Cotton Curtailment to Shake California’s Valley Economy
San Francisco Calif December 1953 one of the world’s richest agricultural regions the San Joaquin Valley faces a sharp shift as a 10 million bale national cotton quota slashes acreage from 24.5 million to about 17.9 million acres California would see plantings drop to roughly 717000 acres from 1404000 by July 1 unless Congress acts or growers vote in a December 15 referendum agricultural leaders warn the crop will see land fall idle with farmers eyeing sugar beets hay barley rice alfalfa and other grains as alternatives while cotton remains the top income producer in the state and the nation
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Carnival Ride Kills Man Injures Youth at Fair
In Sunice Louisiana a carnival air plane ride toppled and threw two riders 20 feet to an embankment. Alton James Andrus 22 of Eunice died from a broken neck and chest injuries while Bobby J Roy Pedigo 15 suffered a fractured skull. The ride was shut down pending investigation.
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Iwo Jima Hero Fights to Escape Booze Curse
Ira Hayes, one of the Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, was found drunk and jailed in Chicago. Sentenced to work off a $25 disorderly conduct fine, he entered a sanitarium after a local charity paid his penalty. Hayes, famed for Suribachi, sought rehabilitation amid memories of the famous photo.
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Anglo-American Solidarity Vital Speech by Montgomery
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery urged Anglo-American solidarity as essential to counter a drift into weakness. He spoke in Colchester at a charity event, warning enemies would seek to divide allies and stressing unity as NATO’s key. Authorities reported confiscation of 600 gallons mash and 380 pounds sugar from a Tulsa whisky still during a separate incident.
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Woman Wis Tried to Kill Lenin Ends in Moscow
An amnestied woman Fenija Kaplain reportedly died in a Moscow prison in 1947 after years of imprisonment linked to the 1918 attempt on Lenin. The report, from Alex Russ of Graz, cites the prison library records.
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