Communists end monopoly as Soviet party embraces multi party rule
In Moscow the Communist Party Central Committee approved ending the constitution guarantee of one party rule, enabling a multiparty system. Gorbachev’s push toward reform drew both hardliners and moderates. Boris Yeltsin voted against the platform as reform demands grew. Talks with James Baker followed the vote.
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Communist Party
Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Central Committee
U.S
James A. Baker III
Kremlin
Spassky Gate
Vladimir P. Anishchev
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Fyodorov
Tass
Ficial Radio Moscow
Boris N. Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Radio Moscow
Congress
Heartland Farm Assistance Project helps struggling farmers at SVCC
A Sauk Valley Community College program aids farmers hit by late 1980s problems. The Heartland Farm Assistance Project, part of the Dislocated Workers Assistance Center since 1987, serves Lee, Bureau, Putnam, and LaSalle counties with free confidential retraining for farmers, spouses, and workers facing off-farm employment. About 40 to 50 farmers have benefited. organizers push to expand usage before federal funds are withdrawn.
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Sauk Valley Community College
Heartland Farm Assistance Project
Geirnaeht
DWC
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Lee
Bureau
Putnam
LaSalle
HFAP Helps Farmers Switch Careers Through SVCC Guidance
Terry Swarts and Rhonda Hoffman share how the HFAP aided them in leaving farming and pursuing education at SVCC. Swarts, 46, from Dixon, and Hoffman, 35, from Franklin Grove, describe farm crisis pressures and the program as a bridge to nursing and other fields while preserving their farming ties.
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Terry Swarts
Dixon
Denton
Swarts
SVCC
Rhonda Hoffman
Hoffman
Franklin Grove
Steve
Dixon Exits Race for Dixon Prison Work Camp Site
The Department of Corrections dropped Dixon from consideration for a prison work camp near the Dixon Correctional Center. Spokesman Nic Howell said other sites, including a 140 acre Chana plan, have been rejected. Dixon and Lee County are out, with the DOC now favoring a downstate location and noting the project would create about 100 jobs and cost roughly 4.5 million dollars annually.
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Department of Corrections
The
Telegraph
Nic Howell
DOC
Howell
Chana
Cook County
Thomas J. Maloney
Lee County
Ogle County
Dixon Correctional Center
Chicago
Postal Service plans 1991 rate hike potential 30-cent stamp
The Postal Service opens a price-increase process aimed at a 30-cent first class stamp in 1991, with a possible 28 to 32 cent range. If approved, new rates take effect around February 1991. The plan covers all classes and faces opposition from advertisers and publishers. Frank aims to keep future increases near inflation and reduce the 1991- Century deficit.
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Washington
Anthony M. Frank
Frank
Salvaged pieces aid fire escape completion on Peoria Ave
A torch treatment incident led to salvage of components behind a building on the 100 block of Peoria Ave. The recovered pieces will be used to complete an existing fire escape.
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Peoria Ave
Larry Dempsey
Briarwood Construction
Governor Thompson Trip Cost 169250 on Europe Trade Mission
Governor James R. Thompson led a 22-member state delegation on a two week trade mission to France Italy Austria and Spain last fall. The trip cost 169250 in travel expenses paid by the state for Thompson and state staff, with 40 business and labor leaders accompanying. Thompson defended overseas travel as essential to boost exports tourism and investment.
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Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
Europe
France
Italy
Austria
Spain
Thompson
Offce
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