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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1985
Page
6
Forecast calls for hot and partly sunny conditions with lower 90s highs and 10 to 18 mph winds. Tonight temps fall to near 60s with a 40 percent shower risk. Local records show Thursday high 83, low 54, no precip. times for sun and sunrise listed.
Farmer John Puzey participates in a Vermilion County Cooperative Extension contest using fictitious 20 000 bushels of corn to teach marketing skills. Farmers post sales to Birkey for a yearlong record of profitable strategies while an entry fee prompts cost awareness and profit analysis.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. AP Discovery's astronauts launched the Spartan satellite to seek a black hole at the Milky Way center and survey a galaxy cluster in Perseus. The shuttle crew also faced a failed Star Wars laser test due to a Mission Control unit mix up using feet rather than nautical miles.
Niihau Island owner Bruce Robinson and his mother face drought with no range grass. Gil Trans International Service Ltd of Bakersfield will move 10000 sheep to California to save the herd. First loads of about 660 sheep were set to depart. herd reduction aims to preserve feed for survivors.
A Jackson County circuit judge will decide whether to appoint a receiver for maintenance funds from Pleasant Grove Cemetery. If granted, Murphysboro Township Supervisor Earl Summers would oversee about 95000 dollars in perpetuity care funds, with Summers stating the township will fulfill its duty. The state asserts funds were misused and seeks to place the trust under township oversight.
A mirror misalignment caused the shuttle laser experiment to fail despite officials rescheduling tests from Saturday to Friday morning. Spartan, the fourth satellite released by Discovery, is part of a seven member crew that includes a Saudi prince and a French test pilot. Three communications satellites launched earlier this week mark the mission’s progress, which concludes Monday with landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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