Welcome Decision To Abandon Soil Reserve Program
House agriculture leaders welcomed the administration move to end the acreage reserve phase of the soil bank program. Secretary Benson cited a $3,000 yearly payment limit as keeping larger operators out, noting Congress set the cap this year. The decision ends the acreage reserve with the long term conservation reserve continuing, prompting talk the rift with Congress could ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington House
Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
House Agriculture
Four Month Farm Forecast In Livestock Outlook
Rep Abernethy says the four month forecast shows a mixed livestock outlook with hog slaughter expected higher early and then larger later. Cattle slaughter may be seasonally high but well finished beef may rise to parity with last year by spring. Prices for hogs and lower grades could ease as demand and policy debates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernethy
D-Miss
House Agriculture
Washington U—The Agricult Committee
State Department
Congress
Anadarko
Okla
Betty
Bell
Jayne Mansfield Plans Wedding To Mickey Hargitay
Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield announces she will marry weightlifter Mickey Hargitay on Monday January 13. She cites love and the number 13 as why the date moved up, noting they met on the 13th and he won the Mr Universe title on that day. Mansfield sent about 100 invitations as excitement builds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitaye
Mickey
Jayne
Hargitay
Hungary
Trousseau
Rousseau
Early Year Price Outlook for Higher Grade Items
In the early part of the year prices of higher grades were expected to be fairly strong during this period. The market outlook suggests stability and continued demand for premium goods at the start of the year.
Albania Holds U S Jet Pilot in Missing Aircraft Case
Albania says it is holding POW a U S Air Force jet pilot reported missing two weeks earlier. Maj. Howard J. B. Curran of Pratt Kansas disappeared December 23 in a T33 trainer en route from Chateau-Roux to Naples. Rome and Naples were fogbound the day Curran vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Albania
U.S. Air Force
Howard J. B. Curran
Pratt, Kas
Chateau-Roux
France
Naples
Tirana
Howard Keran
U. S
Curran
Tulsa
Okla
Robert Curran
Tulsa Petroleum
Maj
Pratt
Kan
Farm Support Shows Decline in Government Subsidies
Government data indicate farm support subsidies fell about 18 percent from the prior year. The Commodity Credit Corp reports stockpiled surpluses abroad and reduced domestic supports, with five months of the current fiscal year totaling 481 million dollars versus 580 million last year. The period from November 30, 1955 to November 30, 1987 shows investment around seven billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana
Washington
Commodity Credit Corp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pla-Mart
Paola
E. Hagemeyer
Ottawa
Kansas
Old Hiway
Ayrshire
M.M
Sarge Milker
Standley
Mrs
Guy E. Monroe
C. A. Myers & Sons
First National Bank
Rock Creek H.D.U
U.S
Lon Chaney
Man
Forbidden Desert
Jules Verne
Mickey Rooney
Richard Widmark
Felicia Farr
DEA
Nszattt
Haan
Life Stride
Slipons
Oxfords
Buster
Arch Shoes
Winer — Robin Hood
Sports & Casuals
AAA
al Wolverine
Florsheim
Roblee
Pedwin
S& Main
Ll Richardson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!