European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday december 16, 1985 negotiators agree on new farm measure approving a new program under which inc government would buy entire Dairy herds in an attempt to solve the Washington a congressional negotiator ended a week of bitter disagreements late saturday to approve a new Long term farm policy designed to keep Farmers afloat until their competitiveness is restored and american agriculture regains its footing. The Bill will go to both houses for final endorse ment expected As Early As tuesday then to the White House where it is not Clear if president Reagan will sign it. The president has an Opportunity now to Cap this Effort by signing inc Bill and sending a signal to the Farmers of the Hal he is sensitive to their problems Senate majority loader Robert Dole. A Kan. Said. The Bottom line is we be got a farm Bill that provides income Protection and provides More flexibility to adjust . Production to world Market conditions. Dole said. Agriculture Secretary John Block who had participated in do ens of closed door meetings during drafting of the Compromise said the legislation contained improvements but refused to say if he would recommend that Reagan sign in. The administration won key policy victories in the Bill. Price support Levels would begin to decline immediately next year helping make . Commodities More attractive in Sporl markets. After a two year freeze Iacoi it pics for grains Cotton and Rice also would begin to decline although at a slower rate. But the victories came at a High Price. The final Bill would Cost about $125 billion Over inc next three years of which about $52 billion would go fir crop Price and income supports. The rest would go for an array of programs from farm and Rural credit to research foreign food Aid and the food stamp program. Reagan Hai insisted that commodity spending not exceed $50 billion. Agreement came after eight Days of bargaining Sass ans. On saturday major Progress cart Wilh the Nugo gators milk Industry s overproduction 18-month Dairy buy out offer is a Gamble that enough of the nation s 11 million Dairy cows can be Scal to Slaughter or exported to bring Supply More into line with demand and avoid what the Industry most fears further Cuis in its Price supports. The conferees also endorsed food stamp provisions Hal would make mod Cal improvements for the working poor and families with High housing costs. The negotiators approved a string of Amend cols in the Way subsidies Are computed to help shave about 52 billion off the final Price and make inc Bill More acceptable to the administration. Under the Dairy agreement Price supports would be Frozen at the current level of $11.60 per Hundred pounds next year with a modest 25-cent Cut authorized on Jan. I 1987. If the buy out program fails to make a sufficient Dent in the surplus the Bill provides for More Price sup port cuts beginning with a 25-Ccnl reduction on oct. I 1987. The Price supports Are a major Factor in the Price of milk and Dairy products to Consumers. Consumer groups had argued for steeper cuts beginning immediately. The agreement was a Compromise with the Dairy Industry which had sought to write Inlo the Law higher support Levels along with a program that would have paid Farmers not to produce the agreement the government would continue to buy up enough surplus Dairy products to keep prices Al the support level specified by Law. Those purchases have resulted in huge stockpiles of federally owned non fat dry milk cheese and butter that arc costly to store and difficult to dispose buy Oul program would be financed at least in part through a Farmer assessment of 40 cents per Hundred pounds of production dropping to 25 cents in 1987. Program would let Farmers wanting to go out of is offer their entire herds for Sale either for Slaugh or Export with the government subsidizing that Sale Jid basis. Participants would have to stay out of that starts us on the Road of bringing ivc production said sen. Patrick Leahy Dot. The business tar or Foi on a bid Dairying for three to five years. Rep Tony Coelho d-calif., chairman of the House agriculture Dairy subcommittee said the program should thin Dairy herds by 800,000 cows Over the programs 18 month life it s so Down Ove Pri it s a pay As you go Dairy program. But rep. Jim Jeffords r-vt., opposed the standby Price support cuts which would go into effect if the buy out program fails to solve the surplus problem. He noted advances in technology that threaten to trigger a quantum increase in milk production such As inc use of growth hormones and feed supplements for Dairy cows. To offset the effects of inc buy out on the red meat Industry the Bill provides that the government will buy up 400 million pounds of meat during the program shipping half of it overseas for use in . Commissaries and using half of it in Domestic nutrition programs. The food stamp agreement would boost annual spending on the program slightly from the current $12.5 billion adding $346 million Over three years. It would make slight improvements in deductions allowed for earned income and shelter in figuring benefits and would eventually pre vent Stales from charging sales taxes on food stamp Pur chases. It will provide some very limited extra assistance to people on food said Robert Gruenstein of the Center on budget and policy priorities a lobbying group. It s not a major new initiative to Deal with hunger and it is less than what the president s hunger task Force recommended in january 1984." Shu Fez Ceausescu seek of improve relations Bucharest Romania up1 Secretary of stale George Shultz beginning his first official visit to Eastern Europe met with president Nicholae Ceausescu on Sun Day and the two agreed to seek to improve relations and resolve questions Over Roma Nia s human rights policies. Schuliz delivered