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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1981
Page
4
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A sequence of Dear Abby letters discusses love, marriage, family dynamics, and communication. Topics include a man pursuing a divorcée with concerns about tribal myths, a mother worried about her husband teasing their daughters with possible sexual tones, and a caller with a laryngectomy requesting understanding for his impaired voice. Abby offers guidance and invites readers to write for replies.
Columnist Phil Pastore contends that fretful people invent anxieties during holidays when air travel is tight. He argues providence did not plan for crowded skies, implying overreaction to travel disruptions.
Supplicants in Wyoming State oil lease program set for May may strike it rich overnight while investing no more than 50 dollars to compete with giants for oil and gas leases on public lands. For entry details contact The G. Brian Hayes Company Public Lands Lease Division 770 No Comer Blvd Department Tl Lincoln Nebraska 68505. Write today to receive official entry cards before the May 1 deadline.
In Marion, Farm Bureau speech winner Susan Beichley warned Iowa farmers that topsoil is vanishing faster than it forms, with up to 26 bushels of soil lost per bushel of soybeans on sloped land. She cited 100 years of erosion reducing topsoil from 14 to 16 inches to about 6 to 8 inches, urging costly erosion controls and soil stewardship. The second speaker Warren Bloom of Preston urged reducing production costs, highlighting wasteful use of corn cobs as fuel and criticizing market guides and subsidies, while promoting home raised calves and improved farm efficiency. He also criticized confinement hog buildings and questioned government roles in farming policy.
Agriculture Secretary Block announces a grain reserve move under the Reagan farm bill push. He eliminates a due date on price support loans, permitting indefinite repayment time, with a 30 day loan extension to May 15 and higher interest. He expects much of the 790 million bushels to be withdrawn by mid August as prices rise.
The National Cattlemen's Association reported that the average price of beef in the United States has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months. NCA President J.W. Bill Swan attributed the drop to much lower cattle and wholesale beef prices and to abundant meat supplies.
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