Giant pumpkins yield surprises for grower in Illinois
Harvard Illinois AP reports Larry Davidson, owner of Larry Davidson & Sons Giant Pumpkins, pampered one vine with tenting space heater grow lights and 1600 gallons of water yet a rival plant produced a 250 pound pumpkin while others on the eight acre farm grew larger. Davidson says he frequently fails to steer to world’s biggest pumpkin despite extensive care.
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Harvard, Ill
Larry Davidson
Larry Davidson & Sons
Davidson
Midwest
Cocaine Prices Rise In Many Areas Across U S
The report notes rising cocaine prices in several regions as Colombia cracks down on traffickers. Miami shows a sharp jump from 9000 to 70000 per kilo before the crackdown, with southern Texas near 11000 to 12000, and Los Angeles prices from 10000 to 15000 per kilo depending on quantity.
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Washington
United States
Colombia
U.S
Miami
Metro-Dade
George Reyes
Texas
Armando Ramirez
Drug Enforcement Administration
Brownsville
Los Angeles
Tim Beard
County Sheriff’s Office
Steve Georges
DEA
Weather Outlook With Clear Skies Tonight
Forecast calls for clear skies tonight with a low in the lower 40s. Tuesday sunny with a high in the mid 70s. Page 6A details.
Deaths of Six Residents Listed in Local Notices
Obituary notices list Gladys M. Cobb of North Augusta Cynthia R. Hill of Beech Island Dewey Newman of Martinez Ruth H. Paysinger of Greenwood Kermit J. Prather of Augusta and Charles L. White of Decatur Georgia.
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Gladys M. Cobb
North Augusta
Cynthia R. Hill
Beech Island
Dewey Newman
Martinez
Ruth H. Paysinger
Greenwood
Kermit J. Prather
Augusta
Charles L. White
Decatur, Ga
Protesters Sentenced Across East Germany During Weekend Demonstrations
East Germany jailed hundreds of protesters in multiple cities amid weekend anti-government rallies calling for reform. West German TV reported thousands protested outside East Berlin churches as police used clubs and dogs, with arrests ranging from 30 to 100 per incident and exspectations of over 1,000 in East Berlin alone.
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Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Hessische Rundfunk Radio
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Dresden
Jena
Potsdam
Plauen
Pris
West Germany
ARD
Karl-Marx Stadt
New Church Program Set To Aid Hurricane Victims
Gov. Carroll Campbell urged churches to adopt hurricane victims in South Carolina. He spoke at Citadel Square Baptist Church about long term help for Hugo survivors, noting 24 counties were affected and damage reached up to 5 billion dollars.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Carroll Campbell
Hugo
Campbell
American Christian Television
Iris
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Bishop and Varmus
Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute grants Americans J Michael Bishop and Harold E Varmus the 1989 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries on cellular origins of retroviral oncogenes Their work at the University of California San Francisco clarified how cancer develops and the growth control of cells The pair reacted with surprise and cautious optimism from homes in San Francisco and Belvedere California.
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Stockholm
Sweden
J. Michael Bishop
Harold E. Varmus
Bishop
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco
Belvedere
Nobel Assembly
Karolinska Institute
Varmus
Space Shuttle Atlantis Countdown Faces Protests
The countdown for Atlantis began despite protests by anti-nuclear activists who threaten to sit on the launch pad to block the Galileo mission carrying plutonium. NASA proceeds toward a 1 29 p m Thursday liftoff with five astronauts amid a pending lawsuit seeking a temporary halt.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
Jupiter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Florida
NASA
Galileo
U.S
Oliver Gasch
Washington
Space Agency
Entertainment Extravaganza Planned for Aiken Mall Opening
The Aiken Mall opens with a two week celebration featuring The Pilgrims with Shanandoah, Laurel and Hardy tribute, John Tudor magic, The New Dixie Harmony Brigade, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Lori Harris ventriloquism, Columbia Marionette Theater shows Way Out West, and the Silver Dollar Band from Leesville. Performances begin 6 p.m. Wednesday and continue through Oct 20 with varied acts each day.
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Aiken Mall
Pilgrims
Shanandoah
Grand Ole Opry
Charlie Daniels
Hank
New Dixie Harmony Brigade
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop
America
Maurice Williams
Maurice and the
Zodiacs
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Scott Webster
Rick Whitehead
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Lito Salentino
Avanti
Charlie Bostwick
Medical College of Georgia
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