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However, there are plenty of outright disasters. Secretary of Agriculture John Block, an Illinois farmer himself, returned to his home state last week to inspect the devastation. The drought there is thought to be the worst in 30 years. In downstate Bond County, where some 80% of the corn crop has been destroyed, Block's National Guard helicopter swooped down onto a field of sorry, 6-in.-high cornstalk stumps. "I can personally feel the pain," he said as he looked out over Farmer Richard Weiss's acreage, "because I have looked at my own fields. They...
...coke glut could last until late 1984, and possibly into 1985. High-grade coke started flooding South Florida last spring, after illegal Colombian coca plantations seeded four years ago started bringing in four crops annually, double those produced in Peru and Bolivia, where coca is grown legally. Colombian smuggling groups anticipated the record crop by upping the refining capacities of their labs. "They've overproduced, like General Motors turning out too many Chevrolets," says Nehrbass. Coke's wholesale price in Colombia has fallen from $22,000 to $9,000 in the past year. To reduce inventories, drug wholesalers...
...shattering of beer bottles. Newcomers create different problems for the police. Although such naughty amusements are passe in the suburbs, the police chief of Harvard, Ill., had to ask the host of a nude cocktail party to pull the shades, and a Cloverdale, Calif., officer confiscated the large marijuana crop of an immigrant gardener...
Brown (5-5, 3-4): Quarterback Joe Potter returns to the scene after setting a Brown season total offense record last year. But Potter won't have an easy time, as his top five passing targets all graduated. The running game is in slightly better shape, with a deep crop of runners and a solid offensive line...
...establishment of a business school for Central America in Nicaragua under the auspices of his Alliance for Progress program. Harvard played a leading role in aiding Third World nations. Most of this assistance came in the form of consulting services for specific projects, such as how to increase crop yield in a particular region. But by the end of the decade, disillusionment with the effectiveness of these programs began to grow...