U S moves in Noriega toppled in Panama action
President Bush ordered U S troops into Panama amid threats and danger to American lives. Noriega driven from power as Endara sworn in. Powell reports casualties and the operation aimed to arrest Noriega remains ongoing with him in hiding.
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UPI
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U.S
Manuel Noriega
Panama
Oval Office
Grenada
Noriega
United States
Guillermo Endara
Ricardo Arias Calderon
Guillermo Ford
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
N.C
7Th Infantry
Fort Ord
Calif
5Th
Congress backs Bush on Panama military action
Washington and Senate leaders from both parties voiced support for President Bush's decision to use force in Panama. They called the move a grim necessity to remove General Noriega, protect U.S. personnel, and safeguard the Panama Canal amid ongoing constitutional and drug-dealing concerns.
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Senate
George Mitchell
Maine
Bush
Noriega
Powell
Repoters
Washington
Robert Dole
Kansas
Congress
Panama
William Ford
D-Mich
Panama Canal
Manuel Noriega
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Phil Gramm
Texas
America
Nicholas Mavroules
Dmass
U.S
Frigid Rock River Valley Faces Record Cold Tonight
Bitter cold grips Rock River Valley with subzero temps. Rockford forecasts minus 12 to 22 degrees, near December low. Dixon records 27 below zero from 1905. Wind chills hit 50 to 55 below. Thursday high near minus 5, light snow possible. Dixon schools urge warm gear and rides. bus office contact 288-7881.
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Rock River Valley
Mike Bell
National Weather Service Bureau
Rockford
Dixon
Illinois Water Survey
Bell
Robert Aubry
Aubry
Wife of ex Dixonite slain in Panama amid regime topple
Candy Helin a 43 year old gifted programs teacher, was shot while riding with her husband Steve Helin en route to their Balboa home as U S military forces moved against Panama's dictatorship. Candy, daughter in law of the canal zone port commander, leaves behind a Dixon High School lineage and family ties to Lee Dixonite.
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Telegraph
Panama
Candy Koepke
Panama Canal Zone
Candy
Marie Helin
Dixon High School
Helin
Department of Defense
Freeport alderman joins race challenging state senator
Jeff Mikkelsen, a Freeport alderman and former Pearl City teacher, announced his bid against incumbent Republican State Sen. Harlan Rigney. Mikkelsen chairs the Freeport community development committee and directs the Red Cross for Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties. He supports education funding reform, pro choice on abortion with state funding, river boat gambling, and gun control restricting automatic weapons while backing hunting rights. He criticized Rigney’s inaction, highlighted a $900,000 Galena grant, and urged study of banks selling insurance. He warned Freeport’s landfill and environmental issues must be addressed and promised a spring plan to showcase Illinois.
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Mikkelsen
Rockford
Rock River
Freeport
Rigney
Galena
James Thompson
Harlan Rigney
Savings
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