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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1974

Page

5

Fallout Shelter Food Sent Abroad To Aid Famine Nations

Millions of pounds of shelter stockpile food from the 1960s are being donated to hungry nations. States and communities report distributing survival crackers to Bangladesh and other countries as shelf life expires. Some counties divert supplies for livestock, zoos, or landfill to free storage space.

Associated Press John L. Padgett Louisiana Civil Defense Bangladesh Washington Agency For International Development and Care Nicaragua Edward W. Kroll Dane County Wis Kroll Wisconsin Kentucky Michigan

Ford pledges more food aid with own-supply rule

President Ford told the United Nations the US will boost food aid while urging nations to manage their own supplies. He avoided promising large grain shipments of the past and said the increase will cover immediate needs, though no cost figure was given.

Washington Ford United States United Nations Agriculture Department Department Agriculture Earl L. Butz USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

Ohio Dairy Farmers Urge Higher Milk Price Support

A National Farmers Union delegation met with White House officials including Dr. Norman Ross to press for higher milk price support. Ohio participants Jack Rose and Max McMichael described a productive session and warned that Ohio dairy farms face closures, with 1,000 farmers out since July 1973 and a 20 percent drop in production over ten years.

Washington National Farmers Union White House U.S. Department of Agriculture Ohio Rose

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