Public backs jug milk petitions against farm and consumer burdens
About 100000 signatures on a Freeman proposal petition against consumer milk assessments and farm oppression were delivered to Pennsylvania Senators Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker and the state delegation. The PA Milk Joggers Association said districts recorded 14k plus signatures amid lines of shoppers, while farmers cited audits and costs fueling anger at Washington bureaucracy. An attorney said a Senate Agriculture hearing yielded little attention.
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Washington, D.C
Freeman
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Richard Schweiker
Pennsylvania Milk Joggers Association, Inc
Frank Bertovich
Association
Washington
Charles Dodd
Corry
Buzz
Reagan
John Benjamin Carroll
Syracuse
New Yok
Senate Agriculture Committee
Carroll
Soviets lift soybean prices and push grain values up
Soviet grain purchases last week drove soybean prices up more than 50 cents per bushel and lifted other grains. In Lancaster the market shows soybeans at 7.15, up from 6.57 a week earlier and 4.70 in early May, with wheat rising about four cents from last Thursday and nearly 30 cents from two months ago.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
Multifflora rose faces renewed battle in southern Pennsylvania
The multiflora rose, viewed as a beneficial wildlife plant by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, faces renewed attacks across southern Pennsylvania counties. The division says it will still offer plants but aims to avoid contributing to the problem.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Division of Land Management
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Commission
York County farm wife wins national Bicentennial essay prize
Joyce Bupp of York County and John K. Ferrell of Tennessee share the top award in the Bicentennial farm and ranch essay contest. Winners get round trip to Hawaii and 250 dollars in expenses for essays honoring Lexington and Concord era farm life. The 206 entries came from 35 states.
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York County
Park Ridge
Ill
Joyce Bupp
American Farm Bureau Federation
Rupp
John K
Lexington and Concord
States
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Montgomery County
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Erie
Frank Bertovitch
Pennnsylvania Milk Jug
Rs Assorciation, Inc
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Capitol
Allan Grant
Republic
Public