Plains Farming Area Man Named To Grain Group
R. G. Peeler of Hereford named by Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman to a 32 member Wheat-Feed Grain Advisory Committee. First meeting slated in Washington. Fred Heinkel of Missouri Farmers Assn. serves as chairman. Committee to advise on a long range grain program and include cross section of producers users and traders. Moore says GSPA directors will meet Sept 29 at Texas Tech with tours and briefings. Foreign office staff will discuss grain sorghum promotion abroad. Peeler may report on Wheat-Feed Grain Advisory Committee deliberations.
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R. G. Peeler
Hereford
Grain Sorghum Producers Assn
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Washington
Fred Heinkel
Missouri Farmers Assn
Columbia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fred. Ledwig
Assn
Laurens
Anson Horning
Kansas Assn. of Wheat Growers
Larned
GSPA
Frank Moore
Plainview
Texas Tech
Moore
Tech
Gerald W. Thomas
School of Agriculture
U. S
Feed Grains Council
Romano Graiziani
Italy
Norman Comben
United Kingdom
Fred’ ‘Boon
Netherlands
Peeler
Carla
San Angelo
Texas
South Plains
First Bale Ginned For Swisher County
Swisher County reports its 1961 cotton first bale delivered to Clayton Gin Tulia by Gene Clary. Bale weighs 1900 pounds with 475 pounds lint and paid 80 cents per pound. The Paymaster cotton was planted April 27.
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Tulia
Swisher County
Clayton Gin
Gene Clary
Plainview Hwy
Paymaster
Clary
Execution Postponed for 15-Year-Old Cobb in Jasper County
Preston Cobb Jr a 15 year old Negro boy convicted of murder in Jasper County has had his execution postponed by a motion for a new trial. The motion will be heard October 6 by Jasper County Superior Court Judge George S Carpenter in Milledgeville. Cobb from Monticello was sentenced to die in the electric chair for shooting Frank Coleman Dumas on June 1 following a dispute over pond fish. Attorney Donald L Hollowell representing Cobb at the request of the NAACP filed the new trial motion claiming verdicts contrary to law and evidence.
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Atlanta, Ga
Preston Cobb, Jr
Jasper County
George S. Carpenter
Milledgeville
Cobb
Monticello
Frank Coleman Dumas
Donald L. Hollowell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Heavy Crop Losses Expected After Carla Hit Texas Coast
Texas Agricultural Extension Service Director John Hutchison warned of heavy losses to unharvested crops and livestock in coastal counties due to Hurricane Carla. Damages include ruined cotton and rice, flooded homes and equipment, and contaminated water supplies.
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College Station
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
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