Agriculture Dept discloses new acreage plan for crops
The Agriculture Department announced a revised 1973 acreage strategy aiming to boost corn to a record 6 billion bushels and soybeans to 1.5 billion, while idling 26 percent of base acreage for full benefits. The plan shifts land use to return about 9 million acres to production, expanding corn to about 74 million acres and soybeans to about 54 million acres, with options including a 25 percent base retirement and a 32 cent per bushel direct payment on half the normal production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
USDA
Arkansas House considers no fault auto insurance bill
Three Arkansas representatives introduced a no fault auto insurance bill in the House to require a 10 percent premium reduction on motor vehicle liability policies. The measure, backed by the Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents, contrasts with a bar association backed plan that would allow suing without restrictions. Another bill seeks a consumer representative on state regulatory boards.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
James H. Brewer
Trumann
Jimmie Don McKissack
Star City
Bobby Glover
Carlisle
Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents
Arkansas Bar Association
House
Judiciary Committee
Steve Smith
Huntsville
Rudy Moore
Springdale
Bid derision costs four spades in a bridge wobble
In a North South deal Oswald and James Jacoby discuss a quarrel at the bridge table. West opens hearts after South insults partner. East ruffs a heart, leads clubs, and another heart ruff defeats four spades. North laments that silence might have yielded a four spade contract. East scolds and proposes four clubs doubled minor suit game. 4NT and 5NT appear in the kibitz. A joke plug for Jacoby Modern bridge book follows.
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West
South
East
Heart
North
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Arkansas Governor Signs Minimum Wage Increase Bill
Gov Dale Bumpers signed a bill by Rep B D Brandon of Little Rock to raise Arkansas minimum wage by 20 cents to 1.40 per hour. He also signed an administration measure creating a public records management system.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
B. D. Brandon
Plan forage program for year-round pasture production
Calvin J. Caldwell notes that a farm plan starts with a farm map showing current production and management. It then requires detailed field plans with inputs, costs, and expected production, plus practices like renovation, new seedings, fencing, water, and balancing cool and warm season pastures.
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Calvin J. Caldwell
Hempstead
Cabinet meetings stay closed to public in Arkansas
The Arkansas House Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee refused to recommend passage of a bill to open Gov. Dale Bumpers cabinet meetings to the public. The measure would amend the state Freedom of Information Act. Rep. Steve Smith urged opening meetings. Gov. Bumpers opposed citing risk to free cabinet deliberations. Rep. Hugh Kincaid backed strengthening FOI but called executive privilege a matter for study.
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Little Rock
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee
The
Arkansas House
Dale Bumpers
Steve Smith
Huntsville
Smith
Bumpers
Rep
Hugh Kincaid
Fayetteville
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Ralph Madison
First Presbyterian Church of Hope
Chaplin
Richard VanHorn
Mark Moore
Penny Gary
Star
Harold Sisson
Joe VanHorn
Agricultural Dept
North Pass
Oswald
James Jacoby
West North
Jacoby
P.O. Box
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Hope Auto Company, Inc
W. Second St
Hope, Arkansas
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