Bush to Deliver State of the Union Amid Guarded Optimism
President Bush plans an upbeat State of the Union to press a Democratic Congress on stalled bills and push an education goal to make U S students first in science and math by 2000. He seeks action on clean air crime child care and tax cuts while outlining a $1.2 trillion budget with education space environment and drug programs funded and Medicare cuts proposed.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
Panama
John F. Kennedy
Roger Ailes
United States
Union
White House
John Sununu
House
Senate
Killer bees near U S border prompt strategy meeting
Scientists from APHIS ARS Texas A&M convened to plan defenses as Africanized killer bees approach the U S border. Anita Collins notes swarms crossing from Mexico could reach Texas by spring and urges public protection without panic. The bees advance 200 to 300 miles yearly.
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Brownsville
Texas
U.S
Soto la Marina
Mexico
Anita Collins
Tee
Agricultural Research Service
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Texas A&m Agricultural Experiment Station
Collins
Gorbachev rumors deny resignation talk with Bush call
President Bush spoke with Mikhail Gorbachev about arms control and the White House said there was no direct discussion of rumors that Gorbachev might resign as head of the Soviet Communist Party. Gorbachev denied the report, saying no such statement was made and that he had no intention of resigning.
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Washington
Bush
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
White House
Gorbachev
Soviet Communist Party
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
James A. Baker III
Baker
Moscow
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
CNN
Communist Party
Lee County weighs 1500 grant for solid waste plan draft
Lee County weighs spending 1500 to hire Springfield firm Patrick Engineering to draft an IEPA solid waste grant application for a 40000 plan. The grant would fund six month grant pursuit and two years to complete a county solid waste plan with 12,000 county share.
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Lee County
Springfield
Illinois State
Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Patrick Engineering
Walter Willis
Willis
Dixon
Charles Dunphy
Dunphy
Ed Conroy
Harold Cheeseman
County Services Committee
AeroCancun Flight Skids Off Runway at Rochester Airport
An AeroCancun airliner skidded off the runway at Greater Rochester International Airport during takeoff after an engine failure. The plane was bound for Cancun, Mexico, and all 166 passengers escaped injury.
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AeroCancun
Greater Rochester
N.Y
Cancun
Mexico
Polo near agreement on contract
After a 62 hour negotiating session on Tuesday night a three year tentative contract was reached. If ratified Friday afternoon the school board will vote February 12. Base salaries rise from 15025 to 15750 first year and 16600 second year with an economic reopener in year three. A memorandum covers graduate programs and extra duties policies.
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Polo
Deb Cheek
The
Telegraph
Don Hay
Ogle youth charged in murder
A rural Ogle County youth is among three area high school students held in the stabbing death of a 73 year old Loves Park man. Christopher Ster 17 and Edward Baney 16 were charged with first degree murder and ordered held without bond. A 15 year old testified before a grand jury after immunity was granted and was released from custody.
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Ogle County
Loves Park
Stillman Valley High
George Reger
Rockford
Lowes Park
Christopher Ster
Edward Baney
Rosemary Collins
Harris Agnew
Winnebago County
Paul Logli
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Kenya
Lee
Ogle
Logli
Baney
Meridian
Stillman
Stillman Valley
Monroe Center
Davis Junction
Byron
Ogle CO
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