OTHER NEWS - Feb. 3, 1992

Record 24.56 Million Now Receiving Food Stamps: November was the eighth time in nine months that an enrollment record was set for the food stamp program, now reaching nearly one in 10 Americans, the Agriculture Department reported. The USDA said November enrollment was up 400,000 from a month earlier and 3.27 million from a year ago. Since the beginning of Bush Administration, food stamp participation has increased by 5.79 million--from 18.77 million in February, 1989, to 24.56 million in November, averaging an increase of 39,000 each week, the Senate Agriculture Committee said.