Compromise Plan Bypasses Administration Farm Support
The House rejected the Eisenhower administration’s flexible price system and approved a compromise plan for basic commodities at 82 to 90 percent parity by a 179 to 164 vote. The action is tentative, to be reconsidered as the agriculture bill moves forward, with leaders portraying it as a middle course to avoid a veto. Reps Harrison and Walleck led supporters. opponents warned of growing surpluses and urged backing 90 percent supports for six core crops.
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House
Eisenhower
GOP
Rep. Walleck
Indiana
Rep
Harrison
R-Neb
Halleck
Hope R-yan
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
Wickersham
D-Okla
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Texas
Ellelly
Imederate
Peanut price supports and a fatal Baltimore police crash
The article notes antiadministration forces rejecting a proposal to deny further mandatory high price supports for peanut growers, with an unrecorded vote of 159 to 121. It lists peanuts among six crops supported at 90 percent parity along with wheat cotton corn rice and tobacco. It also reports Patrolman Walter Davis, 30, killed in Baltimore when his squad car hit a safety pylon nine minutes after lights failure was reported. Davis is survived by his widow and two daughters Paula and Pamela.
Lightning Causes Fire and Wind Damage in Mt. Airy Area
Lightning struck near Ridgeville at 5 47 p m starting a fire in a residence tenanted by Heber Summers. Booster streams saved the house and three Mt. Airy rigs plus a Sykesville pumper fought the blaze. The electric sub station was knocked out cutting power for about half an hour. Heavy winds unroofed several homes and damaged crops. no immediate damage estimate available.
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Mt. Airy
Heber Summers
Ridgeville
Sykesville
Riddlemoser
Magnetometer Aims to Chart Vast Mineral Deposits
An innovative magnetometer device, housed in a case resembling an aerial bomb, enables scientists to survey mineral deposits across thousands of square miles in mere hours when suspended from an aircraft.
Flying Objects Report Prompted by RAF Inquiry
London reports the RAF asked for a full report from Captain James Howard and the BOAC crew who observed seven black flying objects near Goose Bay Labrador during a New York to London leg. Howard, with 7,500 hours and 265 Atlantic crossings, provided sketches and noted the objects vanished when an American fighter approached. The sighting was corroborated by 51 passengers.
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Royal Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
James Howard
British Overseas Airways
RAF
New York Labrador
Howard
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