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...opponent, conservative Republican James Abdnor, 57, a bachelor wheat farmer and popular four-term Congressman, maintains that McGovern has lost touch with South Dakotans. Says Abdnor: "I'm the first working farmer off a tractor that South Dakota ever sent to Washington. I represent the mainstream." Abdnor favors Government price supports for farm products and a stronger national defense, but less Government spending on social welfare programs-all popular stands in the state, where nearly 25% of the 689,000 people live on farms...
...make meat more expensive later. The production of soybeans, another animal fodder, is off 19% this year, although prices paid to the farmer have jumped 24%; this will mean higher prices for beef, as well as for salad and cooking oils. The heat also killed 5.3 million chickens. Wheat is the one bit of good news on the farm. This year's harvest is expected to be 10% above last year's, at 2.4 billion...
...days later, Langston sits in the hotel restaurant eating breakfast, two pieces of whole wheat toast, and downing large swallows of coffee, truly an unknown comic. When he tries to charge the meal to his room, the waitress asks him to prove he is a hotel guest. Two tables down, some other people recognize him and wave...
...Bergland that they wanted to supplement their country's staples-rice, noodles and dumplings-with more convenient Western bakery products. Echoing the traditional complaint of the American housewife, the Chinese are concerned that workers spend too much time in the kitchen. Under an agreement reached last month, U.S. Wheat Associates will spend about $700,000 from grower contributions and Agriculture Department funds to equip the new Peking bakery...
Though introducing the Chinese to sliced bread might not improve the quality of China's cuisine, it is expected to help U.S. grain sales. Chinese imports of U.S. wheat, which totaled just 300,000 tons three years ago, could top 5 million tons this year. And if nearly 1 billion Chinese take a liking to hamburger buns or Danish, wheat exports could soar. The only problem may be that many people will complain that they are hungry again an hour after eating a jelly doughnut...