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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1953
Page
13
An improvised Maine lobster party turns chaotic as a couple argues over killing live lobsters. The husband struggles to drop them into boiling water while the wife refuses, suggesting a humane alternative. The scene ends with discarded crustaceans sent to the pond and three goldfish eaten.
The futures market remains quiet as traders await the August 10 government crop report. Old July expires on the 15th, with highs and lows for Oct to May around 34 dollars. crop conditions vary widely across states due to drought, storms, and weevil pressure, while California shows improvement. Western senators back Farm Bureau plans for a national minimum of 21.5 million acres and 72.5 percent of 1952 acreage in the West, affecting 1954 California totals.
Exhibitors of purebred livestock in the open division compete for 6200 individual cash awards totaling 71312 at the California State Fair in Sacramento from September 3 to 13. The 1953 theme is Californias Magic with class awards including beef cattle 12565, dual purpose cattle 4186, dairy cattle 27390, milk goats 3560, sheep breeding stock 6720, fat sheep 792, wool show 240, swine 12894, fat swine pens feeders and sow production liters 3165. Individual awards range from 1 to 55.
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