Peace Corps trainee shares vivid Albuquerque notes
Prudence Soukeras, a former Sidney High School teacher, describes Peace Corps training in Albuquerque. She details class schedules, language immersion, field trips to community sites, group dynamics, and housing. She notes 96 trainees, selection pressures, and plans to Colombia with a mixed American Colombian team, plus daily routines, climate, and social life.
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Farm Future To Be Studied In Wheat Referendum
Nebraska and national wheat farmers will vote August 30 on adopting marketing quotas for the 1963 crop. The referendum, urged by Secretary Freeman, could set a 55 million acre national allotment and a minimum $1.82 per bushel price support if quotas pass. else support would be at least $1.21 for cooperators with no aid for non cooperators. Eligible voters are commercial wheat growers with more than 15 acres in 1963.
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Machinery Readied For Wheat Referendum Conference
Farmers educators and civic leaders are invited to propose rural redevelopment measures at regional meetings. More than 1,000 are expected at the October 8-9 Hilton Hotel conference with Secretary Freeman as chair and John A. Baker as temporary chair.
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Growing Weather Crops Gain Time In Heat Wave
Hot dry weather across the Great Plains boosts crop progress in Nebraska with mid 90s temperatures and some 100s. Corn tasseling is about 97 percent in Nebraska, soybeans thriving, grain sorghum ahead in the east, irrigation running, alfalfa cuts progressing, and cattle condition at 92 percent as of August 1 amid hail and floods impacting acreage.
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Mill Levy For Courthouse Is Very Doubtful
County officials warn the 1962-63 courthouse levy faces doubt as final figures are delayed by uneven district boundaries. County Clerk L I Pindell aims to finish by Aug 21 after Tuesday board meeting to discuss expansion with Omaha architectural representatives. A Lions Club request for a half mill hike is now viewed skeptically due to a poor crop year and limited cash on hand.
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Coach Charlie Metro wears NL high number for Cubs
Coach Charlie Metro of the Chicago Cubs sports the National League’s highest uniform number, No 63, highlighting a notable personal choice amid team branding and league traditions.
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