Marseilles Man Chosen for Antarctic Research Program
Richard White of Marseilles, a 1976 IVCC graduate and NIU geology graduate assistant, has been selected for the US Antarctic Research Program. He will join Dr. Webb and others for a six week Ross Ice Shelf project, drilling, core sampling, and field work at McMurdo Station during the Austral Summer.
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Marseilles
Richard White
Marilyn Rorem
United States Antarctic Research Program
USARP
Ross Ice Shelf
Division of Polar Research
National Science Foundation
McMurdo Station
South Pole
166Th
167Th
White
Webb
H.T. Brady
R.M. Leckie
Ross Sea
Antarctic
NIU
Gondwana Society
Illinois Valley Community College
Frank Smunt
IVCC
United States
Ross Sea Shelf
BYU agronomist to be named fellow in two societies
Dr Raymond Farnsworth of Brigham Young University will be inducted as a fellow in both the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America at their December joint meeting in Chicago. Nominated by BYU agronomy chair Loren Robison, Farnsworth helped show desert plants fix nitrogen and discovered a new insect tied to that system. He also helped launch BYU’s Indian Assistance Program in Agriculture and Home Management, aiding 87 projects on 44 Indian reservations and reserves in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Chicago
UPS
American Society of Agronomy
Soil Science Society of America
Brigham Young University
Raymond Farnsworth
Loren Robison
BYU Department of Agronomy
Farnsworth
Robison
BYU
United States
Canada
Mexico
Scott May Win Illinois GOP Landslide Despite Probe
Scott, 52, favored for a fourth term in Illinois, faces Democrat Richard Troy who argues the federal grand jury probe into Scott’s $50,000 cash campaign fund could spark charges. Troy attacks Scott’s use of part time aides and argues for tax evasion risks, while Scott dismisses the charges as politically motivated.
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Peoria, Ill
UPI
William J. Scott
Richard J. Troy
Scott
U.S
Thomas Sullivan
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Troy
Illinois
Closley
Democrats
City of
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Chicago Board of Local Improvements
Chicago Park District
MSD
Sullivan
Five new Iowa soybean varieties released by ISU
Iowa State University and cooperating agencies announced the release of Sloan Oakland Vinton Vickery and Cyberland soybeans. Sloan shows iron chlorosis resistance and higher yields while Oakland resists root rot Vinton offers large seeds with higher yield and protein, Vickery resists six root rot races and Cyberland is a high yielder. Cooperating stations span Iowa Puerto Rico Illinois Indiana Kansas Nebraska Ohio and the USDA.
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Ames, Iowa
UPI
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Iowa State University
Sloan
Oakland
Vinton
Vickery
Cyberland
Iowa
Puerto Rico
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
USDA
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