Benson Forced To Use Crop Quotas Despite Disapproval
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson dislikes federal crop controls but must apply them due to surplus and farm law. Referenda show farmers often approve quotas, supporting price guarantees during shortages and pressuring production during surpluses. Benson plans quotas for next year’s crops, including cotton, rice, and tobacco varieties, while defending the program as a wartime peacetime adjustment.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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Bensons
Virginia
Bill Stern Hurt In Car Crash
Bill Stern news story reports ABC radio sports commentator injured in a highway crash near New York. He was taken to Jewish Memorial Hospital with cuts bruises a concussion possible broken ribs and possible internal injuries. Stern aged 48 resides in Purchase New York and was unconscious when found.
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Bill Stern
ABC
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Close Call for Airmen in North Korea Attack
TOKYO The pilot Capt. Eugene J. Vandi of Claymont New York told reporters his crew of 11 B29 airmen escaped a brush with three Communist MIGs during a January 12 1953 attack in North Korea 40 miles south of the Yalu River The crew bailed out into Red captivity after a tense 3 to 4 minute interval as the bomber was under fire from two MIGs and a trailing rocket salvo The flight had been nearing leaflet targets when the assault began and the aircraft reportedly exploded possibly before impact
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Red China
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton
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North Korea
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Top Democrats Meet in Chicago for 1956 Nomination Hint
In Chicago two leading Democrats, Gov. Averell Harriman of New York and former Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, gather on the eve of the Governors Conference. Harriman seeks Stevenson’s private stance on challenging for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Tulsa woman charged with murder in husband death
Mrs. Geraldine Terry, 23, charged with murder in the death of her husband Bill Lee Terry, an attorney, faces a non jury trial Aug 30 after posting 200 shares of U S Steel stock as bond security. She claimed he fell on a butcher knife during a struggle, dying a few hours later in a Tulsa hospital.
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Geraldine Terry
Bill Lee Terry
Gleaver McConnell
U. S. Steel Corp
Lewis C.johnson
Terry
Double Jolt In Car Crash At Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Michigan Frank Blandowski 67 collided head on with another car driven by his son Raymond 20. Both drivers escaped injury in the crash described as a double jolt event by local witnesses.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Frank Blandowski
Raymond
Secret label lifted on uranium ore processing details
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that it has removed the secret label from all technical information on currently used processes for recovering unrefined uranium concentrates from ores. The declassification does not apply to refining concentrates into highly purified forms of uranium for atomic weapons and other nuclear devices.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Test Flight Delay Near Edwards AFB Sparks Brief Tension
Seconds before the B20 was set to release the X1A on a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, officials reported a last minute hold that paused proceedings and triggered safety checks. No injuries or damage reported as crews assured readiness for a rescheduled launch window.
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Blast rocks fastest plane above Mojave Desert
In Edwards California an explosion struck the Bell X1A rocket plane moments before a mother ship release. Research pilot Joseph A Walker, 34, climbed to the B29 mother plane as the X1A was dropped from 30,000 feet. The damaged rocket remained tethered and later caused a precautionary crash landing on a bombing range.
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Mojave Desert
Joseph A. Walker
Air Force
Johnson vows return as Senate leader next January
In a first news conference since July 2, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas confidently said he will return as Democrat Senate leader next January after a heart attack. Doctors expect his recovery to leave him fit by autumn.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
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