Bergland tests farm policy with 800 farmers in Texas
Secretary Bergland led three marathon national dialogue sessions in Wichita Falls and elsewhere, facing broad farmer complaints on regulation, consumer focus, and policy direction. Speakers warned of corporate farming threatening family farms, high land values, and costly taxes, urging tax incentives for new farmers and better rail transport for markets.
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New York Times
Wichita Falls
Tex
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Congress
United States
Vermont
North Carolina
Alabama
Middle West
Sioux City
Neb
Sedalia
Denver
Spokane
Wash
Fresno
Calif
Dean Kleckner
Iowa Farm Bureau
Fast food chains' rise fuels American eating out boom
Louise Cook reports Americans spend over 20 billion annually at fast food outlets for burgers chicken and sides. Top ten chains now generate about five times their revenue a decade earlier with McDonalds Burger King and KFC leading growth. By 1978 domestic fast food sales reached 21.2 billion up 17 percent from 1977. One fourth of total foodservice sales are now by top chains, and a rising share of food dollars goes to away-from-home meals as working women households and disposable income shift dining habits. The National Restaurant Association projects 40 percent of food dollars will go to restaurants next year with carry-out deli and sit-down options expanding.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
McDonald’s
Burger King
Advertising Age
Institutions
Military Mess Hall
National Restaurant Association
The
Food Marketing Institute
Alderman Kenner Fends Off Attacker With Bat
Chicago alderman Tyrone T. Kenner chased down a would be rapist on 45th street near Michigan Avenue after spotting a struggle with a 15 year old girl. The attacker fled dropping a weapon. police arrived to take the suspect into custody. The girl sustained bruises and cuts but was not raped. Kenner, a former Chicago cop, defended the teen and held the suspect until officers arrived.
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Chicago
Tyrone T. Kenner
Kenner
South Side
45Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Junk food linked to lower learning in kids study
Oscar Rasmussen of Ethic al Data reports a study showing sugary snacks before testing lowered word recognition and composition scores by about 1.6 grade levels across private public and military schools. He says body chemistry drives behavior and notes a follow up without snacks reduced the drop to 0.28.
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Chicago
Oscar Rasmussen
Ethical Data
Rasmussen
Nutrition Education
Cook County
War room energy plans form secret crisis network
Washington Star reports that Energy Secretary Charles Duncan created a top secret war room in the Energy Department basements to coordinate crisis responses. The room is part of a broader network for handling crises from dam problems to oil export shutdowns, with real drills once scheduled during the Tehran hostage crisis.
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Washington
Charles Duncan
Energy Department
Department of Energy
Duncan
Defense Department
James R. Schlesinger
U.S
Tehran
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Luster Velour
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Fieldcrest
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