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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1961

Page

2

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.

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.

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.

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.

College Station John Hutchison Texas Agricultural Extension Service Texas

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