Revolution in China Seen Through Hunger Strikers and Protests
Four journalists in Hangchow observe a market scene with a vendor selling handkerchiefs as Mao era questions surface. In Shanghai students press Li Peng for real negotiations while hunger strikers endure IV feeds. A student leader calls for reform, not overthrow, amid calls to curb corruption and push China toward change.
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Hangchow
Nixon
China
Teddy White
James Michener
White
Chairman Mao
People’s Army
Shanghai
Mao Man
Zhao Ziyang
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Li Peng
Tiananmen Square
Paris
Bastille
Winter Palace
Tammany Hall
Merel
German Democratic Republic
Sybel
Pol Pot
Ilya Ehrenburg
Dixon ties with USF&G span decades and towns
A Dixon community feature recalls USF&G executive Michael B. Casey praising local ties over 20 years.Historical notes from May 24 mark 1979 annexation plans for a 97,000 sq ft shopping center, 1964 central office project bid by Russell Tetrick Construction, and 1939 Dixon traveler Frank Forman planning a Europe trip aboard the Normandie with stops in Switzerland and Italy.
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Usf&g
Dixon
Accounting and Statistical
Des Moines
Pella
Petunias
Michael B. Casey
Administrative Services Department
Sidney Sinow
Dixon Plan Commission
Lowell Park Road
Galena Ave
J.R. Gottlieb and Associates
Des Plaines
Pamida
Dixon Home Telephone Co
Russell Tetrick Construction Co
Frank Forman
Peoria Avenue
Montreal
Normandie
Europe
New York City
Mr. Forman
Switzerland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
Germany
England
The cyclamate saga exposes FDA politics and slow reform
Abbott Laboratories faced a twenty year struggle over cyclamate as the FDA banned and then eyed reapproval amid controversy. After extensive studies by the National Cancer Institute and others, officials now acknowledge past errors and signal a cautious reversal, highlighting how regulatory politics can eclipse science.
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Abbott Laboratories
Federal Drug Administration
FDA
Center For Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
National Cancer Institute
New York
Congress
Abbott
National Academy of Sciences
Much to share between cultures and a sister city bond
A couple recounts their Siberian trip to Dikson by icebreaker, describing fatigue from long flights, warm welcomes, and a successful slide presentation in Dixon. They seek continued people to people exchanges to foster peace, understanding, and friendship beyond official diplomacy.
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Amy
Yenesei
Siberian
Dikson
Norilsk
Dudinka
Siberia
Dixon Public Library
Dixon
Illinois
Jim
Judy Dixon
Chuck
Glenna Beckman
Tashkent
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Bush wheat subsidy deal condemned as ill advised
The article argues Bush should not resume subsidized wheat sales to the Soviet Union. It says subsidies cost taxpayers tens of millions, raise the federal deficit, and raise consumer bread and pasta prices while reducing pressure for free trade. It notes a drought shrinking winter wheat output and warns the policy benefits farm-state lawmakers like Robert Dole but harms taxpayers and nonfarmers.
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Bush
Soviet Union
U.S
Federal Treasury
Prin
Mr. Bush
Moscow
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
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OUP
Coreva
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STAR
Eta Holme
Publisher’s Notebook
By E. Shaw
Ciple
Dixon Telegraph
Alexis de Tocqueville
William E. Shaw
Mike Chapman
C. A. Maronich
Ken Brown
Sandy Burke
Brian Olmsted
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Donna Lessman
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Donna Boatman
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Tracey L
Trina Aebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn
Meiles
Mark Fane
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Wiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
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