Cotton crop estimates show 1957 yield and value shifts
The Agriculture Department reports final 1957 cotton yield at 388 pounds per harvested acre and 10.964 million bales total, with state breakdowns for Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Cottonseed output reaches 5.407 million tons valuing about 289 million dollars, lifting total lint and seed value to around 1.854 billion. Prices averaged 29.5 cents per pound, down from 31.75 in 1956. A separate note mentions Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah may face renewed confinement after brief freedom.
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Suvgton
Agricul
States Department
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Rattlesnake Shoot and Barbecue For Area Officers
SPUR Texas hosts the 16th Caprock Peace Officers barbecue at Horace Wood ranch near Spur with 9 a.m. registration. Alfred Walker delivers the county attorney address, followed by a magician. Noon barbecue, 2 p.m. Rattlesnake Rodeo. awards by Lucian Thomas of Lubbock. Cecil Fox presides. Dickens County Sheriff Cleo E. Rogers honored. Rattlesnakes gathered from Matador and S M Swenson ranches.
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West Texas
Caprock Peace Officers ‘Assn
Horace Wood Ranch
Here
Alfred Walker
Dick Lens
Tom Tilson
Lucian Thomas
Lubbock
Cecil Fox
Spur
Dickens County
Cleo E. Rogers
Horace Wood
Kent County
Matador
S. M. Swenson
Aircraft Workers Overrule Leaders to Approve Lockheed Contract
In Southern California, 332 IAM locals members voted 461 against a new Lockheed contract in a secret ballot. The pact offers 18 to 30 cent raises with 3 percent next year and a cost of living clause, retroactive pay, and a shift in wage scales. IAM leaders say the contract is substandard and cannot be signed without broader approval. The action affects 16 000 Lockheed workers but not the Marietta missile division. Police cars in San Antonio were damaged in separate crashes while officers waited at lights.
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Los Angeles
Lockheed Aircraft
Jootthern
A. C. McGraw
International Assn. of Machinists
TAM
Lockheed
McGraw
Brazil
John Snider
IAM
Missile
Marietta
California
Georgia
Convair
United Auto Workers and Douglas Aircraft Co
North American Aviation, Inc
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Wyoming
Washington State
U.S. Weather
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U.S. Weather Bureau Dept. of
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Higr
Redline Foundation
Goodyear
Spikes Bros
Peru
Brera Pre
Ory
Mer McCalls Magazine
Winitune
San Antonio
Thomas Pernell
David Keene
Tulane
Texas Avenue
15Th Street
Groce Furniture
Groce Furniture Co
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