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National Wheat
Referendum Delayed
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin has announced postponement of the National Wheat Referendum previously scheduled for July 27-31, according to James S. Gillespie, Chairman of the Virginia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (A&C) Committee. The action was authorized by Congress. The postponement permits the USDA to delay holding the referendum no later than October 15, 1970, or 30 days after Congress adjourns, whichever date is earlier.
Accordingly, the U. S. Department of Agriculture's ASCS, which administers the wheat, feed grain, and similar programs, has instructed its state and county offices across the Nation to withhold ballots and other referendum materials, Mr. Gillespie said.
The Chairman explained that basic farm legislation requires a referendum for wheat marketing quotas. However, the Agricultural Act of 1965 suspended this referendum requirement from 1965 through the 1970 crop year. Unless new farm legislation, now pending, is enacted by the Congress, basic legislation will again go into effect, and a referendum will then be required in 1970 for the 1971 crop year.
Sperryville Scout* Camp
Sperryville Troop 65 Boy Scouts of America spent last week, July 19-25, at Camp Rock Enon near Gore, Va. Among those attending were C. B. Johnson, Bill Kilby, Bobby Titchenell, Mark Perdue, Martin Perdue, Frank Coffey, Charles Grigsby, Bill Stokes, Louis Cordle and Allen Smoot. They were accompanied by scout leaders Irvin L. Kenyon, Rev. B. G. Titchenell and A. Y. Stokes. Mr. Stokes reported Thursday when he returned home early, that the energetic group had wom him out and had about finished the other two.
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