Alfalfa Has Long History
Alfalfa, a mainstay of today's agriculture, has a long history and wide distribution. From its homeland in Iran it spread to Greece and Rome, then throughout Europe and the New World. California spurred an alfalfa boom, with breeding expanding acreage and resilience against pests and wilt. Modern uses include dehydrated meal and a wet process to extract protein and carotene, making alfalfa a versatile forage and potential human food source.
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Iran
Greece
Darius
Rome
Europe
New World
Mexico
Peru
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington and
Jefferson
California
Cape Horn
Chile
Intermountain
Great Plains
U.S
Mississippi River
National Foundation
Mine Workers President Ordered To Resign Post
UMW president W A Boyle was ordered to resign as trustee of the union welfare and pension fund for mismanaging 457.1 million dollars. Judge Gesell faulted funds kept in non-interest accounts, set a June 30 compliance deadline, and barred Boyle and Josephine Roche from trusteeship while recommending fund reforms.
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Washington
W.A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
UMW
Boyle
Gesell
Josephine Roche
National Bank of Washington
John L. Lewis
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Hechler
Regulations Change Use Of Food Stamps
Washington AP reports potential loss of food stamp allotments under new federal rules as Department of Agriculture interprets revised legislation. Memo estimates 340,000 will be ineligible and 1.7 million worse off out of 10.5 million recipients. some may gain benefits. Hearings urged by Sen. McGovern to ease rules.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
George 8. McGovern
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition
Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Agriculture
Mayday plan profiles Rennie Davis and antiwar action
An AP dispatch profiles Rennie Davis, SDS founder and Mayday strategist, as he leads nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at crippling Washington by blocking highways. The piece traces his evolution from Chicago Conspiracy Trial defendant to movement icon, and notes concerns within the movement about the risks and media portrayal of violence.
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Rennie Davis
Davis
Washington
John C. Davis
Rennie
Indochina
U.S
Mayday
America
Students For A Democratic Society
Chicago
Vietnam
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter Reuther
Richard
Oberlin College
Tom Hayden
University of Michigan
South
Hanoi
U.S. Dist
Julius Hoffman
Hayden
Tom Foran
Gang Jailings Bring Unrest in New Jersey
In Newark and Hudson County law enforcement warn of a gang war following mass jailing of top New Jersey mob figures. Four men have been killed and a fifth missing as crews linked to New York crime seek to fill vacancies. Evidence points to empire under Joseph Zicarella with recent payoffs convictions and ongoing SIC disputes. William Pischedda, 34, found murdered April 27 in Rutherford, linked as associate to a material witness in another case.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Genovese
Cosa Nostra
New York
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Simone Rizzo
Sam
Joseph
Joe Bayonce
Zicarelli
Bayonne
Hudson County
William Pischedda
Rutherford
North Jersey
New York City
Pischedda
Top Prosecutor Seeks Wallace Case Details in Alabama
Federal grand jury in Montgomery reopens probe into possible tax violations in handling campaign funds for Gov George C Wallace. William Sessions, head of DOJ campaign finance unit, met with IRS investigators as testimony focused on false invoices and alleged corporate donations to the 1968 campaign. testemunhya Seymore Trammell expected to testify. Gerald Wallace, brother of the governor, also cited in Reuters report.
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Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Alabama
George C. Wallace
William S. Sessions
Internal Revenue Service
Sessions
Seymore Trammell
Wallace
Trammell
Lurleen
Gerald
New Move Toward Formosa Peace Talks Not US Mediation
Washington seeks to detach from the long Peking Nationalist dispute over Formosa Taiwan status. A State Department spokesman said the two Chinese regimes must negotiate their own settlement, while the United States reaffirms defense commitments to the Nationalist government and pushes for a peaceful resolution. The move aims to ease future Washington Peking exchanges by sidestepping mediation.
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Washington
China
United States
Peking
Formosa
State Department
Charles Bray
Bray
U.S
Taiwan
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James R. Storey
HEW
Robert Patricelli
Osburn
Ken Hartnett
Associated Press
New Jersey State Police Organized Crime Unit
Gerardo Catena
Vito
Washington-Peking
Sutton’s Jewelry
Main
Gregory Peck
Kremlin
Richard Boone
Anchor Savings
Kansas City
Er Savings Association
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