Seeds respond to jet noise boosting turnip germination
Four UNC Greensboro scientists report that noise from a jetliner boosts wet turnip seed germination by about 100 percent and shortens germination time by roughly 10 percent. Dry seeds show no effect. Potential uses include breaking dormancy and weed control, though broadcasts of airport noise are unlikely. researchers seek wavelengths and durations for practical farming applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Minnesotan Lakes Prove Confounding in Naming
The Midland Cooperator notes Minnesota has 156 Long Lakes and many similarly named lakes creating frequent confusion. With 15,000-plus bodies over 10 acres, name duplication is common, and locals may travel to clearly different lakes like Mawskiquanacunda while fearing mixups with Bashitanaqneba or Winnibigoshish.
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Long Lake
Midland Cooperator
Minnesota
Mawskiquanacunda Lake
Winnibigoshish
Pentagon Papers trial stalled by wiretap dispute
Defense lawyers asked the Supreme Court to deny restarting the halted Pentagon papers trial over a wiretap issue. They contend the stay delays the case, could raise costs by about 140000 dollars, and argue the government must disclose surveillance logs affecting Ellsberg and Russo.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
William C. Douglas
U.S. Solicitor General
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Elisburg
Russo
Pentagon
U.S
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
Cretly
Illinois Appellate Court Allows Hearings on Bottle Deposit
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned an injunction stopping public hearings on a nickel deposit proposal for beer and soft drinks. Hearings may proceed since no facts have been decided and regulation prospects remain unknown. The board plans to reschedule hearings in Chicago Champaign Springfield and Alton after the injunction is dissolved. Milk juice and hard liquor containers would be exempt.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Agen
Edward F. Healy
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Champaign
Springfield
Alton
Steve Klein
Circuit Court
Illinois Institute For Environmental Quality
Lawn party to honor GOP state candidate Lindberg
George W. Lindberg Republican candidate for State Comptroller will be honored at a lawn party Sunday Aug 6 in Livingston County. The event on Jim Q Oughton's Lodge grounds 3 to 6 p.m. is a fund raiser with $10 per person suggested donation. Lindberg pioneered Illinois Governmental Ethics Act disclosure rules for officials earning over $20 000 annually and for candidates. Laura Hyde daughter of House Majority Leader Henry Hyde will sing.
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George Lindberg Dwight
George W. Lindberg
Crystal Lake
Livingston County
Citizens For Lindberg Committee
Jim Oughton
Jim Q Oughton
South St
Prairie Ave
Livingston
Lindberg
General Assembly
Oughton
Laura Hyde
Illinois House
Henry J. Hyde
Chicago
Wicker argues against building new federal prisons
The piece reviews a ten year plan for over 60 new federal correctional facilities costing more than 630 million dollars. Norman Carlson defends replacing outmoded sites with centers and non institutional options while critics urge focus on community corrections and reduced prison construction.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
Nixon
Norman Carlson
Bureau
McNeill Island
Puget Sound
Leavenworths
Atticas
Carlson
California
San Quentin
Ronald Reagan
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Saginaw
Mich
Des Moines
Seattle
Florida
Gideon Vy. Wainwright
Louie L. Wainwright
Mitchell
Attica
National Council On Crime and
Philippine floods ease amid rising waters and 356 dead
Torrential monsoon rains eased slightly over Luzon Island but floods continued in parts of Pampanga and surrounding areas. The National Disaster Coordination Center logged 119 towns flooded as rescue work faced poor visibility and disrupted communications.
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Frank N. Hawkins JR
Associated Press
Manila
Luzon
National Disaster Coordinating Center
Philippine
Manila Times
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Fire kills four inmates at Martin County Jail
Four teenage inmates died when fire swept a maximum security cellblock in Stuart Florida late Monday night trapping them in locked cells. Sheriff Crowder said three inmates started the blaze with magazines and mattresses then cried for help as it spread. One identified victim was Robert Lasset a 19 or 20 year old from Indiantown.
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Stuart
Fla
Martin County Jail
Robert L. Crowder
Crowder
Robert Lasset
Indiantown
Lasset
Raiford State Prison
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