Release No. 0127.96 

                                    Alicia L. Ford (202) 720-8998
                                           Alicia_L_Ford@usda.gov
                                    Jerry Redding  (202) 720-8998
                                                jredding@usda.gov
GLICKMAN APPOINTS FLUE-CURED TOBACCO ADVISORY COMMITTEE

     WASHINGTON, March 15, 1996--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has
named 39 members and their alternates to the Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory
Committee.  The members and alternates will serve two-year terms ending Feb.
14, 1998.

     Lon Hatamiya, administrator of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service,
said the Committee makes recommendations to the secretary of agriculture on
the equitable assignment of tobacco inspectors to all designated markets for
flue-cured tobacco.

     The Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee, established in 1974, is
authorized under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.  The committee reports to
the director of AMS's Tobacco Division.  Committee members represent flue-cured tobacco producers, buyers and warehousemen.

     Newly appointed producer members, followed by their alternates, are: 
James Monroe Holtzclaw, O'Brien, Fla., and Kenneth Douglas Dasher, Live Oak;
Ira Donald McCallum, Wray, Ga., and Barry Blane McMillan, Alapaha; Mark
Anthony Wellons, Princeton, N.C., and James Larry Barbour, Clayton; Bruce Lea
Flye, Battleboro, N.C., and Donald Wayne Stilley, Trenton; Jackie Ellis
Thompson, Wake Forest, N.C., and William Wesley Linville, Kernersville; Maxie
Jerome Lanier Jr., Burgaw, N.C., and Jimmy Lloyd Thomas, Timberlake; Lycurous
Lowry, Pembroke, N.C., and McDaniel Wynne, Stokes; Keith Ray Beavers, Mt.
Olive, N.C., and Randy Gray Moore, Pinetown; Lynda Gilliam Bowers, Sanford,
N.C., and Edwin Jarold Humphrey, Shannon; John Jerome Collett Jr.,
Thomasville, N.C., and Bobby Ray Gentry, Roaring River; Clarence Ernest
Phillips III, Lynchburg, S.C., and Jimmy Vernon Capps, Hemingway; Danny Kay
Hammond, Nichols, S.C., and John M. Hammett, Spartanburg .

     Newly appointed buyer members, followed by their alternates, are:  Carl
Martin Brann, Roxboro, N.C., and Elmer Dean Black, Timberlake; William Philip
Dalton, Oxford, N.C., and Robert Rutherford Rosebro, Richmond, Va.; James
Henry Denny, Roxboro, N.C., and Roman Earl Justice Jr., Pink Hill; John Elbert
McLin, Battleboro, N.C., and Timothy Cobb Lewis, Rocky Mount.

     Newly appointed warehouse members, followed by their alternates, are: 
Richard Clemon Britt, Fairmont, N.C., and Hybert Boston Buffkin, Tabor City;
Henry Graham Knott Jr., Kinston, N.C., and John Frederick Deans, Wilson; Roy
Vernon Tew III, Dunn, N.C., and Shirley Stuart Pierce, Ahoskie; Carson Dane
Perkins, Nashville, Ga., and James William Miley, Hahira; Billy Wayne Huggins,
Nichols, S.C., and Louis Douglas Rogers, Fair Bluff, N.C.; Charles Edward
Neal, Danville, Va., and William Wade Jessup, Pilot Mountain, N.C.; Johnnie
Edward Mozingo III, Lamar, S.C., and William Benjamin Carter, Lamar.

     Reappointed producer members, followed by their alternates, are:  Robert
Benjamin Braswell, Thomasville, Ga., and Homer Lewis Lanier, Metter; Donell
Franklin Stancil, Kenly, N.C., and Bennie Ray Gupton, Louisburg; Anna Belle
Morris, Snow Hill, N.C., and Malcolm Scott Whitford, Grantsboro; Frances Burke
Davis, Greensboro, N.C., and Joseph William Hobson, Boonville; Margie Humphrey
Spivey, Lumberton, N.C., and Charles Gene Lewis, Shannon; Floyd Coleman
Worley, Nichols, S.C., and Norwood Leonard DuRant Jr., Gable; Sidney Lawrence
Davenport, Greenville, N.C., and Charles Benny Lee, Sanford; Ann Thomas G.
Overby, South Hill, Va., and Melvin Pearson Taylor, Emporia; Donald Lee Moore,
Chatham, Va., and  William Jerry Francis, Saxe.

     Reappointed buyer members, followed by their alternates, are:  Marvin
Linwood Gordon, Richmond, Va., and Ashby Wade Jordan, Greenville, N.C.; Robert
Donald McElveen, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Benny Lee Powell, Clemmons; Alfred
Francis Rehm Jr., Wilson, N.C., and James Robert Davison, Wilson; Richard Dean
Smith, Greenville, N.C., and Dale Brent Tilley, Ararat.

     Reappointed warehouse members, folloowed by their alternates, are: 
Samuel Ford Brewer, Lake City, Fla., and Norman Prestridge Swain, Live Oak;
Thomas Eugene Barham, Wake Forest, N.C., and Charles Ellis Ford Jr.,
Louisburg; Roger Lewis Nichols, Mt. Airy, N.C., and Steven Edward Smith,
Reidsville.

     Appointees may serve a maximum of three terms as members or alternates.

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