Ike Proposes Billion Dollar Soil Bank Plan
President Eisenhower on Monday unveiled a one billion dollar soil bank plan to retire about 40 million acres of crop land 12 percent of U S cropland until surpluses shrink and farm prices recover. The program aims to cut production and boost prices with cash and surplus-crop payments to eligible farmers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Ezra T. Benson
Congress On Agriculture
Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Boy Proves Spelling Skills With Long Word
In a Magnolia Bluff School fourth grade spelling challenge in Seattle Washington Johnny tosses antidisestablishmentarian ismically to the class. He uses the word in a sentence saying I can spell antidisestablishmentarianismi cally proving his grasp of the tongue twisting term.
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Seattle
Wash
Magnolia Bluff
Johnny
Curious Auto Owner Sees Crash Happen
Brantford Ontario report says Owen Munro of Paris was driving when he looked down an embankment and witnessed a car wreck 125 feet below. He then saw another vehicle plunge down the same embankment, which turned out to be his own car.
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Brantford
Ont
Owen Munro
Paris
Texas Ranks Second in Farm Crop Value in 1955
The Agriculture Department reported Texas held second place nationwide with farm crop value totaling 1 236 353 000 for 1955, down from 1954’s 1 328 794 000 while California led at 1 638 585 000. The season’s overall crop value reached 4 169 538 000, with corn remaining the top value crop at 1 31 per bushel average.
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Washington
Texas
California
Agriculture Department
America
55 Veterans Loans Record Mark in 1955
The Veterans Administration reported GI home loans totaled a record 7 billion dollars in 1955 with 65 000 veterans buying homes. VA forecasts funding will remain ample in 1956 to sustain high residential construction including GI financed housing.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Mangold Charged After Car Rolls and Theft in Iowa City
Leo Mangold Jr. escaped injury when his car left the road and rolled in a ditch. He hitchhiked to Iowa City and found a rifle a shotgun a tire and a wheel stolen from his car. Police charged him with failure to have his car under control.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Leo Mangold Jr
Mangold
Smaller chickens seen for future
Poultry specialist Edward F. Godfrey says future egg producing hens will weigh less than four pounds, not five to seven pounds. He told a poultry producers meeting that more efficient feed will keep birds smaller and capable of laying 240 eggs annually.
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Grand Rapids
Edward F. Godfrey
Godfrey
Sewer Work Completed in Trenton After Year-Long Project
The Trenton sewer system is finished after a year of construction with Sanders Construction Company of Sherman holding the contract for more than $76 000. The job, originally slated for 120 working days, stretched through 1955 due to extensive rock, with street leveling and filling still to finish.
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Trenton
Sanders Construction Company
Sherman
Building Superintendent Fires Trouser Incident in New Year Burn
New York man William Pastures, 29, a building superintendent, returned from a New Year celebration and left his trousers in an oven by mistake. Firefighters responded soon after. the trousers caught fire, causing a small blaze but no injuries reported.
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New York
William Pastures
Pastures
New Jersey Legislature Sends Seven Women to Notify Governor
The New Jersey State Legislature dispatched seven female members to call on Governor Robert B. Mayner, signaling the assembly is ready for business. The delegation followed the leap year twist in the traditional practice of notifying the governor.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Robert B. Mayner
Crop limits cut $1.5 million from prison income
Texas prison system faces a $1.5 million drop in 1956 income due to federal cotton acreage reductions and lower cotton prices. Chairman French Robertson said new revenue sources must be found, or lawmakers may need to boost the state appropriation. The system has expanded agriculture to offset prior cuts.
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Houston
Robertson
Thief Uses Fishing Lure to Steal Shirts in Chattanooga
A thief using a four-hook fishing plug lowered into a clothing store through a roof hole stole 21 dozen work shirts valued around 400 dollars. Owner Henry Lear said the burglar dropped the lure after pulling shirts into a pile, never entering the building. The report notes Alaska’s midnight sun and July average temperature of 39 degrees.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry Lear
Subscription Rates in Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin Counties two dollars, outside counties eighty two fifty, foreign subscriptions five dollars. The publisher will correct any erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation brought to attention.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
No Sustained Gain Seen For Cattle Hogs
Washington reports the Agriculture Department foresees no sustained uptrend in meat prices in the years ahead. The forecast notes continued high meat animal production and abundant consumer supply, with hog and cattle output blamed for this year's price drops and farm income declines in the Midwest. Hog prices may fall less sharply next fall but still average lower than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Administration
Midwest
Tax Paid Grudgingly by John Doe in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a delinquent taxpayer signing as John Doe mailed 550 to state officials with the remark that he dislikes the tax collection process and hopes for change. The note expresses frustration with red tape and inconvenience. The rest of the passage notes 1954 US population growth and a metaphor about life’s ladder.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Doe
Cub Scout Den 2 Pack 5 Christmas Meeting Summary
Den 2 Pack 5 met December 20 at Mrs. Clint Hennig home with Mrs. J T Holloway assisting. Denner led a Christmas carol and prom while bags were filled and delivered to six elderly or ill people. Gifts exchanged, den mother gifted, refreshments by Mrs. Alexander, meeting closed with the pack law. January 11 in Mrs Holloway home featured living circle, Cub Scout promise, Pirate Waters discussion, treasure hunt, two games, and refreshments by Mr. and Mrs. Lakey for several scouts.
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Clint Hennig
J. T. Holloway
Denner
Alexander
Den
Backwards Dress Stuns New York Fashion Writers
About 150 out of town fashion writers attended a spring dress showing in New York. The designer Paul Barnes pointed out to a model that the dress was worn with the back to the front, creating an embarrassing moment. Separate note mentions rapid evaporation from the Dead Sea forming blue white vapor clouds.
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New York
Paul Barnes
Dead Sea
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