Dixon City Council weighs city manager shift proposal
Dixon City Commissioners spent 90 minutes debating whether to place a measure on November ballots to switch from a commission form to a city manager system. Supporters Coffey and Dixon push for change citing costs and tighter budgeting. opponents Barber and Bridgeman resist, with Wermers undecided. A special Aug 28 meeting and Sept 3 deadline set for ballot decision.
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Dixon
Marilyn Coffey
James Dixon
James Barber
Roy Bridgeman
Gerald Wermers
Coffey
Barber
Bridgeman
Survivors, casualties rise as United DC-10 crashes in Sioux City
Investigators searched for more bodies and collected wreckage after United Airlines DC-10 lost an engine and crashed during an emergency landing. Of 293 aboard Flight 232, 178 survived and 115 died. Gov. Branstad planned to visit survivors at Sioux Gateway Airport as NTSB and FAA probe the cause.
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UPI
United Airlines
Richard Vohs
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Sioux Gateway Airport
Sioux City
Vohs
Dixon earns Governor's Hometown Award honor
The city of Dixon received an honorable mention at the Governor's Hometown Awards Banquet in Springfield. Dixon won in Economic Development for DIDA efforts to attract new industries and retain existing businesses, with Tim Chase and Judy Dixon among attendees. Rock Falls won first in Economic Development for Rock Falls Tomorrow. Sterling and Cortland earned honorable mentions.
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Springfield
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
DCCA
Dixon Industrial Development Association
DIDA
Dixon and
Lee County
Tim Chase
Judy Dixon
James Dixon
City of
Rock Falls
DeKalb County
United DC-10 Lands Safely After Engine Failure
A United Airlines DC-10 on the New York to San Francisco route made an unscheduled landing at O'Hare International Airport after the No. 1 engine failed. The plane touched down without incident and no injuries were reported, following a prior United DC-10 crash in Sioux City. The pilot shut down the engine and diverted, with officials noting a minor malfunction risk.
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Vohs
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NTSB
Alan Pollack
Washington, D.C
Chicago
UPI
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New York
San Francisco
O'Hare International
United
Edelstein
America set to return to Moon and aim for Mars
President Bush marks the 20th anniversary of Apollo 11 and outlines a long range plan: back to the Moon this decade, a manned Mars mission in the next century, and a space station by the late 1990s. He urges Congress to fund and detail the path while NASA stresses excitement and concern over costs.
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UPI
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Neil Armstrong
America
Mars
National Air and Space Museum
Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Freedom
Soviet Union
Red Planet
Dan Quayle
National Space Council
NASA
Richard Truly
House
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
United States
Foley
Planet Earth
Rochelle GREDCO marks two decades boosting Rochelle economy
The Greater Rochelle Economic Development Corporation enters its second decade with a track record of growth since a tentative start. From a $13,000 shoestring budget in 1988, GREDCO channeled about $8.2 million in public funding and leveraged private support to create jobs and attract investment, funding a $500,000 revolving loan fund and spawning hundreds of new positions. The group faced early hushes but drew support from founders like Bob Barron and Leonard Carmichael, with projections showing substantial economic impact from new jobs and associated spending.
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Rochelle
Greater Rochelle Economic Development Corporation
Gredco
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Barron
Ken Wise
Barron
Leonard Carmichael
Carmichael
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