School lunches save money by buying own food, economist says
Don Erickson of Kansas State University reports Kansas schools spent 36.7 million dollars on lunches in fiscal 1976 with 13.5 percent from USDA cash in lieu of commodities. Local food purchases added about 8.8 million dollars in economic impact, while lunch costs averaged 87.7 cents in Kansas and 89.3 cents in Oklahoma.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Don Erickson
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Oklahoma
USDA
Erickson
Agreement cuts shipment of Japanese color televisions
President Carter approved a three year limit on Japanese color television receivers shipped to the United States under a voluntary Orderly Marketing Agreement with Japan. The pact excludes black and white sets and avoids tariffs. Congress has 90 working days to reject the agreement.
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UPI
Carter
Japan
United States
U.S
White House
Congress
Edna Wood Walks 14 Miles For Cerebral Palsy Support
Macksville resident Edna Wood walked fourteen miles in the Macksville walkathon to raise one hundred thirty four dollars and twenty five cents for cerebral palsy. She, the oldest participant, completed the route from Macksville to St John along US 50 in about seven hours with help from her daughter Mary Pontius and sponsors from Macksville Stafford and St John.
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Hns
Edna Wood
Mary Pontius
Wood
Macksville High School
Stafford
St. John
Kayette
Kayettes
US 50
Cecil
Grace Green
Agriculture Dept seeks to curb acreage retirement payments
Washington officials want to drop a rule that let wheat growers claim 800 million in 1971 to 1973 land retirement without idling extra land. Congress debate on the omnibus farm bill splits on reform versus preserving some summer fallow aid. Summer fallow keeps land idle every other year to store moisture, used mainly in the Dakotas to Washington states.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Oregon
Idaho
Washington State
General Accounting Office
GAO
Victor Senechal
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Department
Senechal
Vorster Says US Should Not Compare Blacks Across Nations
South African Prime Minister John Vorster, after talks with Vice President Mondale, rejects comparing the American Negro with Africa's blacks. He defends apartheid era policies, cites different historical contexts, and notes influx controls to limit job seekers from independent African states.
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Vienna
Austria
UPI
John Vorster
Walter Mondale
United States
South Africa
Vorster
Carter Plans Six Day Memorial Day Vacation
President Carter will take a six day vacation on St Simons Island Georgia over Memorial Day weekend. Deputy press secretary Rex Granum said he will depart next Thursday and return June 3. He will stay at Musgrove Plantation owned by Smith Bagley Reynolds Tobacco heir, a repeat vacation spot with a prior visit in November.
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UPI
Carter
St. Simons Island
Georgia
White House
Rex Granum
Musgrove Plantation
Smith Bagley
Reynolds Tobacco Company
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