U.S. military aid joins Colombia drug war effort
The United States begins emergency aid to Colombia's crackdown on drug cartels with up to 100 military personnel, 8 A-37 jets, 5 Huey helicopters, and cargo aircraft. Colombians guard advisers as government targets 80 percent of U.S. cocaine traffic while stockpiles abroad may delay visible declines. The action follows the assassination of Sen. Luis Carlos Galan and heightened measures under extradition treaty reforms.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
U.S
Bush
United States
Luis Carlos Galan
Galan
U.S. Defense Department
Panama
Pentagon
Pete Williams
U.S. Southern Command
Williams
Virgilio Barco
Ogle County Fair Showcases Livestock And Clown Bingo
Rugene Strite of Mt. Morris washes and blows out her livestock exhibit entry as the Ogle County fair opens for a weekend run. Bingo the clown entertains attendees with magic and comedy while crowds enjoy other attractions through Monday.
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Mark Sauer
Ogle County Fair
Rugene Strite
Mt. Morris
Bingo the Clown
Giamatti Dies At 51 Amid Rose Fallout
Edgartown Massachusetts reports Baseball Commissioner A Bartlett Giamatti who banished Pete Rose from baseball eight days earlier died of a heart attack at Martha s Vineyard Hospital. He was 51 and died with his wife and one son present. Deputy Chief Stephen McKinnon said responders found him in cardiac arrest at 3 p m and efforts to revive him failed. The death ends a season dominated by the gambling scandal involving Rose and the journal of a torn baseball leadership era.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Pete Rose
Martha’s Vineyard
Giamatti
Rose
Yale
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs
Linda Brantley
Robert Stacler
Family Faces mounting medical bills Amboy kidney patient
Evelyn and Richard Reiners of Amboy fight mounting medical debt from Richards kidney failure and surgery. With Richard disabled and Evelyn unable to work, they seek public aid, disability benefits, and help from local and state agencies while a community fund aids travel and lodging for transplant at University of Wisconsin Medical Center.
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Amboy
Evelyn
Richard Reiners
Richard
Leroy Stambaugh
Meadows
Reiners
First National Bank of
Gle
Kidney Foundation
Social Security Administration
James Farmer
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Springfield
Edmund Lopez
Social Security District
Sterling
Edgar leads in first statewide governor poll
Springfield CNS reports Republican Jim Edgar holds a double-digit lead over Democrat Neil F. Hartigan in an early statewide poll for Midwest Television Inc. Edgar 45 percent, Hartigan 32 percent, 22 percent undecided, 1 percent other. Observers say results are premature with the race a year away.
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Springfield
Cns
Jim Edgar
Neil F. Hartigan
Midwest Television Inc
Wcia-Tv
Champaign
Wmbd-Tv
Peoria
Edgar
Hartigan
Mike Lawrence
Jeanne Marie Schultz
Heritage Square seeks parking lot and city actions
The Dixon City Council will consider allowing Heritage Square to demolish three structures north of the facility to create a parking lot. A annexation proposal for East River Road land by Quality Cleaning? owner Ken Etchison, a 1988-89 audit report, a height variance for Johnson Oil’s new store, a sign variance request by Stork Draper Service, a parking deck contract to Prescott Construction, and road-fund appropriations are on the agenda. Mayor James Dixon will present the August building report noting construction costs of 735,718 with two new home permits and Dixon Elks Lodge issued.
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Dixon
Heritage Square
Charles Beckman
Beckman
East River Road
Raynor
Ken Etchison
Quality Cleaning Service
Crawford Ave
Ron Blain
Janice Card
Clifton-Gunderson
Johnson Oil Company
Zoo Lounge
Dixon Zoning Board of Appeals
Appeals Board
Stork Draper
East River Street
Usf&g
Prescott Construction Company
Sterling
Crawford Avenue
East Sixth Street
James Dixon
Gregg Hubbell
Dixon Elks Lodge
Lee County Housing Authority
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