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Kclciy wa tea :
. Secretary of -Agrk
nou&ccd the Bee;; :n : : . tr:
renew the pcymer.t-hi.l. :c;:: .
lTiecdmmi-.traticnbur.dec: ". He:
to continue the prcjre.m fcr r : :
according to wire service rc; ; , . .
has teen renewed fer IZ21 v.l..
PIK has l?zn: & xd:ittli prc : N,
nation's fanners, ".y in ;v ;
much of the natir n was M I y a r : . : .:
But the program his serve J its pur;: a
13 tune for it to come to aa end. ,
It's unfortunate that many view PII 1 i,..!r .
a handout to farmers. It wai em i Mum: e 1
bolster a sagging farm' ccohct 5 : thtt iyj
; farmers would not- be forced cut eft v:lr - :',
:: and that's something that afreets ivv.-y
The country has grown much mere rrein
that it possibly can use or expert er. 1 r a.
result, surpluses have grown and grain j :
have been driven down. -
In order to make up for thore leaver pi.
. farmers planted more acreage and -zv;.lcz$.
..methods of producing fcigher;;:$aa! ZrtiM
stockpiles grew even mere and r- '
lower. It wasavieious circle that threat -destroy
many farm cpcratior.s.
PIK was developed as a wry to fee; V.'t
circie.and bring form prices up to r r: : a;, : ' j
level. Farmers were guaranteed a : :t t ; "s
return for withhel ilr 2 p art c f tl . : . lr 1 .
production. .
:;-v But" unlike .ether; acrcr"r: ..ri";'.. 51
grams, puyuaiti cu;.v-a i, u.c .
PIK c::; . i 4 dv-l ; urparc.ly r:
And the program v.cr. cj
Corn and sorghum rcc :n c.3 ;
a normal level, acccru;. to l -'.:r-:
reports. As a tccult, fam p?ic; :
giving farmers "rcr.crcd hr2.
At a speech in North FlittsC. ,r4
estimated U. net f-rm ir.ee:,. : c C ; j I . x
for 1C33, a $7biIIicn lacrc ; . ?.
That figure could go even l.'.Js. :r r. y. ; r, L::
filf grain reserves we rccrh.. r " ' ' '
fthis;year;'anc4.h$ip
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Low crime rate a source of optimism
We live in an age where the possibility of total
world destruction is generally understood. It is an
age in which the economy is bad and faith in
humanity is dwindling more each year.
Yet, the people of Lincoln, Neb., USA, do have
something to be optimistic about
A prime example , of one of the -city's major
benefits can be found by leafing through a local
newspaper.
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. Saturday, for instance, the following items were
reported in the Lincoln Journal:
A man, who already had charges pending
against him in Lancaster County for armed rctbery,
was charged with making a bomb threat
A man was discovered unconscious in a pool of
blood. '. :"v ; : ' -; . -
An 18-year-old was arrested in connection with
the alleged sexual assault of a' 15-year-old
handicapped girl in southwest Lincoln.
A 21 -year-old Lincoln man was arrested after
holding a woman at gunpoint in his apartment for
three hours Thursday night and early Friday
mcming, threatening to raps her. ' -
- Many of you are probably sayir.g this is j't more
evidence that crime is running rampant and the
; average citizen just isn't safe anymore. ,
. You're probably wondering about the benefit of
. living in Lincoln that I mentioned earlier.
About two months ago a nationwide study found
that among other cities Lincoln's size, Lincoln had
the lowest crime rate in the nation. Co even with all
the crime and corruption we read about every day
we still live in one of the most crime-free
environments in the United States.
It's hard for pecplo that hive never tasn expered
to high crime rates to really cc:prcl.end the state cf
constant .awareneis that citizens of ether mare
crimeinfasted c:tia3 mast live in.
rr pn1 - At.' fwnnf,!! fKk
feelin'! cf safety they have while walking in Lincoln
: with no realiatis fear cf being mugged, beat up, or
, Instead many find it easier to go around pointing "
cut the negative arpects of the city, or state, or
' country. ' . : . ."'V ' ..' '
- Businessmen will complain about taxes without'
appreciating the fact that they can stay in business
without paying some gang protection money just to
keep from being bombed or burned out. -
-: ' Students will sneer at worthwhile groups like the
Campus Watch Prcgram without reaHifr.g on many
larger campuses around the country, the crime rats
is so high that such a group wculint even stand a
'- chance eft c;r.g creative. - -
I. fcr cr.eram g!ad thatT l!-.-2 in a cejr.urity
where I can ' concentrate on things that are
important to me instead cf fear. ' . , -
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. OK, shuffle the lads out to the school hm, 'hustle ":
them upstairs to do their homework, shut the door
and let's talk about school. Let's talk about more
school" : ; .
