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...county agent, toured his area teaching new farming methods to the oldsters and building up 4-H Clubs for the young. He made such a name for himself that he became an economist for the University of Idaho's extension service at the age of 30. He helped boost the new Idaho Cooperative Council; as its executive secretary, he was behind a publicity campaign that helped put Idaho baked potatoes on restaurant menus all over the U.S. Benson caught the eye of others in the farm-cooperative movement, in 1939 was offered a Washington...
...rounded up 31 weeping Communists on a rooftop. They were jailed, but the strikes continued. On Easter Sunday, while pickets patrolled suburban factories, an uneasy peace lay over São Paulo's famed skyline. This week a settlement seemed likely in the form of a big wage boost-which would balloon both inflation and the Reds' prestige...
...nation's 1,225,000 railroad workers last week got a pay boost of 4? an hour retroactive to Dec. 1, 1952. Though it will cost the railroads about $120 million a year, it was the reason for the raise more than the sum involved that riled their tempers. The reason: increased "productivity" by the rail workers, the first such pay award ever made to them on Government authority...
...bought nine faster (270 m.p.h.), roomier (36-passenger) Martin 2-0-2s. CAB warned Pioneer that the Martins were too hot for small airports to handle and far too expensive to operate. If Pioneer insisted on flying the 2-0-2s, it could expect no boost in mail...
Disregarding the warning, Pioneer put its new planes into service, then brashly asked CAB for a 57% boost in its mail subsidy. Last week CAB turned down the petition. Said CAB: Pioneer had cost the Government more in mail pay ($1,300,000) for six months of Martin operation than for a full year of Douglas service...