Block backs acreage cuts to prop up prices
Agriculture Secretary John Block endorsed a 15 percent set aside for wheat rice and cotton and 10 percent for corn and related grains to boost prices, despite personal aversion to idle land. He expects 40 percent participation and said farmers must join to qualify for price supports.
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Springfield
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Kansas City
Usda Crop Reporting Board
Illinois
Agriculture Department
Dan Zwicker
Illinois Farm Bureau
USDA
Block
Death of Abscam witness wife questioned in Florida
The estranged wife of Abscam key witness mailed a 19 page narrative accusing him of perjury and FBI collusion. She was found dead by hanging in a Florida condo, labeled a death by own action, while her attorney sought to reopen the case against ex Representative Richard Kelly. The narrative and affidavits aim to support testimony planned for court through videotaped statements to Jack Anderson and a network TV show.
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New York Times
Miami
Abscam
Florida
Cynthia Marie Weinberg
Palm Beach
Mel
West Palm Beach
Weinberg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J.R
Tequesta Hills
Michael F. Dennis
Garden City
N.Y
Dennis
Richard Kelly
R-Fla
Congress
Federal District Court
District of Columbia
Jack Anderson
Strike talk follows GM UAW contract collapse
Detroit AP reports the collapse of emergency talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers risks a tougher bargaining summer. Analyst David Healy predicts a higher chance of a strike in September as talks resume in July after wage and benefit concessions failure. GM jobs cuts rise to 139,000 as layoffs loom.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
David Healy
Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc
New York
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Healy
Ford
Douglas Fraser
Washington
Fraser
Hayakawa withdraws from 1982 campaign in California
Sen. S. I. Hayakawa withdrew from the 1982 re election bid saying he could not balance campaigning with Senate duties. The 75 year old candidate stood in fourth place in GOP voter polls and faced disorganization in his campaign as delegates watched in Monterey. His aide cited discussions of the hard facts of life with Senate leaders.
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Monterey
Calif
Sen
S.I. Hayakawa
Senate
California
Republican Party
Hayakawa
Sandra Conlan
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