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...Since Estes is in receivership, the department plans to collect the penalties by deducting them from storage costs of Government grain still in Estes elevators. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman denied that Estes received any favors (Agriculture had been accused of giving Estes a break by asking a 2?-per-bu. bond-the lowest possible rate required of grain-storage operators). Said Freeman: "The Government hasn't lost a dime . . . Estes hasn't got a cent of the taxpayers' money." Of three Agriculture officials accused of accepting gifts from Billie Sol, one has resigned, one has been fired...
Canada this year may even face a grain shortage. Its requirements for exports and home consumption are projected at a record 1.1 billion bu. of wheat, oats and barley, well over the decade's average annual production of 994 million bu. Farmers will probably increase planted acreage by 5% to 10%. But last year grain production was almost halved by the worst drought since the dust-bowl '30s and by a savage invasion of grasshoppers. Already this season, subsoil moisture is at "critically low levels," and as May planting begins, all depends on the arrival of what...
Viridiana. Made in Spain on Franco's money but banned in Spain by Franco's decree, this peculiar and powerful film by Luis Buñuel predicts in parable the next Spanish revolution...
Although this will be the Crimson's first appearance in Cambridge, it is not their first home game. BU is actually the host team and will bat in the latter part of the inning. Due to field constructions, BU is playing all its games on alien fields this year. This will be its first Greater Boston League game of the season...
...BU has been relatively unimpressive to date with a 1-2 record. Its one win came on the strength of Tom Cornell's near no-hitter against Colby last week. Cornell, who will pitch today, went for eight innings before giving up a safe hit to the White Mules...