Compromise Bid Targets High Price Supports for Farm Bill
Washington reports the administration floated compromise to defeat rigid price supports for corn cotton peanuts and millable wheat as Humphrey pushes a Democratic omnibus farm bill. Aiming to win votes crop by crop the admin explored flexible supports dairy and cotton acreage adjustments while Senate voting on the bill nears.
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Dayton Moore
Washington
Senate
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Agriculture Department
Humphrey
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Ezra T. Benson
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Redistricting Vote Slated In November
Oklahoma City report says Gov. Raymond Gary plans to place the Republican sponsored congressional redistricting proposal on the general election ballot next November. Republicans favor July 3 primary to require a simple majority. general election demands a majority of all votes cast. The plan, once enacted, would create two Republican districts and pair two Democratic congressmen Carl Albert and Tom Steed in the same district.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Gary
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
Tom Steed
College Official To Meet Students At Lawton
Herman Hertog a field representative of George Williams College Chicago will confer with a representative group of outstanding Lawton students Saturday morning. He will speak on opportunities of the YMCA and will be available for personal and family interviews at the USC YMCA building Fourth and B. George Williams College is noted in YMCA circles for training and leadership.
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Herman Hertog
George Williams College
Chicago
Lawton
Hertog
Young Men’s Christian Association
Warren Smith
Usc-Ymca
B. Herzog
Smith
YMCA
Lions Club Donates 50 For Junior Livestock Premiums
Lions Club members contributed 50 to fund premiums at the annual Junior Livestock show. Hugh Bish announced the gift after a luncheon Monday. Volney Hamm introduced R. W. Mannin of Halliburton Sales. A Halliburton Story film was shown. New members Ed Brophy I L Ginn Alfred Fields Roy B Scott were inducted by Gordon L Paine.
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Lions Club
Agriculture Committee
Hugh Bish
Volney Hamm
R. W. Mannin
Halliburton Sales Department
Halliburton
Gordon L. Paine
Ed Brophy
I. L. Ginn
Alfred Fields
Roy B. Scott
Bish
John Miller
Ardmore Bottled Sunshine Reaches South Pole
Capt. Henry Partridge of the U S 18th Air Force reports Ardmore Chamber of Commerce novelty sunshine has been airdropped to the South Pole. He dropped a bottle containing Ardmore climate brochure over the Pole of Inaccessibility in Antarctica during a survey mission. Partridge, from Savannah Georgia, once stationed at Ardmore with the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing.
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Henry Partridge
U. S. 18Th Air Force
South Polar
Ardmore
Antarctic
Partridge
Savannah
18Th Air Force
Reds Slow Dulles Damages Foreign Aid Push Says Mansfield
Senator Mansfield charged Secretary Dulles misrepresented the Soviet threat to rally support for foreign aid. He argued Russia advances diplomatically economically and militarily and warned that telling voters the Russians are defeated would undercut American leadership. Fulbright and others criticized Dulles for alleged deception and urged clear facts to voters.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Dulles
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Free World Unity
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
H. Alexander Smith
United States
Association of Free Peoples
Great Lakes Freighters Set Peacetime Ore Cargo Record
Great Lakes freighters carried about 87.5 million tons of iron ore in 1955, a peacetime record for the cargo.
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Great Lakes
Insects Destroy 4 Million Dollars Worth Of Wheat
STILLWATER Okla A USDA entomologist states insects ruin four million dollars of wheat nationally each year. Greenbugs Hessian flies and wheat stem sawflies are most damaging while Oklahoma A&M College research notes up to six million dollars in losses from wheat diseases could be saved locally yearly with preventive measures.
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Stillwater
Okla
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
C. F. Henderson
Oklahoma A&m
H. C. Young
A&m
Oklahoma
Baptist Convention Rejects Strike Plan
The National Baptist Convention with about five million members rejected a proposal for a nationwide work stoppage on March 28 to pray for Alabama bus boycott arrestees. President Dr Joseph Jackson said halting work nationwide would be an economic boycott and against Christian tradition. He supported the Montgomery local boycott but opposed broad work stoppage. Rep Clayton Powell and New York clergy had urged a one hour work stoppage for prayer.
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Miami
Fla
National Baptist Convention
Alabama
Joseph Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Clayton Powell
D-N.y
New York
Angus Cattle Sale Brings $88 035
Miami Oklahoma 58 head Aberdeen Angus cattle sold for 88 035 dollars at Sunbeam Farms auction the first since Ralph L. Smith bought the herd last year. Last 10 Sunbeam sales averaged over 200 000 dollars with some exceed 300 000. Top price 8500 dollars paid for Barbarosa Sunbeam 56th by Joe Ro bling Harbourton New Jersey.
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Miami
Okla
Sunbeam Farms
Kansas City
Ralph L. Smith
Smith
Sam C. Fullerton Jr
Joe Robling
Harbourton
N. J
American road vehicles used vast gasoline in 1955
In 1955 American cars trucks and buses consumed about 46.5 billion gallons of gasoline highlighting the era's transportation demand and fuel use across major vehicle categories.
Justice Leans Too Far Backward in Baltimore Court
In Baltimore a circuit court session featured multiple chair mishaps. The jury foreman toppled from his chair while the prosecutor and judge shared a moment of laughter as others tested the seating. The judge then rechecked his chair before proceeding with the case.
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Justice
Baltimore
Circuit Court
R. Dorsey Watkins
Cow Chews Top Off Convertible in Florida Parking Lot
Mrs. Mickey Tondakos in Tarpon Springs, Florida seeks a new convertible top after a cow chewed it while the car was parked. Insurance will cover the cost, marking a somewhat precedent case without injuries or pain.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Mickey Tondakos
Tondakos
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