Agriculture Key to Pakistan's Problems
Iowa publisher reviews Pakistan's farming crisis highlighting desert and hill terrains, illiteracy, and stubborn farmers. A cross-continental effort with MSU experts and Ford Foundation trains 900 agricExtension workers to boost output. Irrigation, fertilizers, and reforms aim to lift production over 30 years.
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Gray bidding at bridge yields French triumph in 1956 event
In a two-table match between France and the United States, bidding decisions straddle clear and gray areas. Trezel’s team uses canape style, France tops with 150 points after Trezel’s eleven tricks in clubs, while Ghestem and Kuhn clash over overcalling and doubles leading to 750 and 900 point swings for France.
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Gasparilla Pirate Festival Invades Tampa Themed Fair
The piece blends Tampa Bay state fair scenes with a playful pirate festival mood. It notes Gasparilla sailings and a carnival week dominating February crowds, plus local weather quirks, garden tips, and a mock horoscopes segment reflecting the era’s chatter.
Those Who Live by the Sword Abdel Kassem a Bloody Death from The Man He Saved
In Baghdad in early March 1959 crowds rallied and mobs executed supposed collaborators by rope from moving vehicles. Premier Abdel Karim Kassem’s rule saw executions, fear, and clashes with Nasser loyalists, while his ally Mahdawy overseered harsh justice at the People’s Court.
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Kass
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Syria
Egypt
Middle East
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Shaff plan debate stirs Iowa reapportionment implications
In a February editorial the Washington Evening Journal argues against the Shaff plan for legislative reapportionment. It warns the plan would shift power to urban counties, weaken rural influence, threaten balanced representation, and potentially burden small counties financially. The piece urges readers to vote against the plan in December and to organize early action at the polls.
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Letters To The Journal Mention Phi Beta Kappa Members
A reader urges listing Phi Beta Kappa members in Phi Beta Kappa at SUL including Russell Ross of the political science staff and Hi Jones a 1937 SUL graduate and manager of an American Oil refinery in Casper Wyoming The Main Lines notes that downgrading finance seems to vanish as a furniture item while bureaus linger in Washington and state capitals.
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Traveling Libes describe rapid Mexican farming changes
The narrator details a day of travel from Guadalajara to San Luis Potosi noting modernization by Purina with tractors, irrigation, and fertilizer. He observes widespread alfalfa, shifting from hoes to mechanized farming, and praises new highways aiding transport. He contrasts mountain and level land farming and discusses Mexican openness to US attitudes, local capital, and avoiding foreign debt.
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