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These days, when Nebraskans get together to gab about the weather or the price of corn, they also enjoy speculating about the long-blooming romance between Governor Bob Kerrey, 41, and Actress Debra Winger, 30. The couple met two years ago, when Winger was filming Terms of Endearment, and folks in Lincoln (pop. 180,000) have been spotting the lovebirds ever since. Lately everyone's been getting a smile, or a scowl, out of the fact that the Ohio-born actress was stopped for speeding in the Governor's state-leased car. The fuss prompted Kerrey to cancel...
...combines rumbled through golden Dakota wheatfields last week, all signs pointed to a handsome harvest. The corn belt through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa was a healthy bright green, and soybean fields from Minnesota to Missouri sprouted lush and leafy plants. But bounty is a mixed blessing for American farmers, who are mired in a deepening agricultural depression. "This is the crop of our lives," says Roger Ellison, who farms 400 acres of corn and soybeans 45 miles north of Columbia, Mo. "The sad thing is, there's no price in the market...
...report released last week by the Department of Agriculture gave a preview of just how tough the market will be. The survey predicted that the corn crop will increase by 8% from last year, to a record 8.27 billion bu. The soybean harvest is expected to be up 5%, to 1.96 billion bu., while cotton production will rise 6%, to 13.8 million bales. These bumper crops are sure to depress agricultural prices, which are already at extraordinarily low levels. Corn is selling for $2.32 per bu., down from $3.36 in June of 1984. Soy beans, which sold...
...Washington-based Sugar Association, which represents refiners and processors of sugar beet and cane, spent $235,000 last week to take out anti-Coke newspaper advertisements in 13 major cities. The ads charged that Coca-Cola Classic is not the "real thing" because it is sweetened with corn syrup, while the drink's original formula called for sugar, which is slightly more expensive. Of course, the Sugar Association has a keen financial interest in the sweetener question because its members do not make the corn syrup that is now used in most soft drinks. The decision by beverage companies...
...complain that Pyongyang still isn't allowing adequate international monitoring to ensure food goes to the needy.) Meanwhile, South Korea, too, has been stingier with the North of late. Seoul shipped 1.2 million tons of rice to Pyongyang over the last three years, plus another 300,000 tons of corn through the WFP. This year, it hasn't sent anything. South Korean opposition lawmaker Won Hee Ryong last week accused Roh's government of using food aid as a political tool. "Do we really want a nuclear-free Korea without the Kim Jong Il regime at the cost of millions...