Cotton Crop Estimate for 1957 Falls Short of 1956
The Agriculture Department places the 1957 cotton crop at 11,010,000 bales, down 778,000 from the November estimate and below 1956’s 13,310,000 bales. Yields average 390 pounds per acre, with 13,561,000 acres harvested from 14,045,000 in cultivation. Acreage in soil bank and a referendum on marketing quotas for 1958 are noted, along with extra long staple figures and 1957 cottonseed output of 4,527,000 tons.
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Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Murray Withholds Opinion on Oppenheimer Access
Former Atomic Energy Commissioner Thomas E. Murray says he will not advocate for or against renewing Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to government secrets. He seeks to avoid appearing in any position and notes his past opposition to Oppenheimer's loyalties while praising new assessments. Murray, now a consultant to the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, urges decisions on merits amid new circumstances.
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Atomic Energy
Thomas E. Murray
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Murray
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos, N. M
AEC
Mer
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Hopi Navajo road contract awarded for 24 miles
The Interior Department announced a $648,685 contract to Wells-Cargo Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, for the final six miles of a 24 mile road on the Hopi Navajo Indian reservations in Arizona. Fifteen firms bid, part of a long-range plan to improve reservation roads.
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Arizona
Interior Department
Wells- Cargo Inc
Las Vegas
Nev
Keams Canyon
U.S. Highway
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