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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1989
Page
2
Western Romania tales of a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Timisoara flood in. Witnesses describe morgues filled with bodies, tanks on streets, and hundreds killed or injured amid government isolation and conflicting casualty estimates. International figures express concern while Romanian authorities deny details.
FBI warned federal courts and civil rights groups of suspicious mail amid fears of copycat attacks after the killings of Judge Robert Vance and Savannah councilman Robert Robinson. False bomb threats closed courts in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, with extra security for Montgomery magistrate John Carroll. threats spurred investigations into possible white supremacist and drug-trafficking links.
UPI reports President Bush may face questions over gaps between public statements and private actions after disclosure of a July mission to China. White House confirms emissaries visited Beijing weeks after the Tiananmen crackdown amid mounting political heat.
Police confirmed Gilberto Rendon Hurtado, once No. 8 in the Medellin cartel, was the man killed beside Jose Rodriguez Gacha after a gun battle with police. Gacha and six others died in the ranch ambush. some 30 gunmen remained at large while burial services were held in Pacho.
Panama's Defence Forces call the incident a new rash aggression after a UPI report of a Panamanian sentry being wounded by a US Army officer in Panama City. Cesar Tejada, the wounded guard, was in Santo Tomas Hospital with plans for a news conference.
A stubborn cold spell breaks December lows across Nebraska Pennsylvania Ohio and Washington D C as winter storms drop snow from Iowa to Missouri and Chicago while the South sees freezing rain and sleet. Temperatures plunge to 10 to 20 degrees below zero in the upper Great Lakes with the rest of the region seeing single digits to near 20.
Extended outlook shows a chance of light snow or flurries Thursday, then fair conditions Friday and Saturday. Highs near zero in the north to about 12 above in the south, and lows from around 15 below to zero. Dixon temps include a 14 high Monday and 3 low today with 1.2 inches of snow. Illinois lottery numbers drawn Monday were 6-3-9 with Pick Four 4-1-7-2 and Little Lotto 9-13-22-26-31. Saturday Lotto grand prize estimated at 5 million dollars.
Daily noon commodity quotes list prices for live cattle hogs pork bellies feeder cattle soybeans corn wheat and related grain oils metals and softs with several months and contracts shown including futures for cocoa sugar cotton gold and silver plus bond and cattle figures and currency mentions reflecting market trading data from Merchants Trading Company
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