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...household name today, except in Wyoming where he was governor from 1966 to 1974. But give the man a successful confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate and a few months as Secretary of Interior and his recognition level should rank alongside that of other cabinet greats, like Agriculture's Earl Butz and the recently-departed Attorney General William Saxbe...
Still others urge a policy of mutual aid, observing that it is in the self-interest of the wealthy nations as well as in the interest of those nations that are stricken with famine. Led by Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, developmentalists argue that the entrance of the Third World into the twentieth century can profit America's balance of payments. These men advocate the exportation of Western agricultural methods to the Third World. For these men, the markets of the Third World are as vital to the West as is food aid to the poor nations...
...Earl Ruth, 59, Governor of American Samoa at $45,000 a year. A three-term Representative from North Carolina who calls himself a "country boy," Ruth has never been to Samoa. But he is sure his experience as dean of students at Catawba College in his home state will help him supervise the 28,000 Polynesians in his jurisdiction. He plans to be "firm but at the same time give the people all the leeway possible...
...white bread is selling for 60? a loaf, up 16% from a year ago. Nonetheless, Clarence Adamy, president of the National Association of Food Chains, claims that "food stores are posting more price declines now than they have at any time in the past three years." Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz estimated last week that food prices generally would "level off or decline" in the second half of the year...
...questions--however impressive the book's photograph of Robert Earl Hughes. "Heaviest Human of All Time"--are so readily referred to simple ocular evidence. Both McWhirters were unsuccessful Conservative candidates for Parliment in 1964, and Norris is particularly opposed to confiscatory income taxes ("Did I say confiscatory? 106 per cent! That's beyond confiscation!") Did the brothers' social and political background help inform their eloquent list of the perquisites available to U.S. Senators, the highest paid legislators in the world? And in other cases, such influences may have been praiseworthy effects. If a pub debate about "Greatest Mass Killings" turned...