Progress in farming and the role of pesticides in national food security
The piece argues farming has advanced far in four decades, yielding surplus crops like corn, wheat and cotton. It defends pesticide use as essential to plentiful, safe produce, citing standards by USDA FDA and public health bodies, and cites the potato famine as a historical warning. It notes high costs to develop new pesticides and questions civil defense plans amid Cold War tensions.
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America
Ireland
U.S
Colorado
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Public Health Service
Frank B. Ellis
Kennedy
Louisiana
Office of Civil Defense
White House
Mr. Khr
Berlin Crisis Bluffing Match Reflects Cold War Tensions
The piece argues both sides use Berlin as theater, with Khrushchev and Rusk framing actions as sabre rattling or routine alerts. It notes Western doubts of imminent war, Soviet aims to reunify Germany, and Moscow’s history of breaking wartime pledges while public opinion judges communists’ morality.
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Washington
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
State Rusk
East Germany
Soviet Union
Republic
Moscow
West Berlin
Kennedy
Vienna
Rusk Than
Khrushchev
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Holland
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Britain
Poland
Kremlin
Welch
Russia
Sukarno Seeks Aid and Aligns Elsewhere After Washington Visit
Indonesian President Sukarno tours Moscow and Beijing in a bid for military and political support. He signs arms pacts with the Soviet Union and meets Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai while praising socialist alliances and critiquing Western imperialism. The trip follows a White House pledge of aid that yielded limited gains. Meanwhile AFL-CIO leaders face pressure over funding for the Freedom Riders amid union disputes in Louisiana and Shreveport.
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Washington
White House
Sukarno
Kennedy
Dutch New Guinea
John Foster Dulles
Dwight David Eisenhower
Moscow
Cha - Cha
Nikita Khrushchev
H. A. Nasution
Malinovsky
Reds
Indonesia
Leningrad
Khrush
Soviet Union
China
Red
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Radio Peking
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
James B. Carey
Southern Uninists
Freedom Riders Crusade
Aflcio
Industrial Union Department
James A. Sanders
Shreveport
Communication Workers of American Local 3411
Monroe Sees 101 Degree Heat Wave With No Relief
A 101 degree heat wave grips the Monroe area with continued high temperatures and very low rainfall. The past 30 days show only .12 inches of precipitation, while Roosevelt accepts the Democratic nomination declaring war on economic tyranny and the Yankees slug home six homers against the Browns led by Frank Crosetti with two long hits.
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Monroe
How GI Insurance is Paid to Veterans and Beneficiaries
A Mason City reader asks how NSLI and USGLI policies pay out. Payments are monthly installments for 36 months or up to 20 years, with four options: lump sum, fixed-term monthly payments, lifetime payments with 120 or 240 month guarantees, or lifetime plus full face value restoration if the first beneficiary dies. Details vary by policy type and face amount, with examples for $10 000 and $5 000 policies and different beneficiary scenarios.
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Mason City
Iowa
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
NSLI
Martin E. Segal
Boat And Water Safety Rules
A first person guide to boating safety stresses respect for water and gear. It lists checks before departure, fuel and leak tests, life jackets, bilge and engine monitoring, and prudent speeds and right of way rules to prevent accidents on open water.
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Shrewsbury
Empire State Building
Weather Bureau
How to Keep Well Pool Safety and Allergy Advice
A reader warns pool owners to improve safety beyond a fence and gate to prevent drownings. Advice includes visible pool location, lifesaving training, and Red Cross courses, plus sanitation and filtration. A separate letter suggests moving to an apartment if sensitive to grasses. see an allergist before drastic changes.
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Red Cross
Moist heat favored for sinus relief and daily pains
Readers debate sinus care with moist versus dry heat noting moisture eases membrane dryness. A physician cites benefits of heat and explains high heels affect foot arches while a psychiatrist outlines communication with deaf patients.
Wages of sin contrasted with eternal life message
A devotional note cites Romans 6 23 about the wages of sin and the gift of God offering eternal life through Jesus Christ. It encourages planning for compensation through service to the Saviour.
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God
Jesus Christ
Lord
Monroe News-Star Independent Stands For Right
The Monroe News-Star presents itself as an independent newspaper printing the news impartially. It states it supports what it believes to be right and opposes what it believes to be wrong, without regard to party politics.
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John D Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Olive
Fourth St
Robert Mg. R. Kmape
William HB. Bronson
Richard Hale
Edmund G. Brown
Mgr
Jack Gates
Walter B Hatten
E Associat Ress
Associated Press
Branham Company National Advertising Representatives
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Monroe News
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Kronshadt
Taiwan
Guinea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yanks
Browns
Frank Crosetti
By Martin Legal
Jim Bishop
Theodore R. van Dellen
Cain
R. T
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Lowell T. Coggeshall, M. D
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