We Survived Before Many Modern Inventions
A Dixon Township piece recalls life before penicillin, cars, credit cards, and rockets, celebrating survivors born before 1945. It contrasts old and new eras, noting common items and shifts in society, and ends with a reflective nod to aging and generational gaps. The text moves to local matters in Lee County, questioning Sheriff Tim Bivins’ stance on deputies at the beer garden and a recent gambling raid, then references ongoing Task Force One activity and drug-indictment expectations.
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Lee County
Tim Bivins
Ego
Jeremy Margolis
Illinois State Police
Dixon
Winnebago
Ogle County
Bush
Art Bennett
Voices in Dixon praise Shaws and call for drug focus
Reader letters commend the Dixon Telegraph for covering Bill and Amy Shaw's Siberia visit as strong U S sister city diplomacy. They urge continued engagement with sister cities, critique Pat Buchanan columns, and urge tougher drug penalties, police funding, and a Drug Swat Team for white collar crime in Ogle and Winnebago counties, urging public support and stricter enforcement.
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Dixon Telegraph
Bill
Amy Shaw
Siberia
Shaws
Dixon
United States of America
Dixons
Beekmans
Dikson
Soviets
Ussr
Pat Buchanan
Telegraph
Oliver North
North
Buchanan
Ortega
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Reagan
Dixon Memorial Arch Endowment Fund launched in Dixon
At a May 19 1979 meeting concerned citizens formed the Dixon Memorial Arch Endowment Fund with a $5000 goal to rejuvenate the 60 year old landmark now and in the future Ed Rock stated the fund aims to be perpetual and donations are welcome anytime.
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Dixon Memorial Arch
Ed Rock
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Mexico’s Salinas pushes foreign investment reforms
The 1990s attempt to ease foreign ownership limits and cut bureaucracy marks a shift under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Government tightrope walking aims to boost capital, ease access for U S and other investors, while keeping oil and rail sectors under state control.
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Mexico
Maximilian
Harvard
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Salinas
U.S
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Illinois Archaeological Society
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Richard Devine
Robert Wiler
Rosemary Flowers
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Dick Kibble
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Robert Fenwick
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Carol Hemminger
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