Supply Of Farmers Dwindles But Work Of Their Department Grows
Washington report notes the USDA farmer to staff ratio fell from one to 142 in 1940 to one to 70 today, due to fewer farms and expanded programs. The piece outlines Food Stamp and School Lunch programs, FHA rural housing loans, rural water projects, and consumer research as signs of changing USDA focus amid rising civil programs.
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Tom Nolan
Enterprise Service Washington
NEA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
USDA
Congress
Brooklyn
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Vatican Library Research Reveals Centuries Old Scroll Focus
European correspondent describes the Vatican Library as a parchment prominent collection. Monks and staff preserve illust rations and miniatures while resisting plastics and ballpoint pens to protect fragile manuscripts. Codex Vaticanus B stands as the Bible’s oldest Greek copy.
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Tom A. Cullen
Assn
Rome
NEA
Vatican Library
Father Guy Ferrari
Vatican
Father Fer
Ians
Henry VI
Henry
Anne Boleyn
Martin Luther
Galileo
Savanarola
Thomas Aquinas
Secret Ku Klux Klan Initiation Seen by Outsider
An Atlanta Constitution reporter witnessed a secret Klan initiation near Lithonia Georgia. Eleven alien members were declared qualified white Caucasian Americans and naturalized in the Invisible Empire ceremony with about 40 robed members present. An FBI informer was among the masked participants. Representative Charles Weltner has urged a House inquiry into the Klan. The event was described by Bill Shipp.
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Atlanta Constitution
Bill Shipp
Atlanta, Ga
The
Invisible Empire
Ku Klux Klan
Lithonia
Atlanta
Ay Klan Institution
Craig
Charles Weltner
House
Committee On UN
KKK
FBI
Initiation Ceremony of the Ku Klux Klan Described
A dimly lit room hosts a Klan initiation with a red cross altar bearing a Bible water flag and sword. The bouncer leads initiates in marching and secrecy while officers assess vows to defend white supremacy and attributes of patriotism faith and courage. Some new members may join a side order called the Royal Order of the Yellow Dog.
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Idragon
Cyclops — Klavern
Kludd
Kolkard
Klaliff
United States
Mr. X
Royal Order of the Yellow Dog
Grand Dragon
Klan rhetoric sparks chant at gathering
A speaker, identified as Mr. X, tells a gathering that “The Klan has been pushed around for 35 years” and adds that “the Klan is not going to be pushed around any more.” The remark provokes a loud chorus of amens from the audience.
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Ees
Brooke Bond Teaco, Inc
Clinton
Iowa
Woman 96 Leaves 327 Descendants in Marble
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Marble for Anna Ladoux 96 who died Sunday in a nursing home Survivors include 327 descendants among her 19 children four sons four daughters 67 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren
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Marble
Minn
Anna Ladoux
Ladoux
Supreme Court declines review in capital rape case
The Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of William Ralph, a Washington Negro sentenced to death for the 1961 rape of a Montgomery County housewife, after he claimed coercion produced his confession. The decision was announced Monday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
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Addi
Church History Center
Father Ferrari
Museum
Christ
Sixtus V
Sonotone of
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Hagerstown, Md
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Dean
Doan
U.S
Bey
Carrell
Leatherman, Jr
PSG
Brooke Bond
Red
Dept. A
Spring Park
Minnesota
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