Farming Prices Steadied in 1962 Supports
Washington UPI reports Secretary Orville Freeman keeps price supports steady for 1962 to curb farm program costs. Cotton 31.88 cents per lb, rice 4.71 per cwt, peanuts 221 per ton, dry beans 6.32 per cwt, honey 11.2 cents per lb. Wheat at 2.00 per bushel. oilseeds and feed grains to follow. National Farmers Union leader Patton backs hold line.
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Washington
UPI
Freeman
Emergy
Department
James G. Patton
The
National Farmers Union
Patton
Priest Book Outlines Blind Person Problems
A devout priest, Rev Thomas J. Carroll, assesses the mental and daily living challenges faced by the blind in his book Blindness. He describes loss of independence, career disruption, and the emotional impact, and notes rehabilitation approaches at St Paul’s Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Boston.
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Little, Brown
Thomas J. Carroll
Father Carroll
Amar
St. Paul’s
Dakota Rancher Drives 1800 Cattle Through Blizzard to Sale
Don Hight led 1800 cattle from a two mile long draft to Winner South Dakota for an auction expected to fetch about 360000 dollars. The herd comprised 1100 Hereford cows and 700 steers moved over five days in two blizzards. Hight used eight cow ponies 16 horses and his 10 year old son to guide the trek aided by planes trucks and a Cadillac with daily meals in town venues. The sale outcomes depended on buyers with possible beef slaughter or breeding uses for cows and fattening for steers.
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S.D
UPI
Don Hight
Frederic Remington
Texas
Virginia
Winner Livestock Auction Co
Hight
South Dakota
Danny
Standard for accessible public buildings released
The National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped directed a standard for making public facilities accessible. The American Standards Association approved the plan, detailing accessible pay phones, lowered elevator controls, audible signals, and accessible toilets, parking, and entryways.
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New York
UPI
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
American Standards Association
Runoff outlook improves for Salt Verde and Gila rivers
Salt River Project runoff prospects look fairly good with January through June Salt River forecast at 470000 acre-feet and Verde River at 225000 acre-feet. Gila River at Solomon expects 320000 acre-feet, 154 percent of average, with December precipitation readings across Upper Salt and Gila drainage plots. Storage at San Carlos Project reported 74500 acre feet by Marvin D. Young.
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Phoenix
Weather Bureau
McNary
Aline
Springerville
White River
Gila
Clifton
San Francisco-Gila
San Carlos Project
Marvin D. Young
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Tucson
Stone Avenue
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