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The lottery proposal grew out of a federal suit filed in 1975 by National Land for People Inc., a group of small California farmers who charged that the Government had never really enforced the Federal Reclamation Act of 1902. That law's original goal: to give a boost to...
In April 1976, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco ruled in favor of the small farmer, ordering the Government to enforce the 1902 act. Andrus proposes to do that by forcing large landowners to sell off all acreage exceeding the 160-acre limit to...
The Western farmers' main complaint: the 1902 act is archaic because modern mechanized farming techniques have made it impossible for anyone to earn a living on a 160-acre tract. Moreover, Imperial Valley landowners point out, of the 450,000 Imperial acres under the plow, only 20,000 belong...
Located at what was the ancient city of Thebes, the temple of Mut had been investigated sketchily by earlier archaeological expeditions. But the Brooklyn Museum, which was granted an exclusive concession to excavate the area in 1975, is the first institution to launch a systematic study of the temple grounds...
Although he and his wife Estelle, 67, live in relative comfort on their $900-a-month income of pension plus Social Security, he no longer is eligible for benefits he had in his old job, such as housing and car allowances and health insurance. He sees rising property taxes as...