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...Still, there is the wheat scandal, and we do call it a scandal down here, which had a very negative effect on President Nixon," White said. "This is an early wheat harvest belt; our farmers lost millions of dollars. Of course, (Secretary of Agriculture Earl L.) Butz said that the farmers gambled and lost, but the feeling of our farmers is that they were the only ones who had to gamble...
...Nixon Administration is truly hurting from the wheat scandal and the Watergate incident just as the Democratic regulars of Texas suffered from a stock scandal last spring. But "The President's" transgressions still have less of an impact than did the stark revelations of widespread corruption throughout the state government. Nixon has maintained an upright posture with the residents of the suburbs, while striking rich with the oil millionaires downtown. His recent negotiations with Hanoi, though they may turn out to be rather morbid theatrics, may have convinced many of the borderline moderates...
Distribution of part of these purchases is expected soon to alleviate scarcities of staple foods, especially bread. The Russians intend to mill the fine-quality American and Canadian wheat for flour. Their own sparse grain crop will be used to provide cattle feed. But present shortages of feed have forced the Soviets to slaughter precious livestock herds that are insufficient even in the best of times. Although this may provide a temporary bonanza of meat this winter, it will also diminish supplies of dairy products...
...have come at a worse time for Allende or the Chilean economy. Inflation for the first nine months of this year is a staggering 99.8% . The price of sirloin steak, on the rare occasions it has been available, has increased 200% ; stew beef is up 116%, powdered milk 166%. Wheat and bread are in short supply. Butter has disappeared. But real hunger threatened only momentarily when food stores closed in a strike two weeks ago, until the army ordered them to reopen...
...expectancy that Trudeau generated in 1968, but have come to realize that he has generally governed Canada with more cautious pragmatism than panache." The Prime Minister was also suffering from television overexposure and a perilously short temper. Once he had demanded of Western farmers: "Why should I sell your wheat?" On another occasion, he rebuffed a group of demonstrators with the sarcastic comment "Where's Bia-fra?" Still another time, he told a group of striking mail-truck drivers to "mangez de la merde...