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?Farm exports should be priority The United States must give trade policy a higher priorty accor ding to a preliminary report by the National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy. The Commission was created by law last summer to look into several years of decline in P farm exports. The Commission blames much of the decline in exports on the value of the dollar compared to other currencies. It's recommen ding that the U.S. government give greater consideration to agricultural exports in formulating fiscal and monetary policies. In other words, farmers have been victimized by the federal deficit ) and high interest rates. The report also recommends that in the 1985 Farm Bill establish a national priority to encourage agricultural exports, with the U.S. committed to being competitive in world markets, a reliable supplier and a supporter of fair trade. The Commission believes that unfair trade practices should be swiftly dealt with, while continuing to negotiate a general reduction in trade barriers. Futhermore, the Commission calls for a greater share of foreign economic assistance to be made in the form of food aid. It asks for an expansion of agricultural export credit programs, and even the use of an export payment-in-kind or bonus to counter export subsidies used by other nations. Letters Policy Letters to the editor are encouraged and welcomed. Writers should keep letters as short as possible. Names, addresses and telephone numbers should be included and all letters must be signed. Names will be printed, however, other information will be kept confiden tial. We reserve the right to edit letters for good laste and brevity. 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Gossips, then, serve a purpose, as well as ruining reputations and working their well-known mischief. STOCKS ... What stocks will do well in coming years, with interest rates and inflation lowered and what stocks should one buy? This is the key question for millions of individuals who don't know whose advice to accept. A national magazine recently surveyed brokers all over the coun try and asked them which stocks were best, and the safest invest ment, at this time. The reader might like to know which favorites were named by the greatest number of brokers. The favorites in order of selec tion, were: IBM, AT&T, Caterpillar, Du Pont, General Motors, Merrill Lynch, Allied Corp., Hewlett Packard, NCR, U.S. Steel, Ad vanced Micro Devices, American Express, General Electric, ISC Systems, K-Mart, Key Tronic, Motorola, Philbro-Solomon, Pfizer and Sperry -- to name twen ty. I have a few stocks, but none of the above are on my list. Most of those above mentioned are blue chips. For safety and appreciation, plus income, however, the blue chips might be hard to beat. ~^~gr Biue jtrA People and Issues EXPENSIVE COVERS ... The House, upset about $640 toilet seat covers and other procurement scandals, recently approved sweep ing reforms in the way the Pen tagon buys weapons and ordered more competition to try to drive down the cost of defense contracts. PRICE ... The Federal's milk price support was reduced by 50 cents per 100 pounds on July 1 because of another rise in surplus dairy products, Agriculture Secretary John R. Block announc ed recently. MORE MONEY ... Federal tax cuts have allowed Americans to begin taking home more money, even through their total earning fell in the 1983 recessions, the Cen sus Bureau reported recently. DISCIPLINE ... Labor Unions may not discipline members who quit during a strike and go back to work, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled recently. ANOTHER DECLINE ... The nation's factories operated at 80.3 percent of capacity in May, down by 0.4 percent from April it the fifth decline in the past six months, the government reported recently. SABBATH ... States may not give employees an absolute right to refuse to work on their Sabbath Day, the Supreme Court declared recently in an 8 to 1 ruling in a Connecticut case. CHEESE INVESTIGATION ... The investigation into tainted Mexican-style cheese linked to at least 49 deaths has spread to three additional manufacturers in California. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ... House Democrat conferees so stubbornly held out against reduc tion in cost of living increases in federal, civilian and military jobs, committee talks seeking to reduce the deficit by at least $50 billion broke down June 25. The latest hope is that Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Tip O'Neill will in tervene with conferences to obtain a compromise agreement. Enviro-Chem Co. EXTERMINATORS HOUSEHOLD PEST CONTROL 120 W. EDINBOROUGH AVE. 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