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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1978

Page

12

Agriculture aid underwrites school lunches amid shorts

The Agriculture Department will send 74 million dollars in commodity and cash subsidies to 48 states to cover turkey and beef shortfalls for the 1977 78 school year. The payment follows reduced commodity deliveries and an accounting switch from fiscal to school years.

Washington Agriculture Department Food and Nutrition Service Beverly Wooten

Carter says administration commits to full China ties

On this date in 1977 Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announced the Carter administration was committed to seeking full diplomatic ties with China, signaling a shift in U.S. foreign policy toward Beijing.

Cyrus Vance Carter China

Daughter Continues Rural Urban Understanding Effort

Urice, a former city boy from Vinton and son of the local postmaster, grows up with a special stake in improving rural urban understanding. At age 13 in 1939 he faced early experiences bridging farm life with town norms as his family kept a milk cow near the family home.

Vinton KaDell Urice Urice

Local 4-H Calf Project Builds Noted Shorthorn Herd Near Vinton

Alice family builds a respected Shorthorn herd on a 250 acre farm a mile south of Vinton. The operation focuses on pasture areas and feeder cattle from the calf crop while selling top bulls privately. Andrea Alice, 18, crowned Benton County beef queen, will promote farm activities in schools and at the Benton County Fair next month.

Benton County Andrea Urice Vinton Urice Alice Farm Bureau Cedar Rapids Andrea Iowa Beef Improvement Association

Stockyard plan approved amid debate over fees for cattle sales

The House Agriculture Committee backed Carter administration backed legislation to let stockyards and commission agents charge a percentage of cattle value for consignment sales, overturning a prior per head ruling. The bill moves to the full House as livestock prices stay high for two to three years.

Washington House Agriculture Committee Department Packers and Stockyards

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