Grasshoppers Threaten Crops Across Four Southwestern States
Billions of grasshoppers swarm through Kansas Texas Oklahoma and Colorado threatening millions in crop damage. Kansas Governor Docking asked for emergency disaster designation as erosion of pasture and wheat growth looms. Experts warn hoppers could become very serious by harvest while spraying offers current control.
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Kansas
George Docking
Ezra Taft Benson
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Ellsworth Sherman
Garden City
Kan
California Democrats Hope for Clean Sweep in November
As California's primary tallies grow, Democrats push for gains across governorship, state legislature, and Congress. Edmund Brown leads Knowland in the gubernatorial race with Brown outperforming on Democratic lines. Highlights include strong Democratic margins, party-switch effects, and several key nominations pending in attorney general and U S Senate races.
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San Francisco
U. S
William F. Knowland
Washington
Brown
Knowland
California
GOP
Edward
Shattuck
Pat Hillings
Arcadia
Stanley Mosk
Los Angeles
Congress
Rep
Clair Engle
Red Bluff
Gov
Goodwin J. Knight
George Christopher
Utican completes 800 mile hike delivering mayor letter
Max L Cowan of Utica New York hiked from Chicago to Utica covering about 800 miles averaging 42 miles daily. He delivered a letter from Chicago Mayor Richard J Daley inviting Utica Mayor Robert F Wagner to attend the Pan American Games in August 1959. Cowan is a 45 year old stockbroker and weighed 155 pounds after the trek.
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New York
Max L. Cowan
Cowan
Chicago
Utica
N. Y
Richard J. Daley
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Mohawk Valley Investing Co
Woman seeks Vermont information forwarded to state
A Jamaica New York woman asking about Vermont sent her inquiry to the Vermont state development commission via the New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. The Vermont office forwarded the request to Vermont authorities for handling.
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Jamaica
N. Y
Vermont
State Development Commission
New Hampshire
London Prime Minister Presses for Early U S Summit
Moscow Radio urged Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to press President Eisenhower for an early summit during his U S trip. Macmillan seeks thorough prep, while discussing France NATO and financial issues amid a tense East West context.
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London
UPI
Mongow
Harold Macmillan
United States
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Moscow Radio
Mr. Macmillan
Moscow
Yakov Viktorov
Least
West
France
NATO
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