GAO says Agriculture overpaid export subsidies to Soviet wheat sale
The General Accounting Office doubts the Agriculture Department needed to pay about 800 million dollars in export subsidies tied to last summer's grain deal with the Soviet Union. It says many sales would have happened with reduced subsidies and urges quicker action to cut or end the program.
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APY
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Department of Agrculture
Soviet Union
GAO
Congress
Baer
John Melcher
J. Mout
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Ulfsk
U. S
Melcher
Gan
Pierre
Polo” du Pont
Del
Qi Laaity
Lussia Wis
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Omaha PTA Council backs desegregation steps for Quiana School district
The Omaha PTA Council executive committee recommends all steps necessary to comply with a desegregation order for the Quiana School district. President Mrs. Hubert Jay Brown says the statement supports cooperation and involving parents, not endorsing any single measure. Church leaders and legal groups weigh in on busing as the path to racial balance and improved education for lower income children. The piece also includes unrelated summaries of agriculture subsidies and market effects on prices and transportation.
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OMA
Nebo
R. &. Brown
Sharon Seven Day Adventist Church
James S. Allen
Zion Baptist Church
Hhe
Busine
Dorothy Eure
The
Legal Aid Society
North Platte Receives RSVP Grant for Seniors’ Volunteers
North Platte gets a $20,872 grant to start a one year RSVP program placing 100 volunteers in service, with potential to reach 400 volunteers annually. The grant supports a national effort to develop volunteer services for adults age 60 and over. More tea is grown on the north side of the equator than on the south.
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Worth Platte
Neb
North Platte
Equator
Water rationing ordered in Kearney amid shortages
Kearney city manager Ray Lundy ordered water rationing across the city effective immediately. Odd and even address systems will water on alternating dates as shortages persist amid high demand for lawn use. Two new wells are expected to ease the strain, with a major waterworks project bid opening planned by the City Council. In Des Moines, authorities returned three Wies[e] children to Larry and family after neglect findings, with the father ordered to undergo psychological testing and to secure housing. the case noted the family had lived in multiple states and school attendance was a concern.
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Keamienea
Neb
Kearney
Ray Lundy
Tanidy Sat
Cates
Kandy
Jubilee Quartet concert at United Methodist Church Silver Creek
A Jubilee Quartet concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Silver Creek. The Topeka based group organized in 193% has performed across most states. manager Whitely Gleason has written over 800 hymns. A 6:30 p.m. potluck will be held in the church basement. admission is free.
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Silver Creek
Jubilee
United Methodist Church
Topeka
Kan
Whitely Gleason
Big Omaha school tax cut eyed for property owners
Omaha officials proposed a 4.19 mill reduction in the coming year’s school budget. The plan relies on more state aid and higher property values with a state cap on spending. Homeowners would save about 26.70 on a 20 000 home 35.87 on a 30 000 home and 20.22 on a 35 000 home as real estate is assessed at 16 percent of market value.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
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