Bitter Fight Over Farm Parity Plank At Democratic Convention
Chicago The Democratic Platform Committee faces a bitter battle to strengthen farm income promises. National Farmers Union President Patton condemned the draft, as farm-belt delegates prepare to push for 100 percent parity, challenging the 90 percent parity and broader support provisions for basic crops and other commodities.
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Chicago
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Democratic Farm Plank Drafted Amid Party Rivalries
Patton aligned with Harriman on farm policy while the tentative plank drew fire from Adlai Stevenson supporters. Stevenson endorses 90 percent parity, while Patton cautions the plank lacks specifics on how returns would be supported if the party returns to power for hogs cattle sheep poultry eggs dairy products and other crops.
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Patton
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Bread prices rise 70 percent since 1946 in 1955
Cypriot history notes long rule by Egyptians to the Turks since about 1500 B C. The average price of a pound loaf of white bread climbed 70 percent from 1946 to 1955, reflecting postwar cost changes.
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Cyprus
England
Venice
Grass Fire Doused Near Stanton Home
Stanton area residents aided in extinguishing a grass fire near the George Devote home on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors helped contain the blaze as Mr. and Mrs. Devote expressed appreciation for the quick response.
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George Devote
Dike Dickerson
Berdie Cowden
Mark Anderson
George Webker
Zeb McKeon
Roy Webker
Fred Webker
Kansas City
Roy Gore
Oren Croan
Manford Webber
Lawrence Webber and
Edith Adams
Ollie Brassfield
Otis Foster
Glenn Smalland
Jimmie Chamberlin
Brassfield
Otis
Foster
van Pursell
Lymon Smith
Willis Smith
George Brassfield
Virgil Yackle
Paola
Raymond Bryan and Sons
Glenn Small
Venezuela court jails 23 over 1950 assassination plot
In Caracas a court sentenced 23 defendants, 22 men and one woman, to prison terms from 12 to 20 years for complicity in the assassination of Acting President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud on November 13, 1950. In New Delhi Nehru marked independence day with calls for unity amid riots. Ottawa adjourned after approving a 4.7 billion dollar spending plan for 1956-57, one of Parliament's longest sessions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Subcontinent
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Eee
Mitchell Sees New Labor Era Amid Cooperation Claims
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell declared the era of labor management conflict ended, praising a steel strike settlement as a symbol of growing cooperation. He noted the administration’s restraint in using government power, and highlighted a three year contract without wage reopenings as proof of mutual interests guiding free bargaining.
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Kansas City
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
United Assn
Killed In Crash Near Oakley Kansas
Murray Irwin Silver a 22 year old from Atlantic City New Jersey died in a crash 19 miles west of Oakley Kansas when his car failed to make a curve.
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Kas
Murray Irwin Silver
Atlantic City
N. J
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