Message from Boise to national cattlemen aired at NFR final
E T Evans of Boise Idaho submitted a message for the American National Cattlemen s Association on behalf of Hesston Corporation. The message will be broadcast during the Dec 16 televised final of the National Finals Rodeo aired with time donated by Hesston on behalf of North American farmers and ranchers.
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E.T. Evans
Boise
Idaho
Hestron Corporation
American National Cattlemen’s Association
The
National Cattlemen’s Association
Hesston Corporation
Parity in farm pricing stirs a nationwide strike debate
The parity standard, born in the 1920s to preserve farmer purchasing power, remains a rallying point amid threatened farm strikes. Parity today sits around 66 percent of the 1909 14 level, with subsidies fading since 1973 and target price schemes used instead. Milk remains legally anchored at 80 percent of parity, while most commodities lack full parity guarantees.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Employees blamed as top cause of business crime losses
A Commerce Department study estimates 30 billion dollars in losses in the prior year from crimes against business. Employees account for at least 60 percent of theft related losses and are cited as the single biggest crime problem, with calls for enhanced pre employment screening to curb risk.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
The Lighter Side: Saving the Pioneers Record
Dick West jokes about choosing possessions in a house fire led by the Sons of the Pioneers record Tumbling Tumbleweeds with Cool Water on the flip side. The lighthearted musings mix nostalgia and humor from a Washington UPI column.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Sons of the Pioneers
Letters to the Editor praise local wrestling coverage and seasonal tumbleweeds
A reader urges continued local sports coverage in the Telegraph and shares a humorous tale about receiving a Christmas tumbleweed from Texas. The letter laments US Department of Agriculture plans to wipe out tumbleweeds and references a small white moth, Coleophora parthenica.
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Sidney High
Telegraph
Texas
Santa Claus
Anson
Tex
U.S Department of Agriculture
Coleophora Parterica
Tumbleweed moths and the USDA research paradox
Dick West notes the 1977 agricultural research highlight on the tumbleweed moth Coleophora parthenica, yet warns of a Catch 22 as moths feed only on tumbleweeds. He questions future food sources if tumbleweeds dwindle and predicts frantic control experiments 10 years ahead, ending with a tongue in cheek reference to Pioneer lyrics.
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USDA
Pakistan
Nebraska rural health panel backs student incentives plan
Nebraska's Rural Health Manpower Commission urged Gov. Exon to create a state funded financial incentive program offering tuition and maintenance stipends to medical students who pledge to practice in rural areas. The group also proposed expanding family practice training at NU Medical Center and adding rural preceptorships in early medical education.
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Regina J. Hills
Lincoln
Neb.upd
Nebraska
Rural Health Manpower Commission
James Exon
Ben Meckel
Burwell
Commission
Exon
Meckel
Paul Young
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Department of
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
The
NU Medical Center
Creighton University Medical School
Department of Family Practice
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed In Text
The crossword list includes across clues such as Steeped In Ed or Nancy mud vestige and notes on 10100 centesimi, with many entries like Sojourn Unwilling and Unfailing. A long block mentions Gillespie’s and various players and jazz terms while a Down section cites rural health topics and UN Medical Center programs.
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Nancy
Mr Namath
St. Peter
Bergland outlines new rural strategy to boost development
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland urged a national rural development plan at the Conference on Rural America in Washington. He proposed reorganizing USDA Rural Development Service, boosting FmHA budget to 8.2 billion, directing insured lending to low income families, and a rent supplement to fund 20 000 units with tenants paying 25 percent of income.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Conference On Rural America
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Rural Development Service
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Bergland
America
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