Cotton Acreage Allotments Set for 1957 Referendum
The USDA set total U S upland cotton acreage at 17 585 463 with Texas allotted 7 547 503 acres including 10 974 for the national reserve The December 11 referendum will decide marketing quotas for the 1957 crop with two thirds approval needed for quotas to take effect Individual farm allotments will be mailed prior to the referendum The 1957 quotas include 11 014 493 bales upland and 76 565 bales for extra long staple with a national acreage reserve of 100 000 acres
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Classified notice calls readers to report life events
In Grand Rapids Michigan a line from the Michigan Business Women's Bulletin asks readers to inform them if they’ve married moved or died. The item contrasts American road building with Santo Domingo bridges and Egypt's wall paintings.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Michigan Business Women's Bulletin
Rebuilding Job Shapes GOP Strategy After Ike Victory
In the wake of Eisenhower's landslide win Republicans face a major four year task to persuade voters they are not the party of big business. Democrats gain Congress signaling a stronger party. the White House must manage a narrow, subtle conflict with a moderate-leaning House and Senate while building a grass roots Eisenhower era coalition.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
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Senate
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Democratic Congress
Texas Goes to Ike by 200 000 as Eisenhower wins Texas again
Ike expands Texas lead with 55.50 percent of votes from 254 counties. Stevenson trails at 775,881 with Andrews at 10,907. Bruce Alger wins Dallas seat. Democrats retain most state offices and other 20 congressional seats. Eight constitutional amendments approved.
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Texas
White House
Eisenhower
Sam Houston
Herbert Hoover
Texas Election Bureau
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Burglar congratulates arresting officers in New Jersey
In Trenton Joseph M. Edwards a 36 year old burglar told two policemen the congratulations are due as he admits he has been stealing for 27 years and this is the first time he has been caught. The Seaboard Air Line in eastern North Carolina features the longest straight railroad at 78.86 miles.
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Trenton
N. J
Joseph M. Edwards
United States
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
Special insurance and tractor tire sale notice
SEE ME for Life Insurance and Hospitalization Insurance. SPECIAL SALE on farm tractor tires. Buy now and pay this fall. Unconditionally guaranteed two years against all farm hazards. Stan's Auto Supply.
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Stan
New Zealand Faces Rural Bachelor Surplus of 12,000
Wellington reports a 12 000 bachelor surplus in rural New Zealand due to 5 percent more male births and male heavy migration. Deputy statistician W Baker warns overseas single women must relocate to find husbands while cities show a spinster surplus amid population shifts.
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Wellington
New Zealand
W. Baker
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