Drought Hits Area Farmers As Rain Fails to Arrive
Jackson County farmers report drought conditions with corn leaves curling and moisture stressed roots after two weeks of hot dry weather. Extension advisor Bob Frank says crops have not had a soaking rain since planting and warns at least one inch of slow rain is needed. Weather service predicts limited rain late today with 70 percent chance, then drier conditions rest of the week as temperatures climb into the 90s by Friday and Saturday.
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Karen Rothe
Illinois
Jackson County Cooperative Extension
Bob Frank
Jackson County
Frank
Don Semancik
Theational Weather Service
Cairo
Semancik
Missouri
Sun worship interrupted on old park roof by sunbathing boy
A 15 year old Herrin youth climbed to the two story White City Park building on North 17th Street before dawn to sunbathe. Neighbors alerted police about the rising knees on the roof. Firefighters and rescue workers retrieved him as a crowd gathered. He woke, descended, and likely will not repeat the stunt. He did get a tan.
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Herrin
White City Park
North 17Th Street
Herrin Fire Department
Jack Engram
Carbondale council approves bonds for elderly housing
The Carbondale City Council has authorized municipal bond issues to finance two private housing projects for the elderly, as part of coverage noting page references. The piece also flags editorials on Illinois finances and national economy. It highlights a local Cardinal fan from Sparta and mentions deregulated natural gas prices and federal regulations.
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Carbondale City
Government clears swine flu suit victims from proving negligence
Washington (AP) The government said any one who contracted Guillain Barre after swine flu shots in 1976 will not have to prove negligence to receive federal compensation. The action affects about a third of 1,483 claims totaling $775 million by individuals or survivors. About 439 cases seek $365 million for Guillain Barre. 535 of 45 million vaccinated contracted it, with 23 deaths. The inoculation campaign halted in December 1976 after Guillain Barre appeared in some recipients.
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Washington
U.S
Center For Disease
Fort Dix
N.J
Justice Department
Gerhard Gesell
Ford Administration
United States
Senate Ethics Probe Questions McClellan Report on Park Gift
Investigators say late Senator John McClellan may have violated law by not reporting a $1,000 contribution from Tongsun Park in 1972. Transcripts reveal conflicting sworn testimony on Park’s gifts to aides of Birch Bayh and Hubert Humphrey while names like Jack Miller and Joseph Montoya appear. Perjury is a possibility, but the committee won’t pursue a specific perjury probe. the testimony was forwarded to the Justice Department.
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Washington (Ap
Senate Ethics Committee
John McClellan
Tongsun Park
Park
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jack Miller
Browa
Joseph Montoya
Stevenson
Harrison Schmitt
R-N.m
Move to reduce SIU faculty pay raises fails
Lindsay-Schaub News Service reports in Springfield that efforts to cut faculty pay raises at Southern Illinois University for fiscal 1979 failed in the Illinois House. Anti ERA lawmakers, angered by a faculty union threat, dropped plans to target other budgets. The House upheld a ruling that an amendment was improper.
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SIU
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Southern Illinois University
Illinois House
Ilinois
West Frankfort suspends chief and strips commissioner of powers
West Frankfort City Council suspends Police Chief Kinsman and strips Police and Fire Commissioner Melvin of most duties. Curt Blades, an eight year veteran, named acting chief. Both Kinsman and Melvin indicted by Franklin County grand jury on four counts of official misconduct and two counts of theft for 1977 purchases charged to the city. Indictments describe possible penalties. bonds set at 500 dollars.
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West Frankfort
DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinois
Frankfort
Jim Kinsman
Bernard Melvin
Curt Blades
Kinsman
Melvin
Franklin County
Ing
Caldwell
Blades
Jack Woolard
Val Stanley
Bob’s
Interstate Shell
Terrence Hopkins
Hopkins
Jarvis tours Congress as Prop 13 echoes nationwide
Howard Jarvis, author of California’s Prop 13, met with 10 conservative Republican senators to discuss spreading his tax cut message. He pressed Senate leaders and House Republicans, while lawmakers prepared to vote on a $1.4 billion cut from the HUD appropriations bill, amid housing funding debates.
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New York Times
Washington
Howard Jarvis
Congress
Jarvis
California
Senate
House
Carter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
House rejects cut in EPA enforcement funds
The House voted against a proposed 133 million reduction in Environmental Protection Agency enforcement funds, continuing broad budget trimming by percentage across four major appropriations bills. The choice shifts deciding where to save to the executive branch and possibly the Senate. Jarvis urged a balanced budget and refused to specify targeted cuts.
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House
Environmental Protection Agency
Executive Branch
Senate
Jarvis
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