa
Great Lakes Face Water Crisis Hurting Shipping and Recreation
The Great Lakes region suffers record low water levels since 1960 reducing lake commerce and beach recreation. Lake Michigan and Huron hit record lows with 1964 deficits around two feet. Ontario and Erie near 30 year lows. Shipping shifts to Gulf ports. wildlife and habitat degraded. annual losses estimated at about $100 million by Great Lakes Commission head Albert Meserow.
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Seymour M. Hersh
Chicago
Great Lakes
Playland
Midwest
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Superior
Iowa
Illinois
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Albert J. Meserow
Great Lakes Commission
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Staley
Woodstock
Ill
McHenry County
State Line Road
Wilson
Chamberlain
Merle Williams
Wall Street Journal
Oscar Mayer and Co
Madison
Associated Press
National Farmers Organization Holding Action
Armour and Co
Coulee
State Department of Agriculture and State Disaster Committee
Conrad Schissel
Adams
Schissel
Thill
MINN
Johnson
White House
By Robin Mannock
State Dept
Russia
Stalin
John T. Wheeler
Gineers
Lake Superior
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
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