Amsted to spin off Henry Pratt in Dixon sale move
Amsted Industries plans to divest Henry Pratt Company in Dixon, with 330 employees at 900 Depot Avenue and in Aurora. The maker of large rubber sealed valves could be sold to a water and wastewater valve firm within three to nine months as inquiries rise but no offers yet.
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Dixon
Amsted Industries
Henry Pratt Company
Pratt
Henry Pratt
Ron Barker
Amsted
Barker
Depot Avenue
Aurora
Discovery crew battles power hiccup during second space day
CAPE CANAVERAL FL. The Discovery crew kept busy with medical and engineering experiments as ground teams investigated a potential problem in the fuel cell power system. Flight director Granville Pennington said an early return is possible but unlikely, with a four day mission plan to cover contingencies.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Space Agency
Michael Coats
John Blaha
James Baglan
Robert Springer
James Buchli
Pennington
Brian Welch
Coats
Baglan
Ed Campion
Discovery
Earth
Blaha
Hawaii
Ron Dittemore
Dixon weighs police budget amid Dixon budget review
Dixon City Council debated the 1989 90 budget focusing on police spending. Mayor Dixon questioned allocating 32 percent of the corporate budget to police, noted a $124 703 three year rise, and examined weapon upgrades and body armor costs.
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Dixon
James Dixon
Roy Bridgeman
Short
Washington, D.C
Marilyn Coffey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Association of Chiefs of Police
Bridgeman
Barber
Wermers
Borealis display sparks NASA inquiry across regions
An aurora borealis lit the night sky from New England to south Texas in a red display Monday triggering calls to NASA asking if the space shuttle Discovery was involved. Illinois saw no show due to cloud cover. The aurora results from solar flares exciting atmospheric atoms and molecules.
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New England
Texas
NASA
Illinois
Earth
Lindenwood minister arrested for alleged abuse
Lindenwood pastor Harvey C. Ekdahl, 45, of Immanuel Lutheran Church was arrested after a three day probe into alleged sexual abuse of a 15 year old boy from August 1988 to March 1989. He faces aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a class 2 felony, with a court appearance scheduled for today.
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Oregon
Lindenwood
Harvey C. Ekdahl
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Rochelle
Ill
Ogle County
Dennis Schumacher
Ekdahl
Sheriff's Department
Department of Children and Family Services
Schumacher
Ground breaking for Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center were held Monday east of Sinnissippi Centers with officials including Dr. Tiam Lie and Bob Branson present. The 4500 square foot facility to offer radiation therapy will be jointly owned by KSB Hospital and Community General Hospital in Sterling, with a public campaign aiming to raise 1.3 million dollars.
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Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center
Sinnissippi Centers, Inc
Tiam Lie
NICTC
Donna Hoyle
Rockford
Quad Cities
Sterling-Dixon
Sinnissippi Mental Health Center
Linear Accelerator
KSB Hospital
Community General Hospital
Sterling
David Deets
Dixon
John McDonnell
Richard J. Prescott
Sauk Valley
Sukhdev Soni
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Darryl Vandervort
LeRoy Cooper
Steve Johnson
Surjit Hermon
Telegraph
Northern Illinois Cancer
Dhop Pee
Bel
Jack Skrogstad
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