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Ralph L. ThompsonRalph L. Thompson, 54, of 305 Smith Road, Carrier Mills, was found dead at his residence on Thursday.He was a cement finisher and was bom on Aug. 27, 1937 in Missouri, to the late Jesse and Grace Dunn Thompson.He was an Army veteran.■ Surviving are a son, Rick Thompson of Broughton; a daughter, Marcella Thompson of Carrier Mills; two grandchildren, Rachel Thompson and Roxi Blair; three brothers, Bob Thompson of Marion, Donald Thompson of Indiana and Gene Thompson of Las Vegas; and a sister, Lois Gobin of Cave-in-Rock.Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Gaskins Funeral Home in Harrisburg, where friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Burial will be in Ingram Hill Cemetery.Dorris VolkertService for Mrs. Dorris Gertrude Volkert, 69, of Eldorado, were held today at 2 p.m. at Hosick-Cox Funeral Home in Rosiclare. The Rev. Harold Miller and the Rev. Charles Phelps officiated. Burial was in Cowsert Cemetery in ElizabethtownSurviving are her husband, Charles Volkert; three daughters, Christine Hobbs of Rosiclare, Marie DiSandro of Norris City and Debbra Clay of Raleigh; three sons, Tony (Butch) Volkert of Fairbanks, Alaska, Roy E. Volkert of Harrisburg and Dewain Volkert of Eldorado; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.Ethel CaldwellMemorial services for Mrs. Ethel Caldwell, 81, of Shawneetown will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Cox and Son Funeral Home in Shawneetown, where the family will meet friends from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.The body has been cremated.Mildred MitchellServices for Mrs. Mildred Mitchell, 66, of Carrier Mills, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Thornton-Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, where friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery.filled by EagleburgerBy GEORGE GEDDA Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON — Secretary of State James A. Baker III will be turning over his duties at the State Department to his highly respected but infirm top deputy at a time when Middle East peace talks are at a crossroads.Deputy Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, a 35-year foreign policy veteran, will become acting secretary Aug. 23 — the day before Middle East peace talks resume in Washington.Some experts see Baker’s departure from thenow than it was at the outset of the process.On the question of Eagleburger’s health, Baker himself has confided to acquaintances that one of his concerns as he prepares to move to the White House as chief of staff is Eagleburger’s myriad ailments.At 62, Eagleburger is three months younger than Baker but he is overweight, chain smokes, suffers from asthma and walks with a cane. And he turned up for Baker’s farewell address Thursday with his left arm in a sling, looking more like an accident victim than a diplomatic virtuoso.He declined comment when asked what theAnother question mark about the succession is whether Eagleburger will be seen as a mere election year caretaker. Bush will not send his name to the Senate for confirmation, opting instead to have Eagleburger serve as acting secretary.Under federal law, Bush is entitled to have an acting secretary of state for 120 days, after which he must send to the Senate a nominee for confir-Decneed not act on a new well after the election, will become the first pState Department as a severe setback to the Middle problem with his arm was. There have been pub-East peace process, which Baker has laboriously nurtured over the past 17 months. But others believe Baker’s personal attention is less importantlished reports that he wants to leave government service this winter, regardless of the outcome of the election.have held down the top three jobs at the State Department. He has numerous friends and admirers on Capitol Hill and is personally acquainted with virtually every world leader. Baker has made no secret of his enormous admiration for Eagleburger’s diplomatic skills.itDAIRY...(Continued from Page I)ing, the dairy would determine the load is contaminated and it would be dumped. Eventually, it would come to the farmer who contaminated the load to pay for a tank full of milk.You can’t afford to not check the milk,” Wilson said. If a farmer had to buy a whole load of milk just once it could be six months profits,” he said.Even the loss of one milking cow can have an impact, she said. At each milking, a cow gives about 5 gallons of milk. At twice a day, that’s 10 gallons “going to the dogs,” Powell said.Traces of some drugs can be detected in milk for up to 30 days after the animal has been treated.44It breaks my heart to see milk GAO said it agreed that BGH doesdumped, but I would rather dump it not appear to represent a direct««out than have somebody get an allergic reaction.”Congress also has blasted the Food and Drug Administration for allowing the sale of beef and milk from cattle that have been treated with a genetically engineered growth hormone that increases milk production.A GAO report released Tuesday said research on the bovine growth hormone, or BGH, has failed to consider whether its use will result in increased residues of antibiotics in milk products derived from animals beinghuman safety riskInvestigators said FDA must examine the degree to which antibiotics must be used to treat cows receiving the hormone, and the effects of the treatment on the nation’s milk and beef supply.Pending those studies, GAO said, commercial sales of beef and milk products from BGH-tested cows should be stopped. PDA should also study the feasibility of labeling foodBankruptcy judge awaitsBush approval(AP)A billand meat This is another controversy in the cattle business.Treatment with BGH increases the incidence of mastitis — an inflammation of the udder, GAO said. Mastitis is often treated with antibiotics.tested with drugs.BGH has been found to increase milk production an average of 10 percent to 25 percentThis is where the incentive to usethe hormones liesa move thatawaiting action from President Bush would add a second federal bankruptcy judge in Southern Illinois.The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday night to add 25 permanent and 10 temporary bankruptcy
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