Wheat Acreage Reserve Opens to Old Wheat Growers
College Station reports that any producer with a regular wheat allotment may join the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve for the 1957 winter wheat crop. New farms with an allotment are ineligible. Sign agreements by September 21 to place 1957 crop wheat acreage under reserve with payments based on farm yields and limited by allotment.
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College Station
Soil Bank
Robert Shramner
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Shrauner
Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Lotment Notice
Fragmentary OCR mentions a Soil Bank Acreage Reserve allotment action. Readable terms indicate a formal allocation or designation under the Soil Bank program with possible agency reference and affected lands.
Federal Civilian Payroll Tops $10 Billion for 1956
The federal civilian payroll rose to 10.526 billion dollars in fiscal 1956, while average employment dipped slightly to 2,364,042 from 2,367,290 in 1955. The increase reflects higher salaries, with 1946’s payroll previously the record high at 6.423 billion for employment levels of 3.11 million. Last July saw 2,398,000 employed, the seventh straight monthly rise, 14,233 above June 1956.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Sen. Byrd
Joint Committee On Federal Expenditures
Girl in Dallas Dies of Rabies
Sharon Gay Wolverton seven of Pleasant Grove died Sunday in Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dallas County reports confirm rabies as the cause, marking a third rabies death this year.
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Dallas
Sharon Gay Wolverton
Pleasant Grove
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas County
Austin
Sharon
Kefauver Nominated Rumor Tied to Beer Boost
Washington report cites a Radio Peiping broadcast claiming three barrels of ice cold beer influenced Democratic vice presidential hopeful Estes Kefauver. The Chinese Communist source says beer-fueled delegates chanted for Kefauver during hot weather, though origin of Peiping’s intelligence remains unknown.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
United States
Peiping
Gates files for divorce over morning wake up dispute
Lawrence E. Gates 44 files for divorce from Nina 39 in Benton Harbor Michigan saying she dumped cold water on him in bed and then showered him with hot coffee. The item also notes a separate observation about ancient Egyptians shaving beards and heads and mocking long-haired Greeks.
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Benton Harbor, Mich
Lawrence E. Gates
Nina
State Highway Patrol Seeks New Recruits for Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety invites applications for highway patrol positions through Oct 15. Examinations will be held statewide in late October with top scorers entering recruit training next January. Salaries start at 315 dollars monthly plus state retirement, leave and Social Security benefits. Requirements include 21 to 35 years old, 5 ft 8 in minimum, high school education, U.S. citizenship and Texas residency.
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Austin
Texas Highway
Department of Public Safety
Department
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
State
Highway Patrol
United States
Texas
Science prodigy starts early on Harrison Simmons farm
Orange Virginia report on 13 year old Harrison Simmons praised as a science prodigy. He disassembled a high chair screws and uses tractors, fixes electrical devices and even experiments with a motor between bicycles to build the Simmons cycle mobile. His goal is radar work in the Air Force and a career in electronics.
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Orange
Harrison Simmons
Simmons
Mariners Museum
Newsport News
Air Force
Personal Property Floater Insurance Rates Move Upward
New York reports higher costs and stricter terms for personal property floater policies. Rates rose about 17 percent nationally effective September 1 after underwriting losses worsened. Many companies now refuse renewals for customers with past claims and become selective on new policy holders. In New York City rates increased 25 percent with new deductibles requiring the policy holder to pay the first 100 dollars on most claims and 80 percent of the difference between insured and actual value, excluding fire and lightning losses. Jewelry, furs, and fine arts coverage remain at higher rates.
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New York
New York City
Benson Seeks 20 Million Acres Idle Next Year
Secretary Ezra T. Benson announced a goal to idle 20 million acres of croplands by the 1957 fiscal year through conversion to grass and trees. The target far exceeds the 1.3 million acres converted last year, with 3.3 million acres converted in 1954 and 1955 per a conservation summary.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Congress Kills Old Ma Barker Phrase For FBI Crimes
Dallas FBI chief W A Murphy notes Congress added another crime to FBI jurisdiction after Ma Barker. The eight crimes now include murder assault burglary attempt rape kidnapping extortion robbery and arson. The phrase Ma Barker served as a mnemonic for the list and will be replaced by a new catch phrase.
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Ma Barker
FBI
Congress
W. A
Bill) Murphy
Dallas
Woman fends wolf with screwdriver in Wisconsin
Barbara Bradshaw of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, earned notoriety after her car struck a wolf and she finished the animal with a screwdriver.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Barbara Bradshaw
Old Saloon License Paid Teachers in Jennings
In Jennings Oklahoma a school board recalls a 1900s practice where a saloon keeper was assessed a $1,000 license fee and the proceeds funded two schoolteachers. The anecdote is cited as a model for solving modern funding gaps.
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Jennings
Okla
Chevrolet posts record auto sales for seven months
Chevrolet division of General Motors reports 946 837 new car registrations for the first seven months, surpassing the prior high of 905 912 and outpacing Ford by 155 152. Truck registrations reached 178 995, 20 948 more than the second make.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General Motors
Ford
Matrimony quoted as lady governor reply
A witty classroom exchange has a student reply that the state of matrimony is the lady governor, delivered in a quick retort to a teacher asking about female leadership. The joke hinges on wordplay linking matrimony to state governance.
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Little Johnny
The Other Fellow and I in Traffic Fear
A brief verse depicts two drivers in a tense road scene. The speaker, the Other Fellow, and a wary passenger share nerves as traffic roars by, each aware of the other's fear and guarding with strained focus.
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H. H. Taylor
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