Rescue teams end search after Armenia earthquake toll soars
Western and U.S. officials said recovery teams would pull out eight days after the quake that killed at least 55,000 in northern Armenia. Spitak, Leninakan, and Kirovakan suffered massive damage as rescue efforts wound down and aid moves to Armenian capitals.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Julia Taft
Foreign Disaster Office
Agency For International Development
Taft
Yerevan
Armenia
United States
Spitak
Leninakan
Kirovakan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
Britain
France
Communist Party
Pravda
Azerbaijan
Leninikan
US opens talks with PLO after Arafat pledge
Secretary of State George Shultz announced the United States will begin direct talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization. President Reagan framed the move as a step toward Middle East peace while insisting the PLO renounce terrorism. Immediate Israeli reaction was negative.
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Washington
UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
America
George Shultz
U.S
Shultz
Yasser Arafat
United Nations
United States
Robert H. Pelletreau
Tunisia
Adnan Siddiqi
Pelletreau
Foreign Service
Middle East
Reagan
Israel
Ween
Arafat
Geneva
U.N
Sten Andersson
Andersson
Walnut High Cuts Six Teaching Posts And Extracurriculars
Walnut residents and school leaders face a $134,000 operating budget cut for the 1989-90 year. Six teaching positions and the entire extracurricular program are eliminated amid a shift to meet state mandates. Robert Glaser of the teachers association voices concern for affected staff while Superintendent Larry Eggleston notes a April referendum as the next step, though it may not restore all cuts.
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Robert Glaser
Teachers’ Association
Larry Eggleston
Walnut High
Walnut High School bans after 4 pm use and lights out
Editor notes the Walnut School Board voted to shut off football and all activities after 4 pm, turn off water and heat early, and suspend cooperative scheduling to save money. The piece recalls Bill Fredricks’s 1920s support and frames the move as a drastic, lasting shift for Walnut’s heritage and identity.
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ABC
Don Meredith
Walnut High School
Larry Eggleston
Sacred Trust
Walnut
Bill Fredricks
Bill
Main Street
Blue Raider
Rangel Escorted Home From Hospital By State Police
Rochelle report states trooper Jose Rangel, 33, formerly Rochelle Police, left St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford with state police escort for Monroe Center home. He was critically wounded Nov. 16 and is described as recovering rapidly, with another surgery planned in the new year and a baby due Jan. 10.
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Rochelle
District 15
Jose Rangel
Rangel
Monroe Center
St. Anthony Medical Center
SAMC
Rockford
Elizabeth Isham
Raymond Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Joe
Beth
Isham
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Telegraph
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