Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, July 13, 1976 Bumper corn crop wi keep WASHINGTON (AP) - The averaged 86.2 bushels per acre cle for holding down retail food will rise 2 to S pet 1976 corn crop, vital for the harvested. prices through the coming year. average, this year. production of much of the Don Paarlberg, USDA direc- "If there is an increase in the prices rose 8.5 pe: American food supply, is ex- tor of economics, said in an retail price of food it is likely each of the two p pected to be a record of more interview last week in anticipa- to come after the stuff leaves soared 14.5 per ce than 6.55 billion bushels, up 14 tion of Monday's report that a the farmer's gate," Paarlberg cause U.5. crop p per cent from last year's bump- 1976 corn crop in the range of said. ed to keep pace er harvest, the Agriculture De- 6.03 billion to 6.73 billion bush- world demands fot partment said yesterday. els would add significant mus- "BUT SO FAR as the agri- Since last year's A senior USDA economist said cultural component of retail and corn cropsl that the huge crop, which will . food prices is concerned, that export drain of U be ready for harvest early this Interesting looks to me as if it is likely has been reverse fall, will help dampen consumer to be stable or dampening rath- has been a mode food prices through 1977. Last er than inflationary." of reserves, pa year's crop of nearly 5.8 billion ass ortea Tacts Paarlberg cautioned, however, wheat. If the 1976 bushels, the record so far, has that weather conditions through out as now indicat helped ease the food price spiral In 1784 the Massachusetts Su- August will be crucial to the be further gains it in 1976. preme Court outlawed slavery development of the corn crop serves of both wh because of the words in the as usual and that farmers will by the time next THE DEPARTMENT'S Crop state Bill of Rights, "all men need at least normal rainfall are ready. Reporting Board also estimated are born free and equal." before the crop can mature The report yest 1976 wheat production, based properly. include production on July 1 crop surveys, at The Tower of London is a On the average, about 60 per a number of oth about 2.04 billion bushels. gr of buildins and towers cent of what consumers spend crops, including Although 4 per cent smaller covering 13 acres along the on food goes to middlemen who cotton. The first than the 1975 record of more north bank of the Thames Riv- transport, process and sell it. cafttn estimates b than 2.1 billion bushels, this eryield surveys will year's wheat harvest is the . -DEPARTMENT experts have Aug. 12, along wit second largest in U.S. history predicted that retail food prices other crops and it and is expected to provsde Alexander II of Russia was ample bread grain for domestic assassinated, March 13, 1881. and foreign markets through e l . fex rkt hog Gen. Alvaro Obregon, presi- l9 U n S 1 As livestock feed, corn is the yent-electof Mexico, was shot most important grain for pro- to death in San Angel, Mexico. during beef, pork, poultry and July 17, 1928. gO great demand overseas, includ- On April 18, 1958, a sunken ing the Soviet Union, as live- ammunitions ship exploded in stock feed. Okinawa Harbor, killing 40 per- LANSING (UPI) - Attorney the state final say sons. General Frank Kelley has given al of nuclear was ThE REPORT said corn some legal muscle to Michi- borders. yields are expected to average George Rogers Clark cap- gan's bid for full disclosure of ERDA, whichv 90.5 bushels per acre against tured Kaskaskia from the Brit- the environmental consequences salt formations u an earlier projection of around ish in 1778 to help win Illinois of dumping radioactive nuclear pens, Presque Is 89 bushels. Last year the crop for the United States. wastes in the state. morency counties rr~tcosrlcrctrda hA %Ill asq dis s l ite. prices low r cent, on the . In 1975, food r cent and in revious years nt, partly be- roduction fail- with rising r grain. record wheat however, the .S. stockpiles ed and there est rebuilding rticularly of harvests turn ed, there will n the U.S. re- teat and corn year's crops terday did not a figures for er important soybeans and soybean and ased on actual be issued on th forecast for nonth later re- visions for corn and wheat pro- duction. MEANWHILE, yesterday's re- port showed that 1976 winter wheat production is estimated at 1,530,124,000 bushels as of Ju- ly 1, down 7 per cent from last year's harvest of 1,651,209,000 bushels. The estimated a month ago was 1,416,006,000 bushels. The winter wheat yield was put at 31.1 bushels per acre, compared with 32 last year and a 1976 average of 30 bushels per acre indicated as of June 1. Durum wheat production, in demand for making spaghetti and other pasta foods, was es- timated at 128,920,000 bushels and the yield at 28.1 bushels per acre. The 1975 output was 123,- 182,000 bushels and the yield 26.4 bushels per acre. Other spring-plant wheat was estimated at 381,412,000 bush- els, a yield of 23.2 bushels per acre, compared with 1975's crop of 359,412,000 bushels and 26.7 bushels per acre. lull disclosure of ear waste disposi y over dispos- IN AUGUST of 1974, K tes inside its obtained a federal court in, tion prohibiting the U. S. F wants to test Service from using the nderlying Al- bicide, called "agent oral le and Mont- without a full environmentt for suitability sessment. Phas not re- The same process. K MICHIGAN REPERTORY '76. AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMICHICAN presents C -, Kelley satd yesteray ne wi s a p a S ,V, take the federal government to plied to Milliken's request. said, would be used ag court if its energy agency fails "I DON'T think the state can ERDA if it did not detai to draw up a full environmental ever demand a veto power over vironmental consequence impact statement - a proce- the federal government," said nuclear waste disposal. (lure Kelley said is required Deputy Attorney General Stan- In a letter to ERDA Ado under the National Environ- ley Steinborn. "That's not the trator Robert Seamans, K mental Policy Act for "such a way our system operates. expressed the hope that E significant federal action." "When they get ready to do "would fully comply with M E A N W H I L E, a it, they do it. We've found eral law without the nec spokesman for Michigan's high- sometimes there's only one way of legal action." est law enforcement official to stop it, and that's through The letter said that K said the state cannot demand litigation," Steinborn said. would launch a court actic veto power over actions by a Kelley successfully fought "restrain the creation ofa federal agency. another federal agency's at- dump in Michigan if E Gov. William Milliken has tempt to spray a herbicide used attempts to proceed withot asked the federal Energy in the Vietnam War on an area adequate advance study Research and Development near Bond Falls Basin in the potential environmental Administration (ERDA) to give Upper Peninsula. sequences." i elley junc- orest her- nge, 1 al as- elley 'ainst i en- s of ninis- elley ,RDA fed- essity elley n to an A- RDA at an y of con- Show's Comedy HEARTBREAKUHOUSE Televis JULY 27 &30;AUG. 2&5 T l v s Ibse's Msteriece6:00 2 7 NEWS Ibsen's Masterpiece s9 I DREAM OF JEANNIE H E DDA GABL E R 2 ZCISOI-Wso es tern JULY 28 & 31; AUG. 3 & 6 50 BRADY BUNCH-Comedy 62 I SPY-Adventure 6:30 9 NEWSDAY Kaufman & Hart's Comedy 20 DANIEL BOONE ONCEI N LIFTIME50 I LOVE LUCY-comedy ONCE IN A L ETIME 7:00 2 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIO JULY29; UG. , 4 ? ?7 ABS NEWS-H. 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