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...genial Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton has been moved to Commerce. The Republican conservative nominated to replace him is Wyoming's former Governor Stanley K. Hathaway, who allowed, among other things, blanket slaughter of golden eagles erroneously believed to be major predators of livestock...
...their jobs. Their saga began two years ago when Schlieder and Borschette opened an investigation into pricing policies of Adams' employer, Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., the giant Basle-based pharmaceutical company. The EEC was curious as to why there were wide country-to-country variances in prices for livestock vitamins and two popular Roche tranquilizers, Librium and Valium. Officials suspected Roche of violating several articles of the Treaty of Rome, which governs trade between Common Market countries. If so, the company would also be in violation of a separate trade agreement between the EEC and Switzerland, which...
...programs of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service at $36,000. Defeated after eight years as an Iowa Representative, Scherle keeps track of fuel needs of farmers in his new post and advises them on tax rebates and refunds. "I have 27 years of experience as a grain and livestock farmer," he explains. "The job sought...
...northern Tennessee like a biblical plague. In addition to Fort Campbell's flock of 5 million, there were almost 10 million birds at the military arsenal in nearby Milan, Tenn.. and another 1.5 million in the town of Paducah, Ky. The blackbirds battened on feed meant for livestock, and their droppings might spread histoplasmosis, a lung disease. Before retaliating, the Army issued an environmental statement, and defeated court suits brought by two humane societies (TIME, Feb. 24). Then the battle began...
...production. A U.S. federal energy corporation, they say, could not add much to private industry's expertise in exploration and production. At the same time, oilmen raise the specter of socialism. "What comes next?" asks Frank Ikard, head of the American Petroleum Institute. "How about a Federal Livestock Corporation? Or a Federal Iron and Steel Corporation...