Farmers urged to speak for agriculture on National Agriculture Day
USDA official Ann Schottman Knol urged farmers and groups to keep educating the public about where food comes from and how agriculture sustains society. Chris Mosher, aide to Secretary John Block, spoke at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for National Agriculture Day, stressing market-oriented policy and public awareness.
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Ly Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Chris Mosher
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
John Block
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
School of Agriculture
Ms. Mosher
Black
Mosher
Union Hospital Lays Off 40 in West Frankfort
Union Hospital in West Frankfort reduced staff by 40, 30 part time and 10 full time, with 180 remaining workers facing further cuts depending on state and federal actions. Administrator William Palmer cites Medicaid and Medicare payment proposals, notes high costs for cost patients, and forecasts room-rate increases from 126 to 148 169 dollars while comparing to Carbondale Memorial.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
William Palmer
Palmer
James Thompson
Reagan
Thompson
West Frankfort Hospital
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Norge cuts shutdown to a week
Norges Co plant in Herrin returns to a five day week after a four day week in January and announces a one week shutdown starting Monday March 29. Director Jon Nicholas said the reduction from two weeks was due to slight sales rise and customer delivery needs.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan Norge Co
Herrin
Jon Nicholas
Nicholas
Flood Waters Break Through Dike in Fort Wayne
Floods breached a northeast Fort Wayne dike, forcing 8 000 to 9 000 residents to evacuate. Firefighters and volunteers formed chains passing sandbags as authorities fixed the breach. River levels near record highs risk further breaks with thundershowers forecast and 11 Red Cross shelters open to house evacuees.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Mark Rozeen
Rozeen
al Zirkle
Maumee River
Indiana
Ohio
National Weather Service
Michigan
Illinois
Peoria
Atlanta
Georgia
San Francisco
Dolphos
Zirkle
Anthony Meyers
Winfield Moses Jr
Red Cross
Maumee
St. Joseph
St. Mary’s
OPEC weighs price cut amid oil market glut
As OPEC meets in Vienna for an emergency session, analysts warn the group may be forced to cut its $34 a barrel benchmark to stem revenue losses. With non-OPEC output rising, internal bickering grows and prices could plunge toward $25 a barrel if production isn’t trimmed.
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OPEC
New York
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
Austria
Stephen Smith
Data Resources Inc
West
Mexico
Great Britain
Middle East
Nor
Way
North Sea
Mana Saeed Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Good Evening Weather Forecast Update
The National Weather Service shows cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms and a low near 57. Friday brings partly sunny skies, wind, warmth, and scattered showers and storms with highs in the upper 70s to around 80. Saturday to Monday forecast calls for mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 50s and nights in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Shuttle landing site moved for Monday shuttle liftoff
NASA shifted the landing from Edwards California to White Sands New Mexico due to heavy rain at Edwards. Liftoff remains scheduled for Monday at 9 a.m. CST with a possible emergency landing at White Sands if needed. Columbia’s crew includes Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton on NASA’s third flight. launch procedures on pad 39A proceed normally.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Mojave
California
White Sands
New Mexico
Andy Browne
Columbia
Space Agency
U.S. Army
White Sands Missile Range
Edwards Air Force Base
Dick Young
Edwards
Jack R. Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
John Talone Jr
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Agriculture Department
Block
Federal Agriculture Department
Fmha
America
Norge
Ft. Wayne
Fort Wayne Dike
Ann Landers
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