Prospects For Soil Bank Grow Brighter In 1958 Plan
Washington reports a conference committee reached a compromise on the soil bank program for 1958 funds. The accord earmarks about 500 million for acreage reserve and 325 million for conservation payments, with a $3000 cap per farmer, amid unsettled House support after July. The total near Senate level and between prior House and Senate figures.
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Washington
Senate House
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Sei
Soil Bank
Convict Airman On Two Counts At Lackland AFB
San Antonio report: Airman John S. Williams, 20, Concord North Carolina, convicted by court martial on drunkenness and mistreating two basic trainees at Lackland Air Force Base. Sentenced to three months hard labor, $150 fine, and reduction two ranks to airman basic. Victims Basic Airman Jerry Probst and Louis Downs testified the June 1 assaults left them scared rather than seriously hurt.
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San Antonio
Tex
Airman 2.C
John S. Williams
Concord
N. C
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Williams
Lackland
Jerry L. Probst
Terrill
Iowa
Louis P. Downs
Milton
N. H
Eisenhower opposes $546 pay raise for postal workers
President Eisenhower said the proposed annual $546 raise for 500,000 postal workers would spark inflation and a "sweep of inflation." The House Post Office Committee approved the increase, discussed at a White House breakfast with Rep. Taber and 38 Republican members. Nixon noted talks covered education aid, national gas bill, and civil rights.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Post Office Committee
Rep
Taber
White House
Nixon
Cockroach Research: Radioactive Carbon Traces Life Chemistry
At UCLA scientists use radioactive carbon to map life pathways in cockroaches to compare insect and human chemistry. Findings suggest similarities in nucleic acid synthesis, offering insights into heredity and potential new insecticides. The approach may help understand insect resistance to DDT and guide safer pest control.
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Los Angeles
Anne Anderson
Max Dunn
University of California At
New Members Named To Banking Board
TOPEKA The states new one per cent severance tax on oil and gas becomes effective July 1. State Revenue Director John Kirchner said collections are ready to start and leaders estimate about 4.2 million dollars annually. Kirchner expects oil receipts near 10000 dollars daily and gas about 2000 daily.
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Topeka
John FF. Lorchner
Kirchner
Head-On Crash Tests Seat Belts
An Los Angeles UC crash test on Terminal Island used 1956 Nash and Pontiac sedans at 50 mph to study seat belts. Nos. belts with 16 000 pounds of pressure withstood the impact but floor pans failed, showing no survivable device at this speed and noting wearer discomfort would hinder adoption.
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Los Angeles
Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
The
University of California
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Nash
Pontiac
Derwyn M. Severy
Severy
Disturbance at McAlester Drive-In Ends Fearful Exit
McAlester police Lt. Elmer Durant investigated a disturbance at a local drive-in theater when a stranger grabbed the public address microphone and cried out I’ve caught on two together. Several darkened cars sped away in alarm.
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Mcalester
Okla
MccAlester
Elmer Durant
Traffic Deaths Down Slightly in May Chicago area
The National Safety Council reports a 2 percent drop in May traffic deaths from 1956, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline or no change. May 1957 saw 3,110 highway deaths versus 2,170 in May 1956, with 14,360 deaths in the first five months of 1957, a 3 percent reduction from 1956.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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