This Day In History December 27 1980 Highlights
On December 27 1741 Olmutz fell to Prussian forces and Elizabeth became Empress after a bloodless revolution. The Methuen Treaty was signed in 1703 and Trotsky was expelled in 1927. In 1945 Britain United States and Soviet ministers urged a Korean democratic government. A 1966 Red Guards rally denounced Liu Shao Chi. Actress Marlene Dietrich is 79 today.
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Associated Press
Olmutz
Czechoslovakia
Elizabeth
Russia
Tuscany
Italy
Britain
Portugal
Holland
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Communist Party
United States
Moscow
Korea
Red Guards
Peking
China
Liu Shao-Chi
Carter
Afghanistan
Marlene Dietrich
Block By JOHN McCORMALLY Roving Editor Harris News Service
Harris News Service examines John Block as a Christmas package for Reagan's cabinet. The West Point graduate and Illinois farmer is praised for farm export prospects but criticized for advocating a free market in grain policy and private control of food as a weapon. The piece likens public policy to gifts under a tree and notes tensions with Haig and Carter era embargoes.
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John
John Block
Block
Illinois
Reagan
Alexander Haig
Military Academy
West Point
Haig
Black
Carter
Russia
Cargill
Continental
America Still a Country of Bountiful Wealth
The United States remains a wealthy nation with a per capita income above $10,000, yet debates rise over how much aid to provide abroad. While Americans enjoy high car ownership and food security, global malnutrition and disease persist. Reagan’s administration faces scrutiny of foreign aid and a potential shift from World Bank funding to direct gifts.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
United States
U.S
Japan
Mexico
China
World Bank
Austria
Finland
Italy
New Zealand
Soviet wheat in mild trouble says AP report
The Agriculture Department notes the Soviet Union may face mild trouble in its winter wheat crop due to cold weather and frost risk as above normal warmth melted snow in areas. In the United States cold Canadian air kept precipitation low and dormancy widespread in the Great Plains. Brazil benefited from rain for soybeans while Europe and Asia showed varied conditions. The piece also covers rising federal aid to livestock producers after last summer's heat and drought, and peanut sales tracking by the Foreign Agricultural Service starting January 9.
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Don Kendall
AP Farm
Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
Great Plains
South America
Brazil
Europe
Australia
Asia
China
North China Plain
Peking
Mexico
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Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Moose Lodge
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Verna Trabert
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