$500 Million Soil Bank Plan Announced
Washington August 2 Agriculture Department announced a 30 5 million dollar soil bank program for 1568 with a regulation to ease crop surplus curbs. Farmers retire land from surpluses such as cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco for payments, penalties apply if they fail to honor agreements. Payments average about 20 88 per acre for retiring wheat with other crops to be set later. The program aims to curb land shifting to other crops and control total farm over supply.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Department
Angriniture Department
Congress
Department Inc
Cuban To Swim Mississippi River
A Cuban swimmer Jose Cortinas, 40, from Los Angeles plans a 300 mile solo bid down the Mississippi from Memphis toward Vicksburg, aiming to beat the world distance record of 252 miles. A 16 foot motorboat and a 32 foot cruiser will accompany him, supplying food and monitoring rests as he swims nearly four days straight day and night. The current record was set by John Sigmund in 1940 from St. Louis to Caruthersville in 89 hours 52 minutes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cubas
Mississippi Rive
Vicksburg
Miss
Jose Cortinas
Los Angeles
Vicksburg Bluffs
Jose
St. Louis
John Sigmund
Caruthersville
Hoffa Moves To Expand Influence Over Building Trades
Washington Aug 2 The giant Teamsters union hints it may lead three million member Building and Construction Trades unions out of AFL CIO in a bid to widen Hoffa’s labor influence. A Teamsters press release says delegates support advising AFL CIO Meany that building trades will not be sacrificial lambs in the AFL CIO merger. Hoffa, recently acquitted on bribery charges in rackets probes, faces Senate inquiries into labor rackets in New York.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Hoffa
Senate
New York
State Tax Refunds Mailed In Maryland News Summary
Baltimore reports over 5.5 million dollars in state income tax refunds mailed to about 420 000 Marylanders this year. 30 000 to 60 000 refunds remain, with many missing information on returns causing delays. About 780 000 returns expected total, including refunds. 12 000 refunds unclaimed so far, many to Baltimore addresses. A French lawyer in Algeria seeks permission to place a plaque for Marshal Petain, while a Walt Disney crew films Yugoslav folk lore in Sarajevo near the site of Archduke Francis Ferdinand's 1914 assassination.
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Benjamin F. Marsh
State Comptroller’s Office
Marsh
Tax Division
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Petain Renxes
France
Maitre Laon
Sidi-bel-Abbes
Algeria
French Council of State
Marshal Petain
MeaYeu
Sid Vichy
Belgrade
Walt Disney
Sarajevo
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Opponents urge march against civic center plan in Baltimore
In Baltimore, opponents of Thomas D Alesandro's plan to build a six million dollar civic center near Druid Hill Park urged a march and a public hearing to press for downtown site options. A city council transfer ordinance and lawsuits loom as debate over park land use continues.
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City Hall
Thomas D Alesandro
Do Jession
Druid Hill Park
Greater
Baltimore
Asraminee
D'Alesandro
Dain
Bureau of Water Supply
Civic Center Commission
Druid Hill Reservoir
Enos S. Stockbridge
New Life
Andyiwha
James W. Rouse
D‘alesandro
James C. Anderson
Park Board
Anderson
D’alesandro Con
Soan
Druid Hill
Old Scrapbook Recalls 1880s Diphtheria Scourge From Envoy
A scrapbook belonging to Miss Anna Zellers, now in the News-Post files, recalls 1880s diphtheria deaths in Frederick and remedies clipped from Baltimore and Frederick papers. Included are obituaries, notes on family lines, and a mix of letters from the Hedges family detailing descendants in Indiana, West Virginia, Missouri and beyond.
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Elsie White Haines
Frederick
News-Post
Charles HL. Esker
Sherman Avenue
Bel Air
Harford County
William Delen
Edtors
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Adam Eichelberger
West Fourth Street
E. R. Eschbach
Robert Stokes
Henry Williams
All Saints
C. C. Carty
Wiliam A. Quinn
Allen G. Quyne
Baltamore
John Shaffer
Court of Appeals
John Ritchie
Bradley T. Johnson
Elsie Brust
Charles L. Brust
Daniel Baker
Buckeystown
Henry Houck
William Brish
Patrick Street
Charles Smith
Baker
Anna Zellers
Bakers
B &O Avenue
Hedges
Gunnels
Boaz
Ala
PA Army
Paul L. Thomas
Ylof
Colonial Refrigerated, Transportation Co. Inc
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Gunnels Wasj
Anid
Saul
England
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West
Missouri
Ohio
Maryland
Thomas
Ft. Ritchie
Reed Thompson
America
East Fourth Street
Baghdad
Liragis
Sears
Misey
Sours
J. P. Hedges
Deap
Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Peach
Steele
Caroline Herring
Ezra Houck
A. T. Rice
McClintock Young
Court Street
Osborne Ingie
H. W. Etchison and Son
Margaret Shipley
Joshua Shipley
William H. Shipley
Levi Humm
Utica
Katie L. Abrecht
Ridicule in Ceylone se Press Ties Gluck Controversy to Colombo Duty
The report notes ridicule in the Ceylonese press and State Department officials examining whether Gluck should begin duties in Colombo as scheduled in mid September. Dulles expected to review the case to decide if Gluck’s posting serves national interest. Gluck denies withdrawal plans while authorities weigh implications.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Santiago
Earl E. T. Smith
State Dulles
London
State Department
Eisenhower
Aise
Bandaranaike
Gluck
Dulles
Colombo
Smith J
Smith
Batista
Star Department
Batis
Gemani
Fidel Castro
Miguel Angel Campa
Reading Fair Week Lineup Promises Diverse Attractions
The Reading Pa fair runs Sept 8 to 15 with a diverse program. Angel Campa, Bubotrom, and top entertainers join AMA motorcycle races and Miss Reading Fair beauty finals in a week of music, car racing, and stage shows led by Linda Briggs and Boone.
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Spear
Lone Smith
Lincoln White Ranger
Angel Campa
Poti
Dhills
Angel;pe
Campa
Beingics Briggs
Joie Chinwood
USAC
Boone
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