Thorny problem solved at SIU-C
Scientists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale release new blackberries Dirksen Smoothstem and Black Satin Thorntree. USDA released these thornless, productive varieties in 1974 for nursery propagation with field yields of 18 000 to 24 000 pounds per acre and mid July to early August harvest windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Meyer
SIU
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Dirksen
U.S. Department of Agriculture
mid-Atlantic
Central States
USDA
Siuc
Agriculture Research Service
Carbondale
Illinois
Ohio
Maryland
New Jersey
Delite strawberry variety developed at SIUC Small Fruits Center
A late strawberry variety named Delite, developed by Small Fruits Research Center breeders at SIUC, arose from 1958 crossbreeding and SIUS 169 trials across Arkansas Maryland Missouri and the Great Lakes. Delite shows disease resistance to red stele and wilt, heavy yield in narrow beds, glossy fruits and a five to seven day later harvest than Surecrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Fruits Research Station
Siuc
Arkansas
Maryland
Great Lakes
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
U.S
Roland C. Blake
USDA
Ing
Blake
Triplet Black Angus calves born Christmas Day at Miller Farm
At the Roy and Evan Miller Farm near Lesser, mama Black Angus delivered three calves two bulls and a heifer around 4 p.m. Christmas Day. Mrs. Signa Miller said twins were expected but triplets surprised the family. The calves are lively and doing fine though the note also mentions seedling plant trials from 1958 to 1961 in unrelated text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mama Black Angus
Roy
Evan Miller
Lesser
Signa Miller
Roy Miller
Public backs handgun registration but not ban
Louis Harris reports 77 percent favor federal handgun registration while 57 percent oppose a total ownership ban. A 49 to 44 percent plurality would block ownership in high crime areas, and 64 percent blame poor gun control for rising violence. The survey cites motives for gun ownership and a need for permits and registration.
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Louis Harris
Dan
Eisenhower, Nixon kin head to Peking on China visit
David and Julie Eisenhower flew from an unspecified city to China invited by Premier Chou En-lai, continuing ties after Nixon’s 1972 China trip. Time names 12 women as Women of the Year, including Betty Ford, Billie Jean King, and Ella Grasso. Kathryn Kuhlman remains hospitalized after heart surgery in Tulsa, with valve replacement reported.
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Tokyo
David
Julie Eisenhower
Peking
Chou En-lai
Iran Airlines
China
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York
Time Magazine
Betty Ford
Billie Jean King
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Carla Hills
Secretary of Housing
Tulsa
Okla
Kathryn Kuhlman
Tink Wilkerson
Miss Kuhlman
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Siu-C
Harris Survey Associates
Harris
Harris Survey
National Rifle Association
Spe
David and
Julie
Time
Texas
Barbara Jordan
Susie Sharp
North Carolina Supreme Court
Jill Ker Conway
Smith College
Alison Cheek
St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Washington
Carol Sutton
Louisville, Ky
Courier- Journal
Kathleen Byerly
San Diego
Susan Brownmiller
Addie Wyatt
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Union
Queen Elizabeth II
Kathryn KuhIiman
International Harvester
Shawnee Equip. Co
Vienna, Ill
S.I. Equipment, Inc
Murphysboro, Ill
Best
Shelton’s Farm Supply CO
N. Broadway
Sesser
LEE
Whitewall
Phoenix
Sparta Equipment CO
Steiger
IHC
Kubota Tractors
Sunflower Disks
Dunham Loaders
Cub Cadets
Hesston
S. St. Louis
Sparta
Twin County
Murphysboro
Ava
Pinckneyville
Marion Jacob
Harrisburg
Bob Reimer
Lowell Skelton
Famik
Fabick Machinery CO
East
Marion
Ill
Kademarks
Eptac Actn
Bomar Tire Center
Mardale
West Carbondale
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