1956 Cotton Loan Program Announced by USDA
The U S Department of Agriculture宣布 1956 upland and extra long staple cotton loan and price support details. Minimum upland loan rate 28.85 cents per pound with premiums and discounts based on grade, with loans available through April 30, 1957 and due by July 31, 1957 or on demand. Extra long staple support set at 55.65 cents per pound with adjustments if parity moves.
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U. S. Deent of Agriculture
Department
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ASC
Carolinas
Alabama
Georgia
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Florida
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Sea Island
Oxford students foil midnight bath initiation attempt
Five Oxford University students attempted to raid a girls dormitory to steal water for midnight baths as part of an initiation for the Bath Club. They were caught after a table was knocked over, arrested, and turned over to university officials.
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Oxford University
Oxford
Bath Club
Knights of the Bath
Egg Industry Figures Show Fewer Farmers Producing
USDA poultry experts say recent revisions reduce the number of egg producing farms since 1949 and 1954 census data. Production estimates were overstated for years, while demand appears steady or down slightly. eggs still account for over half of poultry farm income despite a smaller industry and lower prices.
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United Press
Agriculture Department
U-S-D-A
Census Bureau
Washington
USDA
Nightmare on Lake Erie excursion ends in racial rioting
A daytime Lake Erie boat trip from Buffalo to Canada turned violent as teenage gang members seized control wielding knives. Rioting injured whites and blacks aboard and at the Canadian amusement park, with arrests on both sides and little police able to intervene due to transit rules.
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Lake Erie
Buffalo
New York
Canada
J. E. Legate
Ontario
Senator Dempsey Seeks Increase for Colorado River Project
Congressman John Dempsey says the Senate will enact a pro per increase in the Colorado River Project appropriation. He cites a Bureau of Reclamation request for more than 12 million dollars for the coming fiscal year, and expects Senate action to raise the appropriation to at least eight million dollars. He notes the House adoption of his amendment to raise 1957 funding from 3,155,000 to six million removed a financial roadblock to expeditious construction of three principal units.
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John Dempsey
Senate
Dempsey
Bureau
House
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