Christmas light display at Morss home draws crowds
Passengers on Illinois Route 26 north of Dixon can view a Christmas light display at Wayne and Kay Morss home about 2 miles north of town. More than 1,000 lights illuminate the scene, including Santa and nine reindeer with Rudolph’s blinking nose. The display, collected over 20-25 years, is turned on 5 to 10 p.m. each evening for public enjoyment.
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Jerry Pauser
Dixon
Wayne
Kay Morss
Morss
Santa
Rudolph
Government clash over security alert handling in Pan Am threat
Washington agencies argued over releasing a Dec 5 1988 Pan Am threat. FAA head McArtor said notices were for tightening security and alerting authorities, while State and embassies defended public posting. Moscow embassy alert spurred debate over disclosure and source protection amid Pan Am Flight 103 crash fallout.
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Washington
UPI
Pan Am
Europe
United States
T. Allan McArtor
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
McArtor
Phyllis Oakley
Oakley
Helsinki
Finland
Abu Nidal
Frankfurt
FAA
Moscow
State Department
William Kelly
Dixon killer seeks sentence reduction in 1981 murder case
A Dixon man, Alban Saunders, files in Lee County Circuit Court for a reduction of his 40 year term for the 1981 murder of Stuart Kelly Young of Oregon. Saunders testified at co defendant Danek's trial and contends others received lesser sentences for more crimes. Letters from a priest and deacon urge release, noting Saunders’ college achievements. The case details reveal Young was lured to Saunders apartment, strangled, and his body disposed of in garbage bags. A hearing date is expected to be set next week before Judge Thomas Hornsby.
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Dixon
Lee County
Oregon
Alban Saunders
James Bales
Saunders
Stuart Kelly Young
Charles Danek
Danek
Eugene Stockton
C. B. Moffett
Georgetown
Illinois
Young
Castle Rock
Rock River
Daniel Fish
Thomas Hornsby
Family wins snow prize with White Christmas surprise
In Skokie Illinois the Wicks family received a half ton of snow delivered by two dump trucks around 10:30 am making a very white Christmas front lawn Temperatures in the 40s were forecast Marta Wicks 38 said it's wonderful Glenn Wicks 40 entered a WCLR FM contest prize included snow a Bloomingdale's spree and a Bing Crosby recording Marta's youngest Michelle 2 watched in awe while siblings Christina 12 Jeff 11 and Michael 4 planned a post snow play day
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Skokie
Wicks
Chicago
Marta Wicks
Glenn
Wclr-Fm
Nazis object to sinking of Adolf Hitler's yacht
Miami Beach activists plan to sink Adolf Hitler's yacht Ostwind to create a fish habitat near Miami Beach. Nazi groups condemned the act saying the anniversary gesture could backfire, amid a fund drive led by Abe Resnick, a Holocaust survivor and Miami Beach vice mayor.
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Adolf Hitler
Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
St. Louis
Hamburg
Germany
Cuba
United States
Abe Resnick
Hitler
Bush’s son and grandson join Armenian relief mission
George Bushs son John E Bush and grandson George P Bush travel with AmeriCares to Soviet Armenia aboard a DC-8 charter from Kennedy Airport to aid Dec 7 earthquake survivors in Yerevan. They join distributing teams as AmeriCares brings 320000 pounds of aid valued at 5.3 million dollars.
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Bush
Armenian Mission
New York
API
George Bush
Soviet Armenia
AmeriCares Foundation
Kennedy International
Steve Norman
AmeriCares
New Canaan
Conn
U.S
Norman
John E. Bush
George P. Bush
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Dennis Harter
Harter
Dixor
Deacon Herman Batt
Bloomingdale's
Bing Crosby
Michelle
Christina
Jeff
Weer
Michael
Eric Weintz
Yerevan
Norman Said
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