Buffalo return planned at Nachusa Grasslands near Franklin Grove
The Nature Conservancy plans to reintroduce buffalo on the 692 acre Nachusa Grasslands west of Lowden Road between Naylor and Stone Barn. Riddell explains buffalo aid tall grass prairie restoration by disturbing soil and dispersing seeds, aiding plant species like Kittentail.
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Nachusa Grasslands
Franklin Grove
Lowden Road
Naylor
Stone Barn
Nature Conservancy
Riddell
Prairies
Mexico
Canada
U.S
Jill Riddell
The
Wild west theme anchors Dixon Petunia Festival 1990
The 1990 Dixon Petunia Festival runs July 3 to 8 with a western rodeo August 7 and 8. The International Professional Rodeo Association brings events like calf roping bronco riding and steer riding. Tickets range from 3 to 6 dollars. Rita Crundwell oversees the event with new activities including a Rock River boat parade July 4 at dusk.
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Telegraph
Karen Wermers
Wermers
International Professional Rodeo Association
Raynor
Ill
Dixon City
Rita Crundwell
Rock River
Small towns subject of SVCC effort
A series of meetings on community development for towns under 5 000 begins Saturday at Sauk Valley Community College from 9 a.m. to noon. Rural Communities Alternatives and Futures, the first workshop, features University of Illinois Extension Service officials who will share case studies and plans. Peg Hoffman notes a fall survey of Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties outlining service quality and attitudes.
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Telegraph Stater
Sauk Valley Community College
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Service
Peg Hoffman
U of I Cooperative Extension Service
Lee, Ogle
Whiteside
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Budget clash over Bush 1991 plan and forecasts
White House budget chief Richard G. Darman defended the president's 1991 budget before the House Budget Committee amid Democratic criticism of optimistic economic forecasts and funding choices. Panetta, Frenzel, and others warned the plan relies on phantom savings and skewed projections while outlining defense, domestic cuts, and targeted program increases.
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White House
Richard G. Darman
Bush
Darman
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
House Budget Committee
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Panetta
Bill Frenzel
Minnesota
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Senate Budget Panel
Senate
Richard Darman
Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Reagan ordered to surrender diary parts for Iran Contra case
U S District Judge Harold Greene ordered former President Reagan to produce 29 diary entries from 1985 and 1986 for John Poindexter. The diaries include references to a December 1985 Central America trip and discuss possible executive privilege. Poindexter faces conspiracy and obstruction charges related to Contra aid and weapons shipments to Iran, with trial set for February 20.
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Reagan
National Security
John M. Poindexter
U.S
Harold Greene
Poindexter
Central America
Greene
Honduras
Congress
North
Iran
Medal shortage prompts rapid Army order for Panama badges
The Army races to supply 10,000 three inch infantryman badges after a shortage at Ford Ord California. Fort Ord will receive 2,500 by March 3 with the rest stored. About 13,000 infantrymen are eligible and around 25,000 troops were involved in Panama at the height of the invasion.
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Panama
Shari Lawrence
Army Personnel Command
Ford Ord
Calif
Defense
Philadelphia
Lordship Industries
Hauppauge
N.Y
Frank Johnson
Fort Ord
Johnson
Pentagon
Lawrence
L.D. Walker
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