a left or from president Reagan to Ceausescu and spent several hours meeting the Veteran romanian Leader and other top level romanian officials be fore leaving for Hungary where he arrived in Budapest sunday evening the contents of the letter were not disclosed. Al the outset of the meeting Ceausescu told Shultz in the presence of reporters Hal relations Between the two countries could be i think the president said in Well Shultz told a news conference before Leav ing for Budapest. They could be Shultz called his meeting with Ceausescu constructive and worthwhile and a far ranging he said he and Ceausescu had found areas of agreement and disagreement and where More Effort is called we will make it he said. Shultz said he discussed a number of issues with Ceausescu and the other officials including the november Geneva Summit Between Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Trade and Romania s human rights policies. Schuliz had planned to warn Ceausescu Hal unless romanian human rights poli cies arc reformed buc Hacsi faces the Prospect of having its 10-Ycav-old most favo cd nation trading status rescinded by con in t a question of pressures in con Gress Schuliz said. It s a question of what from the standpoint of the United states is right and said he recognized the right of every country to govern its own internal affairs but he said nations must also live up to International accords that cover human rights pralines. I consider thai our conversations were candid and Frank and As 1 said worthwhile and we have Sel up some procedures we Hope will resolve whal differences there Shultz also carried a letter from House Republican Leader Robert Michel of Mich Igan to foreign minister Hie Vaduva. He declined to disclose the contents of what he called a private letter. Ceausescu also urged . Reporters not to publish unrealistic things about i country. 9 injured in Garmisch hotel Blaze temperature december 14 from staff and Lre reports , Germany a fire Early sunday gulled the a spit. Hotel in this German Alps resort and nine guests were injured. Bavarian stale Poi inc police spokesman who declined to be named said inc flames started in a Corri Dor at 6 a.m., with the hotel occupied by 56 people belonging to a mixed West Ger Man american Lour group. Six of the nine injured were admitted to local hospitals for treatment with two of them placed in the intensive care unil. Their conditions were not disclosed. Hospital official Rudi Ascherl said the Hospital is not allowed to release any de tails on the injured but As far As he knows there arc no american victims. The flames burned out the hotel before they could be doused by firefighters later sunday morning police said. Authorities were investigating the cause of the Blaze. A police spokesman said inc Blaze May have started from a cigarette or electrical defect but no arson is suspected. The Hole is located less than to blocks from on american recreational facilities Complex which includes the american Steakhouse Bowling Center and theater an spokesman said. The Zug Spitz was a moderately priced hold classified fourth from the top in a 1984 grading of accommodations by a reputable tourist guide. Garmisch Parten Kirchon lies near the austrian Border and is 59 Miles Southwest of Munich. L h 10 70 Albany it 40 Atlanta 16 35 Atlantic old ii 25 Boston 24 pm Coo 16 73 Cleveland 16 Dallas ii 40 Denver 14 24 Oll Roll 66 83 honolulu40 46 Houston ii 78 Kanji City 36 57 Lai vegas l h m 72 lot an Otei s2 to Miami -5 14 Minneapolis 31 a new Ormont 31 3� new fort 40 0 Orlando 44 68 Phoenix 18 x Phum Paoa 19 24 plot Laduron 3a 42 Portland 27 33 Salt Lake City 41 57 san Francisco 24 37 Wasner Trion 1 european weather 1 Syria moving up missiles Israel says Tel Aviv Israel up Israel said sunday it has contacted the United states and other countries Over recent changes in syrian surface to air missile deployment along inc lebanese Border. A military spokesman said inc redeploy ment of the syrian missile system impaired Israel s ability to collect intelligence regarding terrorist targets in the Bcka Valley and the ids ability to strike at these the if israeli defense forces Are closely following these developments the spokesman said. The changes in syrian surface to air mis Sile deployment took place in the last three weeks the military command said in a statement. The redeploy it " i has including advancing Sa-2 Batt Cru in syrian territory to Ward the lab Antic Border and positioning of such missile batteries near the Mountain ridges of the town of pc Bani and South of the cities of horns and Tartus. Horns is located in Syria. Additionally an undisclosed number of syrian Sa-2 and Sa-8 missile batteries were temporarily deployed inside Lebanon along the Beirut Damascus Highway and around Baalbek during the period the statement said. It said some of the missiles were positioned in emplacements dug by the syrians a year and a half ago. During these past weeks ongoing contacts were maintained Between Israel and the american government As Well As other diplomatic activity surrounding the matter it said. Sunday s pro football Dellai 78. By Glanoli 21 Wain Lenlon 27, Cincinnati 24 Cleveland 20, Houston 21 san Francisco 31, new Orleans 19 Atlanta 14, Minnesota 13 Indianapolis 31. Tampa Bay 23 polls Trungh 30, Bushau 14 forecast Tor monday cd adv shies Watrt fog and rotational tight rain or Drill Lor Germany and term up Ngeluk winds Wilt de Gusty in Northeast Germany. temperatures from Low 4qt to Tow 50s, lows in the in 40s Sunset monday 473. Sunrise tuesday 3-19. Oulton Tor tuesday mostly Cloudy skies with too Al Germany. Ail other Arras Cloudy with sent ram vends win be Gustv on t m Mio so � 30 m43 50 n. Cd 46 so so so d by Dell 13. Al wide in Mora Albi i Low 70 44 36 21ci 64 a Coo Nhao incl fran Lurl. 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