Beef promotion vote prompts registration and referendum plan
Registration runs through June 16 for a July ballot on a checkoff to raise 30 to 40 million annually for beef promotion advertising and research. Supporters led by the Beef Development Task Force back the program. critics from the National Farmers Union caution advertising may not boost cattle profits.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Beef Development Task Force
Congress
American National Cattlemen’s Association
National Farmers Union
NFU
Robert Mullins
NFA
Mullins
Agriculture Department
Cultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Farmers Union
Agriculture Secretary
American Farm Bureau Federation
Turks celebrate poet's victory in Istanbul election surge
Tens of thousands in Istanbul danced through the night after leftist Bulent Ecevit won 218 seats to 188 for Suleyman Demirel in a 450 seat parliament. Observers expect him to form a government with or without splinter party defections as Cyprus and NATO tensions loom.
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Istanbul
Turkey
UPI
Bulent Ecevit
Ecevit
National Assembly
Suleyman Demirel
Ecevit Halkin Adami
Cyprus
Mediterranean
U.S
NATO
Rain shortage hits central Illinois soil levels
Topsoil in central Illinois is short by five to six inches of rainfall, a more severe shortage than usual for this time of year, says University of Illinois agronomy professor Marlowe Thorne. He notes one to two inches of rain would help recharge the soil, and that May rains fell early while much of the region has seen little rain for a month.
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Urbana
Ill
Illinois
University of Illinois Agronomy
Marlowe Thorne
Thorne
One Hundred Years Ago Illinois Tornadoes and Graduations
Illinois papers from June 1877 recount damaging tornadoes in Mt. Carmel and elsewhere, with 20 to 25 killed and heavy property loss. It notes Morris and other schools' graduates, including Springfield High and the State Industrial University, and follows Ulysses S. Grant and his wife during a world tour.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois State Historical Library
Ulysses S. Grant
Mt. Carmel
Springfield Illinois State Journal
Wabash River
Chicago Inter Ocean
Main St
Presbyterian Church
Stein & Wilson
Daily
Quincy Herald
Springfield Journal
Moline
Fairbury Methodist
Dixon Fairground
Gertrude Wright
State Industrial University At
Urbana
University of Illinois
Champaign
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
General
Mrs. Grant
England
Queen Victoria
Inter Ocean
Windsor Castle
State Journal
Ulysses
Vic
Suspended Archbishop Lefebvre Challenges Pope in Rome
About 1 000 traditionalist nobles gathered at Princess Elvina Pallavicini's 350 year old palace to hear Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre criticize liturgy reforms and denounce church authorities. Lefebvre, 71,(saved in black with red sash) declared there is only one true religion, while Pope Paul VI had suspended him from priestly duties. The event drew a rare display of aristocratic opposition to papal policy, with few clergy present.
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Robin Stafford
Rome
UPI
Marcel Lefebvre
Paul VI
Elvina Pallavicini
Lefebvre
Pallavicini
Clement IX
Filippo Orsini
Borghese
Virginia Ruspoli
Elisabeth Gerstner
Barbs by Phil Pastore on high beef prices and aging
Barbs by Phil Pastore humorously critiques the persistently high corned beef prices. He notes how age changes views on late nights and party shenanigans, and muses on the historical use of olives before martinis.
How to Choose an Efficient Air Conditioner
This guide explains using energy efficiency ratio or EER to judge AC units. It advises selecting units with EER 8 or higher, matching capacity to space, sealing doors and sunlit windows, keeping filters clean, and using an automatic timer to cut costs.
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Social Democrat
Demirel
Detroit
Lisa Cain
Los Angeles
Verona Fathers
Oswego
Fox River Valley
Joliet
Chicago
Karen Schnitz
St. Anne’s Women’s Club
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio
Yorkville
Kankakee Communications
Dan Loftus
Motorola
Morris
Dan
Kankakee
Illinois State Historical Society
Old State Capitol
Quincy High School
Morris High School
Englewood High School
West Division High School
Springfield High School
St. Peter’s
Phil Pastore
Liberty
Biren
Pescom
Bedford Plaza
Rent Rinsenvac
Rinsenvac
Main and
Franklin
Commonwealth Edison
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