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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1989
Page
2
In El Salvador, about 240 Americans were airlifted as leftist rebels pressed a six hour cease fire to evacuate foreigners from Escalon and San Benito. Officials insist the exodus is not a Saigon style evacuation, and no one was forced to leave by policy.
The Volkskammer amended Article One of East Germany’s 1949 constitution to drop the leadership of the Communist Party while keeping the socialist state label. The vote passed 313 to 112 with 5 absent, amid calls for free elections next year led by President Egon Krenz and Premier Hans Modrow urging members to stay put until the vote.
Tropical Storm Karen weakened and drifted in the Caribbean bringing rain to Cuba. Forecasters said it may stall at sea or loop and fade over the next days, with Miles Lawrence of the National Hurricane Center citing a likely decrease in strength.
Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci flies to the United States after the Immigration and Naturalization Service grants refugee status. INS confirms her flight with no destination announced to protect privacy. The defection shocks Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu amid Eastern Bloc upheaval.
An arctic front pushed into New England bringing bone chilling cold and light snow. A squall northeast of Boston dumped an inch of snow that froze on roads causing several accidents. Vermont had light snow with temperatures in the low teens while Maine stayed cold and cloudy in single digits. Snow lined northwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia with other areas clear. Texas saw scattered light rain and isolated sleet in east Texas. Snow covered Santa Fe and New Mexico mountains. Oklahoma stayed dry.
A brief weather summary notes Sunday and Tuesday forecasts with partly cloudy, cold conditions. Highs expected in the 30s north and 40s south, with teens to 20s for lows. Illinois daily game results show the Thursday winning number 8 3 4 and Pit Four 8 4 8 5, while the Lotto grand prize for Saturday is estimated at 18 million dollars.
Merchants Trading Company provides noon quotes for energies and grains. Live cattle and hogs show mixed with Dec and Feb contracts. soybeans, corn, wheat and metals trade across several months. Cotton and sugar futures listed with the noted December and March positions.
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