Persistent Smog Siege Damages Southland Crops
A plant pathologist reports Southern California crop losses of about $500000 from five weeks of persistent smog. Dr. John T. Middleton of UC Riverside cites widespread damage to spinach lettuce beets alfalfa celery barley oats and other vegetables as smoke and fog stagnated over the Los Angeles basin.
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Riverside
California
San Diego
Ventura
John T. Middleton
University of California
Citrus Experiment Station
Middleton
Los Angeles Basin
Drafted With Broken Back and Draft Inquiry
Missouri Congressman Curtis questions Army intake after a St. Louis draftee with a broken back serves at a New Jersey base and Mantle case. He cites another St. Louis draftee with a permanent head injury accepted by the Army. Army review showed only minimal X ray changes from old fractures.
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Jetter
Frank Pace Jr
Missouri
St. Louis
New Jersey
Mantle
Curtis
New York
Army
Climbers in Final Assault on Everest
Swiss Everest expedition reports final ascent on Everest as two climbers near the summit. They reached camp seven at 27,200 feet on the Nepal border area. Lead climbers include Raymond Lambert and Bhotia Tensing who previously fell 700 feet short last June.
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Patna
India
cPi
Raymond Lambert
Bhotia Tensing
Hooded Men Force Tupelo Editor to Flee Under Threats
Newell Anderson, 26, circulation manager of the Tupelo Journal, and his wife await departure under police guard after two hooded men demanded they leave town by six pm. The editor reports threats after anonymous calls saying Yankees should exit. Police chief Crockett would not reveal clues but hoped the matter would fade once they depart.
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Tupelo
Miss
Newell Anderson
Tupelo Journal
Fargo
North Dakota
George McLean
The
Journal
Anderson
Grand Forks
N. D
Grand Forks Herald
B. Crockett
Mississippi
Crockett
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