Ellender Seeks Farm Compromise On Soil Bank Bill
Senator Ellender urged President Eisenhower to back a compromise soil bank bill with added provisions including a cotton allotment ceiling near 17.4 million acres, a 51 million acre basic corn allotment, and supports for oats and other feed grains. The suggested changes aim to avoid rigid price supports while aligning with the vetoed omnibus farm bill. The House debated authorizing a $1.2 billion annual soil bank program, with Appropriations backing a 1935 conservation basis.
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Sen
Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
Congress
House
House Appropriations Committee
Aide Mulling Constituent Request for Top Department Copies
Washington aides to Rep. Richard M. Simpson R Pa consider a constituent request asking for one copy each of materials from the secretary of agriculture the secretary of interior and the attorney general. The inquiry reflects interest in federal department records and legal guidance.
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Washington
Richard M. Simpson
R-Pa
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Interior
Body Of Mine Foreman Found Near Rescue Site
SUNNYSIDE Utah Ui-Rescuers found the body of mine foreman Joseph Olterstrom 58 near the spot where his three-man crew was rescued after a coal mine cave in. He was crushed beneath rubble displaced by a localized earth tremor. Survivors are Lovell Marion Golding 39 Joe Archuletta 43 and Lloyd Heath 136.
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Sunnyside
Utah
Joseph Olterstrom
Lovell Marion Golding
Joe A. Archuletta
Lloyd A. Heath
Eisenhower outlines cold war aims and a foreign policy brain trust
President Eisenhower used an American Society of Newspaper Editors dinner to sketch a test of Russia's peaceful purposes, calling for Stalin wrongs to be erased and nations to choose their path. He praised cold war victories, proposed a rotating advisory board, urged a long term foreign aid program, and stressed aid as long as freedom is threatened and arms not controlled.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Stalin
Germany
Korea
Asia
American Society of Newspaper Editors
U.S
Congress
United States
Water Diversion Project Assured in Congress Session
Colorado Democratic chairman Fred M Bertz Sr says authorization for the Fryingpan Arkansas water diversion plan is likely this session if steps are proper and flexibility is used. Lamar publisher notes Democratic leadership sees no major obstacles to the multi million dollar project in southeastern Colorado. A basking shark filters 2000 tons of seawater per hour as it feeds on tiny organisms.
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Colorado
Fred M. Bertz Sr
Lamar
Congress
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