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Soviet leader emerges
to vote for parliament
Associated Press
MOSCOW — Soviet President
Konstantin U. Chernenko, looking
frail, broke a two-month absence
Sunday with a television appearance
in which he was shown casting his
vote for deputies to the Parliament
of the Russian Republic.
SHOE
by Jeff MacNelly
The 73-year-old Soviet leader,
who missed a key election speech
only two days earlier because of ill
ness, murmured only a few words
during the less than two minutes of
film shown on a news brief.
Chernenko’s surprise appearance
was strictly managed and limited to a
handful of Soviet photographers. It
contrasted sharply with the election
day coverage of Mikhail Gorbachev,
who, in the eyes of many Western
obsevers, has emerged as the ruling
Politburo’s number two man.
Chernenko and the other 10 Polit
buro members were all nominees for
parliamentary seats, among the dep
uties being elected to parliaments in
the 15 republics of the Soviet Union.
There was no film of him marking
his ballot and he did not take out Ws
customary glasses to look at it. The
next sequence was of Chernenko
standing over the ballot box and de
positing his vote. He was not shown
getting up from his chair.
Chernenko reportedly suffers
from emphysema, and his condition
had been said to be worsening.
Agriculture secretary vows
to help farmers secure loans
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary John
Block pledged Sunday to aggressively aid farmers in se
curing loans in time for spring planting, and de
nounced a four-day filibuster by Senate Democrats de
manding such action as merely a “political game."
History today
Associated Press
Today’s highlight in history:
On February 25, 1913, the 16th
Amendment to the Constitution was
declared in effect, giving Congress
id collect income
the power to levy and
taxes.
In 1793, the various department
heads pf the U.S. government met
with President George Washington
at his home for the first “cabinet"
meeting on record.
In 1870, Hiram R. Revels, a Re
publican from Mississippi, became
the first black to serve in the U.S.
Senate. He was sworn in to serve out
the unexpired term of Jefferson Da
vis.
One year ago: The first full com
bat unit of the U.S. Marine force in
Lebanon withdrew to ships'offshore.
“The public knows we mean business,” Block said.
“We will implement these programs aggressively, im
mediately. There will be adequate funding for guar
anteed loans and direct loans.
“The short term is right now, between now and plan
ting season. We need quick action. That’s why I want
the banks to go to work and make these loans and get
the farmers in the field."
Block’s comments, on NBC-TV’s “Meet The Press,"
came one day after Senate Democrats ended a filibuster
that had blocked a vote on confirmation of Edwin
Meese as attorney general. The Democrats, having won
the right to try to amend an Ethiopian famine bill to
ease credit terms for U.S. farmers, permitted the vote
and Meese was confirmed 63-31.
The changes in the credit-aid package are designed
to put more government weight behind farm loans that
bankers mignt otherwise find shaky. The progiam per
mits guarantees for farmers whose income is barely
enough to cover expenses, rather than requiring a 1(1
percent cash cushion, as previously stipulated.
After the Senate fight, Majority Leader Bob Dole,R-
Kan. said, “We haven t got to the main event yet’’—the
battle over President Reagan’s efforts to reduce farm
spending as part of an overall attack on the budget def
icit.
Block' said, however, that the administration would
move forward on its plan to reduce the federal level of
support for farmers.
Block also said the president is deeply concerned
about the plight of farmers. “There isn’t a person in
this town more sensitive and has greater love for rural
America than President Ronald Reagan,” Block said.
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