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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, January 16,1975
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| By United Press International
| CIA pleads for secrecy
WASHINGTON (UH) - Director William E. Colby, of
the Central Intelligence Agency, in testimony to the
I intelligence subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee Wednesday, said his agency used American
business as cover for agents abroad. He also ac
| knowledged the CIA kept files on 10,000 American citizens.
But he added, the agency never conducted “massive,
illegal, domestic intelligence activity.” Colby pleaded for
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Farmers
count cost
of storm
By United Press International
Fanners in the wind-whipped,
snow-clogged Midwest, already
victims of a drought and an
early freeze which killed off
crops and livestock, took stock
of their latest losses today —the
dead and the missing, man and
animal.
The weekend storm piled
mountains of snow on Midwest
farm and ranch lands and
brought bitter cold to the area.
The storm’s death toll
reached 64 persons Wednesday.
The bodies of an elderly
couple were found in their
Rembrandt, lowa, home Tues
day night. They apparently had
been dead since the weekend,
when the storm hit the area.
The storm also took its toll on
farmers and cattlemen.
The president of the Sioux
County, lowa, Cattle Feeders
Association said Wednesday
“tens of thousands” of head of
cattle may have perished in the
storm and cold wave.
Association President Glenn
Greigg told newsmen it proba
bly will be spring before many
of the dead cattle and hogs are
found.
In some stormswept areas,
some cattlemen lost as many
as 400 or 500 cattle.
Some experts said lowa
livestock losses alone could top
the S2O million loss suffered in
an April, 1973, blizzard.
Production losses, Greigg
said, will prove more damaging
than actual cattle deaths.
Spring floods delayed plant
ing and a summer drought —
the worst since the Dust Bowl
days of the 1930 s —charred
Midwest crops and killed off
livestock last year. An early
freeze added to the crop
damage. Much of the com and
soybean crop was destroyed,
resulting in higher feed prices
for cattlemen.
Talmadge says
higher prices
mandatory
RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -
Higher commodity target prices
are “absolutely mandatory” to
avoid economic catastrophe on
the farm, according to Georgia
Sen. Herman Talmadge.
Talmadge, chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
outlined his views on new farm
legislation in a speech here. He
said grain prices may drop
sharply in 1975 as a result of
curtailments in livestock pro
duction, declines in export
demand due to a worldwide
money pinch and anticipated
record crops as the administra
tion pushes for all-out produc
tion.
“Coupled with sharply higher
costs or production, the present
farm programs would be totally
ineffective,” Talmadge said.
“If these events should develop,
we could find ourselves whip
sawed from scarcity to glut and
from economic boom to eco
nomic bust on the farm.
“This unacceptable scenario
must be avoided.”
Talmadge earlier in the day
announced plans to begin
Senate hearings Feb. 3 on new
farm legislation, which he
called the “Agriculture and
Anti-Depression Act of 1975.”
He noted the current target
prices of $2.05 a bushel for
wheat, $1.38 a bushel for corn
and 38 cents a pound for cotton
are all below market prices and
significantly less than produc
tion costs for the commodities.
The target price concept,
which Talmadge said will be
the key area of new farm
legislation, calls for the govern
ment to pay fanners the
difference between market
prices and target prices if
commodity prices fall below
target levels.
If the average market price
stays above the target price
level, no payments are made.
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secrecy to protect some programs, citing that disclosure
might endanger the lives of some.CIA agents abroad.
Rejection was a surprise
WASHINGTON (UH) — It was reported from London
that the rejection of a 1972 trade agreement with the
United States by the Soviet Union, came as a surprise to
both Western and Communist diplomats. A hardening of
Kremlin policy toward the United States was cited, but the
cause has not been determined. The administration in
Washington has blamed Congress because of its refusal to
sign the trade agreement unless Russia allowed increased
emigration of dissidents, especially Jews. However,
Congress shows no sign of changing its position.
Playboy secretary buried
CHICAGO (UPI) — Bobbie Amstein, the Playboy
executive secretary who apparently committed suicide,
was buried Wednesday. Miss Amstein was under a
conditional 15-year sentence on a conviction of federal
drug charges, and Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner
charged she was driven to suicide by investigators out to
“get” him and his organization on alleged narcotics
violations.
Boy, 15, on kill spree
MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. (UPI) - Honor student Gregg
Sanders, 15, killed both of his parents with an ax
Wednesday night. He then climbed a nearby water tower,
slashed his wrists and jumped to his own death. Police
said a suicide note was found, but they did not know what
motivated the boy to attack his parents. “If there was a
problem, it was known only by the parents,” County
Attorney Peter A. McCord said. He said authorities did
not find any indication of mental disorder in the youth’s
medical records.
Angola gets a promise ♦
PENINA, Portugal (UH) — Angola, an African
territory almost the size of Texas, and rich with diamond,
iron and petroleum resources, was promised its
independence from Portugal Wednesday.
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