Farm Economy Slightly Improves in 1961 Amid Policy Shifts
The Agriculture Department forecasts farm operators earned about one billion dollars more in 1961 than 1960, aided by Kennedy programs and higher price supports. Despite gains, overall income remains below late 1940s and 1950s levels, with regional dips from lower poultry beef and potato prices and drought in the northern Great Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Great Plains
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers’ Union
National Grange
Advisory Council submits 17 VALC proposals to Legislature
The 1962 General Assembly will review 17 recommendations from the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council. Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. has received 13, with topics including drunk driving implied consent tests, state insurance shifts, zoning reform, and reforms in labor, records, and health financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Rabbi Serves as Christmas Relief at Sheriff Office
Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman of B Nai Israel volunteered Christmas Day to relieve New Hanover County deputies. He answered telephones logged records and ran the police radio so three deputies could spend the holiday with their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
Samuel A. Friedman
Congregation
B’nai Israel
New Hanover County
Blue Cross urged to curb abuses and educate public
Blue Cross and Blue Shield were urged to clamp down on abuses and Blue Cross was advised to undertake a vigorous public education program to explain fully its program and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
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Peoria
Advisory Council
WALC
Blue Ridge Mountains
State Board of Conservation and Economic Development
Architects and Engineers
Certified Public Accountant
State Department of Agriculture
Robert S. Rakestraw
North Braddock ST
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
S. Cameron and Clifford Sts
Loudoun Sr
Virginia
Dinette Furnitre
S. Loudoun St
Chnitiide
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