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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1956
Page
4
Secretary Benson states there is no conscious effort to favor Midwest corn growers over Southern cotton producers in soil bank benefits. He asserts the program was implemented fairly and will be tested in 1957, with payments based on returns farmers would net from each crop. Average per acre rates cited: cotton 24 dollars, corn 33, peanuts 14, rice 50, wheat 8.
A summary notes that 261 million dollars have been paid in the first year to 12.3 million acres, with most of the 550,000 participating farmers unlikely to receive funds before the November election, according to a speaker.
In Dallas a liquor violation trial saw two prospective jurors excused after they refused to apply the law. One said religion prevented punishing a crime, another declared a disbelief in the law. The panel ultimately comprised all women.
Forest rangers and volunteers fought a spreading blaze in San Juan National Forest, ripping through more than 420 acres. Winds breached a fire line as crews, with shovels and axes, tried to prevent further spread in rugged terrain likely sparked by lightning 28 miles northeast of Durango, Colo.
Sapulpa Ministerial Alliance organizers a drought prayer session on the courthouse lawn at 7 p.m. each Tuesday until rain falls. The city endures strict water rationing as residents are urged to attend church next Sunday.
The Agriculture Department expects total farm output this year to roughly match 1955 levels with a slight fall in crops but gains in livestock and livestock products. Corn and wheat should rise about 3 percent, soybeans almost 25 percent, while cotton is seen 11 percent lower. Oats and other feeds may fall, exports stay above last year, and prices for fed cattle hogs and sheep are expected to shift modestly.
In Jackson Michigan inmates in Southern Michigan Prison vote against a guard TV system described by the inmate newspaper The Spectator as a horrible thought. The device is a closed television circuit enabling guards to view inmate areas via a push button.
C. L. Gray, 64, retired general manager of the Santa Fe Railway coast line and former eastern lines general manager at Topeka, died yesterday in Los Angeles. Gray left Topeka in 1949 to take the post here and retired last year. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, a brother, and a sister.
Members of the Associated Master Barbers of Kansas voted yesterday for a hike in state barber board fees from five to ten dollars a year to support higher health and sanitation standards. Alex Waterson of Wichita was elected president, with Art Burdoff Emporia first vice president and several other officers named.
Three year old Tommy Hartnett was trapped nine feet underground in a 12 inch well casing in Bakersfield. Firefighters and volunteers labored for two hours to free him as a crowd of about two thousand watched. A root in the casing prevented a deeper fall and Tommy was pulled free unharmed by Deputy Fire Chief C P Linnell.
Melvin D. Schmidt of Canton Kansas, age 19, placed third and won 50 dollars in the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union second annual Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest held last night. First prize went to Jerry L. Mash of Oklahoma City for a 250 dollar award. Seven states entered.
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