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...means of reducing tension between the law and juvenile criminals in New York City, I suggest that President Eisenhower invite some of the gang leaders to tour the country. Let's show them the corn belt, Levittown, Pa., and Congress in session. Let's show them that this country is too strong and determined to tolerate lawlessness. After all, we do keep bothering Comrade Khrushchev with facts when his mind is already made...
Pigs & Digs. For Kukuruznik (corn man) Khrushchev, the big treat of the week was his trip to Iowa for an inspection of advanced farming practices, corn and beef production near Coon Rapids. His host: crag-faced, cranky Millionaire Roswell Garst, who has been to Russia twice to sell corn seed to the U.S.S.R. There amid the alien corn the Premier of the U.S.S.R., Garst, and the tenuous U.S.-Soviet relations nearly got trampled for good under a 300-man brigade of shouting, shoving newsmen (see PRESS...
...came in Coon Rapids, Iowa, where Millionaire Farmer Roswell Garst, who enjoys the glare of publicity, had invited the full herd of newsmen down to the farm. Apparently confident that he was dealing with orderly men, Farmer Garst issued eight pages of agricultural information to the press (sample: "When corn is down to 30% moisture, it has reached maximum dry weight") that was totally silent on the subject of reportorial conduct. The moment they set foot on Garst property, the newsmen turned it into a battleground...
...background, Safran selected symbols of the strong, busy nation that Khrushchev would see when and if he had the patience and interest to look: tall Iowa corn; a white-painted New England church; buildings under construction in U.S. cities; an Army Redstone missile; a gate at Brown University in Providence, R.I.; a new U.S. automobile; the presence of the guiding spirit of Abraham Lincoln...
...FARM OUTPUT will come within 1 % of last year's record high. August rains in most parts of nation are boosting predictions for record corn crop of 4,381,772,000 bushels v. 3,779,844,000 last year, but wheat crop may drop to 1,116,405,000 bushels v. record 1,462,218,000 last year...