People, Spots tn The News JOSIF TITO, Yugoslav president, puffs a cigarette while awaiting cue for filmed TV interview. aHM UGHTNING -LIKE automatic analyzer developed by Repub lic Aviation uncover* short circuits on partially-built F-84F Thunderstreak. It can Check 1200 different circuits in less GIFT FROM THE SEA—Stretching as far as eye can see. beds of Guajira Peninsula in Colombia, SA. are harvested by some 2,000 Guajira Indians who. are cattle and ranchos rest of the year. Tit'"- - .century; will yield some 42,1 FREE MAN Dieter Meyer, engineer at Thor Power Tool Co., Aurora, 111., puts “freedom” message on tools going to Poznan trade fair. In 1952 he fled Iron Curtain when East German police sought him for post ing “freedom” signs in his native village near Stettin. I NUPTIAL NOSEGAY as Gene I Raymond and Jeanette MacDon ald celebrate 20th wedding anni versary at Las Vegas. HAIR-RAISING blow does this to features of Kid Gavilan, in his losing welterweight fight with Vince " eminent agents supervising farm production and marketings. But. to repeal all farm program laws to get rid of the faults mates no more sense than burning the barn to destroy the rats. Hist would be ■ an admission of com plete failure. The farm program has faults, but it hasn't beds a complete fail ure. it helped .farmers weather the ' depression 30s and prepare far the big production Increases vltaliy necessary in World War n and immediately afterward. - The facts are: Farmers' income averages less than half of the av erage city worker’s; farm income Is down 33% In five years,' but city Income is up 21%; farm In come per hour averages 70*, but factory workers earn an average of $1.95 an hour. - The farm program has bene fltted city consumers far more than It has farmers. It has en couraged abundant production, re ' suiting in a 22% decrease in farm selling prices since 1952, despite a 17% Increase In farm operating costs. Consumers, according to the Department of Labor, pay less for their food than In 1952. Middle men have increased their charges ■ . V- > farm * ' 'S :M ■ Smokey Says: ‘ ' V'-' .*■ w _i isnu oonT UNDERSTAND HW. THEY DOJT WITHOUT TAILS' •traTtfeej t fires de carefull rtfti.Hk “Nickels for Know-Korw” proposal? ANSWER: R is a plan to con tinue to expand agricultural re search and teaching kt North Caro lina through a farmer contribution of five cents per ton on aR feed and fertilizer sold in the state. The program is decided in a state wide' referendum. QUESTION: When will the ref erendum be held? ANSWER: On'August 23, 1067. Polling places will be set by each' QUESTION: Who Is eligible to vote? .. - ; ANSWER: As in the past too votings In 1951 end 1954, all per sons Who use feed or fertiliser and their wives or husbands are eligi ble. Four-fl Quto and FFA mem bers With crop dr livestock pro jects of their own are also eligi ble. ,Hwy. 79 East Hwy. 258 South 5151 Leonard Loftin Oil Co. — KINSTON, N. C. • HI-Octane regular and 97 Octane Premium Garniine (Tatted, Approved add Registered by N. C. Division at Gas A OH Inspection) • Maior Brands Motor Oil ' a Pltrminf Cm Ithiin \ 24 HOURS -■ 36S PAYS (SOMETIMES 366) moo ★ DRIES IN 20 MINUTES * IS REAtty SCRUBS ABLE ★ HO STREAKS OR BRUSH MARKS ★ NO PAINT ODOR ★ 1 COAT CDUERS SU5 I’LL PAY A VISIT EVERY WEEK AND THEN MY LITTLE PIECE I’LL SPEAK Dawson Mfg. & 130 W. King St. Phon. m iply Co. Kinston

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