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SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - ERIDAY. DECEMBER 1.1978 Share Rural Development Funding ! The Farmers Home Ad­ ministration <FmHAi. the rural credit agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported that its loans and grants for rural development during fiscal year 1978 reached a record high of $111 billion - f>5 percent above the FY 1977 level , according to Alex Mercure. Assistant Secretary for Rural Development Jon Linfield. director of FmHA for the state of I l l inois , noted that more than one quarter of a bil l ion dol lars < $227.000.000) reached rural aieas and small communit ies throughout this s ta te Linf ie ld inci ted the loan and grant dimensions of the agency 's four major act ivi ty areas of housing, farming, community faci l i t ies , and business and industry this past year In housing. FmHA in I l l inois provided more than $100 mil l ion in loans and grants for persons of low and moderate income for over 5.000 uni ts of housing More than $70 mil l ion las t year went into farm related programs assis t ing individual family farmers to purchase farmland, operat ing ar tcf im-~ provement loans l />r such farms. and (Vs^nom it- emergency and disaster Tnans. for hard pressed farmers Sixty-nine local i t ies in the s ta te received close to $25 mil l ion in near ly 100 loans and grants for water and waste del ivery and t reat men t systems, and such other community faci l i t ies as new or upgraded hospi ta ls and nursing h<Jmes In addi t ion, FmHA in l lhnois guaranteed near ly $25 mil l ion of commercial lender lofcns to businesses and in dnstr ies employing rural people , in an effor t To create n£w jobs and save exis t ing oQes •4, inf ie ld said. "Not only has Fin HA directed i ts effor ts to improving l iving condi t ions for rural I l l inoisans, but i ts programs have focussed on s t rengthening the economic- heal th of this vi ta l segment , in f jKf. the underpinning, of I l l inois As an agency, we are aware that , while we have been providing very worthwhile services , we can and we must f ind ways to reach out more effect ively to disadvantaged populat ions and those l iving in dis t ressed areas to help them and to extend such help in ways that br ing together var ious programs and resources within and beyond our own agency "I l l inois was for tunate to be chosen as one of four demon strat ion s ta tes in the ent i re country to receive special add on funding for such an outreach project Working with several other federal and s ta te agen cies . a coordinated effor t br ings a number of programs together in a unif ied s t ra tegy in 13 count ies c lustered in two areas of the s ta te FY 1978 was the f i rs t of a two year funding l i fe for this areawide demon­ strat ion project Not only is this special project enabl ing us to increase HI D and FmHA program benefi ts in those count ies , but we are learning how to work as members of a mult i agency team to help communit ies do a bet ter job of assessing and addressing their heeds Strengthening FmHA relat ions with such key s ta te agencies as the Department of Local (Jovernment Affairs is a real accomplishment of the past f iscal year Linf ie ld observed that current ly , FmHA has a threefold thrust Firs t ly , we are t rying to reach more people and more communit ies with our three dozen programs of f inancial ass is tance Secondly, we want to be sure that , to the maximum extent possible , a l l e l igible persons of low and moderate income part icular ly minori t ies and women are aware of and are encouraged to share in t t ie benefi ts of these programs Thirdly, we are increasingly sensi t ive to the land use impact of our loans and grants The implicat ions of locat ing water and sewer l ines , for example, in re la t ion to res ident ia l set t lement pat terns , - is of -crHical mi porUincrr^As^L. responsible federal agency with a mission to preserve and s t rengthn the family farm and rural communit ies we are concerned with protect ing pr ime agricul tural land and with encouraging compact com in un 11 y de velopin ent ra ther than rural sprawl "Two important recent changes for FmHA speak -direct ly to this concern The f i rs t is the ini t ia l funding, in FY 7K. of rural development planning grants Four planning agencies in I l l inois secured grants to help assure wise land use planning on a regional anc s ta tewide basis The second change is the adminis t ra t ive restructur ing of FmHA in I l l inois with e ight dis t r ic t off ices ias wel l as 52 county off ices) whose boun­ dar ies are set to coincide with those of substate planning dis t r ic ts This reorganizat ion is one measure to improve the level of FmHA service and to foster c loser coordinat ion with regional planning agencies This should make FmHA more responsive to local needs and plans and avoid dupl icat ion of faci l i t ies in an area " WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? HOW CURRENT EVENTS MAY AFFECT YOU Nitrite-Protected Foods There are many ways in which the publ ic may be injured if nitrite is no longer used in cured meats, an idea that some well in tent ioned people at the Food and Drug Adminis t ra t ion have suggested There are nine basic real i t ies . 1 . The benefi t f rom ni­ t r i te is prevent ion of a dead ly food poisoning botul ism. None of us wants our fa­ mil ies to be subject to this avoidable r isk, 2 . Ni t r i te a lso produces the f lavor and color charac­ ter is t ics in today 's cured meats . Without ni t r i te we cannot have cured meats as we know them today 3. Banning ni t r i te f rom cured meals would remove only two percent of our dai ly exposure--the other 98 percent would not be touched. 4 . The meat industry voluntar i ly took the lead in reducing the amount of ni t r i te used to cure meif t to the lowest levels consis tent wi th heal th and safety standards. 