Mardi Gras Fever Binds New Orleans And Dixon Parade
AP and Telegraph photos show about one million revelers in New Orleans as jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain plus a rabbit friend headline the mood. In Dixon, Jefferson School Cub Scout Pack 325 used Mardi Gras as the theme for a Blue and Gold Banquet at Dixon High School gym. Mardi Gras marks fat Tuesday, the Carnival season’s end before Ash Wednesday.
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Telegraph
Pete Fountain
New Orleans
Dixon
Jefferson School
Dixon High School
Bush Pushes Lower Taxes as Campaign Swing Through California
President Bush urged lower taxes for American business during a four day campaign swing ending in California with a meeting featuring Japan prime minister Toshiki Kaifu. He stressed competitiveness and outproducing rivals while addressing drug crime and trade issues.
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New York
Bush
California
America
Staten Island
Susan Molinari
Japan
Toshiki Kaifu
Pacific Rim
San Francisco
Pete Wilson
Kaifu
Palm Springs
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
GOP
SVCC transfer students shine at major Illinois universities
SVCC transfer students show higher GPAs than native peers at Western Illinois Northern Illinois Illinois State Southern Illinois Eastern Illinois and University of Illinois. SVCC grads 437 in 1988-89 with 60 percent employed 25 percent in school and 3.6 percent unemployed.
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Sauk Valley Community College
Illinois
SVCC
Richard Behrendt
Svcc Board of Trustees
Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Macomb
WIU
Northern Illinois University
NIU
Bloomington
Ilinois State University
Southern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
EIU
University of Illinois
Champaign
U of I
Behrendt
John Sagmoe
Sagmoe
Pentagon slams Democratic plan to cut over 700 million
Washington AP report says the Pentagon opposed House Democrats forcing nearly 700 million in budget cuts that could force tens of thousands of military dismissals by October. The dispute centers on shifting funds to preserve personnel under Gramm Rudman. President Bush could have exempted the forces but did not.
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Washington
Pentagon
House Democrats
Congress
Bush
Exxon faces criminal charges over tanker spill in Alaska
A federal grand jury in Alaska indicted Exxon Corp and its shipping unit on five counts linked to the Exxon Valdez disaster, seeking substantial penalties. The 1989 spill off Prince William Sound, caused by the tanker grounding, released about 11 million gallons of crude, triggering ongoing cleanup and debate over liability and resource damages.
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Staten Island
Lyndon Johnson
Verrazano Narrows
Bush
New York
Washington
Exxon Corp
Alaska
Dick Thornburgh
Prince William Sound
U.S
Exxon
Lawrence Graw
Rawl
Thornburgh
Grand Jury
Valdez
Joseph Hazelwood
New York State
Lee County earns $590000 in interest on investments
Lee County Treasurer Sharon A. Thompson announced that more than $500,000 was earned in interest for the 1988/1989 fiscal year, with a total of $509,751 across funds. Breakdown includes General, Collector, Highway and other funds, plus $63,269 in interest penalties and costs on real estate taxes.
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Lee County
Sharon A. Thompson
Thompson
County General Fund
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Europe
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
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