Bergland visits Mexico Missouri farmers seek price answers
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland met a large crowd of area farmers at the Central Missouri Livestock Auction Center in Mexico Missouri. Questions centered on farm prices government policy and proposed farm bill target prices. Bergland defended government tools to improve farmer incomes while keeping markets free and explained plans for a new optional crop insurance program under local ASCS offices.
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U.S
Bob Bergland
Harold Volkmer
D-Mo
Central Missouri
Mexico
Ledger
Bruce Boyes
Central Missouri Livestock Auction Center
Washington, D.C
Bergland
Carter
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Bergland
ASCS
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Middle and Upper Incomes Face Bigger Social Security Tax Rise
Washington reports a dispute over a tuition credit threatens final action on Social Security. Negotiators approved a $227 billion decade payroll tax increase with middle and upper income groups bearing the largest share, while lawmakers split over a $250 annual tuition credit for students.
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Washington
White House
Russell B. Long
D-La
House
al Ullman
D-Ore
William V. Roth
Rdel
Carter
Congress
Nearly 1000 Tractors Rally Toward Washington Protest
About one thousand farmers in a tractor caravan pressed Washington to raise farm prices to parity with 1910 to 1914 purchasing power. The action mirrors protests in state capitals and aims to show shoppers that marketing costs drive higher food prices, not farm profits. Organizers warn a broader farm strike could follow, while a rally near the Washington Monument is planned after cross-state join-ups.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Arizona
Tucson
American Agriculture
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Washington Monument
Ties That Bind Help People Live Longer
A nine year study of 6928 Alameda County residents links strong social ties to longer life. Researchers found isolated individuals face higher death risks, especially women aged 30 to 49, with social networks from multiple sources offsetting risks regardless of marriage or church attendance.
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Los Angeles
Ms. Berkman
University of California At Berkeley School of Public Health
Tractorcade Becomes Parade Of Pickups
In Sedalia Missouri more than 150 farmers camped at the state fairgrounds on their way to a Jefferson City rally. Bitter cold turned the planned tractorcade into a pickup parade with under 30 tractors present. Farmers from multiple counties slept in the youth building after paying the facility fee. They planned to meet Gov Teasdale and view a film about farmer hardship related to the wider strike set for December 14.
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Sedalia
Jefferson City
Missouri State Fairgrounds
Benton
Vernon
Bates
Cooper
Cass
Johnson
State Capitol
Joseph Teasdale
Jerry Litton
Ex-Hughes Aide Bets $10 Million On Will Controversy
In Las Vegas Howard Hughes' top aide John Holmes, 61, signed away his share in a contested will and downsized the chance of a $10 million gain, calling the will a forgery. Executor Noah Dietrich seeks authenticity as Holmes weighs renunciation.
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Hughes
Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
John Holmes
Holmes
Noah Dietrich
Harold Rhoden
Dietrich
Rhoden
Cold Temperatures Blamed For Deaths
The Associated Press reports bitter cold and snow across the upper Midwest to the Northeast blamed for at least 44 deaths in Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Ohio. Most deaths due to heart attacks while shoveling snow or in traffic cases. A Chicago woman killed entering a railroad crossing with her face shielded by a scarf. A Chicago woman burned to death after kerosene lantern incident when gas was shut off for nonpayment. Weather Service warned of extreme cold with 40 mph gusts reducing wind chill to 50 below. Also notes birth of Timothy Joseph Fox in Columbia with family details.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Wiinois
Chicago
John F. Hechinger
Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Co
Wendy Coutts
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Mexico Stop
Columbia
United States
USDA
Douglas Lee Druger
Wallace T. Druger
Harwood
Audrain Medical Center
Anthony Wayne Druger
James Lee Jeffrey
Wilburt Druger
Margaret Jeffrey
Florence Stevens
Wallace Hill
Druger
Frank England Construction Co
Florsheim Shoe Co
Thomas LaMance
Lees
Andrew Michael Lees
Mrs
Michael Lees
National Weather Service
Erie
Timothy Joseph Fox
William Fox
Dorcas
University Medical Center
Timothy Joseph
Timothy
Marla
Jeff
David Schlager
Bernard Fox
Clayton
Della Fox
Bowling Green
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