Nationwide phone strike disrupts 20 states and key tensions
The Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers struck Bell Atlantic NYNEX and Pacific Telesis on August 6. About 35,000 Ameritech workers walked off in five Midwest states. Vandalism and a bomb threat are investigated in New York as the walkout nears day nine with 189,000 on strike nationwide. Local Centel and Illinois Bell guidance says service remains largely intact except longer directory assistance delays.
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Centel
Lee County
Ogle County
Chicago
Illinois Bell
Tom Gascoigne
Center
Dixon
Gascgoine
Tracy Scholle
Center Public Affairs Department
Jesse Jackson
Boston
Baby Bell
Communication Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bell Atlantic
NYNEX
Pacific Telesis Telephone
Ameritech
New York
CWA
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Detroit
L. Keith Dooley
Northeast
New England
Pacific Telesis
California
Nevada
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
Pat Montgomery
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
IBEW
Dixon Library wins big grant to broaden rural service
The Dixon Public Library received 45,636 to expand outreach within Dixon School District 170. Northern Illinois Library System adds 8,741 for a total grant aiding 6,761 rural residents who would gain free non resident cards through June 1990. The funds fund new materials and a widened business section including Moody's services, plus video projection gear and an old fashioned Saturday matinee.
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Lori Fagan
Dixon Public Library
Dixon School System
Nancy Gillfillan
Northern Illinois Library System
Gillfillan
Ogle and
Lee County
Moody’s
Bush pledges to use force if needed on hostages
President Bush said he would use military action to free American hostages in Lebanon if a safe method existed and could avoid harming innocents. He noted limited progress due to scarce intelligence and warned signals from Iran complicate hopes for rescue or retaliation while vowing continued effort.
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Washington
UPI
Bush
Lebanon
Iran
Lunar eclipse to dazzle Illinois Wednesday skies
Chicago reports a full moon and clear skies for the area’s first total lunar eclipse in seven years. Adler Planetarium expert James Sweitzer calls it a cosmic event, noting the moon will turn reddish during totality and remain visible for about 90 minutes.
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Chicago
UPI
Adler Planetarium
James Sweitzer
National Weather Service
Sweitzer
Earth
Kreider to Build 15-Bed Ashton Home for Disabled
Kreider Services plans a 15 bed facility in Ashton to aid developmentally disabled residents. The project, part of a county wide expansion, includes Franklin Grove and Amboy homes with bids in about 120 days. Funding via Illinois Department of Public Aid and oversight by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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Elegraph
Ashton
Kreider Services, Inc
Arlan McClain
Dixon Based
Kreider Services
Franklin Grove
Amboy
McClain
Village Board of Trustees
Stanley Griffith
Ray Forney
the Telegraph
Village Inn
Dixon
Lee County
Governor Blames Local Governments for Rising Property Taxes
Gov James R Thomson accused local governments of hiking property taxes through higher spending and urged taxpayers to press local officials rather than Springfield. He cautioned that some relief plans merely shift the burden and endorsed a referendum requirement if local tax bodies plan spending increases above five percent.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Thomson
Cook County
Thomas Hynes
Hynes
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