Plan to Investigate Poultry Integration
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will launch a nationwide inquiry into the poultry industry and its by products. Investigators will examine claims by small producers that large processors and feed financiers price unfairly and engage in trade practices violating the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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Agriculture Department
Packers and Stockyards
U.S
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Hermit Attorney Found Dead in TwoRoom Shack
Elisha D. Corbin an elderly former attorney who retired to a hermit life after Herbert Hoover’s 1932 presidential defeat was found dead in his two room shack in Los Gatos California. Deputy coroner Richard Mayne described the mattress as chewed apart by rats and mice. Corbin was in his 80s. His brother in law Charles A Plummer said Corbin quit practicing law when Hoover lost.
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Herbert Hoover
Elisha D. Corbin
Richard Mayne
Corbin
Charles A. Plummer
Hoover
Favor Change In Method Of Picking Judges
MADISON AP The State Bar of Wisconsin Board of governors approved resolutions to end the elective system for Supreme Court justices and adopt nonpartisan nominating committees. Vacancies would be filled by the governor from a list, while incumbents would run on their record. Justice E Harold Hallows supported the reform as a needed improvement.
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State Bar of
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Philip Haberman
John Brown
Haberman
Milwaukee
E. Harold Hallows
Meteorologists to Convene in Baguio February Meet
More than 80 weather experts from the United States and other nations will gather February 3 to 7 in Baguio, a mountain resort city in the Philippines. The conference will cover meteorology and Pacific weather patterns.
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Manila
United States
Baguio
Don’t Sell Your House Septic Tank Cleaner Ad
An advertisement touts Boyer’s septic tank cleaner as an easy remedy for septic sludge, claiming it liquefies deposits and opens drainfield with low cost and quick results.
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Boyer
Grain Storage Buildup Slows Under USDA Report
USDA data show off-farm commercial grain storage capacity increased by only 18 million bushels on Jan 1, far below 1961’s 479 million. Reductions in production and expanded livestock feeding cut grain supplies, with government savings from lower storage costs projected near 500 million by June 30. Texas leads in storage, followed by Kansas and Nebraska.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Missouri
De Gaulle Tiff Raises U.S. Trade Deficit Hurdles
AP Business News analyzes how Charles de Gaulle’s clash with Common Market allies and Britain worsens the U.S. balance of payments deficit. Therow amid threatened higher defense costs and tariffs. Christian Herter leads talks under the Trade Expansion Act with a 15 month preparatory window.
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New York
Charles de Gaulle
Great Britain
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Motorists Steal Beef After Truck Overturns
MACON GA AP a truck driver estimated he lost 25000 dollars worth of quality beef pilfered by motorists after his truck overturned on US 80. E J Collom of Petersburg Texas said he lost control of the tractor trailer after swerving to avoid a car. The trailer hit a bridge and overturned spilling most of its 50000 dollar cargo of 180 pound quarters of beef. Collom and relief driver Jim Keller of Lubbock Texas were uninjured. Collom said passing motorists hauled away at least 25000 dollars worth of beef.
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U.S
E. J. Collom
Petersburg
Tex
Jimmy Bloodworth
Collom
Jim Keller
Lubbock, Tex
Bloodworth
Purchasing Agents Schedule Meeting in Eau Claire
The Indianhead Association of Purchasing Agents meets at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Hall Claire Hotel. A film and talk on packaging material and methods will be shown after dinner. The group plans to meet in La Crosse February 27. Non members are invited to attend the Eau Claire meeting.
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Indianhead Association of Purchasing Agents
Hall Claire
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Cars Wear Antenna Flags Above Snow
In Watertown New York motorists place red ribbons on radio antennas to warn other drivers as snowbanks block intersections. The practice arises as visibility declines in heavy snow conditions and residents adopt improvised signaling to prevent accidents.
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Watertown
N.Y
New York City
Fire levels 135 homes in Formosa. 13 year old dies
In Hsin Hong central Formosa 135 homes were leveled by fire on Sunday leaving 233 homeless. Police report a 13 year old girl died in the blaze. Local responders battled the flames and investigated the cause.
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Formosa
Hsin Hong
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