Middleman costs push up 1977 food prices forecasts
Washington economists forecast a continued rise in food costs with the average family budget climbing as much as six percent next year. Kenneth R. Farrell of the Agricultural Department cited higher transport, processing and marketing costs, rising sugar prices, labor costs, and energy prices as key factors. He noted farmers would get about 56.5 billion for feeding America while consumers pay roughly 188 billion, and warned flexibility due to weather, energy, and policy changes.
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Washington
Kenneth R. Farrell
Economic Research Service
Agriculture Department
Farrell
Food and Agricultural Outlook
Feeding America
Carter
Department
U.S
Employee theft tops U.S. business crime study
A Commerce Department report finds employee theft costing the nation about 30 billion dollars, responsible for at least 60 percent of crime losses. It warns banks, schools, hotels, and other service industries face growing threats from both staff crime and rising computer abuse.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Sadat to visit Jerusalem despite opposition and risks
President Anwar Sadat will spend 36 hours in Jerusalem starting Saturday night and speak to the Israeli Knesset, despite opposition at home and from Syria. Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy resigns amid the shakeup, with interim replacements amid mounting regional criticism.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Syria
Middle East
Ismail Fahmy
Fahmy
Mohammed Riad
Damascus
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
Yeutter Named President of Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Dr Clayton Yeutter of Lincoln is chosen as president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he will succeed the retiring leader in mid 1978. He has served as assistant secretary of agriculture and deputy U S trade representative and led the Lincoln law firm Washington office while also directing university missions and international work.
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Clayton Yeutter
Lincoln
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Lincoln Journal
Yeutter
Exchange
Nebraska
Norbert T. Tiemann
Agriculture
U.S
Lincoln Law
Nelson, Harding
Mexico
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Columbia
South America
NU student group fights proposed UNL tuition hike
A UNL student lobbying group led by ASUN officials announced a campaign to oppose a proposed tuition increase for 1978-79 and 1979-80. They will press parents, state senators, administrators, and regents, citing higher NU housing and tuition relative to Big Eight peers and mediocre faculty salaries.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Board of Regents
Mike Herman
Associated Students of the University of Nebraska
ASUN
Greg Johnson
UNL
Herman
Johnson
Asun Senate
Couple’s outhouse dispute captures town controversy
In Northfield Massachusetts Dan and Robin Woodard resist local rules to keep an outdoor toilet at their isolated 96 acre hillside home. Their fight, spanning years, involves permits, indoor plumbing requirements, and a state court variance battle amid questions of privacy and proper land use.
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Dan
Robin
Dan Woodard
University of California At
Los Angeles
Redwood
California
Boston
State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Michigan
Editorial calls listeners as ABA AMA back liberalized pot laws
The piece argues that when conservative groups like the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association endorse marijuana law liberalization the public should pay heed. It notes local school board spending approval for a feasibility study on building a swimming pool and references sections on legal notices and various departments.
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Norris School Board
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