Soil Bank Faces Senate Vote for Another Trial Year
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18 to 2 to fund 500 million for the acreage reserve and 350 million for the conservation reserve next year. Despite receipts under request, the committee supports another year to test the soil bank. The House previously moved to end the acreage reserve at year end.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Sesson Center
Senate Aations Committee
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Polish Aid Deal Signals U S Support to Gomulka Government
The United States and Poland signed a loan of nearly 49 million dollars to the Gomulka government, part of a broader Polish aid package. Congress debates a 95 million dollar program and a separate 46 million loan for surplus U S crops as Poland seeks relief while maintaining ties with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. The move aims to ease Polish tensions and is seen as a sign of American good faith amid Cold War pressures.
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United States
Poland
U.S
Gomulka
Continent Ono
Congress
Soviet Union
Hun
Does This Call For A Cigarette
An AMA and American Cancer Society report shows smoking raises death risk in men aged 50 to 70 across nine states including Illinois. Over four years 11,870 deaths occurred. lung cancer deaths and vascular diseases rose with cigarette use, while quitting cut risk. The Tobacco Industry Research Committee attacked the findings as unwarranted conclusions.
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American Medical Association
American Cancer Society
Illinois
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
The
Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry
Marshall Plan Ten Years Later
Ten years after General Marshall outlined his plan at Harvard, the Marshall Plan spurred European recovery and a modern industrial shift. The article cites its success, calls it a broader principle of Western interdependence, and urges renewed commitment to its core idea for Free World survival.
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C. Marshall
Truman
Harvard University
Marshall
Europe
United States
Exin General Marshall
Harvard
Side Glances: Old Songs and Corn Tassel Emblems
David Felts muses on WWI era song lyrics about cigarettes and nuclear ash fall out. He shifts to a form letter urging the corn tassel as national floral emblem and recalls Corn as a national symbol in poetry and history. He nods to Celia Thaxter and Gov. Richard J. Oglesby.
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Celia Thaxter
Richard J. Oglesby
Radio to TV shifts in Amos and Andy and other famous duos
The article discusses the Amos and Andy duo and compares radio and television portrayals, noting Correll and Gosden, ventriloquists like Edgar Bergen, and the appeal of visual ventriloquism. It touches on literary pairs and presidential descendants with a light, observational tone.
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Kingfish
Amos ’N Andy
Correll Nor
Gosden
Edgar Bergen
Correll
Amos
Andy
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Keats
Shelley
Dorothy Parker
Ogden Nash
Clifton Daniels
Clifton Truman
Daniel Acer Mase
Japanese Economy Shifts as U S Aid Contracts in Japan
The United States reduces overseas aid in Japan while expanding technical training and Public Law 480 loans. Japan finances most programs with both American and Japanese funds and engages in third country training for 12 Southeast Asian nations. A $65.8 million surplus grain loan supports irrigation and power projects as Japan moves toward self reliance.
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Japan
Far East
Tokyo
International Cooperation Administration
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines
Cambodia
Vietnam
Formosa
Korea
Pakistan
Nepal
India
Ceylon
Laos
United States
U.S
Asia
Wife Reports Husband Busy in Conference on TV Show
A wife was misled when she told her husband’s office he was in conference, and she later saw that John Daly hosted a television program with attractive panelists during those conferences.
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John Daly
Engineering Student Faces Diploma Challenge and Career Prospects
A young engineering student struggles with reading the Latin on his diploma yet plans to begin work with a steady starting salary. He weighs options to hire help for translating or understanding the inscription.
Court Orders FBI File Access in Jencks Case Clash
Supreme Court rules government must provide FBI files to defendents in criminal cases, prompting calls in Congress to shield files. Justice Brennan says reports bear on witness credibility. dissent cites risk of public unfettered access to charges and informant names.
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FBI
U.S. Supreme Court
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Hoover
United States
Pl Walter
Pennsylvania
Sen
Eastland
Mississippi
Keating
New York
Clinton E. Jencks
New Mexico
Guil
National Labor Relations Board
Jencks
Fordeya Jencks
Matusow
Ford
Brennan
Clark
Coon Coaty
Deany
America
Reader calls for Crab Orchard protection and policing
John Lannin of Carbondale urges stronger protection at Crab Orchard Lake. He argues safety violations and crimes in the unpoliced area require action by federal state or county authorities to safeguard the facility for thousands of taxpayers and users.
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Southern Illinoisan
Crab Orchard Lake
Wild Life Division
Department of Interior
Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard
16 Inch Gun Gone Like The Spanish Galleon
Navy shifts to an all missile fleet as battleships fade to mothballs. Capt. Lamade cites manpower needs, fuel limits, and cost with 100 million dollar price tags. Missiles and nuclear power drive the change, with plans for dozens of guided missile ships and a Polaris future.
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Pentagon
John D. Lamade
Navy
Boston
U. S
Iowa
Wisconsin
Bikini
Arkansas
Nevada
Pennsylvania
New York
Pearl Habor
Prince of Wales
Pearl Harbor
Mississippi
Tennessee
California
Department
Kentucky
Adm
Thomas S. Combs
Naval Operations
Congress
Mies
Garrison Norton
Exploitation of Puerto Rican Union Members in New York
A New York study shows about 150000 Puerto Rican union workers, many lacking English, face severe exploitation. Labor racketeers and unscrupulous employers pay minimal wages, provide poor conditions, and fire workers at will, aided by corrupt union bosses and secret contracts. The ACTU seeks hearings by Sen. McClellan on labor practices, highlighting black-and-white contracts and milk dates as tools of coercion.
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New York
United States
Association of Catholic Trade Unions
ACTU
Senate
Sen
John L McClellan
D-Ark
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Mand
Missile
Roger Greene
Associated Press
Repulse
Malayan
Wear
Allied
Martin Arundel
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