Agriculture Officials End Loan Shuffling Tactics
Washington AP The Agriculture Department plans to end a practice where farmers shuffled price support loans and in kind certificates to gain quick windfalls with help from grain companies. New rules take effect tonight, ending substitution and certificate redemption for price support loans, though officials note no illegality in the programs. More than 3 billion dollars in generic certificates have circulated, often trading above face value, as the CCC backs surplus inventory.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Mike Masterson
Daniel G. Amstutz
Certs
Commodity Credit Corp
Masterson
CCC
Amstutz
Bishops Told To Campaign Against Homosexuality
A Vatican letter approved by Pope John Paul II tells bishops to oppose pro homosexual views within the Catholic Church and to reject any move to condone homosexuality by law or other means. The 15 page document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reiterates that homosexual acts are sins and labels calls for tolerance as deceptive propaganda. Prelates in countries including the United States face debates with authorities over homosexual rights.
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Vatican City
Vatican
John Paul II
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Organi
Zation
Joseph Ratzinger
Fuori
Ratzinger
United States
New York City
Bennett Criticizes Textbook Ruling
U S Education Secretary William Bennett criticized a federal judge's ruling allowing parents to opt out of public school reading classes for religious reasons. He noted the Tennessee decision permitting seven fundamentalist families to home school reading including The Wizard of Oz and The Diary of Anne Frank is being appealed. Bennett urged against judicial intervention and cited rising education court cases.
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New York
U.S
William J. Bennett
Bennett
Tennessee
Anne Frank
Enrile scales back public speak on Aquino policy
Manila defense chief Juan Ponce Enrile said he would cut back speaking engagements to avoid controversy as he criticizes the anti nuclear draft constitution provision. He warned it could compromise national security and render bases obsolete while denying he will oppose the constitution.
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Manila
Philippines
Juan Ponce Enrile
Corazon Aquino
Enrile
Aquino
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