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...first time, a higher percentage of women than men in the Class of '83 will receive scholarships. Forty-two per cent of women will receive aid from Radcliffe while 41 per cent of men will get aid from Harvard...
...SALT II approved, its supporters will probably have to agree to increased defense outlays of as much as $7 billion. The recession may trigger further spending; a jump of 2% in the unemployment rate could add $40 billion to the deficit because of lower tax revenues and higher spending on social programs. If there is a tax cut to combat the recession, that alone could push the deficit for fiscal 1980 to $50 billion or $60 billion...
...well above the 6.9% rate predicted by the White House last month. Real G.N.P. is expected to drop 1.4% this year. Because the recession will hang on through next spring instead of ending late in 1979 or very early in 1980, real growth next year will be no higher than 1.1%, instead of the 2% forecast earlier. Finally, inflation will continue to rage at 11% through the end of the year and average close to 9% next year...
...Bergland warned that under the 1977 farm law the federal support price will drop by 330, to $3.07 per bu., next year. That decrease will be more than offset by market forces. Because of the Soviet purchases, U.S. farmers stand to sell more grain than ever at prices somewhat higher than the present $4.22 per bu. for wheat and $2.77 for corn...
Even such a fractional rise will irritate inflation-squeezed Americans. Nonetheless, higher exports of U.S. farm products are the best hope for reducing the nation's trade deficit, which is caused largely by oil imports. Since America's appetite for foreign oil will remain intense, it is necessary to sell more food abroad even if that means slightly higher supermarket bills at home...