Dry Area Gets U.S. Aid Plan Across 10 States
A new $150 million drought relief program targets the Great Plains states over ten years to give farmers reserves mobility and flexibility. It aims to reduce losses in drought years by supporting adaptive practices such as longer term conservation, grass conversion, and cattle herd establishment as part of a government approved plan.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Nana
Great Plains
U.S
Carl Kranezal
Montana State University
Colorado
Networks to Cut Video Violence in NBC Fall Plans
NBCTV orders sponsors and producers to shorten violence in new fall programming. The move follows FBI chief Hoover’s critique of films and TV as drivers of juvenile crime, with NBC tightening review of regular shows led by Westerns under continuity manager Robert Wood.
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Hollywood
Nbc-Tv
Madison Avenue
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
U.S
Hoover
Samuel G. Engel
Screen Producers Guild
NBC
Robert Wood
Nations Pact on Narcotics Cuts Dope Making in Half
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs has driven global progress against drugs, cutting production by nearly half and creating a worldwide import export certificate system. Opium use is waning and heroin is driven underground, but Red China and Middle East routes pose ongoing challenges to global efforts.
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Washington
Nana
United Nations Commission On Narcotic Drugs
Geneva
U. N
Dragon Nikolic
Red China
Middle East
France
Italy
le Havre
Genoa
United States
Canada
Congress
Girls Marry Nuts In Brooding Nepal
New York report describes a Nepalese ceremony in Katmandu where a young girl is married to a nut before a man. Observed by Dr. Nilsons S. Knaggs during an expedition, the ritual ensures she cannot become a widow and features river casting of the nut and offerings along the banks of the valley.
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New York
Nana
Nepal
Katmandu
Explorers’ Journal
Explorers’ Club of
Nilsons S. Knaggs
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
Dr. Knaggs
United Nations Grants New Nationality Rights to Married Women
The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women on January 23 1957, promising that marriage or a husband’s change of nationality will not automatically alter a wife’s nationality. The rule establishes favored naturalization procedures for alien wives and marks a shift from statutes that left married women stateless in many nations.
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United Nations
U. S
United States
League of Nations
U. N. Commission On
General Assembly
Ontario wolves under study in Algonquin Park survey
Ontario government conducts a large scale survey of wolf habits using helicopters forest rangers and Indian trackers across its 400 000 square miles including Algonquin Park. The study aims to shed light on the animal’s reputation as a menace and gathers detailed lupine behavior data.
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Toronto
Nana
Ontario
Canada
Algonquin Park
Hawick Declares Itself Nation For One June Week
Hawick Scotland with 17 000 residents proclaims independence for a single June week. The town adopts the national name Teri and a new calendar while a coronet and a two man cabinet lead a reenactment of Flodden Field with 50 to 60 riders and 100 foot or horsemen marking the borders.
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Hawick
Scotland
United Kingdom
England
Wales
Northern Ireland
Flodden
Flodden Field
Letteritis In Headlines Hits Nation's Business
A Greenville column mocks alphabet soup in agencies and trade groups, noting cost of living indexes and withholding taxes while listing exaggerated headlines. It parodies labels like NRA WPA BLS and Boy's Apparel associations as readers glimpse a satire of modern bureaucratic language.
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Greenville, C
Nana
FDR
NRA
WPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
DL Department of Labor
Mrs Shure wins 4250 in Herald American Moneyword puzzle
Mrs Mollie Shure of 109 Fordham Rd wins 4250 after submitting perfect answers in the Herald American Moneyword puzzle. Her opposite entry claimed the top prize in week 16 while her husband Emanuel and daughter Mrs Albert Friedman teased her about prior entries. Her victory comes as her family plans a quiet week off work after the unexpected windfall.
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Mollie Shure
Fordham Rd
Syracuse Herald-American
Herald-American
R. Ford Pray
Kensington Pl
Shure
Emanuel
Abe Cooper-Syracuse, Inc
W. Hiawatha Blvd
Albert Friedman
Audubon Pkwy
Herald- American
Rugby
Mountainview Ave
Weather Forecasts Redrawn For Jet Age
The U S Weather Bureau plans a 1963 start for a revised weather service adapting to faster higher flying planes. Civil and military aviation will gain, with jet age forecasts expanding to 40 000 foot cruising levels. The shift will change observation and prediction methods nationwide.
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Washington
Nana
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
White Hunters Drive Rhinos Toward Extinction in Congo
In Leopoldville, AP reports the white hunter pursuit of trophies and witchdoctor demand pushing the white rhinoceros toward extinction with only about 1,800 left in Africa. The British East Africa Fauna Conference urges reserves and strict poaching limits, noting horns fetch high prices and smuggling to the Far East continues. Researchers explain the name White Rhino derives from a misnaming of a slate colored animal once called wijde Mond by Boers.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
British East Africa Fauna Conference
Indian Ocean
Far East
South Africa
Red Cross Reorients Programs for the Aged
The American Red Cross shifts emphasis to elderly aid with nursing home training in Florida and home care courses in Denver. Volunteers aged 18 to all ages are encouraged to serve, with Miss Helen N. Still noting the goal is to give seniors a chance to use their skills and experience in helping others.
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NANA
American Red Cross
Florida
Red Cross
State Board of Health
Denver
The
Visiting Nurses Association
Detroit
Helen N. Still
Office of Volunteers
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