Cotton research funds boost for boll weevil fight
The House Appropriations Committee backs about 1 million dollars for cotton quality study and boll weevil research. The plan calls for expanded work at Texas Tech and Clemson with fiber research, instrument development, and weaving tests. It also notes a pilot spinning plant at Tech for contract research, previously focused on Clemson.
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House
Texas Tech
Clemson
S.C
Tech
U.S. Department of Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee
Commodity Credit Corp
George W. Pfeiffenberger
the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Pfeiffenberger
Roy Forkner
Lubbock
PCG
House Agricultural Appropriations
National Cotton Council
Jamie L. Whitten
Mississippi
Daw son County Faces Runoff Election Dilemma
The Daw son County Democratic Executive Committee debates holding a runoff for a Criminal Appeals judge seat. Reports show voting irregularities in boxes and totals, with calls for a possible second primary to determine the office while considering cost and feasibility.
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Lamesa
Dawson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Ara Purcell
Arthur Standefer
W. T. McDonald
Lloyd W. Davidson
Jim D. Bowmen
Criminal Appeals Post
Purcell
Wilson
Cannes party features nude dunking at film festival
At Cannes, six starlets were stripped and dunked into a swimming pool during a villa party honoring La Dolce Vita. One actress wore a white G string while others emerged nude or dripping, as guests fished for whisky bottles and drank red wine amid spaghetti.
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Cannes
France
UPI
Jacqueline Chancel
Anita Ekberg
Rome
Tropical Rio Sees Rare Shivers Amid Cooler Weather
Rio de Janeiro residents faced a rare chill as temperatures dropped to 58 degrees, far below the typical fall and winter high around 75, with clear signs of a shifting climate in the city. In Tokyo, census figures show the population reaching 9,224,782 on April 1, up 290,429 since March 31, 1959, per the Tokyo Statistics Bureau.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Statistics Bureau I
W. H. Jones
Texas Agricultura Extension Service
Thursay
Jones
Ill Crewman Of Sub Kept His Secret Well
Chief radarman John R. Poole was relieved Wednesday and may now speak. Poole was removed from the nuclear submarine Triton two weeks after it sailed on its globe girdling voyage. He was suffering from kidney stones and was transferred March 5 to the cruiser Macon off Uruguay.
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New London, Conn
UPI
John R. Poole
Poole
Triton
Macon
Uruguay
Cancer quacks threaten thousands with false cures
The article reports warnings from the American Cancer Society about quacks selling useless cures for cancer and other diseases. It covers devices and pills promoted by the Health Freedom movement, FDA concerns, and calls for public protection amid ongoing fact finding and regulatory actions.
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United Press International
Helena Frost
American Cancer Society
Helen Frost
Harold S. Diehl
Health Movement
Health Freedom Movement
Hart
Electronic Medical Foundation
Albert Abrams
Foundation
Stuart M. Sessoms
Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center
Louis M. Orr
American Medical Association
Health Freedom
IIHF
The
IHF
FDA
Hoxsey
Harry Hoxsey
United States
Fred Hart
Larrick
Congress
Weather forecast for the nation east of the plains
Generally fair weather across the nation east of the plains today with a few showers in New England and isolated storms in West Texas. Scattered showers in the north Pacific states northern Rockies and northern Great Basin. Warmer from the plains to the Appalachians and cooler in the northern Rockies.
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Plains States
New England
Texas
North Pacific States
Rockies
Great Basin
Appalachians
Atkins Junior High honors students in two assemblies
Atkins Junior High held two honor assemblies led by Principal Carl Bailey. DAR citizens of the year were Gloria Brown and Mike Clubb. runners-up Ruth Skibell and Gary Byrd. Gloria Brown earned the top academic honor with a straight A record. other citizenship awards went to Nancy Hood, Ruth Skibell, and Carol Blow. Eighth grader Jim Mankins received the current science and aviation award. The Charles Palmer Davis medal in current events went to Gary Byrd first and Nancy Hood second. Twelve ninth graders earned academic letters for scholarship.
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Atkins
Carl Bailey
DAR
Gloria Brown
Mike Clubb
Ruth Skibell
Gary Byrd
Nancy Hood
Carol Blow
Jim Mankins
Charles Palmer Davis
Donna Upshaw
Kay Hubbard
Barbara Brunson
Johnny Ellis
Judy Espy
Sharon Lee
Sue Wiginton
Homemakers of America
Frank Denton
Kathy Gass
Ernie Gilkerson
Pam Nausley
Sue Finley
Ernie Giberson
Carolyn Cox
Randy Moses
David Healer
Laural Hooks
Mike
Riddle
Tommy Clinton
Donna Dean
League of Women Voters
Linda Williams
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Fred J. Hart
Don C. Matchan
Monthly
Herald of Health
George P. Larrick
Food and Drug Administration
U. S
Carol Carter
Kay Cartwright
Carol [McMillan
George Hancock
Eddy Paige
Karen Payne
Mary Ann Elliott
Milton Evitt
Acapulco, Mex
U.S
Ethan Allen
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Baumritter
North College
Phil Strong
Phil
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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