During the summer, while the. classrooms were
empty, the papers were full cf education. Many of us,
the adults, spent cur summer vacation diagnosing
schools. :.T7e identified the most communicable
disease 'as mediocrity. -.- .- ' .
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Now it appears that the favorite national
prescription i3 more claesroom time. If kids need
mere education, we mry.be gi'ir.g them a bigger
In the spring, the National Commission on
Excellence rcecmmsr.drd that we increase the.
school year from an cvarcs cf ICO dzyi up to 03 cr
' 213 dzy:, ar.d ir.cr::-e the rehocl dry frem 73 cx
, 't to n hcixrs. Ti3 f . .1, tvo ec.al c .3 m .
viUl U.vm.iJ b.wMwvl J 1J t - , - v4
rr - ny fc! -h-cchcal ' students LiTI:::.-i v'Z'A a
seventh f:i:dto their dryto faira r, .C're I-:, lien '.
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lei !larr.i?, the longer dry3 r.nd ha-rs vctc J ty
tl 3 c4-2 Lc;':!-t"re'v::re cr.!y trMeJ f;r I:. el: cf
funding. In !!ev,Ycrk, the Board cf Begsnts has.'
-prepcre-d, adding time and education clldab in:
IUlncls r.r.d Ohio are likely to fcllaqr suit '- - :
By v.lntejr this particular cure may be the best
seller -in. over-the-counter education business. It
simply appealj to a varied and mars market of
adults who rar.g3 from punitive to pczithre.'
There are, far example, the Sanynile3 among us,
who think we should do as the Japaneea- jdo. If
Jrpr.cr- children attend school for 240 days ard '
have 25 percent more instruction. time than
Are criean children, then curs should 'too. They
children rather than the management of business"
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Then there are others cf us who simply want kids
kept eff the streets cr cut cf the adult world far
longer periods. Longer school hours are alvays
jpopular in rough economic times. It took a
Deprcerion to p:- e:!r.r;e:3 the idea cf universal high
sehcol The sgecfccrapulecry schooling vvajraieed
deliberately in ths ISZOz to remove teen-rgers from -the
jeb niarhet. Lengthening xehool da;3 today.
v.'cald cfTe-etive! remove a mrrs cf part-time teen-
rg3 rrerhers frer.i the je j raarkzt
- In the same cecnemie climate, more and mare
t-vo-perent wcrldng f::::;.':.:. rr.3 rl--p:rer:t
famZea, worry at out sv: en l:l:n cftl.e lr:el.eel-r - 5
children. Breathes there a veerllrg r " rer.t so c-rra-that
he cr she has never their l;t: 4 o'cleele, do
yau lenor where your children aref
C-e cf the dirty little secrctj rlovt the rttrr :tfen .
of private schools b that they keep the children
later. For each hour added to school you may
subtract one hour cf parental anxiety. . :. -I
am-not suggesting that there are evil motives.
There s nothmg malevolent ahout vrar.tir.g to kep
children supenieed, efl the streets, avre- from the
TV sets, to keep their days structured. Idle hands, .
etc. For many reasons, a longer school dry andyear
( -would be a boon. But most of there are, it should be
admitted, social rer.eeree, not edaeatianal rorreons. "
-.. , Americans have chvrys locked to sehocls to solve
social problems, problems of immigration,
: industrialism; racism. It's understandable that
: many cf us support this nev cure to relieve the'''
- latest symptoms ctl a changing economy and a 1
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But Lf v. e are a!:o tailing r': out ere : r : are, tailing '
about learning, there h no gurrrr that mra
school begets more cdaeatian. rial: ii the ICltz
cr,!y3 cf cvzry 1C3 yaur p--" j f 3
h!:h school; ty 1CCD, 73 cf us Lr.tiSfv caha'al
. and we remain d'eecnteatrd rrilh fir - -" lr.
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career, r.v.ethrr the C:ri rro ru lrj I
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