Farm groups push cuts to USDA programs and reforms
National Farmers Union warns budget austerity could cost USDA about 1.6 billion in 1979 80, targeting soil and water conservation and milk programs along with soil service and food aid. Bergland promises belt tightening but preserves high priority programs amid potential workforce cuts and sunset reviews. New year figures show fresh market vegetables valued at 2.76 billion dollars, up 17 percent, with California leading production at 1.28 billion.
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Soil Conservation Service
Food For Peace Program
Agricultural Research
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Executive Branch
Congress
Bob Bergland
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Florida
Texas
New York City
Illinois director of family services resigns
Governor Thompson announced the resignation of Margaret Kennedy as director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Gregory L. Coler, a top New York social services administrator, will replace her at a salary of 38500 dollars. Kennedy, 62, faced criticism over rising child abuse cases and agency performance.
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Margaret Kennedy
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
James R. Thompson
Gregory L. Coler
New York State
Social Services Department
Miss Kennedy
Rockford
Thompson
James Skilbeck
Illinois Judiciary Committee
Coler
National Council of State Public Welfare
American Public Welfare Association
Family Services Bureau
Illinois
Ruling Opens Back Pay in Burlington Race Suit
A federal judge tentatively permits as many as 12,000 current or former black employees and applicants to seek back pay promotions or other damages if racial discrimination claims prove valid at trial in the Burlington Northern Railroad case.
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Chicago
Burlington Northern Railroad
U.S. District Court
John Powers Crowley
Prosecutor seeks to send Oswald to prison
Oswald 17 hijacked a plane to aid a federal prisoner in Marion. Williamson County State’s Attorney Howerton says she will face aggravated kidnapping if federal sentencing falls short. U.S. officials weigh adult status. if tried as an adult, additional charges loom. The case centers on a high profile hijack with threats of dynamite, later revealed as harmless flares.
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Morris
County of Grundy
State of Illinois
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East ST. Louis, Ill
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Robert Howerton
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Marion
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Howerton
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FBI
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