Kansas High In Set Aside Program
Kansas farmers show far higher participation in the federal grain set aside program than the national average with 59 percent of farms enrolled as of May 4 and 1.8 million acres pledged, mainly in wheat. State ASCS director Jim Ray cites potential rise to 85 percent participation pending new farm legislation and delayed signup deadlines as President Carter acts.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Jim Ray
Carter
Bob Bergland
Stewart N. Smith
ASCS
Washington
Smith
U.S
USDA
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Ray
Rock Island
James B. Pearson
Belleville
Goodland
Pearson
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Begin
Senators Worried Over IRS Reorganization Plan
Senators from twelve sparsely populated states voiced concerns at a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing that an IRS reorganization would cut taxpayer services and force officials to relocate. TRS Commissioner Jerome Kurtz defended the plan, saying efficiency improves with at least one district office per state.
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Washington
IRS
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Claiborne Pell
Senate Finance Subcommittee
TRS
Jerome Kurtz
McDonalds defends Big Mac sauce ingredient gum tragacanth
McDonalds says there is no evidence gum tragacanth in its Big Mac sauce is dangerous or harmful. Four McGill doctors warned of potential allergic reactions, but FDA and company state the additive is widely used and considered safe.
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Boston
McDonald’s
New England Journal of Medicine
Douglas Timberlake
McDonald's
Oak Brook
Ill
Food and Drug Administration
McDonald’s Quality Assurance Department
Washington
FDA
Emil Corwin
McGill University Teaching Hospital
Montreal
McGill
Polls Show Opposition To Arms Sales To Anyone
New York AP NBC poll finds 59 percent oppose all U S arms sales abroad and oppose the Mideast jet sales package to Israel Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Twenty nine percent back the deal with 12 percent unsure.
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New York
U.S
Carter
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Associated Press
NBC News
Mideast
Congress
Meatcutters charge area grocers with bad faith bargaining
Kansas City area strikers filed formal charges with the National Relations Board accusing Safeway A P and Milgram Food Stores of sham bargaining in violation of the NLRA. The strike includes 3 765 workers across butchers clerks drivers bakers and others and began April 9.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
National Relations Board
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union Local No
Safeway
Milgram Food Stores
National Labor Relations Act
Thomas C. Hendrix
NLRB
Kansas City Area
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