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I § conomist warns conference More food necessary | United Press International WASHINGTON — Agriculture l>n l u r eduction will have to operate at s w 10 tt ar capacity during the 1980s to on 0 1 eet global food needs, the Agricul- 1 st j 1,1 relDepartment’s chief economist in the Hiort said Tuesday. Hijort addressed the depart- tnc 15 annual outlook conference for cwit.^wamgd that “the prospect of re- e 7 ea J ively full production for the major m s aide .jpjjjoes no t necessarily imply that >tem froin.^n be well with respect to net with an«j||L s to producers of agricultural 5 f that( *$bcts in the 1980’s.” n w custflg S aid production costs will con- >roduct Kiftg to increase and “farm product g in the will have to rise to prevent an ost ofcnuJferable squeeze on net returns were urn producers.’ iditors tf: increasing demand for meat occurred,!md the world will mean addi- citatiowul livestock consumption of gal proces!|je grain and oilseed meal. 3ngdoing:|jort forecast that the demand for Bd feeds will generate the said he fittest upward price pressure on n litigatioLjjcultural product prices in the r such t: jOs because of an expected surge eibert Si:|eed consumption in the commun- bur of tkjjloc countries and the regions of as it conteitfth Africa, the Middle East, East I d much of Latin America, ause world agriculture pro- n will be running close to jfleity in the next decade, there is pssibility of highly unstable prices ped by such variables as weather Mufficient transportation facili- s, Hjort said. lie insisted that the U.S. grain Rve program must be streng- Ded to become an even more Jtial part of the nation’s agricul- tolicy. The reserve holds grain [from the market to maintain ate grain prices for farmers Iso acts as an emergency supply es of need for consumers, ck producers and export cus- lers. It is essential,” Hjort said, “that mu reserve policies be maintained vdli k jB^^gthened. The lack of in- xrs \nee est * n reserve obligations others in the world community ay’s testiw even 8 reater importance Gov. foil Wr re fT P^ icies - ’ a tr a gj C (* ort sa, d me department will ie linistrafe itriefe.—>! ' days of e pros and f jroposa! ines frotl o Santa reached nue to encourage the Con- ( . sis to establish the policy that food I s la n( i {Commitments will be met from o| f ]j irr .if()od security reserve, even when nrovide^^ 0an< ^ su Ppli e! > short.” ' He said the department soon will ' r ;k public comment on the rules of the the Fart^ tion in li ent the pi delay incS :ion at lid quently ^ ud. The i line of ti Cansas Oil line andt United Press International STOCKHOLM — The soybean, i Commiiiaalded as inexpensive, protein- iected cfflli: food, also may help curb the npaniesvorld’s spiraling population. ’ by the p A research scientist at Sweden’s |ld University has developed a Lowtb&B— and he says safer — birth posed theiintrol pill based on the natural hor- itened to ione estradiol derived from soy- siness aniians it and rails Prof Birger Astedt said research rea. dicates that estradiol does not said Sanliiuse the type of blood clotting com- iare of llications that have been associated and pro-Tth synthetic estrogens used in fidard oral contraceptives. He said the dd the synthetic estrogens inter- Railway ie with blood coagulation and in- subsidian|ease the risk of thrombosis, or 'ould da her ra I clots. : Astedt said that while the new pill I safer in this regard, it still pro- some other common side cts such as headaches and weight i associated with oral contracep- stradiol had been known for e time to be safe in regard to ’ clotting, Astedt said, but its tiveness in helping to prevent pfcgnancy was unproven. Astedt and his team tested the lew pill on 200 women in the south- irn Swedish cities of Malmo and und during a two-year period en- ing last year. None became pregnant. Astedt ilieves the soybean-based pill’s fectiveness is now proven. The results of Astedt’s tests are heduled to be published in the ritish Journal of Gynecology. Dr. Gabriel Bialy, head of con- teeptive development for the lin ed States’ National Institutes of ealth at Bethesda, Md., said estra- ol dosage is an important issue be- luse previous studies have indi ted that very large doses of the Drmone might be needed. [Besides raising costs, Bialy said in Washington large doses might cause erse side effects. Bialy said the NIH is expected to n studies soon on the substitu- of estradiol for synthetic hor- nes used in contraceptives. I'T feel the studies should be one, ” he said. “The issue is not effi- Ky. It’s safety. If we can present a imbination that is safer, it is our iligation to do so.” B Estradiol is currently being ex- ted from soybeans on a commer- basis by drug companies, but the ess is expensive. Astedt said it 1 be at least two years before any- le can make the new pill available I the general public. governing the grain reserve prog ram, including: — Are the differences between the call and release prices wide enough to prevent reserve commod ities from flowing into the market in a disorderly manner? — Should the rules used to guide decision concerning relese, removal of release status and calling loans be modified? — Should the U.S. continue it re serve release prices ^t 140 percent of the loan price for wheat? Ku Klux Klan leader sought for gun threat United Press International ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A man identified as a Ku Klux Klan leader Tuesday pulled a gun on a radio talk show host, threatened his life and then fled. Police said two employees at station KWBZ identified the man as Fred Wilkins, Colorado orga nizer for the Klan. Wilkins had not been apprehended as of late Tuesday. Alan Berg, host of an afternoon talk show, said the man burst into the studio about 1:15 p.m., while Berg was talking on the air with a telephone caller, and pointed a gun at him. A tape recording of the incident showed that the man said, “I’m Fred Wilkins. You’re going to die.” Berg said the man then turned and ran out of the building. “I was in a shock situation, still trying to run the show,” he said. “I was putting the caller on hold and trying to apologize to him. I guess it’s overtraining. I wasn’t scared at the time. Don Bishop, operations mana ger at the station, said a producer who had interviewed Wilkins last week and a receptionist who had seen him at that time both identi fied the gunman as Wilkins. Bishop speculated that the threat might have resulted from Berg’s on-the-air condemnation of the Klan last week, following Wilkins’ statement that he would file a lawsuit against Denver Dis trict Attorney Dale Tooley. 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