Bush outlines large budget hike focusing on Head Start
President Bush on Friday unveiled a $1.2 trillion 1991 budget with a major Head Start increase of 500 million. The plan aims to spur prosperity and opportunity for all while analysts warn weak growth could hinder deficit goals. It calls for no new general tax hikes, a lower capital gains tax, program boosts in environment education and drugs, plus a higher Strategic Defense Initiative request to 4.8 billion.
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Washington
Bush
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Pentagon
Donna Alexander
Congressional Budget Office
Jet crew warned tower they were low on fuel
The Avianca Airlines Boeing 707 from Bogota crashed on its second Kennedy Airport approach killing 72 of 152 onboard. Investigators said the crew warned controllers repeatedly they were running out of fuel but did not declare an emergency. Nine crew and most passengers died. 89 survived. Fuel gauges showed about 10,000 pounds remain, about 6 percent capacity.
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Cove Neck
N.Y
Kennedy Airport
Avianca Airlines
Bogota
Lee Dickinson
National Transportation Safety Board
Dickinson
Dixon teachers chosen for six week Soviet visit
Leigh Swegle and Tom Heitzelman, both Dixon educators, were selected from six applicants to visit Dickson Siberia for six weeks of teaching and learning. They leave around May 12 with duties at Dickson Island School and a month long summer camp with Dickson students.
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Dixon School District
Tom Heitzelman
Leigh Swegle
Dickson
Liberia
Dixon
Petunia
Soviet Union
Dixon/Dickson
Glenna Beckman
Siberia
Swegle
Dixon High School
Heitzelman
Washington School
Heintzelman
Nadezhda Naumenko
Naumenko
Dickson Island
Sound Investment
Act I
France
United States
Del Monte sells again in $1.475 billion buyout deal
Del Monte Corporation U.S.A. changes hands in a buyout led by Merrill Lynch. The Rochelle operations employ about 400 people and will face staffing and process reviews to service debt while Hawaiian Punch plants transfer to Proctor and Gamble for $150 million. New ownership promises continued production in DeKalb and Rochelle, with some asset sales anticipated.
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Rochelle
del Monte Corporation
U.S.A
del Monte
Merrill Lynch Incorporated
New York
R.J.R. Nabisco
U.S
Ewan Macdonald
The
Telegraph
Proctor and Gamble
Macdonald
Calpak
R.J. Reynolds Industries Company
Nabisco
R.J.R Nabisco
Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts
K.K.R
San Francisco
Calif
Wisconsin
DeKalb
Mendota
Minnesota
Can
Richard Evan
Evans
Vargen
Ogle County
Talks Planned Tuesday in Polo Teacher Contract Talks
Polo school officials and teachers remain apart after a four hour session with a federal mediator. An additional meeting is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday with Federal Mediator Robert Calloway as the district and teachers continue to seek a negotiated settlement amid unresolved language issues.
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Polo
Don Hay
Robert Calloway
Deb Cheek
the Telegraph
Cheek
Noriega held without bond over alleged curse claims
U S District Judge William Hoeveler ordered Manuel Noriega kept in custody after his lawyers challenged U S jurisdiction and claimed the deposed leader should be a prisoner of war. Prosecutors argued Noriega placed a voodoo style curse on four Americans, including Hoeveler and Dick Thornburgh, tied to items found at Noriega’s Fort Amador office during the Panama invasion.
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Miami
Manuel Noriega
Noriega
U.S. District Court
William Hoeveler
U.S
Dick Thornburgh
Panama
Malman
Hoeveler
Thornburgh
Fort Amador
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Louise Brass
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