Amboy to widen drug fight as new decade dawns
Amboy police plan a proactive year for 1990 focusing on underage drinking and drug education. Chief Gary Schultz cites an 80 percent rise in underage drinking, vows strict enforcement, and expands education with the DARE program for fifth and sixth graders, funded by Knights of Columbus and Mapleside Nursing Home.
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Amboy
Gary Schultz
Schultz
the Telegraph
Lutheran Social Services of
Illinois
Gram
Knights of Columbus
Mapleside Nursing Home
Final delivery day for longtime postal employee
Telegraph staff writer Kenneth Bruce, known as Penny, retired after 33 years with the U S Postal Service. He began in 1957 after leaving Willett Hofmann, started Sept 9, worked six years as a mail clerk, 19 years on the northside, eight years downtown, and plans to stay in Dixon with hobbies like fishing and golf. He will be honored at a Walton Tap retirement party.
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Telegraph
U.S
Kenneth
Penny
Bruce
Postal Service
John Brown
Ratsie
Dublin
Kentucky
Dixon
No boom predicted for Illinois economy in 1990
The University of Illinois study projects 1990 will see deliberate balanced growth with unemployment at a 10 year low and more jobs, especially in services. By year end Illinois employment may rise about 1 percent to 5.2 million, with personal income up about 7 percent to 241.4 billion, while national growth slows.
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Champaign
Ill
Illinois
University of Illinois
US Bureau of Economic and Business Research
William Bryan
Bureau
Jeremy Atack
James Bruehler Jr
Bryan
Atack
Bruehler
Great Lakes
Michigan
Indiana
Robert Hartwig
Wisconsin
Hartwig
Robert Spitze
U.S
Spitze
Illinois serviceman remembered at funeral
Army Pfc. Scott Lee Roth of Milan Illinois was laid to rest at Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery after being among 23 U S servicemen killed in the Panama invasion. More than 250 mourners attended with a 21 gun salute as dignitaries recalled his devotion to service.
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Illinois
U.S
Panama
Army
Scott Lee Roth
Milan
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Lane Evans
Rock Island
Scott
Roth
National Cemetery
Rock Island Arsenal
Mississippi River
Gary Travis
Fort Hood
Texas
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Robert C. Pearson
The
Arsenal
Mary
Richard Foss
Gary
Sharon
Pat
Defense Department
Candy Helin
Dixon
Steve Helin
U.S. State Department
Noriega siege details amid U S assault report
Administration sources say Noriega intensified nocturnal activity before the invasion. Indications suggest he visited the Cuban Embassy during the Dec 19 20 window, then left as U S troops surrounded the area. Panamanian forces fired on SEALs at Paitilla Airport where Noriega kept his jet. Four SEALs were killed.
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Noriega
U.S
Pentagon
Panama
Paitilla
Illinois pushes for state soil amid symbols tie
Campaigners from the Illinois Soil Classifiers Association urge lawmakers to designate a state soil, praising Drummer silty clay loam as the best fit. The group notes soil underpins the state symbols from the state tree to the Tully monster fossil, with Rep. Gordon Ropp pledging a bill.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Soil Classifiers Association
Lincoln
Bob McLeese
Monticello
U.S. Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Service
McLeese
Gordon Ropp
Normal
General Assembly
Ropp
Richard Ogilvie
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Harney
Peoria Ave
Farley
Mark Sauer
IBM Business Equipment Center
Wendy Johnson
Judy
Spangler
Pomega
Wellington
Conover Square
Oregon
Waddell & Reed
Donald Burton
E. 4Th
St. Sterling, IL
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