Autumn crop program limited by late planting and retirements
The agriculture department announced that participation this year will be constrained by adjustments to deadlines as most spring crops were planted. Agreements through June 2 cover retirements of acres from production. A 1996 goal targeted 15 million acres. A separate incident reported a noninjury car crash 14 miles southeast of Lawrence on a county road, involving drivers John Hedrick and Murray Bond.
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Putnam accussed of cross funding in Kansas race
Putnam of Emporia seeks Republican nomination for attorney general. Opponent charges Kansas Turnpike Authority paid Putnam over $11,000 in legal fees for conferences and case work, while Putnam campaigns in multiple towns. Putnam denies wrongdoing, calls it a smear and says all payments were for professional services. In another item, a flaming cross was found on the lawn of House Speaker Sam Rayburn’s Texas home, with police pursuing leads and Rayburn calling it a possible prank or outsider act. The Agriculture Department reports farmers have agreed to retire land to qualify for soil bank payments totaling 165 million dollars, with corn and wheat farmers receiving the largest shares.
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Actor Leaves Cross For An Occasional Smoke
In Reynosa Mexico M-Tagore a 25 year old ventriloquist was nailed to a cross in the bull ring before 5000 spectators. He detaches himself briefly for a cigarette as promoter Lucio Medina explains the nails pinched his hands and feet and a doctor who drove the nails did not do a good job.
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Alternate Nebraskan backs Seaton for VP if Nixon ousted
Lincoln political figure Henry J. Amen, an alternate Nebraska delegate, says Fred Seaton would be a good vice presidential pick if Nixon faces renomination opposition. Amen, who placed second among at large alternates, believes Seaton’s views align more with Eisenhower than Nixon and notes a scramble could arise after Harold Stassen proposed sidetracking Nixon.
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Senator Carlson backs gas bill vetoed by Eisenhower
Senator Carlson voted for the natural gas bill which President Eisenhower vetoed. The bill passed the Senate 53 to 35. If enacted in the next session, about 370,000 gas consumers in Kansas would face a rate increase of 22 to 26 percent, according to Walter I. Biddle.
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