World Food Gap Forecast To 1970 At 6.8 Billion Dollars
The Agriculture Department projects a world hunger deficit of about 6.8 billion dollars by 1970, equivalent to nearly 2 billion bushels of wheat. Two thirds of people live in nutritionally inadequate areas with diets far below that of wealthier nations.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Asia
Japan
Israel
Africa
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Department
Farm Bureau Pushes to Abolish Government Crop Insurance
Government crop insurance faces sharp attacks as the American Farm Bureau Federation urges Congress to abolish the program begun in the 1930s. Critics say the plan is a costly tax funded subsidy that has failed to become self financing and risks high premiums for farmers while private insurers oppose government participation.
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Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Chicago
New Quick Sharpening Chain Saw System by Omark
An engineer from Portland Oregon, Russ Carter, examines a two component chain saw system featuring a curved grinder stone and a geometrically related saw feed. Omark Industries claims the design cuts maintenance by 80 percent, speeds wood cutting by 35 percent, and increases service life by 23 percent.
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Russ Carter
Portland
Ore
Omark Industries
Syphilis Cases Rise Across United States
The U S Public Health Service reports infectious syphilis cases climbed during the year ending June 30, totaling 23 250, up from 2 73 in the prior fiscal year. The report highlights a nationwide upward trend in the disease.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Public Health Service
United States
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