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Died. Dr. George Harrison Shull, 80, longtime (1915-42) professor of botany and genetics at Princeton University, developer (in a never-ending series of experiments begun in 1905) of hybrid corn (along with Harvard's Edward Murray East, who was experimenting independently at the same time), which has resulted in a 25%-50% increase in corn production per acre; after long illness; in Princeton...
...Corn from Clem. At the big banquet, in the hot, stuffy Shriners' Murat Temple, Adlai Stevenson, the principal speaker, sweated like a Fourth of July orator. His speech somehow missed the mark with the 1,000 Democratic diners, although Adlai had tried to cut it to their measure. "The Republican Party is so deeply split," he said, "that it cannot pursue consistent policies anywhere . . . Drift, division and demoralization have for 20 months obscured American purposes, discredited American leadership, and heightened the perils and tensions in this tense and perilous world at home and abroad...
Under "total acreage allotment," a farmer receiving supports for major crops (wheat, cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco) had to restrict his total planted acreage to a Government quota and could not plant his excess land to anything but hay and pasturage. Now he can plant it to anything he pleases, except the major crops, potatoes and a small list of commercial vegetables. Benson expected that most of the decontrolled acreage would be planted to feed grains and forage crops, which farmers badly need, especially in areas hit by drought and heat...
Easy Popper. Pre-seasoned popcorn, in an aluminum-foil package that can be popped by putting the pan-shaped container on the stove, has been put on the market by Top Pop Products Co. of Detroit and Taylor-Reed Corp. of Glenbrook, Conn. The foil expands as the corn pops, keeps the popped corn hot for an hour. Price...
...some remarkable grunts and twangs, Balanchine's dancers were on their toes most of the time, doing high kicks and hoedowns evoking rather than describing romance and square dance on the frontier. Sometimes the ballerinas took off their fancy airs: pretty Diana Adams walked flatfooted, in an impudent, corn-fed way; dramatic Tanaquil LeClercq snapped her hips waggishly; Janet Reed took a running header across the stage onto her partner's arms...