Price index for raw ag commodities drops in November
The Agriculture Department reported November farm price index for raw agricultural commodities fell 1.5 percent, led by lower hogs cattle and citrus prices, offset by gains in eggs lettuce milk corn and wheat. Farm prices were up 20 percent from a year ago, with cattle hogs and other cash crops showing mixed moves as economists anticipate further winter gains.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Gordon Cavanaugh
Fmha
Cavanaugh
Colleges seek pay hikes beyond 7 percent guidelines
Illinois college officials joined other state bodies in asking for faculty salary increases from 8 to 11 percent as part of fiscal 1980 budget plans. The Illinois Board of Higher Education faces funding requests totaling about 1.1 billion dollars for salaries, tuition, and support services while debating guideline applications and potential tuition hikes.
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Illinois
Carter
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Suport
James Thompson
Jim Furman
Furman
Thompson
University of Illinois
John Corbally
Chicago State
Eastern
Western Illinois
Governors State
Northeastern Illinois
Illinois State
Northern Illinois
Sangamon State
Southern Illinois
Hugh Hammerslag
James Unland
Robert Beckwith
Citizens Advisory Committee
Unland
Cook County Board
Federation
Joseph Block
Judge orders Scott to turn over handwriting documents
A federal judge in Chicago ordered Attorney General William J. Scott to hand over handwritten documents for a handwriting examination by IRS expert Jack R. Calvert. The ruling requires delivery by Friday morning and addresses a subpoena in a grand jury probe into Scott's personal and campaign finances.
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Scott
Chicago
William J. Scott
Internal Revenue Service
James B. Parsons
U.S. District Court
William A. Barnett
Parsons
Jack R. Calvert
Barnett
Calvert
U.S
Jeremy Margolis
Q&A Style History and Film Quiz
The three prompts present a mixed trivia item asking true or false about Henry VIII and the House of Stuart, a multiple choice on Bette Davis Academy Award, and a math question about area.
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Henry VIII
Bette Davis
Baby Jane
Johnny Belinda
Invitation for Bids for SWEB Sanitary District projects
Separate sealed bids for Contract 1 a sanitary sewer system and Contract 2 a sewage treatment facility will be received by the SWEB Sanitary District at Village Hall South Wilmington Illinois until 2 00 PM standard time January 15 1979 and publicly opened. Bid refunds and funding notes include Illinois Anti Pollution Fund.
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S.W.E.B
Albert Doglio, Jr
Village Hall
South Wilmington
Illinois
Illinois Anti-Pollution Fund
State of Illinois
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