Hale County Wheat Growers Praise New Tascosa Variety
Hale County farmers who grew 450 acres of Tascosa wheat last season reported strong praise for the new variety. County Agent Ollie Liner noted better hail resistance and slightly shorter height with high test weight, developed by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. A survey of 65 seed growers echoed these favorable views, though seed availability remains limited for some.
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Hale County
Ollie Liner
Plainview
Liner
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lee Coffey
Texas A&m College
High Plains
Dee Martin
Concho
Bison
Ponca
Pascoea
Triumph
Wichita
Westar
Crockett
London Airport Halts After Loaders Strike
London airport halted operations after a strike by 70 loaders. No reason given as outbound and inbound flights were disrupted and diverted. An airlines spokesman cited leaders unhappy about negotiations on bonus payments, triggering the walkout.
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London
British Overseas Airways
An Airlines
Ammonia boosts Texas yields says Ray Schulte farmer
Prominent West Texas farmer Ray Schulte of Castro County reports using 100 pounds of Phillips 66 Ammonia per acre to push wheat yields to 60 bushels. He also notes 100 to 120 pounds per acre increases maize yields, and ammonia improves cotton bale potential, with thousands of Texas farmers using the product for higher profits.
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West Texas
Ray Schulte
Castro County
Texas
Local Farm Supply Ads Mix in Period Paper
Fragmented OCR listing multiple business names and phone numbers across towns such as ABERNATHY Cort Phillips CENTER BL Sen LOCKNET MULESHOE Western Fertilizer OLTON PETERSBURG ALLS Abeil-Prewitt Implement SOUTH PLAINS Ports Oil Wilson Oil Co. Readable bits show supplier ads with contact numbers rather than a cohesive story.
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Tussock Rowland-Gordon
Abernathy Cort Phillips
Aeron Corthel
Wae Center BL & Sen
Locknet
Muleshoe Western Fertilizer Co
Olton Oltes
Petersburg Land
Alls ‘Abeil-Prewitt Implement Co
South Plains
Ie Ports Oil Co
wiLsor Wilson Oil Co
Powers Father Offers To Take Son’s Place In Moscow
The father of U 2 pilot Francis Gary Powers offered to swap places with his son in a Soviet prison. Life magazine disclosed the bid and reported Oliver W. Powers wrote Nikita Khrushchev seeking a discussion of the swap. The elder Powers cited age and illness symptoms as factors.
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New York
Francis Gary Powers
Life Magazine
Oliver W. Powers
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Roy
Powers
Power
Russia
Nurses Invited To City Workshop In Lubbock
About thirty to forty area school and public health nurses are invited to a 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. workshop at the City County Health Unit building in Lubbock. Earnest Ralston of the State Health Department will discuss hearing problems. Mrs. Duanelle Johnson of Lubbock will preside. Minuteman is noted separately as the first three stage solid fuel ICBM program for the USAF.
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Lubbock
Earnest Ralston
State Health Department
Austin
Duanelle Johnson
Lubock
Texas Graduate Nurses Association
Netherlands cuts ties with Indonesia after carrier visit
Dr. Jan Wixseboxse, head of the Dutch mission in Jakarta, left for home signaling the end of 104 years of diplomatic relations. President Sukarno announced the break on August 17 after the Dutch sent an aircraft carrier to Dutch New Guinea, a move Indonesia claims.
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Netherlands
Indonesia
Jakarta
Jan Wixseboxse
Honne
Tneory
Mneriani
Sukarno
Dutch New Guinea
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Gotise-Méiad Todas
Uwons
Hale
John Eckert
Mason
Hampshire
Harvey Richardson
Elmore City
Okla
Barrow
Poland
Allison & Tackitt
Happy
Nikita
Son
Hockley Queen
Donna Welch
Ralph Welch
Route 3
Levelland
Hockley County
Farm Bureau
Marisue Daniel
Bryan Daniel
USAF
U. V. Blake Radio & I.V
Wm. G. Blair
D.C
Phillips
Phillips 66
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