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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
8
The Agriculture Department forecasts a large 1955 harvest with corn and feed grains expanding. A potential surplus could depress price supports next year under a flexible system as drought, pests, and higher acreage strain reserves already near one billion bushels. Farm employment and wage data are also reported.
Kansas farmers planted 6,032,000 acres of sorghums, seven percent above the 1954 record. Across sorghum states, acreage rose except Missouri, Indiana, and North Dakota. National total reached 22,815,000 acres, eight percent above the 21,208,000 record. In Topeka officials noted Kansas had 5,529,000 acres seeded for harvest as of July 1 with generally good stands though some western areas show variability.
A nationwide crackdown led by Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer seized 96 gambling machines in eight Kansas cities. Machines were found at Elks and Moose clubs, Veteran groups, and American Legion posts in Canute, El Dorado, Wichita, Junction City, Goodland, Ogden, and St. Francis. Owners may contest destruction under state law.
Fatzer described the devices as unique substitutes for slot machines. The attorney general said all seized organizations except the Fiks Club at Junction City had purchased federal gaming tax stamps from the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Wet spots in the Southeast and West with generally fair summer weather nationwide. Showers lingered in western Carolinas and Virginia while scattered storms affected the Southeast and Rockies from Montana to New Mexico. Heat and humidity dominated the south, and cooler air dropped temperatures by up to 12 degrees in New England and the eastern Great Lakes.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority awarded its first paving contract and a contract to run six eateries along the 236 mile route. McCarthy Improvement Co. of Davenport Iowa will pave 17.3 miles in Butler and Chase counties for 3,123,077 dollars. Olympic Commissary Co. of Chicago will operate three restaurants and three coffee shops, guaranteeing the authority 192,000 dollars a year or 20.5 percent of gross sales. The toll highway will run from Kansas City to the Oklahoma border via Lawrence Topeka and Wichita.
Secretary of Agriculture Henson said small farmers lose freedom under federal crop control rules. He linked regulations to surpluses from high supports while honoring Dr. George Washington Carver at memorial services on American Agriculture Day.
A Dixieland band from Pittsburg Kansas entertained firemen and about 2000 shoppers after a faulty transformer filled the Carson Pirie Scott Store with smoke. Shoppers evacuated calmly as the Mirz Temple 12 piece band played crowd pleasing tunes including Smoke Gets in Your Eyes on State Street.
The secretary defended government farm programs while criticizing high price supports that cushion surpluses. He cited farmers losing markets and soils eroding, praising Carver's influence and urging programs to prevent long term dependence on subsidies and control.
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