Word: harvests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week Radio Moscow admitted that moisture conditions in the Caucasus and southern Ukraine were the worst since 1928, conceded that in places a third of the winter wheat was destroyed and would need to be replanted for even a partial harvest. Western agricultural intelligence sources estimated that even with excellent weather conditions for the rest of the year, Russia's 1960 grain harvest is unlikely to exceed last year's 124,800,000 tons (which was down from 1958's record 141,200,000), and might go as low as no million tons...
...draft a bill to bring some order into the ever-growing mess of farm subsidies and surpluses, challenged the Democratic Congress to pass a reasonable bill on its own. The Democrats reasoned that it would be better to pass no bill and let Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson harvest some more blame for farm discontent. But word has drifted back from the farm belt that Democrats may well be blamed if they do not pass a bill. Probable next move: drafting of a farm bill as unreasonable-by Ike's terms-as possible, to ensure an Eisenhower veto...
...dares stand idle on the harvest plain...
...William Green (1873-1952) was a Midwestern Baptist, a president of the A.F.L. His window, dedicated to agriculture and the sea, shows Ruth gleaning in the fields, Peter the fisherman, the harvest in Naboth's vineyard, and Joseph as a shepherd...
...make himself feel good again with one simple device: staging a rally, with chants, parades and a thunderous ovation from the excited mob. Last week, as May Day approached, Castro faced the threats of guerrilla war by former followers and heavy unemployment in the fields below once the sugar harvest was ended. He concentrated on producing the biggest May Day demonstration in Cuban history...