Corn Blight Drives 1970 U.S. Crop Outlook
The southern corn blight of 1970 depresses the expected yield to 4.1 billion bushels, 13 percent below July estimates, with prices expected to rise due to tighter supply. Hog and cattle prices may fall before winter then rebound as feed costs shift. In Wisconsin and Minnesota, blight damage was minor this year, but future spread could hit Iowa Illinois and southern Wisconsin and Minnesota if weather turns warm and humid.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Sec. Knox
W. P. Roellig
St. 13Th St
la Crosse Plow Co
Allis- Chalmers Corp
National Guard
Louisiana
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Corbett
Scranton Commission
Its constituency isn't fake The NAACP
The piece argues that political leadership requires a real constituency and that the NAACP, with Roy Wilkins at the helm, is the authentic spokesman for the Negro community. It critiques media-created leaders and warns against misreading civil rights dynamics amid calls for black separatism and broader political influence.
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Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Agnew
Golda Meir
Dead Sea
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP
United States
Republic of the Maldives
Colored People
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
The
Leonard Bernstein
National Council of Churches
George Wallace
Nixon trip tests NATO unity and Middle East risk
The President’s abroad visit coincided with Nasser’s death, shaping a tense Middle East. Nixon seeks to show US resolve for Israel and deter Soviet intrusion while urging Europe to share costs. NATO allies show limited willingness, though the trip may push Europe toward firmer cooperation against escalation.
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Nixon
Egypt
Nasser
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Russia
Mediterranean
Western Europe
NATO
Europe
Moscow
United Nations troops poised for Korean cross 38th parallel
Twenty years ago in 1950 United Nations forces prepared to cross the 38th parallel in Korea as President Truman clashed with CIO leader John S. Lewis over policy. Other era notes include school budget hikes, health and food inspections, and local vigil for a Marian vision while noting broader wartime and public affairs.
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38Th Parallel
Korea
Truman
John S. Lewis
CIO
la Crosse
Garland Weidner
Fred van H. F
Necedah
Virgin Mary
Faculty needs policing and prefs won't do it
William Buckley Jr notes at the APSA meeting divisions between left-leaning and centrist groups, with black professors walking out over perceived biases. He argues scholars lack self policing, citing tenure norms and potential external intervention as inevitable.
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Prefs
Los Angeles
American Political Science Association
APSA
Darwin's Nose Could Have Shaped History
Sydney J. Harris reflects on Darwin's Beagle voyage nearly derailed by Captain Fitzroy's prejudice about Darwin's nose. He argues appearance shapes perception and can influence a child’s future, noting taunted defects breed anti social tendencies and speculating how Napoleon's height might have altered his rise. The piece laments that Darwin was too old to be swayed.
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John P. Roche
Henry David Thoreau
Darwin
Capt. Fitzroy
Napoleon
Mail from Readers Warns of Tech Moral Gap
Editor cites growing gap between technology and arts and humanities, warning that youth drift, aging workers marginalization, and industrial machine dominance threaten human values. Letter from Erwin Erickson of La Crosse laments overreliance on science, material progress, and loss of spiritual and aesthetic priorities.
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The
Tribune
Erwin Erickson
24Th St
la Crosse
Campus chiefs face blunt verdict on student unrest and discipline
Madison observers recount a panel led by Governor Knowles amid campus unrest. E R McPhee warns that historic leeway in expulsions faded as courts now shape discipline. He predicts faster action for flagrant abuses, while Clodius Browne urge more public control, reflecting a tense shift for higher education in Wisconsin.
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Knowles
Wisconsin
E. R. McPhee
State Universities System
Scranton Commission
Clodius
University of Wisconsin
Arthur Browne
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Browne
Eugene R. McPhee
State Univer
Cou
McPhee
Dean Sellery
Dr. Sellery
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National Association For the Advancement of
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Hoover
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
S. J. de Ranitz
17Th Place
F. W. Rostron
State St
Galesville
Beaver Creek
Mmes
C. C. Fletcher
Earl Jones
Maybell Mell
Robert B. Lowry
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs
Tomah
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Louisville
White Sox
Warsaw
Poland
William E
Pussyfoot) Johnson
London
France
European Division of Commerce
Sonny” Berg
la Crosse Normal School
Springfield
Ill
William Buckley JR
Robert Nisbet
University of California At Riverside
Nisbet
Academy
American Association of University Professors
By Sydney J. Harris
By John Wyngaard
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