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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1989
Page
4
A federal court ruling in Kansas City, Missouri, addressed lingering segregation forty years after Brown v. Board. A remedial plan approved in 1985 aimed to create magnet schools, capital improvements, and inter-district transfers to balance student race mix, ensuring no more than 60 percent black and no less than 40 percent white in every grade.
James J. Kilpatrick lampoons Kansas City desegregation efforts citing magnet school quotas and white resistance. He notes 3436 black students waitlisted, 1024 whites invited, only 79 enroll, and a $32 million Central High with lavish facilities to lure whites while maintaining a 60-40 rule. The piece highlights vouchers, court approval, and the paradox of a color blind Constitution becoming color bound.
Copley News Service recalls twenty years of British troop patrols in Belfast and Derry amid sectarian violence. It notes Catholic and Protestant grievances, IRA actions, and political moves toward peace, warning the only way out is through a peaceful political process.
As of May 31 Illinois employed 121,357 statewide, down 1,263 from April, with May payroll at 253.9 million and 186.97 million excluding education. Governor 201 staff, Lt Governor 31, SoS 4,479, court system 2,033, mental health 13,723, corrections 10,808, university system 17,717, salaries totaled 31.4 million in education. Lee County tourism could draw up to 50,000 visitors with spending around 10.3 million, boosting tax revenue. Mayor James Dixon seeks charter change with commissioners opposing. vote scheduled Aug 28, and possible 550 petitions for 1990 spring ballot.
In a Dixon News item dated August 18 1979 Raynor Manufacturing announces a 30 000 square foot addition to Plant 3 with manufacturing VP Bill Wadsworth confirming two new product lines to be unveiled though he withholds specifics calling them trade secrets.
Local political note lists Senator Calvin Schuneman of the 37th District with a Washington Street Prophetstown address 306 Washington St Prophetstown Illinois 61277. The item appears as a civic listing rather than a full article.
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