Strawberries hit by late freezes shorten U P picks
Strawberry growers report reduced harvests after late frosts, with 40 to 60 percent losses at several Cumberland region farms. Blueberry Hill Farm Cobden Eckert's Orchard Carbondale Colvis Orchards Chester Frandon Farms Oroville Murphysboro report early openings and 50 cent per pound prices. Irrigation helped save some berries though Earliglow variety suffered. Farmers warn ripening is uneven as seasonal weather remains uncertain.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Charles Stadelbacher
Blueberry Hill
Cobden
Joseph Sawicki
Eckert’s Or
Chard
Carbondale
Eckert’s. Eckert
Frandon Farms
Oroville
Murphysboro
Frances White
Jackson County Extension
Robert Frank
Southern Illinois
Mount Vernon
Frank
Nine Miners Suffer Burns In Electric Incident At Mine
Three Old Ben 27 miners were treated at West Frankfort Union Hospital after an electric flash at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Bob Carns 47 of Pinckneyville suffered first to third degree burns on his left hand and arm and was to be released today. Wilburn Hood of Tilden and Bruce Todd of Coello received eye burns. Smoke inhalation affected nine crew members, with Carns Hood Todd and Russell hospitalized while the others were released. Hood Todd and Russell were freed later Wednesday.
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Ben
West Frankfort Union Hospital
Bob Carns
S. Beaucoup St
Pinckneyville
Wilburn Hood
Tilden
Bruce Todd
Coello
Carterville
Steve Fitzsimmons
Olive St
Eldorado
Larry Wells
Marion
Bruce Lowe
Chestnut St
Troy Russell
Union Hospital
Carns
Hood
Todd
Russell
Thatcher abandons hope for Falklands peace talks
Britain signals no more negotiations with Argentina as Thatcher states peace ideas won’t close options and invasion may be the only path. Argentina says it seeks talks but accuses London of intransigence as a U N plan stalls.
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Britain
Argentina
Associated Press
Margaret Thatcher
Falkland Islands
Falklands
Buenos Aires
Thatcher
South Atlantic
British Foreign Office
Nicholas Fenn
London
Perez de Cuellar
Consumer office backs SCAM in rate case study request
Springfield reports that the state Office of Consumer Services, on behalf of Southern Counties Action Movement, urged the Illinois Commerce Commission to reconsider denying a consultant study of Central Illinois Public Service Co’s excess capacity. Alvin Grandys said a staff study is insufficient and pressed for independent analysis to determine cost allocation between stockholders and ratepayers as Newton II plant comes online. The group aims to set a test case to clarify staff scope and ensure equitable sharing of capacity costs.
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Don Levener
Southern
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Alvin Grandys
Consumer Office
Commission
Agencies ordered to ignore names of hires during hiring freeze
state agency heads were told not to provide Senate appropriations committees with names of workers hired under Gov. Thompson’s general hiring freeze. The May memo aims to curb political point scoring by both parties, with critics calling it a shield for patronage while defenders cite staffing needs and public service.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Senate Appropriations Committees
James R. Thompson
Kenneth V. Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Appropriations Committee
Carroll
Quern
Washburn
Senate Democrats
Thompson
Bureau of the Budget
Senate Republicans
Weather forecast Outlook with Storm Chances
The National Weather Service predicts mostly cloudy conditions tonight with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and a low in the mid 60s. Friday will be cloudy with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high near 80. Saturday includes a chance of showers, with partly cloudy skies Sunday and Monday and highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.
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National Weather Service
Father of the Year contest asks for letters
Readers are invited to nominate their father for Father of the Year by writing a 500 word letter explaining why he should win. Include both names, addresses, and phone numbers and mail by May 28 to Father of the Year, Southern Illinoisan, Box 2108, Carbondale, IL 6290. Winners published June 13. letters cannot be returned.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
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