War With Bugs To Be Costly Regardless Of Whose Winner
The war on bugs adds new weapons including the atom and gamma rays as insecticides. Insects cause about four billion dollars in yearly damage, while farmers spend roughly 350 million on killers and chemical firms invest around 1 percent of a million dollars to develop new pesticides. Grasshoppers rose after last summer's drought, and DDVP is tested against resistant insects. A seed coating aims to protect cotton plants, and plant system chemicals move through crops to reach pests.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
National Agricultural Chemical Assn
Jeven
Congress
Agriculture Department
Texas
Traffic Deaths Prompt Calls for Safer Highways
A 1956 warning from the National Safety Council notes a record pace of traffic fatalities as March surpasses the 1937 high. The piece urges honest discussion with drivers and officials about roadway adequacy, vehicle speeds, tire safety, brakes, and the need for national road construction and safer driving to protect others on the road.
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National Safety Council
United States
Congress
Police Department
Richard and Mrs Churchill Return From World Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Churchill left Berea Kentucky after a State Department Point Four assignment. They spent two years in Ecuador and traveled through Guatemala and Mexico before visiting family in Washington. They will depart May 15 for Kabul Afghanistan to teach weaving and assist handicrafts programs.
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Charles Churchill
Richard Curtis
Berea
State Department
Mrs. Churchill
Equador
Guatemala
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Kabul
Afghanistan
Churchill
Five Day Michigan Weather Forecast Details Temperatures
Michigan forecasts show temperatures 4 to 8 degrees below normal with cool days and minor changes. Normal highs range from 55 to 60 in the north and 60 to 65 in the south, with lows 35 to 38 north and 38 to 42 south. Precipitation expected about 0.10 to 0.30 inches, with showers Thursday and again Saturday night or Sunday. Lake Erie and Ontario region highs 60 to 65 north, 68 to 72 south, and lows 40 to 45 north, 45 to 47 south.
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Michigan
Lake Erie
Ontario
Chevrolets Offer Two-Ten And One-Fifty Performance
Chevrolet promotes affordable cars with up to 225 hp across twenty models including four hard tops two Two-Tens, six station wagons three Two-Tens and one One-Fifty. Ad touts NASCAR Daytona Beach success and top handling features to attract buyers.
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Chevrolet
Bel Airs
Pikes Peak
Daytona Beach
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Bugs
Delore
Oxford
Sheepskin
TRE Saline Observer
G. E. Reynolds
Delwood
Ann Arbor
America
A & M Chevrolet Company
Michigan Ave
Fisher
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