Farm efficiency on a treadmill toward true progress
A reflection on agricultural productivity cites Secretary Benson and Iowa farmer Robert Buck. It argues productivity gains stem from sustained, meaningful shifts rather than constant new inputs, noting rapid postwar gains and the risk of chasing endless tweaks. Buck warns farmers chase speed on a treadmill, gaining little without structural reform.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
United States
National Farm Institute
Deg’ Maines
Iowa
Robert K. Buck
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Buck
Three Mideast Anti Red Kings to Hold Talks in Iraq
Reports mount that King Hussein of Jordan King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Faisal of Iraq may meet this week in Baghdad or Habbaniya for their first joint talks since Jordan's 21 year purge of leftist forces. The discussions would focus on long term economic and political questions amid shifting Arab alliances.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Hussein
Jordan
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Habbaniyah
Amman
Wussein
Egypt
Nuri
Iran
Soviet Union
Saad
Syria
Cairo
Damascus
Tran
Turkey
Pakistan
Britain
Hhe
al Abdon
Finance Groups Probe Two Haystacks for One Needle
The article reports two parallel congressional probes into U.S. finance policy. The Byrd Senate Finance Committee and the Mills joint Senate House subcommittee will study monetary, fiscal, and debt matters, testing government policy against economic outcomes. No firm new legislation expected, but the inquiries may shape fiscal policy principles for agencies.
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Peter Ensan
NEA
Washington Correspondent
PY Ashington
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
U.S
Hie
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd Committee
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Byrd
Mills Committee
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Maue
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Represéntative Mills
Palman
Humphrey
Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Success demands long hours and steady drive says HAL BOYLE
Boyle quotes John Benkn a 39 year old bachelor who built a 20 million dollar yearly business through 12 hour days and relentless work ethic. He argues a mediocre talent can beat a brighter rival with more effort, stressing discipline, practical math of time, and the joy of creative achievement over big payoffs. Benkn, a Romani immigrant's son who rose from selling papers to stockholder, says understanding in a wife matters and many fear the hammer of success.
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Hal Boyle
New York
John Benkn
Benita
Hal
Brenthr
Stockhav
Alliance Manufac
Pernacturing Co
Iary
Consolidated ‘Electronics Corp
Alliance
Ohio
American Schools and Colleges Assn
Holralio Alger
Horoscope for ESTRELLITA Tomorrow’s lucky strokes for ventures
The piece notes stimulating planetary aspects favoring finishing old matters and starting new ventures requiring daring. For those with tomorrow as a birthday, a bright outlook on money and affairs late this month is promised, while 1957’s balance urges tempered ambitions and continued effort through upcoming months.
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Jair
Kink
Tranquilizers Said To Calm Nervous Dogs
Norfolk dogs and postmen face a barking problem as Dr Harald Burstein advises tranquilizer pills to ease nervousness and prevent aggression. The Norfolk veterinarian suggests that music and medicine can temper savagery while owners are away or facing bothersome dogs.
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Norfolk
Harald Burstein
Burstein
Just Folks By Edgar A Guest
A reflective poem about the speaker's lack of sales skill and discomfort with selling raffle tickets. The narrator contrasts his own hesitancy with admiration for persuasive sellers. The piece also briefly references world affairs as a separate, abrupt insertion.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
How to Keep Well by Dr Van Dellen
A compact health column answers reader questions on measles, arteriosclerosis, and safe multi medicine use. It explains measles types, fever patterns, and rash spread while noting the Eskimo diet study and spinal fusion facts. The Spokane note adds a light legislative homecoming sign.
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T. R. van Dellen
M. D
R. W
Psychiatrists and doctors urged to team up in mental health effort
In Chicago, Dr. Francis J. Braceland, president of the American Psychiatric Association, urged psychiatrists and regular doctors to combine knowledge and techniques to fight mental illness. He warned against overreliance on tranquilizers and chemical agents and called for psychiatry to remain a medical discipline within medicine.
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Chicagola
Francis J. Braceland
The
American Psychiatric Assn
Sig
Freud
Association
Disbanded church to sell property. war tax on dogs urged
Jottings from yesteryears recalls St Matthew's German Lutheran Church Antietam and Locust Streets disbanding and planning a public sale of the property. An anonymous editor urged an $8 dog tax to finance the war and proposed a line car to support hens. A bakery worker, George Ridgely, was accidentally shot in the leg at Roessner Bakery during a yard target shoot. Striking Western Maryland Railway workers sought financial help from unions. The proceeds of the sale were expected to benefit benevolent institutions and the former pastor Rev G C Ie.
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St Matthew's German Lutheran Church
Antietam
Locust Streets
G. C. Ie
George Ridgely
Roessner
Walter Bloom
Texas League Pitcher Roots Poffenberger Highlighted
Twenty years ago Roots Poffenberger was a leading Texas League pitcher with four wins and no losses. A National Antietam Commemorative event sought a prize for the best dramatic spectacle title to be shown at the Fairgrounds. Students offered historic items for display, including a 1615 wedding dress, a gold handled sword, and an 1827 dictionary, while costs for licenses rose to 2 shillings 3 pence per program.
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Roots Poffenberger
Williamsport
Ward
Pagentry
National
Antietam
Custer
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