Plains farming policy draws comment on cotton and sorghum
Longtime agricultural leader Roy B. Davis criticizes the decline in price supports for cotton and grain sorghum under postwar policy. He cites reductions since Ezra Taft Benson became secretary of agriculture, notes rising yields offset losses, and warns of multi‑year income drops totaling up to 80 million dollars on cotton by 1962.
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Roy B. Davis
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
George Mahon
Associated Press
Sec. of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Davis
South Plains
Benson
Eisenhower
Lockney Livestock Show Set Saturday
The annual Lockney livestock show for 4 H and FFA members from Lockney and Providence school districts will be Saturday. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors $500 in prize money. Judging starts at 10 a.m. with swine lamb and steer divisions. Gene Barnett from Plainview will judge.
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Lockney
FFA
Providence
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Barnett
Plainview
Ben-Gurion to Visit London for Talks With Macmillan
Premier David Ben-Gurion of Israel will make a short mid March visit to Britain for talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan after returning from the United States where he is expected to meet President Eisenhower.
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Ben-Gurion
London
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Britain
Harold Macmillan
United States
Eisenhower
Lubbock Boy's Steer Tops In Houston Show
A Lubbock youth's Hereford, Sip John owned by Bob Rush, won junior division champion at the Houston Fat Stock Show beating rivals in lightweight middleweight and heavyweight classes. Other winners included Billy Mund showing the heavyweight Hereford.
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Sir John
Bobby Rush
Lubbock
Hereford
Houston
Four Abilene Youths Enter steer competition at Bricksburg show
In Bricksburg the market steer event saw Jimmy Soules, 13, win reserve hereford with Golden Soules 7. Barbara McClearen, 13, from Camel Fox and 17 year old from Lampasas were among exhibitors. Four Abilene youths owned the four competing steers.
City Man Fined In Traffic Appeal
A Lubbock man Quinn Connelley aged 33 at 3312 45th St pleaded no contest to a speeding charge from February 19 near Abernathy. Judge Patara in County Court-at-Law No 2 fined him 25 dollars plus costs after his appeal of a justice court conviction.
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Justice Court
Patara
Quinn Connelley
45Th St
Abernathy
Lillie M. Craddock
Date Ave
Moore
Farr’s
34th _ St
Ave. H
Tunisian Agriculture Experts to Visit Lubbock for Three Days
Two Tunisian agriculture experts Mohammed Sahraoui and M Hammed Ali Bouzaine arrive in Lubbock at 6 p m for a three day visit sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Texas A M Ex tension service They will be greeted at the bus station by W H Bud Jones and A Eugene Brown Tours of Texas Tech City Hall Bell Dairy Goble s Dairy in New Deal and a Friday tour to Tech are planned
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Tunisia
Lubbock
South Plains
Chamber of Commerce
Texas A&m. Extension Service
Mohammed Sahraoui
Agricultural Services Center
Tunis
M’hammed Ali Bouzaine
Sectariat of Agriculture
W. H
Bud) Jones
A. Eugene Brown
Texas Tech
G. O. Elle
City Hall
Bell Dairy Products Co
Goble’s Dairy
New Deal
Williams to Decide on Seventh Term Run in Minneapolis
Detroit Times reports Democratic Governor G Mennen Williams will decide against a seventh term this year. He plans to announce his decision Thursday night before leaving for a civil rights conference in Minneapolis. Williams was said to be influenced by recent events and discussions.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Times
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Minneapolis
Williams
the Times
Social Drinker Cited As Traffic Menace
E Ray Cory president of the Minnesota American Automobile Association warns that social drinkers with two or three drinks can be more dangerous in traffic than habitual drunks. He says the party drinker is less noticed by others and overestimates his driving ability leading to risky behavior.
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Minneapolis
UPI
E. Ray Cory
Minnesota American Automobile Association
Cory
Tokyo Helicopter Survey Finds 88000 Unreported Additions
Tokyo tax officials report a helicopter survey shows 88000 homes with constructed additions not reported to the tax office as required by law. Owners faced about $555000 in building costs.
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Tokyo
Williams shifts to national politics amid party divide
The report notes a split within the Democratic party over civil rights and portrays Governor Williams as a buffer between presidential hopefuls Hubert Humphrey and John Kennedy. It cites a source claiming Williams plans to enter national politics despite the party rift.
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Democratic Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
John. F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Williams
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