Reagans and Buckley Portrait Highlight A Page From 60 Minutes
The piece examines a Mike Wallace portrait of Ronald and Nancy Reagan as an envoy to their presidency and a snapshot of nostalgia. It ponders what Nancy will miss most about the White House and captures Reagan as a voracious reader who fears hotel rooms without a book.
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Reagan interview excerpts end with Whittaker Chambers tribute
In a long interview, Ronald Reagan deflects charges of racism and discusses his dialogue with Mikhail Gorbachev. He cites Reykjavik summits and a belief that leaders may profit from grievance, while Nancy Reagan reflects on his happiest hospital moment. The piece closes with Whittaker Chambers’s Witness parable of Hermes at Philemon and Baucis.
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Dixon Theatre Friends hold fundraising raffle success
The Friends of the Dixon Theatre report raffle winners Gary Michel $200 Kathi Sherman $75 and Barbara Deutch $25. They thank supporters and outline upcoming fundraisers to sustain the community landmark and its partners like Unicorn Theatre Company.
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Sauk Valley
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Las Vegas
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Carol McCrystal
Reagan budget defies tax hike foes and meets Gramm Rudman
President Reagan's farewell budget aims for a FY 1990 deficit under $100 billion and funds a strong defense amid Soviet talks and Gulf stability. Democrat George Mitchell faulted it as largely irrelevant while lawmakers eye pay raises and debt reduction remains a painful task for Congress.
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Hartigan Eyes a 1990 Illinois Governor Bid
Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan faces rising Democratic chatter that he will run for governor in 1990. He cautions it is premature and tied to after the spring session, noting polls show growing support while acknowledging others like Comptroller Burris and Treasurer Cosentino have their own gubernatorial ambitions. Hartigan says timing and campaign length matter and that if he runs he will campaign vigorously. Author Pete Ellertsen.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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State Journal Register
Things Dixon Talked About 1979 and 1964 and 1939
A retrospective item lists incidents from January 21 across three eras. A 17 year old was arrested in 1979 in Lee County on rape charges, held without bond pending a court appearance. In 1964 a Dixon mother of four fatally killed her infant with a butcher knife. In 1939 a large barn on Leon Hart’s Palmyra farm burned at midnight, with firefighters alerted by motorists on the Lincoln Highway.
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