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The board of directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation has urged rejection of the proposed "phased-in deregulation" of natural gas prices, as offered in a congressional committee report on President Carter's energy bill.
Robert B. Delano, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, said immediate deregulation of natural gas pricing rather than a step-by-step phase-in "is in the best interests of farmers and the national economy."
Delano serves as vice
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