Eisenhower plan urges 1955 farm program changes
President Eisenhower proposes a comprehensive farm program to Congress aiming to keep agricultural income high. It calls for adopting 1948–49 farm acts for 1955 crops, creating a $2.5 billion reserve stockpile, and raising CCC borrowing authority to $8.5 billion to sustain price supports at 75–90 percent parity. It also shifts to flexible supports, preserves existing support for major commodities, and outlines new wool payments and study on small farms. international trade missions and a world farm conference are planned to expand agricultural exports.
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Local Social Roundup Notices From Pocatello to Ogden
Social items list visits and guests across Idaho Utah and California. Mr and Mrs Albert Jensen in Pocatello dine with Leo Frew. Mrs Virgin Hansen travels to Lincoln Acres California to visit relatives. The Preston high school opera features two sophomore leads Darrell Jepsen and Hyrum Jepsen in The Fortune Teller.
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Albert Jensen
Pocatello
Leo Frew
Virgin Hansen
Lincoln Acres
Calif
Adra Keller
Vernon Westerberg
Judy
Ogden
Lorin McGregor
D. W McGregor
Calvin Forsgren
Riverdale
Orlando Rasmussen
Agnés Jepsen
Donald
Christen Hansen
P. L. Carver
W. J. Carver
Preston
Deward Carver
Ernest Jensen
Soda Spring
Glen.Jensen
Agnes Jensen
Wade Wells
Moscow
Boyd Bingham
Logan
Vern Kresie
F Providence
Viggo Jensen
Darrell Jepsen
Elias Jepsen
Hyrum Jepsen
Agnes Jepsen
Preston High School
Georgia Carver
Logan Hospital
Theresa Petersen
Widow advised on social security lump sum rule
Rich ard B. Weibye of the Pocatello social security office warns against relying on friends for benefits. A widow learned that a under 65 without children could receive a lump sum, not monthly checks, with a two year filing limit. He will be at the Preston courthouse February 17 from 2 to 4 p m to answer questions.
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Ice cover of world reaches vast glacier areas
The National Geographic Society estimates about 5.8 million square miles of land area or 10.2 percent is covered by glacier ice. It notes roughly 98 percent of this ice lies in Antarctica and Greenland.
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