Harvest time may move up in drought hit region
The 1988 drought has cut Lee and Ogle County yields and may push harvest earlier. Corn and soybeans mature faster due to heat and scarce rain, with corn yields down about 50 percent and soybeans down around 40 percent. Farmers anticipate starting harvest sooner, with some corn gathering possible next week in Lee County.
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Lee
Ogle
Stan Eden
Ogle County
Eden
Lee County
Jim Morrison
Morrison
Secret Titan 34D rocket launches with classified payload
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station an unmanned Titan 34D rocket lifted off from complex 40 at 8:05 a.m. in a classified mission. Officials gave no details while analysts speculated the payload could be SIGINT data interception gear destined for Soviet missile test surveillance.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Air Force
Space
NASA
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Complex 40
AIDS care beds shortage in Illinois projected for 1991
A Commerce Towers firm led study funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health finds long term nursing home beds for PWAs are scarce in Illinois. The group projects over 300 beds will be needed in 1991 with 75 usable today, noting Chicago area demand is strongest and that fear plus reimbursement gaps hinder supply.
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Illinois
First Health Care, Ltd
FHC
Commerce Towers
Illinois Department of Public Health
Kirby Holland
First Health Care
Karen Conley
Chicago
Pwas
Conley
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Holland and Conley
Princeton officer acquitted in drowning of navy recruit
Navy Lt. Thomas Torchia was acquitted of dereliction of duty in the drowning of 19-year-old recruit Arman Mirecki during a rescue drill at Pensacola Naval Air Station. The court martial found he failed to supervise but not culpable. prosecutors argued negligence amid a tainted training exercise. Mirecki, diagnosed with water phobia, died during the sharks and daisies drill when instructors grabbed at students.
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Pensacola
Fla
UPI
Navy
Thomas Torchia
Torchia
Princeton
Ill
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Arman
Lee Mirecki
Mirecki
Appleton
Wis
Michael Combe
Tempe
Ariz
Cmdr
Larry Wynne
Wynne
Ferdinand Salomon
Illinois jobless rate up despite record Illinois employment
Illinois August unemployment rose to 7 percent as the labor force expanded by 127 000 to 5 887 000 and total nonfarm employment reached a record 5 472 000. The gain was aided by seasonal construction and outdoor work linked to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Department of Employment Security
IDES
Illinois
Michigan
Labor Department
Washington
DES
Sally Jackson
Jackson
Springfield
Labor Day Drive For Life Weekend Gains Broad Support
Washington reports a national crusade to curb drunk driving as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Volkswagen USA urge Americans to pledge not to drive after drinking and to use headlights during the Labor Day weekend. President Reagan backed the effort with lawmakers governors and police endorsing the Drive For Life campaign to reduce highway carnage.
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Washington
UPI
Mothers Against
MADD
Volksagen United States Inc
Norma Phillips
Reagan
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Mervyn Dymally
D-Calif
Nancy Reagan
Phillips
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Dixon Firm
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Dixon
Bryan
Ball
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Jerry Pauser
Dixon High School
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Hamburg
West
UPI Photo
Germany
Michael Urban
Reuter News Agency
Llinois
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