U S launches national drive against alcoholism
The federal government moves to tackle alcoholism, counting 9 million affected and 30 000 deaths annually. The Hughes Act creates the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, pending funding in the first supplemental appropriation. House revisions restrict aid to noncooperating hospitals to the Hughes Act while preserving other federal aid programs.
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Farm leaders urge active farmer involvement in policy and inflation
Grant warns that Congress saddled agriculture with an unwieldy three year supply management extension while urging a future program with less government control. He highlights taxes budgets welfare and education costs as key inflation drivers and calls for broader farmer participation to prevent harder times ahead.
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Newly Eligible Voters Aren't All Students
Sen. J William Fulbright notes 18 to 21 year olds will influence the 1972 election but many in this group are not students. Rosaly n Hester of the Youth Franchise Coalition says about 45 percent will attend school while 55 percent do not. Nonstudents include military personnel workers and young spouses.
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Sugar Act rewrite could change Hawaii sugar farm units
The Agriculture Department may need a Sugar Act rewrite to treat five Hawaiian holding companies as five farms instead of 23 units to alter subsidies. Department testimony before a House panel argued current law defines a farm by distinct labor, implements, and management, a point debated as the 1968 figures show large subsidies tied to multiple farms.
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House Agriculture Committee
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