Word: cotton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GEORGE COTTON GILLILAND Colonel, U.S.M.C...
...from recommending that farm subsidies, on which the U.S. is now spending $3.1 billion a year, be cut back, Johnson warned that the removal of price props "would have a catastrophic effect on farm income." He urged that present programs for wheat, feed grains, cotton, tobacco, rice and wool "be extended and improved." He also said that additional programs for other commodities are in the works and that "recommendations will be made as circumstances may require...
Also at the Paramout is a curious featurette "The Wandering Wind" about a chaotic hot-air balloon race across the Catalina Channel. After much colorful preparation, gay music, and chatty reportage we see a stiff wind carry the only female contestant's balloon out to sea through a cotton candy cloud. A drab black and white newsreel, clipped on at the end, shows a rescue boat recovering her drowned body...
When you try on a boot, bring the heavy rag socks you will wear and a medium-heavy cotton sock. An expert will always sell you a tight fitting boot, since after a while the leather will stretch and mould to your foot. Push your foot forward as far as possible so that your toe touches the end and then feel how much room there is in back at the heel. If it is more than one finger, the boot...
...receives about $9,000,000 yearly from patent processing, but fees have not been revised since 1932 and now cover only a quarter of Patent Office expenses. Under the President's recommendation, higher rates would add another $15 million. Also requested are higher inspection fees for tobacco, grain, cotton and naval stores (which would produce $7,600,000), for special customs services ($1,000,000), and for maritime port services...