Youth dies in accident near Lee Center in 1989
A fatal crash on U S Route 30 northeast of Lee Center left nine year old Shannon Rosengren of Rock Falls dead and Steven Rosengren 35, and his wife and a son hospitalized after a westbound semi braked for a car in a ditch and collided with an eastbound vehicle. Amboy fire crews freed trapped Rock Falls family. Sheriff's deputies investigate. an arrest is pending. This marked Lee County's first traffic fatality of 1989.
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Jerry Pauser
Amboy
Rock Falls
U.S
Lee County
Nation Remembers King's Dream On Civil Rights Day
Nationwide events honor Martin Luther King Jr. as a federal holiday and state commemorations mark his 60th birthday. President elect George Bush, Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Attorney General Dick Thornburgh tout King's legacy at services in Atlanta and Washington. Demonstrations occur in Phoenix amid ongoing debates over holiday status in several states. Three Black commissioners are sworn in Selma, recalling the 1965 Edmund Pettus Bridge clashes and the Voting Rights Act.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
California
Washington
George Bush
King
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King
Bush
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Jackson
Jane Fon
Dick Thornburgh
Dr. King
Coretta Scott King
America
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Phoenix
Evan Mecham
Mecham
Selma
Ala
George Wallace
Edmund Pettus
Americans may have carried bomb on Pan Am 103 flight
The Sunday Express reports an American serviceman may have been duped into delivering a plastic explosive aboard Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Scotland killing 270. Investigators pursue U S connections after Pentagon notes troops were offered money to transport diamonds to New York.
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London
UPI
Sunday Express
Scotland
U.S
Pentagon
West Germany
New York
Bush recalls King spirit on national holiday eve
President-elect George Bush addressed a black audience at a prayer breakfast pledging to pursue Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream and urging all to learn King’s lessons. He praised King as a hero whose indelible impact guides the nation, while noting the task of realizing those dreams lies with Americans. Bush’s remarks followed his outreach to the black community and his prior stance on King’s birthday as a national holiday.
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Washington
UPI
George Bush
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King
Bush
Jesse Jackson
Reverend King
United States of America
Reagan
Reagan Seeks Fond Farewells Aboard Final Week
President Reagan enters his last week in office with farewell visits to Camp David and the White House. He reflects on what he will miss, plans a quiet King Day, and weighs potential pardons as he nears the January 20 transfer of power to George Bush. The president- elect will join him for a ceremonial farewell before the inauguration.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Camp David
Reagan
Maryland
Catoctic Mountains
White House
Martin Luther King Jr
NBC
Tom Brokaw
Patty Hearst
Carter
Nancy
George Bush
Barbara
Dan Quayle
Marilyn
Reagans
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Bush
Andrews Air Force Base
California
Air Force One
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United Negro College Fund
Washington, D.C
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