When is a farm a farm and who decides
The piece compares definitions of farms across federal agencies. Census Bureau uses $50 revenue and 10 acres. Habitat uses $250 on under 10 acres. Agriculture Department insists on $10 000 revenue. Economists classify farms by business output while many view home plots as farms for lifestyle reasons. Both views reflect differing aims.
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Uncle Sam
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
United States
Berkeley Faces Student Revolution Affects Governor Reagan Era
Berkeley turmoil and campus unrest frame a national trend as conservative regents push to curtail dissent while Governor Reagan looms.authorities worry over 4 500 to 7 000 nonstudents in Telegraph Avenue zones and clashes at People’s Park with tear gas and a fatality.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Ronald Reagan
State University of New York
Telegraph Avenue
People’s Park
National Guard
Midwest
Daily
Californian
William W. Scranton
Reagan
William French Smith
Board of Regents
Scranton Commission
Los Angeles
William Beal
Storm Defenses Improve Despite Hurricanes’ Devastating Toll
Historic storms show the value of early warnings as weather forecasters tracked hurricanes from West Africa to landfall, sparing many lives. The 1900 Galveston disaster killed 6000, while Camilee caused 285 deaths and 1.5 billion dollars in damage. Weather planes reduced wind intensity briefly through seeding, but the defense remains timely alerts.
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United States
Galveston
Tex
Camilee
West Africa
Mansfield’s $1 Tax Break for Seniors Draws Praise
In Mansfield Texas Mayor Tommy Watson introduces a plan giving homeowners 65 or older a token $1 annual property tax. The town of 3,700 funds the loss with a city sales tax after a 10 year residency rule. officials say it suits towns of similar size, not every city.
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Texas
Mansfield
Tommy Watson
Oldsters
Acting administrator named at Memorial Hospital
CARLS. NAPPS named acting administrator by the Memorial Hospital board after five years as assistant to the late Homer E. Albert. Frederick County supervisors seek an extra deputy sheriff by a 3-2 vote to request state help. Clarke County board rejects county armory plan unanimously. Major George Resseguie and Donald Eugene Dunn receive Bronze Star Medals for service in Italy and in the Pacific. Larry Hill introduces a resolution to rename the Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion to the Conrad-Hoover Post.
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Carls. Napps
Homer E. Albert
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
State Compensation Board
Donald Eugene Dunn
Fifth Army
Italy
George Resseguie
Phillippines
Pacific
Larry E. Hill
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Conrad-Hoover
Worry and Faith in Daily Life
John Wesley urged against worry and the sin it can become while another writer notes that faith in a higher power is essential. The meditation argues that without reliable outside protection and guidance, religion loses meaning and people must rely on a transcendent power amid life’s struggles.
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John Wesley
Youth Today Prefers That Old People Act Their Age
HAL BOYLE notes youth fears aging but also distrusts older rivals who refuse to act their age. He jokes about bowler versus golfer types, neat dress, and money lending. He quips on trains, fashion, Whistler's maxiskirt, and perceptions of old-timers and medicine labels.
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New York
Whistler
Demos Seen Riding Upset Wave in Topsy Turvy Election
Demos head toward gains in Congress and governor races as national chatter at Lake of the Ozarks hints at mixed, unsettled results. Missouri’s Symington faces Danforth challenge while Goldberg and Rockefeller are debated. Buckley may split GOP votes, and Taft Jr. may lose to Netzenbaum in Ohio.
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Gannett News Service
St, Louis
Lake of the Ozarks
Congress
Missouri
Sen
Stuart Symington
Nixon
Symington
Republic
John C. Danforth
Lawrence F. O’brien
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Rockefeller
GOP
Charles E. Goodell
New York Senate
James L. Buckley
Richard L. Ottinger
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Clark MacGregor
Humphrey
Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
William C. Cramer
Florida
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Ralph T. Smith
California
George Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Jess Unruh
Borrow Against Life Insurance Offers Remarkable Terms
A loan against life insurance provides a 95 percent cash value loan with a fixed 5 percent rate, no fixed term, and repayment optional as long as interest is paid. If the borrower dies before repayment, the loan is deducted from the death benefit. April loans totaled 14.7 billion across the industry.
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Marquiss Childs
Roger Heyns
Heyns
Kenneth Pitzer
Stanford University
Pitzer
William M. Roth
Bill
Roth
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Earl L. Douglas
Hal Boyle
By Jack Bell
Howard M. Netzenbaum
Taft
John J. Gilligan
Michigan
Lenore Romney
HUD
George Romney
Philip A. Hart
William G. Milliken
General Motors
At&t
I.Q
Rams
Green Bay
U.S. Army
Merchandise Mart
Winchester Evening Star
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
Winchester
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