Ike Resigned to Another Battle In Congress on Farm Issues
President Eisenhower faces a third major clash with Congress over farm policy next year. Ezra Taft Benson seeks discretionary price supports to curb surpluses, shifting away from mandatory parity levels. Critics warn lower supports may provoke new production rises and larger government inventories.
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Queen Elizabeth II to Stay at White House Guest House
The White House faces a dilemma over where to lodge Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their October visit. Plans consider renovating Blair-Lee House to create two adjoining suites on the guest house walls, letting the royal couple enjoy separate but adjacent accommodations.
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England
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Pennsylvania Avenue
U.S. A
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Lollypop Farm Brings Grandmotherly Lessons To City Children
In Rochester New York Lollypop Farm the Humane Society teaching children kindness to animals hosts up to 2000 visitors on weekends The farm features diverse animals from ducks and goats to deer and monkeys The program motto Humane with Education guides gentle feeding petting and fear reduction funded by donations joiners and ice cream cone sales with no admission fee.
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Dick Whalen
Rochester
N.Y
Humane Society
Billy the Goat
Mary Ann
Lamb
Gussie
Goose
C. Raymond Naramore
Humane Society of
Monroe County
Humane
Cavern Refit Becomes War Tool Depot in Kansas
A 60 acre cave near Chosin Kansas was repurposed from butter storage to house machine tools for wartime production. The Army Corps of Engineers finished a three year prep project under the Missouri River division. First tools arrived by river barge from undisclosed military sites. The Department of Agriculture used only part of the cave floor for storage.
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Department of Agriculture
Ordnance Department of the Army
Army Corps of Engineers
Misssouri River
Corps of Engineers
Foreign Governments Spend Millions to Buy American Good Will
Foreign agencies spent over 6.8 million dollars in the United States last year to influence travel and trade, with Britain the top contributor at over 2.1 million. The report cites 51 information and tourist offices, 626 staff, and 32 countries represented, noting Soviet efforts via registered agents and English language publications.
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United States
Justice Department
Great Britain
U.S
British Information Services
British Travel Association
British Broadcasting Corp
Herbert Brownell
Congress
Israel Office of Information
Arab Information Center
Soviet Union
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Voks
Peek at Power H Bomb Looks Like and It Is Blue
A reporter recalls seeing an H-bomb in a barbed wire dump near a western air base. The blue powder sphere rested under a crane before being moved by a ground crew. The observer notes it differed from any A or H bomb previously imagined. The piece ends with a tease of continuation on Page 3.
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David C. Cooke
New York
Nana
Air Force
San
Flies and Mosquitoes Cast Votes as Top Insect Pests
In a Department of Agriculture poll across 33 states, flies and mosquitoes were named the most troublesome insects for households and livestock. Ants fleas and chiggers trailed, while roaches termites and moths also drew attention as pests. The secret ballot aimed to identify top pests for home and farm use.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Favoritism sparks revolt in Italian hamlet near Salerno
In Giffoni Valle Piana villagers who elected 15 Communists to the council on May 1 1956 have struck against local officials. Reports say party members receive favored tax assessments and legal help while police protest an order shielding Communists from arrest. The anti-Reds pressure followed initial police actions.
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Giffoni Valle Piana
Italy
Salerno
Christian Democrats
NATO moves toward nuclear buildup faces mixed reviews
BONN North Atlantic Treaty Organization presses a top secret intelligence project to pool member state assessments of Soviet armed potential. The aim is to back a shift to nuclear weapons while retaining some conventional forces. Public opinion splits across West Germany Denmark Norway France and the Netherlands.
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Norway
France
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