YELTSIN INCREASES STATUS OF BREAD INSPECTORS.

In a movereminiscent of Soviet times, Boris Yeltsin has issued a decreegiving the state bread inspectorate the status of a federal executivebody, Interfax reported July 17. The 1580-man unit is responsiblefor identifying contaminated food and for rooting out any "misuse"of grain.

American Grain Already Arriving in the Russian Far East.