Seat belt rule changes in Illinois loom
A political column warns lawmakers may tighten seat belt laws, allow police stops for belt use, raise fines, and extend belt requirements to all riders under 16. It notes current enforcement limits, past highway death concerns, and a task force chaired by Jeremy Margolis with multiagency support.
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State Senate
State House
Illinois
Dixon
Mr. Ego
Jeremy Margolis
Illinois Department of Transportation
Chicago Police
Illinois Chiefs of Police Association
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Insurance, Health
Equality in Work Life Across The Ages
The piece surveys changing expectations for women at work, contrasting views that women seek home and family with those who pursue corporate success. It notes persistent barriers to top management, cites historical quotes from de Stael, Rowland, Eliot, Bernhardt, Heine, and Johnson, and argues legal gains alone won’t shift deep attitudes for real workplace equality.
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Madame de Stael
Helen Rowland
Max Bernbohm
Heinrich Heine
Samuel Johnson
Marx would have cheered Soviet voting but wary of change
Copley News Service reflects on Karl Marx’s ideas in light of Nina Ageyeva, a Moscow forewoman who challenged a Communist mayor in the first post-1917 Soviet elections. The piece notes uncertain outcomes for Soviet workers, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Mikhail Gorbachev as real change emerges, with cautious hope for private enterprise and freedom.
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Karl Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Marx
Nina Ageyeva
Moscow
Valery Saikin
Kremlin
Ms. Ageyeva
Mr. Marx
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Mikhail Gorbachev
Things Dixon talked about 10 years ago and more
A look back to April 7 1979 noting that Dixon, Boone, Ogle and Lee counties were declared federal disaster areas due to March flooding. Residents and business owners could qualify for federal low interest loans per remarks by Steve Anderson citing Rep. John B. Anderson’s Washington office.
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Lee
Ogle
Boone
McHenry
Washington
John B. Anderson
Steve Anderson
Dixon
Madison Subdivision
City Plan Commission
Dixon Library Board
Raymond Hoffman aid budget talks with Rain Man crunch
A UPI analysis suggests inviting Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man persona to fiscal 1990 budget talks. It argues the autistic savant's number skills could help trim the $300 billion Pentagon outlays and rein in entitlements, bridging Bush and Congress, but cautions real negotiators lack such fictional math.
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Washington
UPI
Dustin Hoffman
Hoffman
Congress
Raymond
Caesar’s Palace Casino
Las Vegas
Tom Cruise
Mond
Pentagon
George
Bush
Capitol Hill
Cruise
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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C. A. Maronich
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Sandy Burke
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Donna Lessman
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jack Skrogstad
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Donna Boatman
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Tracey L
Trina Aebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn
Mark Fane
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Wiler
Rosemary Flowers
J | . Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
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