Three Factors to Cut Total Crop In '57
A P A teamup of bad weather, soil bank land retirement, and crop control aims to trim 1957 crop output perhaps six percent from 1956. The Agriculture Department notes slow starts from heavy rains and floods, with corn 13 percent below last year and overall smaller crops for corn wheat and rice, while oats and hay rise. Production depends on favorable weather rest of season and on the partially effective soil bank program reducing acres. corn forecast is 3,011,912,000 bushels versus 3,451,292,000 last year.
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Washington
Soil Bank Land Retirement Program
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower on Clean Hydrogen Bomb Phrase
Khrushchev ridiculed Eisenhower's claim of a clean hydrogen bomb calling it stupid. He spoke to workers at the Stalingrad metallurgical plant, praised communism with national peculiarities, and signaled intent to meet Tito to ease the Kremlin Yugoslavia rift. He defended development of communism and attacked the idea of a clean bomb.
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Prague
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Staingrad
Tito
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Hot Weather and Thunder Showers Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Warm spell continues with highs in the mid to upper 90s for today and tomorrow. Lows tonight expected 72 to 76 degrees providing brief relief. Selman Field reports a 72 degree low this morning, rising to 82 by midmorning and climbing back toward the mid 90s.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Clinton trial judge orders FBI material shared with defense
In Knoxville Judge Robert L. Taylor ruled the Clinton segregation trial defense is entitled to Crossno's oral FBI summary. The court gave defense counsel the signed Crossno statement while denying full access to all FBI files. Prosecutor Crawford objected, demanding limits to use and disclosure.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Robert L. Taylor
R. G. Crossno
Clinton School Board
FBI
Taylor
Clinton
Crossno
Robert L. Dobbs
Memphis
U. S. Dist. Atty
John C. Crawford Jr
Dobbs
John Kasper
New Jersey
Tennessee
J. Benjamin Simmons
Washington, D.C
Kasper
Crawford
Johnson denounces compromise talk on civil rights bill
In Washington AP report Lyndon B Johnson said talk of a Senate compromise is premature and inaccurate. Republicans push to narrow enforcement provisions to voting rights only, opposing use of troops by the attorney general for desegregation in schools and public places. Olin D Johnston plans an amendment to deny troop deployment while debate continues.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Eisenhower
House
R-Nj
Kuchel
Calif
Olin D. Johnston
Johnson
Malenkov Shipped to New Post as Kremlin Purge Debate Continues
London Moscow radio says Malenkov is being sent to run a hydroelectric plant 1,800 miles from Moscow and the other ousted leaders are assigned unspecified jobs. It claims the move proves the Soviet system is democratic while observers doubt it will curb Khrushchev's power.
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London
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Ust Kamenogorsk
Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
Democratic Soviet
Central Committee
City Police Warn Public On Alley No Parking
Monroe Chief James C. Kelly Jr urges motorists to avoid parking in alleys and trafficways to keep emergency routes clear. He notes downtown alleys off DeSiard Street and municipal garbage routes are busy and blocking one vehicle can impede police, fire, and garbage services.
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Monroe
James C. Kelly, Jr
Kelly
DeSiard Street
Aga Khan dies at 79 ending famed Ismaili leader role
In Versoix Switzerland Aga Khan dies after long illness at 79 leaving vast wealth and influence. Prince Aly Khan named successor as spiritual leader of about 100 million Ismailis with Sadruddin as possible heir. He was known as aristocrat and horseman to the West and a revered figure in the East.
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Aga
Aga Khan
Geneva
Cairo
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Blanche la Brousse
Paris
Versoix
Switzerland
Te Ineee al Diba Thanerverane
Aly Khan
Prince Aly
Sadruddin
Aly
Yasmin
Hayworth
Nina Dyer
London
Heinrich von Thyssen
Begum Aga Khan
France
Mohammed
McBride Family Reunion and Y M C A Day Camp Schedule
McBride relatives gather at Weston High School cafeteria Sunday with program at 10 a.m. and basket lunch at noon. awards and crafts at the Y M C A. Y W C A Day Camp parents’ day set for tomorrow in Forsythe Park at 2 p.m. Two more camps planned summer start July 15 and July 29. Louisiana Tech graduates include Jo Willa Womack, daughter of Harley and Dodson residents, earning bachelor of science.
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McBride
Weston High School
Weston
Forsythe Park
Vernon O. McCoy
Twin Cities
Louisiana Tech
Jo Willa Womack
Harey Womack
Dodson
That's Better Says Mailbox in Southport Tale
In Southport England Joyce Fisher posts a postcard into a pillar box and the card pops back out twice. A voice inside reminds her to stamp it and, after she adds a stamp, the voice declares it’s fixed. A worker appears from inside the mailbox.
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Sounthorpe
England
Joyce Fisher
Joyce
Teacher Says Shelby Jackson Misleads Group
BATON ROUGE Louisiana high school teacher J. D. Elfert accuses state Supt. of Education Shelby Jackson and the Louisiana Teachers Association of mislead ing teachers. Elfert calls for reform in funding and distribution, criticizing the education department and parish allocations while urging local mill levies and revised retirement practices. He says some school boards follow faulty procedures and cites ED distribution last year as punitive to efficient parishes. He notes sincere reform efforts exist but face opposition from unnamed forces.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby Jackson
Louisiana Teachers Association
J. D. Elfert
LaRose-Cutoff
LTA
State Department of Education
Elfert
Department of Education
Henpecked Husbands Face Police Recruit Tests
Phoenix police recruit drive screens applicants for temperamental factors including wife approval. Captain Dan Warren jokes that interviews might even ask why an applicant moved to Arizona or left a previous job. He notes shifts rotate to appease discontented wives and that the best officers have understanding spouses. Mrs Warren serves as secretary to the chief.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dan Warren
Warren
Arizona
Mrs. Warren
Supreme Court Allows Transfer of GI Girard to Japan
The Supreme Court 8-0 upholds the U S government's plan to hand GI William Girard to Japan for trial in the killing of a Japanese woman. The unsigned decision states delivery is not forbidden by the Constitution and the executive branch may decide. Justice Douglas did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S
GI William
Girard
Japan
Executive Department
United States
Warren
Douglas
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girrard
Brother Jump To Safety In Cotton Valley Jet Crash
A Cotton Valley woman watched her brother Lt. John McMichael Jr. bail out of an F-86D Sabre after it exploded midair near Cotton Valley. He landed in a tree uninjured. Fire teams from Cotton Valley Springhill and Mindenned to fight the fire.
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Cotton Valley
John McMichael Jr
Mildred Goodwin
McMichael
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman
Tex
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Reuben O'Neill
Springhill
Miniden
First Day Rent Ad Promises Low Cost 2 Bedroom House
An advertiser touts a new 2 bedroom rental offered at 70 cents with a seven day rate and cancellation option. The listing highlights plenty of closet space and provides the contact phone FA 2-7710.
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News-Star—World Want
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