Twenty Years of Service with Social Security Recalls Changes
A retiree marks twenty years with the Social Security Administration on March 29 and notes how Medicare expanded from a modest plan to cover the disabled and kidney patients. He recalls 1965 student benefits, Medicare costs in 1966, and later cutbacks in 1981.
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Social Security Administration
Minnesota Department of Taxation
Cleveland
Ohio
Social Security
Congress
Farm credit groups plan crossstate office and service merger
Production Credit Associations and Federal Land Bank Associations in Michigan Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin will consolidate offices and management to provide all Farm Credit System credit and financial services in one-stop fashion. The move aims to streamline services for about 130000 producers and 700 cooperatives while keeping district leaders and staff unified under new structures.
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Production Credit Associations
Federal Land Bank Associations
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Farm Credit System
Philip Hein
Stratford, Wis
Farm Credit Services
St. Paul
Hein
Pcas
Flbas
FLBA
PCA
Federal Land Bank
The
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Bank For Cooperatives
Nationwide
National Farm Credit System
Reader Letter on Agriculture Day 1985 Critique
A reader from Hazel Green criticizes coverage of Agriculture Day 1985 and argues that Canada’s pork subsidies, illicit meat imports, and policy incentives harm U.S. farmers. The letter accuses international bodies and Western dairy giants of exploitation, cites Ethiopia and Africa, and warns of topsoil loss and economic stagnation. Mrs. Lavern Digman signs.
Protect farm base Dear Senator Kasten
Reader thanks Senator Kasten for dairy import licensing proposal. Emphasizes farm economy should be free market but needs protection from big business, government embargoes, and cheap imports. Argues family farmers are core to American values and national strength against urban conglomeration.
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America
Objection to headline on potato waste story sparks debate
The Country Today March 13 issue features a piece on using processing wastes for livestock feed. A bold headline calling fries junk food drew protest over implying potato products are inferior, despite potatoes' nutrition and role in Food For Peace programs.
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USDA
Robert Gardner
Pittsville
Food For Peace
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Canada
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U.S
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West Coast
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Hazel Green
Senator Kasten
J.D
Sharp
Nice
W.F
Farmers Plaza
Abbotsford
March of Dimes Gare Birth Defects Foundation
Mallum Electric Motor Service
E. Canal St
Chippewa Falls
Roger Nyseth
Uni
Leeson
Sctric Motof
W. Eau Claire
Bernie Lindner
Eau Claire
Loyd Lunde
Este
Wisc
Wild Bill’s
Blue Ribbon
Dutch Schoeder
Wild Bill Jr
Bill Nelson JR
R.R
Elk Mound
Wild Bill Nelson SR
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