Farm prices rise in November as lettuce and cattle lead
The Agriculture Department reports a one percent uptick in prices received by farmers in November from October. The index is eight percent higher than November 1970, with gains in lettuce, tomatoes, cattle, cotton and eggs, but declines in hogs, oranges, grapefruit, soybeans, lemons and corn. Beef cattle averaged 29.50 per hundredweight while hogs averaged 18.90. Corn at 97.4 cents a bushel and eggs at 29.7 cents a dozen.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Heitz to Speak at Joliet Federal Land Bank Meeting
Glen E Heitz president of the Federal Land Bank of St Louis will be the featured speaker at the Federal Land Bank Association of Joliet stockholders meeting to be held at noon Saturday Dec 4 at Faith Lutheran Church Joliet Heitz is an Indiana farm boy a Purdue graduate with a master in agricultural economics Heitz previously served as deputy governor and director of Farm Credit Administration and was elected president of the St Louis bank on Jan 1 1970 Joliet association covers Grundy Kendall Kankakee Will and South Cook counties with over 14 million dollars in outstanding loans from the Federal Land Bank system
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Glen E. Heitz
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis
Federal Land Bank Association of
Lafayette
Cash making movie about Jesus Christ in Israel and Jordan
Johnny Cash is producing a 90 minute film at holy sites in Israel and occupied Jordan to depict Jesus as a historical and divine figure. A nonprofessional actor plays Jesus, with scenes across Gethsemane and Jerusalem, narrated by Cash who also sings and reads from Matthew. The project aims to spark a spiritual revival in America amid materialism.
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Sea OF Galilee
Israel
Johnny Cash
Jordan
Jesus
Cash
Christ
Bob Elfstrom
Ridgefield
Conn
Jerusalem
Elfstrom
America
United States
Arkansas
Kirk Douglas
Eye radiation gains for eyelid cancer patients in Toronto study
Canadian radiologist Dr. P J Fitzpatrick and colleagues report 447 eyelid cancer patients treated with radiation from 1958 to 1968. Tumor control reached 94.5 percent with fewer complications and no deaths, versus higher surgical death rates. Treatment is quick and outpatient, costing about 23 to 50 dollars, with minimal cosmetic damage and preserved vision.
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Chicago
P.J. Fitzpatrick
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto
Radiological Society of North America
Fitzpatrick
D.M. Jamieson
G.A. Thompson
W.E.C. Allt
Hall
McGovern Calls for Open Illinois Primary During Barnstorm
Senator George McGovern campaigned in Illinois urging an open primary and signaling a potential full slate of delegates with or without Mayor Daleys approval. He spoke at East St Louis and Normal pledging urban reconstruction funding, and said he would oppose Nixon Supreme Court nominees Rehnquist and Butz for agriculture.
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Chicago
George S. McGovern
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
McGovern
South Dakota
Daley
Carbondale
State Community College
East St. Louis
United States
America
Illinois State University
Normal
Nixon
William Rehnquist
Washington
Senate
Earl Butz
Agriculture
Wisconsin lawmakers consider financial disclosure for officials
Two sponsors Rep. Thomas Hanson and Rep. David Berger testified on a bill to require financial disclosure by all elected state officials. Statements would be filed with the secretary of state, examined for a $1 fee, and include itemized net worth and liabilities. A fear of past Illinois abuses was raised as motivation.
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Madison, Wis
Thomas Hanson
Beaver Dam
Secretary of State
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