Dukakis Attacks Bush On Drug War In Key States
Dukakis accuses Bush of only talk as polls show Bush leading Dukakis 54 to 43 in North Carolina survey of 506 likely voters with 5 point margin. Dukakis blasts foreign policy stance in Chicago Pittsburgh and Philadelphia rally, urging strict enforcement and possible cutting foreign aid for noncooperating nations while Bush campaigns through Illinois Michigan and Ohio.
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United Press International
White House
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Dukakis
ABC
Bush
North Carolina
Chicago
Philadelphia
U.S
Pittsburgh
United States of America
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Candidates vie for 13 Ogle board seats
Ogle County residents face 13 open seats with 17 nominees across four districts as Democrats seek to unseat Republican incumbents. In District One, Democrats Witkowski and Haws challenge Republicans Hoekstra Huntley and incumbent Gocken. Gocken cites fair business tax assessments and zoning updates as priorities while Hoekstra promises growth and lower taxes. In District Two, Democratic chair Allen Swanson competes with incumbents McAnly Hayes and Stangley. McAnly vows to defend property rights on zoning relations.
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Oregon
Ogle
Robert Witkowski
James Haws
Carol Hoekstra
Rebecca Huntley
Betty Gocken
Gocken
Lindenwood
Illinois Association of County Board
Witkowski
Byron
Stillman Valley
Ralph
Ralph Hoekstra
Hoekstra
Ogle County
Huntley
Rochelle
Democratic Central Committee
Allen Swanson, Sr
Howard McAuly
Gerald ‘Jerry’ Haye
George Stangley
Swanson
McAnly
Sheriff and Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
ESDA
Personette Faces First Challenger in 1973 Ogle County Race
Incumbent coroner Robert Personette of Mount Morris seeks a fifth term amid a challenge by Democrat Ron Sorrentino of Rochelle. Sorrentino attacks potential conflict of interest from Personette acting as a special deputy to the sheriff and questions autopsy pathology choices charging cost and quality concerns. Sorrentino highlights goals as public safety officer and substance abuse outreach.
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Oregon
Ogle County
Robert Personette
Ron Sorrentino
Rochelle
Personette
Mount Morris
Sorrentino
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Dixon Telegraph
Rockford
Two Arrested in Paw Paw Murder Case
Calvin Pierce and Kathy Bennett, both of Earlville, face arraignment in Lee County Circuit Court this afternoon on charges of murdering 80 year old Carrie Duncan of Paw Paw. Duncan was beaten and stabbed and her body found near Angling Road two miles southwest of Paw Paw. Authorities credit the Northern Illinois Sheriffs Association Major Crimes Task Force for quick progress.
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Earlville
Lee County
Carrie Duncan
Peru St
Paw Paw
Lee County Law Enforcement Center
Calvin Clark Pierce
Kathy Joanne Bennett
Lee County Sheriff's Deputies
Dixon
Tim Bivins
Northern Illinois Sheriffs Association
NISA
Pierce
Bennett
Bivins
Duncan
Eugene Stockton
Stockton
Calvin Kathy Pierce
Sterling
Jean Hammil
KSB Hospital
State's Attorney's Office
Coroner's Office
Three Men Die In Two Ogle County Accidents
Three men were killed in two area accidents in Ogle County over two days. Wayne Miller, 42, of Forreston, died when his car left Columbine Road and rolled near Forreston. In a separate crash, Kenneth Wills Sr., 65, of Rochelle, and Robert Stouffer, 61, of Rockford, died when their tractor-trailer collided with a Burlington Northern train at a crossing west of Chana. The truck was hauling fertilizer from Maplehurst Farms. Sheriff Brooks and Coroner Personette handled the investigations and bodies.
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Ogle
Forreston
Jerry Brooks
Wayne Miller
White Eagle Road
Columbine Road
Brooks
Miller
Sheriff's Department
Ogle County
Robert Personette
Sheriff's Police
Burlington Northern Railroad
Chana
Honeycreek Road
Kenneth D. Wills, Sr
Rochelle
Robert J. Stouffer
Rockford
Wills
Stouffer
Maplehurst Farms
Lindenwood
Personette
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