Farm experts say Carter energy plans won’t curb costs
Washington experts warn Carter proposals alone won’t shield farms from rising energy expenses. Diesel fuels tractors and irrigation, natural gas powers pumps and fertilizer, and energy costs remain a small share of total farm outlays though rising prices strain profits. Solar and coal-based nitrogen processes emerge as potential long run options to reduce dependence on natural gas.
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Carter
National Energy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Rich Stoy
J. I. Case Manufacturing Co
John Deere Co
William A. Hewitt
Oil Buyers Guide
Congress
Tom Harkin
D- Lown
Donald Collins
Fertilizer Institute
Washington
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Arizona
Batelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
Peter Hofmann
Battelle Program
King Khalid May Abdicate As Saudi Succession Talks Continue
Beirut sources report King Khalid, 64, ailing, has expressed a wish to abdicate but delays due to royal family disunity over posts in government and military. Prince Fahd seeks Prince Abdullah to relinquish National Guard command, Abdullah reportedly resists as Fahd pushes for Salman to lead the Guard.
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New York Times
Beirut
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Khalid
Faisal
Fahd
Middle East
Abdullah
National Guard
Salman
Artificial toes implanted for arthritis patients in San Francisco
Arthritis patients already receiving new hips and knees are now getting silicone toe implants to improve stepping. Forty one patients reported good results after silicone toe implants, with many able to walk longer distances, wear standard shoes, and about eighty percent experiencing complete pain relief.
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Chicago Daily News
International Congress of Rheumatology
San Francisco
Andrea Cracciolo III
Los Angeles
Cracciola
Queen Elizabeth sails Britannia in Jubilee spectacle at Spithead
More than a million people cheered Queen Elizabeth as she sailed the royal yacht Britannia to join the massed naval display at Spithead Strait marking the silver jubilee year. In Bonn neo-Nazis grow by 50 percent and widen violence links to Arab groups, says interior minister. Australia resettles 73 Vietnamese refugees after a three month voyage landing near Wyndham. In Beirut rival Palestinian factions clash, a truce is arranged with Yasir Arafat and aides mediating.
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Portsmouth
England
UPI
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Spithead Strait
Bonn
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Werner Maihofer
Darwin
Australia
Wyndham
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
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