Reagan Recalls Dixon Ties Amid Presidential Chapter Ends
A Dixon reporter recounts decades of visits by Ronald Reagan from Eureka College beginnings to his Dixon high school ties and 1984 White House briefings. The piece highlights tireless campaigning in the Rock River Valley and Reagan's reflections on press relations and hometown memories.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan
Reagan
Eureka College
Eureka
America
U.S.A
Screen Actors Guild
Republican National Convention
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Rock River Valley
Gerald Ford
Tampico High School
Sterling Coliseum
Dixon
Lowell Park
Rock Falls
Brandywine Inn
Dixon High School
Winston
Wink’’ McReynolds
Washington D. C
Lynn Martin
Ralph Seible
Capitol Hill Club
Ronald Reagan
Peoria Avenue
Nancy
Dr. Davis
Reagans
Dave Fisher
Illinois
White House
Sterling
Washington Press
ABC
Sam Donaldson
Sam
Washington
Ron
Reader questions tinted windows laws and law enforcement
A reader from Dixon questions the legality and practical impact of tinted windows and related vehicle regulations. He challenges the law’s purpose, cites Chapter 12-503 and 12-503C, asks for crime statistics by window type, and notes practical enforcement issues including vehicle types like limos and vans. He argues for clearer definitions and wonders why other states permit tinting.
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R. K. Barnhart
Robert Scott Barnett
Dixon
Telegraph letters policy for Dixon Telegraph readers
The Dixon Telegraph outlines submission rules for letters to the editor. Signed letters with full address and telephone are required for publication. Unsigned letters will not be published, letters must be under 400 words, longer pieces may be edited, and writers may submit up to 12 letters per year.
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Voice of the People
Dixon Telegraph
S. Peoria Ave
Dixon Il
More than miracles to safeguard airline passengers
A Copley News Service report on two near catastrophic jet incidents highlights aging Boeing jets and FAA inaction. It notes a 14 inch fuselage hole on an Eastern Airlines flight and a 20 foot top section blown off a Boeing 737. The piece calls for independent engineering studies and stricter aging-jet maintenance limits.
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Eastern Airlines
Atlanta
Charleston
W.va
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Social Security Defends Poor Americans From Poverty
A Census Bureau report shows Social Security kept 15.1 million people out of poverty in 1986, lowering poor numbers to 35.5 million and the poverty rate to 14.9 percent. Elderly poverty would soar without benefits, prompting calls for calibrated reforms such as taxing more benefits to raise funds.
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Census Bureau
Social Security
Robert Kuttner
Things Dixon Talked About Ten Years Ago January 13 1979 Snowstorm
A washed out area endured ten days of subzero cold then began receiving seven inches of new snow. National Weather Service predicted 4 to 7 more inches by early afternoon and winds up to 20 mph, hindering traffic and creating heavy drifts.
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National Weather Service
Fidel Castro
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