Marines ready to fight if Beirut crisis erupts says Pentagon
Pentagon officials say 800 Marines will join 2,200 French and Italian troops in Beirut to restore order if needed. Henry Catto cautions the response depends on the commander on the ground, with prior withdrawal guidance to remain possible if combat escalates.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
U.S
Beirut
Pentagon
Henry Catto
Mediterranean Sea
Catto
Farm Hike to 20 Percent Set-Aside Praised by Leaders
Early signers for next year’s federal farm program may gain cash to cover harvest bills. The key praise is a 20 percent land set-aside requirement for the corn program, higher than the 15 percent in the prior Congress plan. Farmers would receive 1.50 dollars per bushel on half the land set aside, a paid diversion aimed at boosting grain prices.
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the Gazette
U.S. Agriculture
John Black
Kansas City
The
Gazette
Iowa
Iowa farm land values fall again amid grain slump
A Cedar Rapids study shows Iowa farm land values dropped 10 percent over six months, driven by a drop in grain prices. Experts expect stabilization in six months with only a small statewide decline. Northwest and west central Iowa could see rises of 3 and 4.4 percent as bumper crops and hog prices support investment.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Farm and Land Institute
Stouffer's Hotel
Inflation Edges Up 3.3 Percent in August
U.S. consumer prices rose at a 3.3 percent annual rate in August as gasoline and food costs dipped, pulling inflation to earlier year lows. For eight months, inflation ran 5.1 percent, raising hints of a gradual recovery.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Labor Department
White House
Larry Speakes
Treasury
Donald Regan
Regan
Allen Sinai
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Otto Eckstein
Corona found guilty again of 25 murders in Hayward
In a 10 day jury deliberation, Juan Corona was found guilty of 25 counts of first degree murder for killing migrant farm workers. A work ledger listing victims and the seven man five woman panel led to a 41 minute polling after each verdict.
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Hayward
Calif
Juan Corona
Corona
Melissa Fowler
Terence Hallinan
Alameda County
Brian Hast
San Francisco
Marysville
Hast
California
Richard Patton
Sutter County
Living wage debate hinges on payer and receiver
The concept of a living wage today varies with who earns it and who pays it. The phrase captures a broader problem of affordability and income adequacy in modern economics.
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