Rural development bill gains new momentum on Capitol Hill
Farm state lawmakers push a 1987 plan to expand economic and educational aid for small towns and farming families. Senate leaders back a $300 million four year program for loans and grants to boost business and public services, including water, sewage, roads, and rural telecommunications. House hearings and field tours are planned as advocates press for quick action before 1990.
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Controversy Grows Over Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Delays
Scholars demand faster public release of the Dead Sea Scrolls now 42 years post discovery. Morton Smith of Columbia calls editors' approach disgraceful while David Noel Freedman of Michigan says forty years is too long. Scrolls reveal Old Testament fragments and early Jewish Christian life.
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