Workers Skip Shift at Northwestern Steel and Wire in Sterling
About 200 employees failed to report for the 3 p.m. shift at Northwestern Steel and Wire’s west end mills in Sterling. The plant employs roughly 2,700, with workers from Lee and Ogle Counties. Management and Local 63 declined comment as callers claimed a protest over wage and fringe cutbacks since the ESOP transition two years ago. The strike aims to last 32 hours across four shifts.
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Telegraph
Sterling
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company
West End
Lee County
Ogle County
Merlin Bruns
Bruns
United Steel Workers of America
ESOP
Ali still has some clout
Muhammad Ali, returning from visiting a teenage cancer patient in South Bend, found himself amid a street disturbance. A practical joke by a police corporal had Ali escorted into a station in handcuffs, prompting laughter before officers signed autographs and took photos.
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South Bend
Ind
Muhammad Ali
Ali
John Collins
Galileo space probe flies by Venus on Jupiter mission
The Galileo spacecraft, bound for a six year Jupiter mission, will skim Venus at 9:59 p.m. Pacific time Friday, 10,028 miles above its clouds before returning to Earth with a December pass. Launched October 18 aboard Atlantis, the $1.5 billion probe gathers Venus data but won’t share results until October.
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Washington
Galileo Space
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Galileo
Pacific
Atlantis
Illinois Governor to push riverboat gambling start on Jan. 1 1991
Governor James R. Thompson signs a bill legalizing riverboat gambling on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers with up to eight boats starting January 1, 1991. He vows to beat Iowa, urges rapid licensing, and highlights River economy and tourism benefits for the Quad Cities area.
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Illinois
James Thompson
Legisla
Peoria
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Katie Hooper
Mississippi
Iowa
Lowa
Gambling Board
Des Plaines
Will County
Cook County
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
General Assembly
U S Soviet talks in upbeat mood in Moscow
Secretary of State James Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze held a second day of talks in Moscow marked by optimism. Tass cited progress on chemical and conventional arms, air launch missiles, and a proposed troop and armor reduction plan.
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Moscow
James A. Baker III
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Shevardnadze
Communist Party Central Committee
Baker
Foreign Ministry
Tass
Alexander Bessmertnykh
U.S
Bush
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Vienna
Helmut Kohl
Hans- Dietrich Genscher
Genscher
Germany
NATO
East Germany
Outgoing director honored at Nachusa Lutheran Home
Doctor Jim Czerwionka, long time director of Nachusa Lutheran Home, was named Employee of the Decade at a general assembly. He will leave March 2 to become executive director of the Larkin Center for Children and Adolescents in Elgin. John Califf, SSSI executive director, presented a plaque and cited staff quotes praising his dedication. LSSI plans to interview candidates for his replacement by March 2.
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Mark Sauer
Jim
Czerwionka
Nachusa Lutheran Home
General Assembly
NLH
Larkin Center For Children and
Elgin
Telegraph
John Califf
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois North Central Region
SSSI
Califf
Dr. Jim
LSSI
the Telegraph
Dixon
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