Travel Disruptions Build for Labor Day Holiday Travel
Motorists plan last summer outing but face slow go on major expressways due to construction delays and holiday congestion. Illinois State Police schedule random safety checks in Whiteside County starting Friday at 6 p.m. with six to eight troopers per site.
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Illinois
ISP
Whiteside
Bill Lane
Lee
Ogle
Lane
Chicago
Wisconsin
Rock Freeway
Rockford
State Line
Norma Cooper
AAA
Chicago Motor Club
Seven Million Acres Burn in Western Fires Near Yellowstone
United Press International reports 65 major Western blazes over 1 055 million acres, with major fires in Yellowstone and new outbreaks in Montana Oregon and Washington. Firefighting forces include 19 000 personnel plus 2 500 troops and hundreds of guardsmen as crews train for urgent firefighting jobs.
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Yellowstone National Park
Rhode Island
Oregon
Thei
Montana
Washington
Alaska
Yellowstone
Park
Steve Jobst
U.S. Army
U.S. Forest Service
Dixon public schools report 53 student enrollment dip
Dixon Public Schools show a 53 student decline on the first day across five schools, a 1.6 percent drop from last year. Madison Junior High, Lincoln and Dixon High all posted decreases while Washington and Jefferson elementary schools posted gains.
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Dixon Public Schools
Roth
Washington
Jefferson
Madison Junior High
Lincoln School
Dixon High School
Washington School
Jefferson School
Delta 1141 Crash Probe Focuses On Left Engine
Federal investigators in Grapevine Texas study the left rear engine as the possible cause of Delta Flight 1141 which killed 13. NTSB will read the black box data and release a transcript of the voice recorder within 60 days. Sixty survivors were noted among 108 aboard.
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Grapevine
Texas
UPI
Delta Air Lines
Lee Dickinson
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, D.C
NTSB
Ted Lopatkiewicz
Washington
Dickinson
Dallas
Dallas- Fort Worth International
Pratt & Whitney
Delta
Salt Lake City
Atlanta
Bob Downey
Federal Aviation Administration
Manchester
England
ComEd ordered to finalize Rochelle transmission pact
An administrative law judge in Washington ruled that Commonwealth Edison must reach a power transmission agreement with the City of Rochelle and the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency within 30 days. The deal, long in negotiation, would let Rochelle and Winnetka be partial ComEd customers and seek cheaper power through IMEA.
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Rochelle
Washington
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois Municipal Electric Agency
Mick Finn
IMEA
Gary Zimmerman
Winnetka
Zimmerman
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By Karen Warnke
Delta Jet
Delta Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth
Olympic
Olympic Village
Seoul
South Korea
WPI
Reagan
Census Bureau
California
Marlin Fitzwater
Kate Walsh O’beirne
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Louise Brass
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