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With 15 states and nearly a third of the U.S.'s population under its purview, our Chicago-based Midwest bureau is never short of stories. But last week, with the embargo of Soviet grain sales sending shock waves through the Great Plains and a herd of presidential hopefuls campaigning in Iowa before the state's party caucuses, the bureau's correspondents found their list of assignments unusually heavy. Says Benjamin Cate, who has been Midwest's chief since 1975: "It was our busiest week with breaking stories since our cover on the Big Freeze...
...same time, Andre recognizes that art is a social process, that "art must be seen and apprehended by someone else." "Seeing" for Andre doesn't stop with giving a sculpture the old once-over-lightly from across the room. He wants people to touch the grain of the wood, step over the bricks, stand on the metal plates, and feel the magnesium up through their shoes...
Even if the embargo were to prove largely successful, it is unlikely that anybody in the U.S.S.R. would go hungry. The bulk of the grain from the U.S. is corn, which is fed to livestock. The Kremlin has been striving to build up its herds after a distress slaughter prompted by bad harvests in the mid-1970s. At the moment, Soviet ports and storage areas are crammed with grain, so any embargo would not be felt for a few months. When the grain runs out, the herds would again be slaughtered to feed people. Toward...
American farmers, who are enjoying bumper crops and record exports, are unhappy with the embargo but seem to grudgingly accept it on patriotic grounds. Says Texas Congressman E de la Garza, a Democrat: "With all the grain around, we may end up with a hell of a lot of vodka, but I think the agricultural states will go along with the President as long as the integrity of the nation is involved...
People were asked to donate money in multiples of $2.20, the approximate price of a bushel of corn, but no one worried much about making the math come out even. Some farmers took their corn to grain elevators and asked the operators to forward the cash to Iowa Shares. One woman and her husband sent in $80 and her engagement ring. Iowa Shares kept the money but sent back the ring. In Dubuque, high schools sponsored a dance. Eric Sharp, 9, gave the $50 that his parents were going to spend for his Christmas presents...