Voter registration deadline looming in Illinois counties
Voters must register by October 11 to vote in the November 8 general election. County clerk offices in Lee and Ogle will offer Saturday hours to accommodate registrants. Registration requires proof of ID and residency in the county. A precinct card is issued after registration. Columbus Day closures noted.
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Lee County
Ogle
Lee
Dixon
Ogle County
Oregon
Illinois
Return to space marks new era after Discovery mission
US space program moves forward after the Discovery flight ending the Challenger era. Atlantis is slated for a secret military mission in November with 7 flights planned next year and 10 in 1990. Prominent figures praised the mission's success and resilience.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Discovery
Space Agency
Atlantis
David Hilmers
Shuttle
Richard Truly
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Jupiter
NASA
Blaine Hammond
Houston
Edwards
Frederick Hauck
Richard Covey
John
Mike"’ Lounge
George
Pinky"’ Nelson
and Hilmers
Loveland elevator dispute stalls public plan
Loveland trustees and the Loveland Community House Preservation Committee sparred over where to place a new elevator at the Loveland Community House. Mayor James Dixon paused construction awaiting court and state notice, with a public meeting set to revisit options as weather approaches.
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Loveland Community House
Loveland Board of Trustees
Loveland Community House Preservation Committee
James Dixon
Dixon
Loveland
City of
Newcomer
Dorothy Newcomer
Richard Brantner
Second Street
Preservation Committee
Brantner
John McLane
Soviet picks Vorotnikov to lead Russian Federation
Mikhail Gorbachev appointed Vitaly Vorotnikov a trusted ally as president of the Russian Federation, with Alexander Vlasov named as council of ministers chair. Vorotnikov, 62, and Vlasov, 56, flank a reshuffle signaling perestroika and reform in the republic’s top ranks.
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Moscow
UPI
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russian Federation
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Supreme Soviet
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Vorotnikov
Alexander Vlasov
Council of Ministers
Vlasov
Vladimir Orlov
Federation
Orlov
Perestroika
Vlasov 56
Police
KGB
Indian-born U S resident freed after 20 months in Lebanon
Mithileshwar Singh, 60, an Indian-born U S resident and Beirut University College chair, was released in Damascus after 20 months in captivity with three Americans. He met U S officials, appeared tired but well, and plans to travel to the United States with medical help possibly in Wiesbaden.
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Damascus
Syria
UPS
U.S
Lebanon
Mithileshwar Singh
Foreign Ministry
Edward Djerejian
Singh
United States
L. Paul Bremer
State Department
CBS
Wiesbaden
West Germany
Bremer
Beirut University College
Dukakis Bush seek new sponsorship for final presidential debate
Dukakis and Bush accepted an angry refusal from the League of Women Voters to sponsor the final debate and moved to arrange new sponsorship. They planned campaigns across Illinois California Nevada and New Mexico while Time magazine released a poll showing Dukakis leading Bush 48 to 41. The Commission on Presidential Debates may sponsor the abandoned third debate and is seeking funding partners with Janet Brown citing ongoing logistical discussions.
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Michael Dukakis
George Bush
League of Women Voters
Dukakis
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Jeep
Toledo
Washington, D.C
Bush
Sacramento
Calif
Riverside
Albuquerque
N.M
Denver
Time Magazine
Bipartisan Commission On
Janet Brown
Commission
Secret U S Iran talks on hostages in Lebanon
Former Iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr says secret negotiations between the United States and Iran have been ongoing since February and intensified recently to secure the release of American hostages in Lebanon. He cites an unconfirmed report that a Bush envoy met Iran’s deputy foreign minister in Switzerland to discuss the hostages.
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Paris
UPI
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Lebanon
Bani Sadr
George Bush
Mohamad Javad Larijani
Switzerland
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Kathy
Ellington Field
California
Lounge
Hauck
James Fletcher
America
Karen Warnke
Mithialeshawar Singh
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
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