USF&G to Open Dixon Offices December 11 After Move Delays
USF&G will move into new downtown Dixon offices December 8 to 10 and open for business December 11. Delays in a parking deck and atrium construction caused the setback. MAC will occupy part of the building. a pharmacy and Brown Bag Deli are also set to operate there. Snow White Bakery will lease the deli.
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Two Room Schoolhouse Began Florence Bartholomew’s Teaching Career
The Telegraph recalls Florence Bartholomew, a Dixon native now 87 and resident at Lee County Nursing Home since June, who began her nearly 40 year teaching career as a second grade teacher in a Prairieville two room schoolhouse during American Education Week.
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Bartholomew Life Sketch of Dixon Native and Teacher
Bartholomew, born in Dixon near Fargo Avenue and a 1916 Dixon High School graduate, pursued teaching at DeKalb Normal School. She taught in Prairieville, E.C. Smith School, Streator, and Moline, met her husband George Irving Bartholomew, married in 1926, and later moved to California while continuing education and family life.
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Navy Destroyer Kolides With Merchant Ship Near Singapore
The USS Kinkaid and the Kota Petani collided in the Strait of Malacca, 240 miles northwest of Singapore. Navigator Lt. Sean Michael McPhee, 24, of Santa Rosa, California, was killed. five sailors injured lightly. Navy notes 65th death this year across incidents including USS Iowa turret blast.
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East Bloc reform wave draws strong party ire in Prague
Communist Party denounces democratic reforms sweeping East Bloc nations as anti socialist forces aided by the West. Rude Pravo notes social revolution fading, cites Poland and Hungary as leaders giving up party primaries. Vatican and Romanian calls for reform follow as pressure grows. Le Figaro cites Paris poll on German reunification with 62 percent expecting eventual unity. Rude Pravo also attacks Soviet dissident Sakharov.
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Amboy teachers push for contract settlement tonight
Amboy education staffers weigh a resolution after months without a contract since August 23. AEA President Judy Brinkmeier says it is now or never as teachers gather at Amboy High School for a closed negotiation session amid a gag rule.
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Reagan couple mingle with passengers aboard Tokyo flight
Ronald and Nancy Reagan moved along the aisle of the plane en route to Tokyo on October 20, greeting fellow travelers and chatting with others aboard the flight as it carried the presidential party.
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