Coon hunts bring new thrills to mentally retarded children
Southern Illinois University's Outdoor Laboratory at Little Grassy Lake hosts weekly coon hunts for mentally retarded children as part of a winter program. Under staff guidance, about 30 spectators join the hunts at 6:30 p.m., learning dog sounds and teamwork while braving darkness for an experience seen as valuable social and educational activity.
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Bert.Lunan
Southern [Illinois University
Littl Grassy Lake
William F. Price
Ralph Womack
Jonesboro
Outdoor Laboratory
Sidney Frick
Womack
Frick
Steve Frattini
Marion
Little Grassy
Price
Gyp
Jake
Dead rabbit heart beats for hours signals advance in heart research
Southern Illinois University researchers John Michus and Michael Nudd kept a rabbit heart beating for nine and a half hours with a mineral plasma soup in a closed system. Their professor Alfred Richardson praises the result as potentially important for heart transplantation and future heart banks, with next steps involving dog and rabbit transplants.
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Southern Ilinois University
Alfred Richardson
Richardson
John Michus
Michael Nudd
Fred Zaebst
U. S
South Africa
Mickus
Nudd
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