Surplus grain export to Russia heralds new farm export era
U S surplus grain shipments to the Soviet Union may begin soon under a $750 million export deal over three years financed by CCC credits. The plan could shift U S crop policy, boost port and transport jobs, and reduce reliance on taxpayer storage while expanding cash markets for farmers.
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Don Kendall
Washington
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Soviet Union
Commodity Credit Corp
Department of Agriculture
China
Agriculture Department
Great Lakes
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Laurel C. Meade
Export Marketing Service
USDA
Earl L. Butz
Meade
CCC
Continental Grain Co
Dreyfus Grain Co
New York
Senate-House Conferees Approve Disease Bills
Congressional conferees approved a 1.71 billion plan over three years to expand heart, blood and lung disease research and control, and to extend efforts against venereal disease measles and tuberculosis. The package includes 1.39 billion for 15 heart and 15 lung research centers and 322.5 million for a communicable disease program with targeted annual funds for syphilis gonorrhea tuberculosis measles and whooping cough. A 5 million annual emergency epidemiics fund is included.
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America
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Nixon
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Dozen Uncommitted Delegates Favor Nixon Despite Candid Talks
A dozen independent delegates remain uncommitted at the convention while supporting Nixon in principle. Most uncommitted delegates intend to back Nixon or stay neutral, with one South Carolina bloc undecided and Oklahoma delegates all pledged to Nixon. Ron Wallace remains cautiously uncommitted, hinting at Reagan or another conservative possibility if a groundswell forms. Nixon needs 675 votes for renomination.
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Nixon
White House
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Oklahoma
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Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Odis H. Richmond Sr
George McGovern
Cuba Receives Soviet Rocket-Fire Ships Says Castro
Cuban Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro said the Soviet Union supplied Cuba earlier this year with up to date rocket firing ships with doubled firing and antiaircraft capacity. The broadcast cited Cuba- Soviet ties strengthening and Cuba’s role as the first Socialist state in America. Castro spoke in Havana at a naval forces anniversary ceremony. One-tenth ounce uranium referenced as the first atomic bomb explosive.
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Fla
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Cuba
America
Revolutionary Naval Forces
FCC Rules Broadcasts May Continue Despite Controversy
The FCC ruled that J B Stoner may continue campaign broadcasts despite anti integration remarks asserting Black people want white women. The board upheld free speech protections, saying speech must be free even when abhorrent. Stoner runs in the Democratic primary for U S Senate against Gambrell.
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Federal Communications Commission
J. B. Stoner
Atlanta
Sam Massell
Stoner
National State Rights Party
U.S. Senate
David H. Gambrell
FCC
Robert E. Lee
H. Rex Lee
Richard E. Wiley
NAACP
Lonnie King
Atlanta Community Coalition On Broadcasting
Anti-Defamation League
Senate boosts GI Bill benefits for veterans schooling
The Senate approved a measure 89 to 0 to raise monthly GI Bill payments. A single veteran would get 250 dollars, married veterans 297 dollars, and veterans with a child 339 dollars, up from 175, 265, and 305 respectively. Senator Vance Hartke noted the boosts reflect inflation and align with World War II levels.
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House-Senate
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Veterans Affairs Committee
Electrical Workers Refuse Unscheduled Overtime in Boston
In Boston the Local 2222 of the IBEW suspends 32 members for refusing overtime at New England Telephone. The union bans unscheduled overtime and seeks arbitration under contract grievance procedures. Company may trigger a full overtime refusal. the union will cover lost pay from a contingency fund.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
New England Telephone Co
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Stimulants May Suppress Growth in Hyperactive Children
A Maryland study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate slow normal weight gain in hyperactive children. In 29 kids, those on stimulants showed reduced yearly gains, while off meds during the summer gained more.
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Maryland
New England Journal of Medicine
Baltimore County Department of Health
Daniels Safer
Safer
Baltimore
Richard Allen
Evelyn Barr
Infections Rise After Hexachlorophene Bath Ban
Washington report shows staphylococcal outbreaks in nurseries rose sixfold after hospitals halted routine hexachlorophene baths for newborns. CDC notes safer dry skin care reduced risk. no broad return to full body bathing without infection.
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National Center For Disease Control
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FDA
Voter rolls tallied in Biddeford after June primary
Biddeford reports 13 713 registered voters with 9 814 Democrats 1 223 Republicans and 2 676 independents. City Clerk Pauline Berry said the total rose since the tally and reflects the citywide registration by party.
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Biddeford
Pauline Berry
Marcos orders food impounded amid Luzon floods
President Ferdinand E. Marcos warned of food riots as floods on Luzon drive shortages of food and fuel. He ordered the army to seize hoarded stocks while looting and a curfew spread in affected areas.
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
Luzon
Philippine News Service
Samal
Bataan
Agriculture Department
Arayat
Marcos
Pangasinan
Maine student named to U Conn Dean's List
Diane E. Bowie of Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Maine earns Dean's List honors at the University of Connecticut for the second semester. Dean Robert Hews notes required marks of B or better with no grade below C and at least 12 registered credits.
Senator Bulger Decries Oil Drilling Blackmail Theory
Boston Senator William M. Bulger accuses Interior Secretary Hollis M. Dole of linking a looming gasoline shortage to pressure for offshore oil development off New England. Bulger says the shortage stems from the federal oil import quota rather than premature offshore drilling.
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New England
Massachusetts
Ulger
Deer Birth Timing in Nebraska Mainly June or July
The article notes that most Nebraska deer give birth to fawns during June or early July, indicating this period as the peak parturition window for the state's white tailed deer population.
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