Rice Allotment Transfer Okayed
The House approved a bill allowing farmers to transfer rice allotments when selling rice producing equipment without selling land. The measure targets California Texas and Louisiana. Supporters say it corrects inequity in the allotment law while opponents warn of broader precedents and potential production increases.
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UPI
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White House
California
Texas
Louisiana
Clark W. Thompson
Dtex
House Agriculture Committee
Paul Findley
Ilinois
Robert Dole
Kansas
D-Mo
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S. C
San Francisco Police Lose Mounted Division Temporarily
The San Francisco Police Department shifts 27 mounted patrol horses to radio car and foot duty due to respiratory illnesses. The move places mounted officers on alternative duties while horses recover.
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OUT OF Horses
San Francisco
UPI
Car Purchase Mystifies a Manhattan Cave Dweller
An Associated Press piece satirically traces a New York City couple’s futile attempt to buy a car. The narrator recounts evasive sales tactics, confusing price chatter, and pressure to trade in an old car, ending with a humorous surrender at a used lot.
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Manhattan
County Weighs Ban on Cigarette Vending Machines
Los Angeles county supervisors ordered a report on banning cigarette sales via vending machines in county hospital wards. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn cited the surgeon general’s recent statement on smoking and lung cancer, noting 493 lung cancer cases at county hospitals last year and vending machines selling cigarettes there.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Kenneth Hahn
U.S
State Rep Haines Urges Guard Increase for Texas Prisons
Bryan lawmaker David Haines voiced concern after learning the Texas prison system needs 150 more guards. He urged the legislature to provide recruits, joking that all 150 should not come from the House and suggesting some come from the Senate as well.
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Tex
UPI
David Haines
Texas
House of Representatives
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Haines
Senate
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