Cotton Industry Faces Critical Period in U S History
Harlingen Texas AP reporting Burris Jackson of Hillsboro declares this the most critical period in U S cotton history as the 19th annual American Cotton Congress opens in the lower Rio Grande Valley with sessions in Harlingen Brownsville and Matamoros. He warns of acreage cuts to 14 million acres in 1959 and the risk to producer income if laws aren’t changed.
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Harlingen
Tex
American Cotton Congress
United States
Burris Jackson
Hillsboro
Rio Grande Valley
Cotton International
Congress
Brownsville
Matamoros
Mex
Lamar Fleming Jr
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Houston
Thomas Mann
Marvin McLain
Mexico
Jackson
Poisoned Youth Escapes Death in Michigan Suburb
Twelve year old Paul Ward swallowed rat poison found in a rubbish can behind his home in Harrison Township. Deputies retrieved the poison and, after vehicle breakdowns and a tire blowout, reached the hospital where doctors used an analysis to provide the correct treatment.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Paul Ward
Harrison Township
John Muiso
Paul
Hiker delivers Chicago mayor’s letter after 800 mile trek
Max L. Cowan a 45 year old Utica stockbroker hiked from Chicago to New York arriving Tuesday. He average 42 miles a day delivering a note from Mayor Richard J. Daley inviting Mayor Robert F. Wagner to the Pan American Games in August 1959. Cowan is 5 feet 5 4 3 inches tall and weighed 155 pounds losing about 2 pounds on the trip.
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New York
Max L. Cowan
Cowan
Chicago
Utica
N. Y
Richard J. Daley
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Mohawk Valley Investing Co
Auto unions push talks with GM Ford Chrysler and AMC
Detroit based UAW scheduled more bargaining with General Motors Ford Chrysler and American Motors after meetings at GM and Ford with no progress reported. Despite expired contracts since last week the half million auto workers kept working without a deal as the union presses for pensions and job security protections.
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Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
United Press International
Auto
UAW
Protec
First Negro Graduates Greensboro Integrated School
Greensboro Senior High School honored 18 year old valedictorian and Josephine Ophelia Boyd as the first African American to graduate from an integrated program. City School Supt. Ben L. Smith urged graduates to stand for what is right despite potential hardship.
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Greensboro
N. C
Greensboro Senior High School
Ben L. Smith
Josephine Ophelia Boyd
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Esternuto
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Great Oil Basin
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