Crisis looms as National Ag Day celebrates amid controversy
Inside Highlights notes storm clouds over the usual festive Ag Day scene on Page 6, signaling upcoming crisis and controversy surrounding the event.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1985
Page
7
Inside Highlights notes storm clouds over the usual festive Ag Day scene on Page 6, signaling upcoming crisis and controversy surrounding the event.
Local Basin committees emerge as a pathway for strong water interest groups. Dole’s assertive leadership surfaces early as Senate Majority Leader while KU faces Oklahoma in a developing arch rivalry.
About 50 Kansas lawmakers joined hundreds from the Midwest in Washington to urge federal action on farm economics and the deficit. U S Senate Majority Leader Dole questioned the impact, while Gov Carlin and Rep Heinemann voiced cautious optimism about raising visibility and possible state level moves after the trip.
Washington lawmakers who won concessions to aid farmers warned the struggle continues as they prepare to push farm credit amendments to an Ethiopian famine relief bill. Proposals may include advances on crop loans and lower interest rates, while Govs Branstad Clinton Janklow push to defend farm price supports. Agriculture Sec. Block pledged robust loan funding as weather and forecasts show tough planting ahead.
Washington AP reports that a majority of 1985 economists from major corporations foresee a recession beginning in 1986 driven by large federal deficits, high interest rates, and worsening trade. They expect inflation to stay controlled this year with growth slowing next year despite administration forecasts.
Great Falls Montana a Williamsburg area farmer and his wife Linda are described in a fragmented notice. The report notes they have five children and reference a Saturday event. Details are unclear but involve a family matter and local legal proceedings.
Edwin Meese III is sworn in as the nation's 75th attorney general in a White House ceremony attended by President Reagan and other aides. Meese vows to work with Congress and faces tasks including staffing the department, vetting vacant federal judgeships, and potential ruling on affirmative-action cases after a Supreme Court decision.
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