Dairy Shows In Area Set For Last Of April
Spring dairy events fill the area's calendar with four breed shows from April 22 to 30 at Franklin and Abbott county venues. 4 H and FFA judging will accompany the events as breeders compare cattle. Also notes on pig survival costs, rabies warning, and spring rose fertilizer guidelines.
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Mid America Fairgrounds
Topeka
Holstein
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Ottawa
Ayrshire
Horton
Guernsey
Albert Eckman
Baldwin
FFA
Project Leaders Valuable To 4 H Club
This column guides 4 H project leaders facing common feelings of inadequacy. It stresses that leadership exists to learn by teaching, and outlines essentials: basic 4 H understanding, time, effort, and ability to work with youngsters. It advises planning engaging, short meetings with hands on activities and a final year event to showcase work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Mercely
Alaska faces paper shortage halting legislative work
The Alaska Legislature confronts a paper shortage after a note from John C. Doyle, executive director of the Legislative Council, warns supplies will barely last the week. An unusual number of amendments require many bill reruns amid 864 introduced bills across both houses. The note also cites Vietnam population figures of 14 million in the south and 16 million in the north.
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Juneau
Alaska
John C. Doyle
Legislative Council
Doyle
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Famine prompts test of rice like wheat in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong a pilot project will test a lye process that peels wheat into a rice like grain to determine if Asia's rice eaters will accept it. The plan aims to ease famine by changing eating habits among millions who currently refuse wheat. The effort, supported by Church World Service, contrasts hunger with cultural food preferences.
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New York
Asia
Hong Kong
India
Kerala
Melvin B. Myers
Church World Service
Japan
Myers
United States
Indira Gandhi
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mexico Nears Record Coffee Harvest of Three Million Bags
Washington AP reporting that Mexico is nearing completion of a record coffee harvest estimated at about three million bags of 132 pounds each, according to a publication of the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Washington
Mexico
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Government paid farmers to curb crops in 1965
The government spent 1.382 billion dollars to hold down corn barley and sorghum acreages in 1965, after 1.71 billion in 1964 and 846 million in 1963. The payments supported farm programs aimed at stabilizing supply and prices.
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Washington
Swank loan backs 10 story elderly housing in Sarasota
Swank Home Community Facilities Administration approves a 7.1 million loan to Jefferson Center Inc to fund a 10 story apartment building for elderly persons in Sarasota Florida, advancing senior housing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Community Facilities Administration
Jefferson Center, Inc
Sarasota
Fla
Army to Activate 199th Brigade at Fort Benning
The 199th Infantry Brigade will be activated in June at Fort Benning Georgia as part of the Army efforts to form three new brigades. This marks the second activation in a trio of planned brigades.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Ft. Benning
Rainfall Eases Drought Hopes Across County
Beneficial rainfall spread across the county with generous amounts in most locations. The shift from dry to wet erased looming drought worries and brought reports of hail and rain storms, with intensity generally light.
Conservation Comments on Erosion and Soil Protection
IRVIN ROSS discusses dry soil conditions and minimal runoff. He notes protected terraced cropland reduces erosion, while unprotected slopes suffer soil loss, urging public action and individual landowner stewardship to conserve soil and water resources.
Film Director Wins Thalberg Award in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD AP Veteran director William Wyler was voted the Motion Picture Academy’s Irving C. Thalberg Award for consistently high level of filmmaking. The academy also named Edmond L. de Patie, Warner Bros. vice president, for the Hersholt Award honoring humanitarian service.
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Hollywood
William Wyler
Motion Picture Academy
Irving C. Thalberg
Academy
Edemond L. de Patie
Warner Bros
Dean Hersholt
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Bozworth
Kansas
Lloyd
Davidson
Morpheus
Kramer
Main
Medical Arts Bldg
Swank Home
By Irvin Ross
jJust
Farm Bureau
Bob Robbins
Mgr
Darold D. Cain
Kansas Farm Life Insurance Company
Ottawa, Kansas
Springer
Jersey
J.D
New Idea
Ford
Woods Bros
David Bradley
McCulloch
Idea Travis
G. F. Eversmeyer
Myers Brothers Peoples Nat'l. Bank
New Hope W.M
Town & Country Supply
Cordovan
Olt
W-Exch
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