Christmas tree grower keeps holiday tradition alive in August
Ron Vanek runs a Coul terville farm with 65 acres of scotch white and Australian pines. He began planting in 1971 and will mark his third selling season this year selling seven to eight foot trees for about two dollars a foot. He plans and orders early, explains evergreen farming risks including drought and pests, and notes customers enjoy selecting real live trees from his fields or barn.
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Brad Berker
Ron Vanek
Vanek
Coulterville
UN Palestinian state plan faces early vote clash
UN Arab opponents block postponement of a Security Council debate on a resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state. The United States will veto, prompting Arab pressure to force a vote despite U.S. aims to delay. Key figures include Robert Strauss, Cyrus Vance, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Carter.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Council
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Andrew Young
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Menachem Begin
Palestine Liberation Organization
Young
United
U.N. Committee On
Palestine
Middle East
PLO
Carter
Mideast
Robert Strauss
Begin
Sadat
Strauss
Cyrus Vance
National Security
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Mississippi
Donald F. McHenry
Vance
Carbondale developer fined for contempt in lake pollution case
A $3,000 contempt fine was levied against Union Hill subdivision developer Kamrasy for failing to stop polluting Cedar Lake. Judge Bill Green ordered immediate payment and added city-recovery of court costs since April 25, 1978, with a hearing set for November 2 to determine further sanctions. Green retained jurisdiction for future violations.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Iindsan
Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Epon Kamarasy
Jackson County
Bill Green
Kamarsy
Kamarasy
Green
Union Hill
Cedar
John Womick
William Broom
State probes Lesser city government
State investigators say they are probing Lesser city affairs after residents pushed to lower sewer rates. The inquiry, requested by Franklin County State's Attorney Terry Hopkins, began Wednesday with two or three agents. Residents accuse officials, engineers, and financiers of overborrowing and mismanaging a $1.6 million sewage plant project and $525,000 bond issue. The council earlier approved a retroactive sewer-rate cut from $8.86 to $5.19.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
William Schettler
Givenrod-Lipe & Jacobs Inc
Benton
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Thompson signs Nursing Home Reform Act of 1979
Gov. James R. Thompson signed the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1979, boosting patient rights and requiring yearly surprise inspections. The measure allows government funded patients to sue, imposes fines for violations, and bans experimental research without consent while imposing stricter licensing and oversight of nursing homes.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Senate
Richard M. Daley
Lynn Martin
Rockford
House
Thaddeus Lechowicz
Dchicago
Thompson
State Department of Public Health
Sunny weekend outlook in Southern Illinois forecast
Southern Illinois Airport chief forecaster Steve Piltz predicts a spell of notably pleasant weather for the coming weekend with humidity easing and temperatures from the low 60s at night to the high 80s by day. A chance of scattered thunderstorms remains tonight but should taper off by late evening and remain off and on through Sunday.
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Southern Illinois
Steve Piltz
Carbondale
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