Farm Bills Near Action As Carter Eyes Signoff
Congress moves toward final action on two farm relief bills to ease farmer finances. Conferees to meet, with Senate approving credit program changes 92 to 0 and House ready to vote on a price support measure. Carter would gain authority to raise target prices, wheat lead. The credit bill expands loan limits, allows corporate farming, and funds refinancing aid up to 4 billion dollars. Supporters deem the measures modest but necessary amid agri economic stress.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Agriculture Committee
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Farmers Home Administration
General Administration
Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Wichita State University
Rainbow Mental Health
Kansas City
Osawatomie State Hospital
State Division of Mental Health and Retardation Services
WSU
Wichita
University of Kansas Medical Center
College of Health- Related Professions
Bennett
City of
Hays
Fort Hays Military Reservation
Peacekeepers On Alert In South Lebanon
In south Lebanon, all U.N. troops were placed on red alert after a series of ambushes and mortar attacks. One French paratrooper and a Palestinian officer were killed. three French troops were missing and seven wounded. Col. Jean Salvan was among the wounded as U.N. forces returned fire to prevent guerrilla incursions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Jean Salvan
Salvan
Israel
Tyre
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lebanese
Popular Resistance Front
PLO
Popular Front
Kurt Waldheim
Emmanuel Erskine
Ghana
Erskine
New York
Security Council
Waldheim
Aspirin Substitute Report Questioned Over Cataract Concerns
A Science report linking long term high dose acetaminophen to cataracts faced swift dismissal from a drug maker and the National Eye Institute. The piece notes mice in the study, possible human risk in elderly or crisis patients, and calls for context alongside warnings about liver damage.
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Washington
National Eye Institute
Science
Journal
The
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hitoshi Shichi
Laboratory of Vision Research
Sarasota
Fla
Shichi
Thomas Gates
McNeil Laboratories
Fort Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Frees Herself as Kidnapper Dreams Fail
Jodie Gaines, 18, was kidnapped by gunmen posing as police and held in a one room shack. She freed herself by pounding the bedframe for 10 hours until it broke. FBI reports she is unharmed and will be interviewed again. Arrests were made for two suspects, David Michael Wilson, 25, and Andrew.
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McKenzie, Tenn
Jodie Gaines
FBI
Joseph Trimbach
Miss Gaines
David Michael Wilson
Andrew
Dickson
Paris
Tenn
Wilson
Patsy
Tennessee
Gaines
Jodie
Ben Gaines
Carroll County
Memphis
Carroll County Golf Club
Ben Jr
The
Tennessean
Nashville
John Owens
Mailing Errors Not Uncommon
An AP byline notes that 2 of every 100 letters are delayed due to wrong post offices, with ZIP code mistakes and machine sorting blamed. Officials foresee improvements from optical readers, while citizens share some fault for misapplied ZIP codes.
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Washington
Internal Postal Service
Bolger
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Arafat
Gilliland
Ottawa
Davis Gas Station
K-68 Hwy
Quenemo
Coronado
Westinghouse
Elec
Maytag Auto
Coronado Elec
Ige
Kenneth Goodrich
Elizabeth Lewis
Audt
Claude Myers
Merle Burgess
Kirkland, M. Fritts
Pete Dorsey
Dorsey
New York City
Cleveland
Postal Service
William F. Bolger
Playtex
Fritzidon
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