Dog Days April In Chicago Drive Goofs And A Vanishing Car
In last week episode the Country Wife and Hud lose a rear wheel on the Kennedy Expressway and have the car towed to a downtown garage. They rent a car to Wisconsin, return to Wilmette, find the repaired auto vandalized, and recount a day of city woes with Gypsy the dog fleeing and Jim from a neighborhood garage aiding them.
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North Shore
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Gypsy
Gypsy the Lost Dog Returns Home After Derby of Chase
A suburban chase unfolds as Gypsy escapes from various pursuers led by Hud and a dog-loving friend. After several dramatic sprints past gas stations and through busy streets, the clever hound returns to the kitchen rug at last, ending the frantic pursuit.
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Lake Michigan
Hud
Gypsy
Mary Alice
U S farmers eye East Asia market slide noted
East Asia remains the top U S farm export market but value for fiscal 1985 is projected to fall about 1 billion from the record 10.6 billion. USDA cites weaker prices slower regional growth and rising competition from China Australia and Argentina as key factors. The report notes Japan South Korea Taiwan and Hong Kong and warns feed grain demand may slow with China's corn and barley supplies and Taiwan rice releases. Western Europe exports are also expected to drop 15 percent to 7.9 billion in fiscal 1985 due to weak recovery a huge 1984 grain crop and a strong dollar.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Hong Kong
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Europe
AGRICULTURE DEPT PROPOSES GRAIN INSPECTION CHANGES
The USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service proposes changes published in the Federal Register. They include ending multiple inspection certificates for partial shipments, making voluntary preloading stowage exams for outbound barge shipments within the same company, allowing reinspections or appeals after the grain carrier leaves the original inspection point, and revising test weight verification for scales. Comment deadline is June 18 to Lewis Lebakken Jr.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Grain Inspection Service
The
Federal Register
Lewis Lebakken, Jr
USDA
Information Resources Branch
South
Washington, D.C
Mobile ultraviolet system degrades pesticides in wastewater
Washington AP reports USDA chemist Philip C. Kearney says a trailer mounted ultraviolet system successfully breaks down pesticides such as atrazine and 2.4-D in wastewater. The Pesticide Degradation Laboratory aims to speed breakdown of long lasting chemicals like paraquat to reduce disposal costs, via mixing contaminated water with oxygen and exposing it to UV light.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Philip C. Kearney
USDA
Kearney
Extinction averted: Longhorn breed revived by Forest Service report
A nostalgic report notes the Forest Service helped save the longhorn cattle from extinction. It says the breed, once driven from Texas after the Civil War, now enjoys popularity potentially greater than its historic era. Its hardiness drives demand in developing countries with limited grazing land.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Texas
Automating Farms Move Toward Robotic Helpers
Chicago report on Agri-Mation 1 details how robots suited for factories may assist on farms. Experts see electronic sensors and microcomputers guiding planting tilling and harvesting, with cows wear nose rings and ear tags monitored by implants.
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Gaines
Buddy” Miles
Purdue University
Donald Holt
Illinois Agricultural Experiment
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