Dixon to Proclaim Reagan Day in 1990
Dixon City Council prepared to proclaim February 6 1990 as Ronald Wilson Reagan Day in Dixon honoring Reagan's birthday and local presidential heritage. The meeting also considers parking ban on North Brinton Avenue resurfacing plans and landfill equipment bids.
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Dixon
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Reagan
William Shaw
the Telegraph
Ronald Reagan Home Preservation Foundation
Marlin Misner
Illinois General Assembly
City Hall
North Brinton Avenue
North Court
Dixon Correctional Center
Brinton Avenue
Lee County Highway Department
William Moore
Barb Graff
Sterling
WSDR
Stables
DEA Praised Noriega Despite U S Indictment
Washington AP report notes that while prosecutors moved to indict Manuel Antonio Noriega on narcotics charges in 1988, the DEA publicly praised his cooperation in the war on drugs. DEA administrator Jack Lawn lauded Noriega aide Luis Quiel as integral to fighting international trafficking though a Senate report linked Quiel to the Medellin cartel. Former DEA chief Francis Mullen, who left in 1985, said Noriega was “our fair haired boy” who always helped when asked.
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Washington
Panama
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Drug Enforcement
Jack Lawn
Noriega
Lawn
Luis Quiel
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee On
Quiel
Medellin
Francis M. Mullen
Day
New London, Conn
Mullen
Imeco plans big Dixon expansion
Imeco Inc announced a 15 000 square foot expansion at its Dixon facility with five new jobs. Ten Polo employees transfer to Dixon, boosting Dixon staff to 35 and Polo to 122. Expansion aims to increase capacity for evaporative condensers and coolers, with completion expected by July 1 and assisted by Dixon Lee County Enterprise Zone incentives.
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Wiegraph
Dixon
Imeco, Inc
Polo
Frank Ennis
Don Lovett
Dixon Industrial Development Association
Ennis
DIDA
Tim Chase
Lee County
Imeco
Tollway
BorgWarner
Castner Construction Company of
Princeton
Chase
IBP
Hormel
Wal-Mart in Rochelle robbed by masked gunman
A masked gunman robbed the Rochelle Wal-Mart at about 7 p.m. taking unknown cash from three registers. About 15 customers and staff fled in fear as the assailant fled on foot. This marks Rochelle's fourth armed robbery since Oct. 14, with police describing a white male about 5 foot 8 to 5 foot 10 in a denim jacket and dark ski mask. The FBI joined the probe. other local robberies cited include Oaks Family Restaurant and Dock Drug Store.
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Rochelle
Wal-Mart
Ken Woolbright
Woolbright
Winston Brass
Oaks Family
Highway 251
Dock Drug
Caron Ridge
Rochelle Community Federal Credit Union
North Lincoln Highway
FBI
Outer Limits
Hillcrest
Ogle County
Jerry Brooks
South America and US sign anti drug accord plan
Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru will coordinate armed forces to strike drug traffickers. The United States joins the pact but no direct intervention language. The plan remains secret until Bush and two South American presidents sign at a Feb. 15 Colombia summit.
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Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Colombia
Peru
United States
U.S
Bush
Michael Skol
Chimpanzee Attacks Vet During Transfer in Pennsylvania
In Ligonier Pennsylvania an escapee chimpanzee attacked Dr. John C Kelliher forcing Holmberg to strike with a pipe. Officers shot the animal four times and a final shot killed it. Kelliher, hospitalized in fair condition, lost part of a hand and his ear.
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Ligonier
John C Kelliher
Adelphi
William C. Holmberg
Kelliher
Holmberg
Clint Irvin
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
Open Warfare Threat Grows Between Azerbaijanis and Armenians
In Moscow, Azerbaijanis and Armenians near open conflict after Nagorno Karabakh clashes leave at least 32 dead. Kremlin sends internal security troops to Azerbaijan. reports of hostage-taking and massacres in Baku and Armenian cities fuel mass fear.
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Soviet Union
Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan
Kremlin
Caucasus
Baku
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Clark Kelly
Big Dixon
By Clark Kelly
Imeco Inc
Telegraph
Mark Sauer
Donald Lovett
Julie Piper
Amboy
Ogie County
Plum Hollow Recreation
Jerry Pausi
4-H
Munist
Yerevan
Armenia
Karen Shakhbazyan
Igor Kudrin
Soviet TV
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