Mixed reviews for shopping season
After Christmas shoppers crowd area stores across Dixon and Rochelle with exchanges and gift-card use boosting sales. Merchants report mixed results with some calling sales strong while others see only so-so performance as stores cut prices and push January clearance plans. Local retailers in Oregon note similar patterns with exchanges rising and after-Christmas deals expanding.
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Noriega Run Exhausted the Former Panamanian Leader
U S forces pressed Panama operation with Noriega on the run from the start. Diplomatic handling of custody and asylum remained undecided as Vatican talks continued. U S warplanes and a lone F 117 stealth fighter targeted bases while major airports reopened for humanitarian flights to Panama City.
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Dixon seeks public debates for 16th District race
Democratic candidate James Dixon challenges local media and public issue groups to host a public forum for debates among six 16th District contenders in the March primaries. Participants include Dixon, Cox, Galena, Stallis, Brinkmeier, Hallock, and Manzullo. Dixon proposes a four to six issue format with rotating statements and a media panel.
Southeast Asian marijuana kingpin pleads guilty in U S case
Brian Peter Daniels 43 admits smuggling nearly 200 tons of Laotian marijuana into the United States over four years beginning in 1984. He faced a May 25 sentencing with a possible 6.25 million dollar fine after a Coast Guard seizure of 72 tons off the Washington coast in 1988.
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Burial today for Candy Helin wife of Dixon man slain in Panama
Private funeral services were set in Panama today for Candy Helin 43 wife of Dixonite Steve Helin. She was shot in the back as she and her husband returned from an outing with friends. Her brother-in-law Dean Sheaffer said burial would be in a family cemetery where Candy’s father, a former Balboa Port Commander, is buried. He said the family remains in touch with Steve and his two daughters and that U S officials are addressing security concerns amid refugees and Noriega arms found near American neighborhoods.
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