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Jim Williams, a junior mechanical engi
neering major from College Station, gets
advice on drum major tryouts. Nineteen
Aggie band juniors tried out for drum
major. Adrian Burke, from Deer Park,
will lead the band. Assistant drum ma
jors are Kenny Barton, from Midland,
and Nick Evanoff, from El Paso.
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United Press International
WASHINGTON —The push
by some developing nations to
become self-sufficient in food
production may be a remnant of
a bygone era, Agriculture Sec
retary John Block says.
Instead of paying heavy sub
sidies to encourage their own
farmers to grow larger crops,
those countries could save
money by importing more of
their food from the United
States, Block told a news confer
ence Monday.
“It (the subsidy policy)
doesn’t make a lot of sense,
when the food is available here
and prices are substantially less
than they are having to pay to
produce,” Block said.
The drive for self-sufficiency
at any price has its roots in the
past, “where countries historic
ally didn’t have the kind of
transportation and trade that we
see today,” he added.
Modern trade practices may
mean that the world’s major
food-producing nations — espe
cially the United States — are
the best sources of food for some
Jveloping countries, Block
said.
“If this kind of realization can
come about, you’re going to see
less of these almost ridiculous
situations where one side is sub
sidizing to cut production and
one size subsiziding to increase
production,” he added.
He referred to the contrast
between programs in some na
tions to encourage farmers to
grow more and programs in the
United States that promise far
mers cash and surplus crops if
they agree to plant less.
Block made his comments fol
lowing his return from a 10-day
trip to expand U.S. farm exports
to North Africa and the Middle
East.
The trip led to announce
ment of a special credit package
to allow the sale of $50 million in
tobacco and corn to Egypt and
an agreement to establish an
agricultural office in Turkey to
work to increase sales of Amer
ican farm products in that coun
try, Block said.
United Press International
DENVER — Two firms con
victed of rigging bids on con
struction projects have donated
$131,000 to community organi
zations in Colorado and Wyom
ing, and a federal judge has sus
pended $552,000 in fines
against the companies.
Prescon Corp. of San Anto
nio, and the VSL Corp. of Cali
fornia were facing fines of
$252,000 and $302,000 respec
tively, after pleading no-contest
last year to charges of submit
ting rigged bids on concrete con
struction projects.
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