Farm Prices Rise In June
The Agriculture Department plans an August first estimate of 1971 corn output amid doubts caused by Leaf Blight. Officials warned the disease may spread, delaying accuracy until September. Farmers in several states report fungicide use as they monitor fields daily for infections. The report notes blight may already reach husks and kernels in Illinois Indiana Iowa Ohio Missouri and Kansas. Separately the department signed a $2 million wheat markets research and promotion program with the National Wheat Institute funded by unclaimed inverse subsidy funds from 1968. The institute includes major farm groups and wheat interests.
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Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
National Wheat Institute
Congress
Institute
National Grange
National Farmers‘ Union
National Farmers Organization
Midcontinent Farmers Association
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
Durum Wheat Growers of America
Highway Fortified Along Cambodian Highway Front
Krol Kou Cambodia a forward command post for South Vietnamese forces on Highway 1 60 miles NW of Saigon. Artillery guns loom over villagers as armored vehicles pass and helicopters land in yards. Civilians complain of disruption and losses while medics treat Cambodians as civilians. Commanders say civilian casualties are minimized with selective fire and no pre assault artillery.
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Krol Kou
Cambodia
Phnom Penh- Saigon
Lay Sokhom
Highway 1
Saigon
Pram Sath
Tam
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Nguyen van Minh
Family, Son Reunited After 10-Day Search
Kevin Dye, a 9 or 10 year old with aphasia and epilepsy, was located after a 10 day wilderness search in Wyoming. He survived by drinking water from streams and constant activity helped him endure cold nights before rescue near a cabin. he was hospitalized in Casper with minor injuries.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Kevin Dye
Robert Fowler
Carolyn Dye
Kevin
Hippies Clash with Tourists in Ibiza Jailings
On Ibiza in the Balearic Islands police clash with hippies and pot smokers as tourism booms. Four years after the Thiza exodus pioneers, Summer freaks anger locals, hurting business. This month 45 detainees were jailed in a crackdown.
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Formentera
Balearic Islands
Spain
Thiza
Ibiza
Neglected pastures revived by spraying program
JOAN ISTAS reports on James Ferguson who uses the Rural Environmental Assistance program to spray 109 acres for pasture improvement. He targets osage orange, buckbrush, sumac and iron weeds with 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, plans to bulldoze dead trees and reseed with brome grass to support 30 to 35 cattle without overgrazing. REAP aided 18 other farms. funding cutbacks limit aid to second-year sprayers.
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Joan Istas
Osage
Ferguson
REAP
Ferguson’s
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