5 . The Massachuset ts In­ s t i tute of Technology s tudy rel ied upon by FDA-USDA came up with data which not only is inconclusive but a lso total ly a t <xlds with excel lent s tudies done in Europe and Canada. I t has not been val idated or corro­ borated by any other scien­ t i f ic s tudy. The scient is t who conducted the s tudy has s ta ted that addi t ional tes t ing should be done,on other laboratory animals . 6 . Nitr i te is unmatched as a meat food preservat ive in re tarding spoi lage. There is no known sat isfactory subst i tute 7. Nitr i te cured meats have a perfect record in the U. S. so far as botul ism prevent ion is concerned 8 . Nitr i te-free cured meats pose a very real pub­ l ic heal th danger unless han­ dled very careful ly . At­ tempting to re-educate con­ sumers to properly cook and s tore meats cured with­ out ni t r i te would require a massive and cost ly pro gram that s t i l l might be inadequate . 9 . Nitr i te is basic to the meat industry which has a sales value, a t re ta i l , of over $1 '2 bi l l ion worth of cured meat products annual ly . That means lots-of jobs for lots of people and lots of businesses--hog producers , corn farmers , t ruckers , wholesalers , re ta i lers , equip­ ment manufacturers , sales­ men, and many others . These nine real i t ies are not the only reasons why i t makes no sense to ban ni­ t r i te f rom cured meats , and many consumer or iented legis la tors are paying at ten­ t ion to this s i tuat ion. Words The i> the most commonly used word m wri t ten Knglish ot is the next most used fol lowed h\ And, A To. In . I s . You. ' ITui t and " r ( old I >a\ I . . i r t l i s coldest recorded tem­ perature w , is 121) y f- a renhei t . i t \ ostok Nnt . i rc tki i on August 24. i ' .«>() CONSERVATIVES ARE "OUTTHINKING" LEFT By Edwin Feulner While the faces were generally the same, there was a definite chahge in mood as leaders of many of America's most prominent liberal organizations gathered in Detroit on October 17 to lament their present and to plan for the future. At the last get-together, during the summer, their talk had been of "right-wing" crazies out to destroy the democratic liberties of the American people. While there was still much of that kind of talk at the more recent meeting, there was also something of a more serious and reflective ring to the conversation. Maybe even a note of despair. "They arc outlobbying, outworking, outspending and outhustling us," said United Auto Workers President Douglas Frascr. But worst of all, he complained, "at times they are outthinking us." 1 . Though they arc reluctant to admit it, what Fraser was really talking about is the fact that liberal political doctrine -- the bigger government. Big Brother mentality of the past 40 years -- has lost its intellectual cutting edge. In fact, it is in a state of virtual bankruptcy. David B. Wilson, columnist for The Boston Globe, has concluded that "Conservatives . . . have achieved intellectual respectability. . . . Who would have believed, only five years ago, that the whistle would be blown on the Augean excesses of Washington by those once irreproachably 'liberal' publications. The New Republic and Harper's? Or that conservative messages would be regularly delivered in the thoughtful, scholarly pages of Commentary, Tht- Public Interest, Policy Review, and The American Spec tator to an ever-wider and more influential audience?" Besides these journals, a growing number of public policy research institutions haVe been producing a steady stream of books and articles reflecting the new awareness among policy intellectuals that the old ideas just aren't working T he venerable Brookings Institution, oldest of the think tanks," is showing an increasing skepticism of the previously accepted solutions. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research has assembled a sizable group of scholars who have documented the failings of the social engineering programs of the last few decades. The Institute for Contemporary Studies in San Francisco has become knyWn as a source of readable and timely critiques of the previously accepted wisdom. The Center for Law and Economics at the University of Miami and The Heritage f oundation in Washington continuously publish relevant critiques of past policies while at the same time offering workable alternatives. The Washington Post has noted that there is also coming into being a "counter-establishment" in the foreign policy field. The Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. The Hoover Institution at Stanford Unive r s i ty , t he Na t iona l S t r a t egy In fo rma t ion Cen te r in New York and Washington, the Foreign Policy Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis at Cambridge, the Advanced International Studies Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center of Georgetown University, as well as The Heritage Foundation, are all having an increasing effect on the minds of many people concerned with foreign and defense policy. As a result of the growth of this nascent "counter-establishment," policymakers of the future will have a wider range of alternatives from which to choose. And that is good news not just for the policymakers, but for us all. Yes, conservative art" "outthinking" the left. It should be a cause for rejoicing, Mr. Fraser. not concern. (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research organization.) Understanding Your ftiinisiiMinraiuigirifwnraniinraiMinraiumrinn PROTECT YOUR SPECIAL TREASURES By George T. Frazier President Independent Insurance Agents of America If you have specialized possessions such as works of art, jewelry or stamp collec­ tions you might require special coverage known as "floaters." These items are normally excluded or offered only in limited cov­ erage by the standard home­ owners policy. In the standard home­ owners policy there is a $500 limit on furs, jewelry and watches for example...a figure that is easily exceeded today. 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