Radar Platoon draws Dixon’s ire over police image
Reader letters challenge the Dixon Police Department radar program and revenue focus. They argue the Radar Platoon undermines the city’s welcoming image, call for a smaller 1989 annual report, and urge shifts toward safer driving and street patrols to reduce accidents and improve public safety.
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Dixon Police Department
City Revenue Department
Dixon Police
Robert Short
Dixon
Police Department
Justices of the Peace
Illinois
Pride in Dixon and concerns over basketball coaching
A Dixon reader praises local pride and community strengths while challenging DHS basketball coach Mr. Demmer over playing time and team morale. The letter cautions against utopian thinking and urges improvements, inviting scrutiny of sports leadership amid broader local issues.
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Dixon
Illinois
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Michael
Diana) Sharboneau
Demmer
DHS
Newman
Mr. Demmer
Dukes
Art Barnhart
Angolan conflict needs talks and Western pressure
The piece argues President Bush should sustain aid to Jonas Savimbi’s anti communist forces and press Eduardo dos Santos toward reconciliation. It contends Luanda’s refusal to negotiate prolongs a civil war drawing in foreign fighters and weakens regional stability while US aid could help force credible elections.
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Bush
Jonas Savimbi
Angola
Ae Eduardo Dos Santos
Jonas Savimibi
Freedom
Mr. Savimbi
Cuba
South-West Africa People’s Organization
Namibia
U.S
United States
Dos Santos
Savimbi
Luanda
Africa
Rockefellers collapse and Dixon vandalism and fire
Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack at his Rockefeller Center office at age 70 in 1979. Ten years earlier in 1964 Dixon police had no clues in pellet gun vandalism affecting 13 firms. In 1939 a fire at Drovers Packing destroyed part of the hog butchering dept at stockyards harming 150 workers and destroying pigs with damage under $50,000.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller Center
Dixon
Drovers Packing Company
Anthony Mullaney
Two Worlds Americans Live In On Race Perceptions
A Harris NAACP commissioned poll shows whites and blacks diverge on equality, discrimination, and the justice system. Whites see America as colorblind and believe job discrimination is minimal, while Black respondents report pervasive prejudice and unequal access to care. Health and housing studies echo the bias, with blacks receiving fewer life-saving procedures and less access to medical care.
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Martin Luther King Jr
America
Louis Harris
NAACP
Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA
Julius Chambers
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
King
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William B. Shaw
Tke
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Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Steve Bieser
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Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
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Scott Brown
LeeAnn Harn
Mark Fane
Thomas Mekeel
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Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
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