Holiday parcel post boom hits area post offices
Area post offices report near record mail volume with Dixon posting a 40 percent rise in parcel post over last year and 1,450 pieces in one day. Postmasters say people mail more packages while cards and letters stay steady, with total Monday mail around 35,000 in Dixon and 2.5 million yearly at Christmas last year.
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Dixon
Larry Minnier
Minnier
UPS
Minniear
Publisher's Clearing House
Reader's Digest
Internal Revenue Service
Minnicar
Woosung
Betty Kuhn
Amboy
Dan Kelly
Kelly
Jerry
Dixon Post Office
Larry Minniear
Companies and politicians send bulk Christmas cards early
Raynor Manufacturing begins card mailings as early as November 1 greeting 575 distributors and 600 employees with gifts. Shaw Newspapers issues 631 cards signed by Tom Shaw. Rep Lynn Martin sends about 12,000 cards yearly via her campaign committee with her printed message.
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Raynor Manufacturing
Don Silk
Raynor
Shaw Newspapers
Dixon Telegraph
Tom Shaw
Shaw
Lynn Martin
Illinois
Martin
Bush Dukakis face it all again in Electoral College vote
Washington reports the Electoral College voted to elect George Bush as the 41st president with Dan Quayle as running mate. Dukakis conceded as states certified final totals. a Park Plaza tribute honored him and his family while he signaled no future political plans.
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Washington
UPI
Republic
George Bush
United States
District of Columbia
Indiana
Dan Quayle
Bush
Quayle
Electoral College
House
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Senate
Dukakis
Democratic
Park Plaza Hotel
Chester Atkins
D-Mass
Democratic State Committee
Kitty
Euterpe
Olympia
OPEC quotas to be rejected by UAE in Gulf meeting
Gulf Arab oil ministers left Manama amid discord as the United Arab Emirates refused Saudi and Kuwait requests to cut production. UAE plans to exceed its new OPEC quota, signaling continued overproduction despite the November agreement to curb output. Industry sources estimate UAE output near 1.3 million barrels daily in January, with Abu Dhabi over 1 million and Dubai 300 000 to 400 000.
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Manama
Bahrain
UPI
Gulf Arab
United Arab Emirates
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
United Press International
Uae
Gulf Cooperation Council
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Iraq
Oman
GCC
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Emirates
Small's killer gets life
Nancy Rish, 26, was sentenced to life in prison for murder and a separate 30 year term for aggravated kidnapping in the slaying of media heir Stephen Small. The case, tied to Daniel Edwards who received the death penalty, centered on the abduction from Kankakee on Sept 2, 1987 and the body found in a wooden box in Wichert Sand Hills.
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Kankakee, Hil
APD
Nancy Rish
Stephen Small
Kankakee
John Michela
Illinois
Ilinois
Neil Hartigan
Small
Winnebago County
Rish
Daniel Edwards
Len Small
Wichert
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