Soil testing urged to boost farm production gains
Texas agricultural chemist W F Bennett says laboratory soil tests guide lime and fertilizer use for higher production. Tests boost fertilizer efficiency, improve weed and pest control, and help crops by balancing nutrients and supporting soil biology. County agents and teachers can collect samples for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service Soil Laboratory in College Station.
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W. F. Bennett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Soils Laboratory
Texas
Pastor's Bet Tip Goes Wrong in Nottingham Steeplechase
The Rev Anthony Reynolds advised parishioners in the monthly church magazine to back a horse named Reynolds in the Nottingham Steeplechase hoping for a big church collection. The horse finished sixth out of sixteen after a career of 2 wins in 77 starts, dimming the anticipated windfall. Distemper and influenza note appears as a stray aside.
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London
Anthony Reynolds
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Reynolds
Nottingham
Texas voters reject high paid legislature proposal
The Texas electorate voted down a plan to raise legislators to 7500 dollars annually with an unlimited expense account. Opposition centered on limits during odd and even year sessions and full-time staffing. The News-Herald urged broader reforms and warned lawmakers to heed public sentiment ahead of 1960.
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Italy
News-Herald
Texas
The
Dallas Attoney
Attoney
Bedside shotgun accident ends Christmas gift dilemma
In Salina Kansas George McDowell cleaned his shotgun while deciding between dining room or bedroom furniture for Christmas. The firearm discharged causing a fatal bed injury. The incident occurred in their home and left a gaping hole in the bed, shaping the couple’s gift decision.
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Salina
Kan
George McDowell
McDowell
Postal Workers Only Federals To Work Christmas
Christmas will be a holiday for most federal workers but not for postal staff. Eisenhower ordered a long holiday weekend with Dec 26 off for government workers, while the Post Office operates full blast on Christmas Day and the days after to handle the gift rush. Assistant Postmaster L Roche Walter said regular postal workers will receive compensating time off afterward.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
L. Roche Walter
Christmas for their holiday chore
Extra workers hired to help out will receive pay.
How to Halt Rail Strike Drafts Rail Workers Into Army
Buenos Aires reports the government drafted all railway workers to the Army to avert a national rail strike. The emergency decree allows court martial for any worker who refuses to work, portraying a drastic move to secure rail service.
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Buenos Aires
Champlin Oil and Dawson Butane Co Ad In Whitewright
Local ad listing Champlin Oil offering LPG carburetion tank rentals and sales and Dawson Butane Co providing water heaters Jetstream glass lined for natural or butane gas. Johnson Jewelry and Appliance featured in the same notice. Phone contact FO 4 2969.
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Dawson Butane Co
Whitewright
Texas
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
New Car Crash Liability Plan Proposed by Rep Gladden
Fort Worth. State Rep Don Gladden proposed a bill to require a $15 license plate deposit from drivers without liability insurance. The state would fund insurers to pay up to 5000 to victims of wrecks involving uninsured motorists, deterring uninsured driving and aiding injured motorists.
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Fort Worth
Don Gladden
Gladden
Yarborough Proposes Tax Cuts and Social Reforms in Dallas
In a Dallas victory dinner, Senator Yarborough urged Texas to address "states' wrongs" alongside rights. He called for cutting individual income taxes, farm program redesign, extending unemployment benefits, and expanding housing programs, criticizing mistreatment of the needy and illiteracy among Texans.
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Dallas
Yarborough
Dallas County
Democrats
Texas
Rockefeller finds lucky penny and shares one with photographer
In Washington Rockefeller, fresh from a private talk with Vice President Nixon, spotted a penny on the Capitol floor. He picked up one penny, learned there were two, and gave the second to a photographer while pocketing the first.
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Eloct
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Capitol
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