Farm policy shifts spur aid and alarm for U.S. farmers
President Clinton authorized government grain purchases to aid impoverished nations and buoy domestic prices. The 1996 Freedom to Farm bill aims to end subsidies, yet a hard summer and low prices hit farmers hard. Officials urge a sturdier safety net, disaster aid, and cautious use of grain sales, while tax-advantaged accounts and liberal disaster responses are considered. John D. Montgomery.
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Door Kicking and a Call to Rethink Sentencing
A Waterloo Iowa youth Gabriel Rubino serves 25 years for breaking into an apartment during a party clash after a friend was shot. The piece argues mandatory guidelines strip judge discretion, citing similar cases like Jeff Berryhill and Kemba Smith to question if justice is served or politics drive punishment.
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Gabriel Rubino
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Mensa
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Kemba Smith
Connecticut
Readers urged to speak at Franklin County budget hearing
Taxpayers are urged to attend the August 7 p.m. public hearing on the Franklin County proposed 1999 budget at the Annex Meeting Room 1418 S. Main. Commissioners voted to adopt a 9.6 mill levy increase, adding to prior increases and a 1997 delinquent tax list totaling 367,782.54. Freone Hollinger asks residents to hold officials accountable and participate.
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S. Main
Education best care for youths' smoking
Congress weighs tobacco legislation aimed at curbing teen smoking via Prohibition era laws and steep tax hikes on a legal product. The speaker argues taxes punish adults, delay rational solutions, and urges education over government policing of lifestyle choices.
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Black voters open to swing in Democratic politics
Black voters are shown shifting leverage in key states as Democratic leaders lose ground with the community. Reports from Florida Missouri Maryland and Illinois describe defections and independent positioning that could reshape gubernatorial and legislative races.
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Chicago
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George Ryan
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