Dixon Placed On State Financial Trouble List
The State Board of Education added eight districts including Dixon to its certified list of financially distressed schools, doubling the count to 16. Officials say 198 of 972 districts are monitored as near or past available funds, with Dixon failing to get extra state funding despite multi-year planning since 1983.
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Roth
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Bud'’ Thompson
Prophetstown
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Chicago
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Lockport
Crete-Monee
Crete
Troy
North Chicago
Grand Ridge
Limestone Walters
Ohio may gain two new computer firms this year
Ohio Growth Foundation coordinator Jack Piper said negotiations are underway to locate two computer industry companies in Ohio within 45 days. The firms, based in Lincoln Nebraska and linked to NASA, may lease a site in the northern Bureau County community as officials seek funding from state agencies.
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Piper
Lincoln
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NASA
Harrisburg Pa Lottery Winners File Claims for 115 Million
Three Super 7 tickets won the rich prize and claims began with Sylvia Trapazzano of Washington Pa first single-person holder to file for verification. GE Erie workers John White and Chuck Davis filed claims as others from West Virginia University janitors and a New Jersey family prepared to come forward. The $115.58 million jackpot equals 14 tickets at $8.26 million each with potential annual after tax payouts of over $317 thousand for 26 years.
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UPI
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Sylvia Trapazzano
Washington
North America
Trapazzano
Superior Valves Co
General Electric Co
Erie
John White
Chuck Davis
Lottery
George Andersen
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Andersen
New Jersey
James Scroggins
Scroggins
Illinois House committee backs DUI bill lowering limit to .08
The Judiciary II panel approved House bill 8 to reduce the drunkenness threshold from .10 to .08 percent. Supporters say the move, backed by AMA studies, would curb deaths and injuries, with state police noting many are impaired at or below .10 and six drinks could hit .08 for a 180-pound individual.
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Chicago
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Utah
Connecticut
Maryland
Michigan
New York
Oregon
Martha Page
Mothers Against
Page
American Medical Association
Robert Campbell
Illinois State Police
Campbell
Leading indicators fall in March signaling slower growth
The Index of Leading Economic Indicators dropped 0.7 percent in March, the steepest monthly decline since last summer, after a 0.3 percent fall in February and a 0.8 percent rise in January, signaling slower growth but not a recession. Analysts differed on future rate cuts, with inflation fears keeping Fed policy cautious as mortgage rates may ease later in the year.
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UPI
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Cynthia Latta
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Latta
Federal Reserve
Sheldon
Fed
Bush Quayle discuss 25th Amendment transfer of power
Washington reports President and Mrs Bush met with Vice President Quayle and Marilyn to discuss the 25th Amendment and how it would govern presidential disability and the transfer of power. The meeting in the Oval Office April 18 included White House officials and was kept private.
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C. Boyden Gray
John Sununu
Barbara Bush
Marilyn Quayle
Widow of Seaman Justice Mourned at Iowa Sailor Funeral
Denise Justice, 17, widow of Seaman Michael Justice, consoles at his funeral held Thursday in Matewan West Virginia after his death when a gun turret aboard the U S S Iowa exploded last week.
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U.S.S
Iowa
Denise Justice
Matewan
W. Va
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