Explosion hits U S flagged tanker Surf City in Persian Gulf
An explosion tore through the U S flagged Surf City tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates near Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf. Two Americans were missing, 23 crew were rescued, and fires were fought by U S Navy units and UAE coast guard as investigators sought the cause of the blast.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Navy
Ron Wildermuth
Central Command
Florida
U.S
Wildermuth
Wayne Cohen
Cohen
Boston
Dubai
U.S. Navy
United Arab Emirates Coast Guard
Kuwait
Gulf
United Arab Emirates
Abu Musa
Tehran Times calls for freeing Lebanese hostages
The Tehran Times editorial urged freeing all Western captives held in Lebanon, saying Moslem forces should act with Islamic and humanitarian principles with no preconditions. The piece frames the hostages as tools of Western propaganda and ties the crisis to internal Iranian power struggles.
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Nicosia. Cyprus
Tehran
Lebanon
Iran
Tehran Times
Islamic Republic
IRNA
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Anderson
Peggy Say
the Times
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Nicosia
Atlantis Shuttle Launch Postponed Over Illness and Weather
The Atlantis mission launch is delayed at least 24 hours due to astronaut John Creighton’s sore throat and congestion and unfavorable weather. Forecasters predict cloud, rain and wind delays, with liftoff now aimed for Saturday. NASA spends about $247,000 daily in countdown costs.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
John O. Creighton
Creighton
NASA
Lisa Malone
Kyle Herring
Kennedy Space Center
Havel Meets New York Mayor and U N Leaders During Visit
Vaclav Havel began a New York trip with breakfast at Mayor David Dinkins residence joined by American writers. He planned lunch with human rights advocates and meetings with the Council on Foreign Relations Czechoslovak Americans and U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar. China protests a State Department report accusing it of widespread human rights abuses while warning of possible retaliation and noting past damaged relations.
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Havel
New York
Vaclav Havel
Mayor's Mansion
U.S
David Dinkins
Council On Foreign Relations
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Beijing
China Today
U.S. State Department
Foreign Ministry
State Department
Washington
China
Deng Xiaoping
Former East German spy chief Markus Wolf ties to Moscow rumor
East German officials disputed a Sueddeutsche Zeitung report that Markus Wolf fled to the Soviet Union to escape a weapons scandal. Meier said Wolf is vacationing in the Soviet Union and not under investigation, while noting Wolf works on a Russian language book and has ties to the KGB.
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U.S.S
West Berlin
Markus Wolf
East Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Munich
Wolf
KGB
Eberhard Meier
Meier
Ortega Predicts Victory In Sandinista Rally Push
President Daniel Ortega told about 300,000 supporters that he expects a Sandinista win in Sunday's election. He urged unity with the United States and linked his rival to Contra rebels, calling the opposition heirs of Somoza. The rally capped campaign activities before a three day cooling off period.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Sandinista
United States
John Paul II
Ortega
Anastasio Somoza
Rain drenches regions as flood watches persist
Rain swept the nation from Oklahoma City to the mid Atlantic and inland Gulf coast states. Heavy totals reached Rosenberg 4.01 inches and Beaumont Port Arthur 2.18 inches while parades were canceled or postponed for Mardi Gras. Flood watches continued across Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida Louisiana and Vermont as Arctic air and wintry mix potential loomed.
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Oklahoma City
Mid- Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Gulf
Texas
Florida
Panhandle
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Rosenberg
Fulsher
Satsuma
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Pacific Northwest
Northeast Seaboard
Arctic
Vermont
Wisconsin
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Lake Superior
Chandalar
Alaska
Dixon Illinois Weather and Lottery Results
Dixon reports high Wednesday around 43 degrees with 0.03 inches of precipitation and a low near 24. An Illinois forecast extends Saturday through Monday with colder temperatures and mixed rain or snow possible, higher in the south. Lottery results show daily numbers 4 7 2, Pick Four 0 0 1 8, Little Lotto 3 14 17 18 26, and an estimated Lotto jackpot of 43 million dollars.
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Illinois
T. Lotre Otlk
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Burlington, Vt
Charleston
S.C
W.va
Charlotte
N.C
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Concord
N.H
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Des Moines
Detroit
Evansville
Hartford
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami Beach
Milwaukee
Mils-St Paul
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Telegraph
Dixon Telegraph Office
Dixon Telegraph
P.O
Dixon, IL
Commodity price snapshot for grains meats and metals
Daily noon quotes from Merchants Trading Co list live beef cattle and feeder cattle for April to October, soybeans, corn, wheat, soymeal, oils, cocoa, sugar, cotton, gold and silver futures with March, May, July, August, and other contract months and prices.
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Merchants Trading Company
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Usf&g
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Sterling
Blunt Ellis & Loewi
AudCorp
McDaid
Alcoa
Litton
Brnds
Exxon
Texaco
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Goodyr Tees
IBM
ITT
B. F. Shaw Printing Co
Peoria Ave
Dixon, Ill
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