Christmas trees pacts spread across Sears network
Illinois and North Carolina officials outline a mail order Christmas tree program involving Booger Mountain in Jefferson North Carolina and Brookfield in Floyd Virginia supplying Sears Hammacher Schlemmer and Spiegel. The plan includes Fraser firs shipped December seven to fifteen and mentions job preservation in Illinois amid broader Sears relocations rumors.
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Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Department of Agriculture
United Press International
Hal Johnson
Jefferson
North Carolina
Johnson
Brookfield Christmas Tree
Floyd, Va
Sears, Hammacher-Schlemmer and
Speigel
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Chicago
Sears
Dixon
Myron Olson
Illinois
Raleigh
Charlotte
White House
David Larsen
Brookfield
Larsen
Michael Zeigler
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Dixon teachers press for contract amid school start
A Dixon Public Schools letter to the Voice of the People voices concern over missing working contracts between the Dixon Education Association and the Dixon School Board. Teachers cite large combined classes, repurposed locker rooms, art funding as frill, and reliance on Mastercards for classroom supplies while anticipating a productive year. They warn that board changes and stalled negotiations threaten progress and ask for priority on securing a contract before long-term talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Dixon Education Association
Dixon School Board
P.E
Glenna Switzer
Joan Lemme
Roger Taylor
Bonnie Bunt
Noriega remains Panama’s drug outlaw defying calls to quit
The author notes Manuel Noriega still controls Panama as the OAS abandons efforts to install a transitional government. With Sept 1 as the deadline, the United States contemplates diplomacy, sanctions, and possible extradition as avenues to remove him, while indictments in Florida loom over the general.
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Manuel Antonio Noriega
Colombia
Bolivia
Organization of American States
Noriega
Panama
OAS
United States
Manuel Noriega
Colombia War Smeared by U S Cocaine Ties and Drug Economy
President Barco frames Colombia’s civil conflict as driven by illicit cocaine profits, funded by U S users. He cites a $65 million aid package and argues drugs victimize both nations, with cocaine ruling economics and enslaving the poor, black Americans and Colombians alike.
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Colombia
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Americas
Virgilio Barco
U.S
Barco
United States
New York Times
Congress
America
Europe
Oakland
Calif
Monica de Greiff
Latin America
Entertainers to raise funds at Northland Mall telethon weekend
A Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon event at Northland Mall this weekend features a Disco Contest at 10 30 Sunday night with prizes in three categories. Entertainment proceeds support Jerry Lewis fundraising drive while Dixon notes reflect on past anniversaries in 10 25 and 50 year lookbacks.
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Northland Mall
Jerry Lewis
Dixon
Monroe Evening Times
Lena M. Conrad
E.C. Hamilton
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