Record cold and rains devastate fruit and crops across Deep South
The Associated Press reports severe losses to fruit, soybean, and cotton crops from a late spring cold spell and heavy rains. Mississippi wetlands cover nearly half a million acres, with estimates of massive financial losses. peaches, apples, and pears suffer hardest while soybeans and cotton face delayed or impossible planting. Weather service notes warming soils but fields remain too wet to work.
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New Orleans
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Hlinois Crop Reporting Service
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Purdue Extension
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George Mullendere
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Atlanta
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Study Aims at Computerizing Traffic Signals
City council approved an agreement with the Town highway commission for a preliminary engineering study to create a computer controlled traffic signal system in Cedar Rapids. Financed partly by the federal TOPICS program and conducted by the city traffic engineer department, the first phase could be installed by Jan 1, 1475 with most signals computer operated by 1378.
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Driver Killed in Keokuk County Truck Crash
KEOKUK AP report says 38 year old Thomas Francis of rural Keokuk died in a two truck collision on a county blacktop road just north of the city limits on Wednesday.
Federal Warning Halts Wounded Knee Talks
Federal warning halts talks at Wounded Knee as negotiations stall after a bombardment threat. Officials say plans to resume or expand discussions are suspended while federal marshals maintain a strict stance and siege leaders demand concessions. Crow Dog and others returned to the village as a leadership shift is noted.
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Hughes lauds aid bill after meeting with Pottinger
Washington AP report describes Senator Hughes praising a student aid measure after talks with Pottinger. The bill aims to fund college and vocational programs for American Indian students on Rosebud Indian Reservation and other sites next fall.
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