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...only glimmer of good news was the projection that the wheat crop, while plentiful, will dip by 8%, to 2.38 billion bu., its lowest level in six years. That decline will occur primarily because most wheat farmers harvested 30% fewer acres than last year in return for federal subsidies. Even after this cutback in production, wheat is selling for a mere $2.90 per bu., down sharply from a high of $4.21 in early...
...reason: fears that the U.S. economy may be stagnating. Since late February, the dollar's value has dropped 25% against the British pound, 10% against the Japanese yen and 14% against the lira. Last week the greenback lost ground in four of five trading sessions, closing Friday at its lowest level in more than a year against the German mark and the French franc...
Thursday's joint statement required intensive negotiation, yet it was little more than an enumeration of the lowest common denominators of the relationship. On arms control, it mostly reiterated earlier declarations of intent or endorsed vague goals that have already provoked dispute. The "principle" of a 50% reduction in nuclear arms begs such extremely tricky questions as whether gravity bombs aboard bombers (in which the U.S. has an advantage) should be lumped together with more threatening warheads atop large missiles (in which the Soviets have the lead). The statement also promoted the "idea" of an interim compromise on medium-range...
...Schwinden, himself a one-room alumnus. "I have nothing but good memories of it," he says. Another is Salund's Herbranson, who sounds like anything but today's unappreciated, burned-out teacher, despite a 1983 salary of $6,300, which the National Education Association certified as the nation's lowest (her wages have now soared to $6,800). "The feeling of being needed," she says, "that's something worthwhile. Many of my former students are married now, but we're still close. They still call me 'Teacher.'" --By Ezra Bowen. Reported by Robert C. Wurmstedt/Hanging Woman
...astonishing that even today the U.S. Immigration Service has no uniform policy for handling defections like that of Sailor Medvid. In light of U.S. incompetence at the lowest level, what hope can there be for success at the nation's highest echelons? Heinz Dieter Chiba Montreal Ransoming Relatives...