Soybeans Seen as Potential King of South Agriculture
The USDA Economic Research Service says soybeans may dethrone cotton in the South as the “king,” with acreage doubling since 1955 and 1967 figures showing soybeans surpassing cotton in several states. Cotton remains dominant in Texas, but soybeans grow mainly on irrigated South Plains farms. Cotton acreage has fluctuated, and the department hints at policy and market factors, while growers push strong production and promotion to reclaim the throne.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Southland
USDA
Economic Research Service
Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
South
Texas
South Plains
A Word To Friends Of The U S On Hanoi Peace Gesture
The piece argues Hanoi uses a peace offer to trap Washington and warns Americans the Reds are master propagandists and untrustworthy. It cites world appeals pressuring the U S to talk and notes the split with Saigon, Hanoi’s four conditions demand U S withdrawal, and declares Communist deceit central to Cold War thinking.
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Hanoi
U.S
Washington
Ho Chi Minh
Phil Newsom
United Press International
Saigon
Newsom
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Korea
Wishcamper promoted to editor of Abilene Reporter-News
Ed N Wishcamper moves from managing editor to editor of the Abilene Reporter-News. Dick Tarpley becomes managing editor, and Richard Seaman advances in the newsroom. The three are described as energetic and in their prime, expected to lead the paper for decades.
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Ed N. Wishcamper
Abilene
Wishcamper
Tarpley
Richard Seaman
Seaman
Reporter-News
Avalanche-Journal
Romney Likely To Move Vietnam War Aside In 1968 Campaign
Governor Romney returned from abroad with no call to end U S involvement in Vietnam. He stressed no lessening of termination to find a satisfactory settlement and urged selective, less wholesale aid while defending allied commitments and American prestige amid world tensions with China and the Soviet Union.
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Romney
Washington
George Romney
Michigan
Repubean
United States
Vietnam
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Asia
That Girl on Broadway and a Town Briefcase Habit
Notes reveal a quirky town character who brings home a bulging briefcase each evening then works late in seclusion. A junior high son asks at breakfast if his father is in the slow group. A fashion ode contrasts a china doll face with an in fashion look. A humorous Thought ponders a woman's patience while stocking snagging. The clipping ends with a political jab about Vietnam.
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Pop
Bobby Kennedy
San Francisco
North Vietnam
Young Kennedy
Vietnam
Kennedy
India Aid Cuts Threaten Economic Stability
Washington reports India's economic fragility as US aid may be cut by 100 million dollars and World Bank IDA funds drop from 900 million to 600 million. Officials note India holds 2 billion in unspent commitments and rigid project conditions delay utilization.
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Washington
India
China
World Bank
International Development Association
Congress
New Delhi
Canada
Italy
United States
IDA
General Motors
Romney Nixon clash looms as New Hampshire primary nears
Romney trails Nixon by about three to one in private polls in New Hampshire where the two vie for the GOP nomination. Nixon faces doubts about his winner image and must prove strength against a popular Romney who could upset expectations.
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Washington
George Romney
Richard Nixon
Romney
New Hichite
Nixon
GOP
Johnson
Sen
John Kennedy
Humphrey
Wisconsin
Kennedy
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Pat Brown
Police seize surplus explosives and knives in Asbury Park
Police here confiscated 126 to 136 tons of surplus Army explosives and a cache of 5200 combat knives said to be gathered for shipment to Aleutine. Lubbock firefighters answered two calls on Friday afternoon, an outhouse fire at 206 Sherwood and a later beehouse blaze with negligible damage.
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Lubbock
Asbury. Park
N. J
Sherwood
Editorial argues Soviet disarmament stance risks global security
Guest editorial from the Fort Worth Star Telegram cites Vasily Kuznetzov at the United Nations urging disarmament talks. It argues Moscow seeks only partial disarmament while maintaining internal force to keep regimes in power, claiming disarmament and totalitarianism are incompatible.
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Vasily V. Kuznetzov
United Nations
General Assembly
Kuznetzov
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Fort Worth
Chivalry Trade Popped In A Ford Ford Joke
A witty quote from Charlie Wadsworth recalls a date where chivalry was replaced by a car joke. Another line from Bob Goddard notes advertising pays, and so do I, reflecting newspaper humor about buying habits.
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Charlie Wadsworth
Orlando Sentinel
Bob Goddard
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Health service study on cigarette danger and tax proposal
Report notes that the U S health service says cigarettes pose less danger when not smoked to a short length. It mentions potential federal tax elimination as a way to reduce waste and encourage quitting.
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U.S. Health Service
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