Bennett backs shooting down drug planes in U S policy
William Bennett urged that drug traffickers who ignore land demands and fly away be shot down, arguing it would boost morale and curb narcotics flow. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association called the plan reckless, citing risks and questionable flight seizure statistics. The Senate had earlier approved related defense authorization language allowing force on planes defying land signals.
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Washington
UPI
William Bennett
United States
Bennett
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Customs
Coast Guard
Bush
Senate
U.S
John Baker
Baker
U.S. Customs Service
Heartland Blood Center faces record Illinois shortage
The Heartland Blood Center, serving 26 area hospitals across nine counties, issued an emergency appeal for Type O blood as there is none on hand. Donor Resources Director Ann McKenna warned surgery cancellations may occur if local donors are not found, noting the center supplies about 77,000 units annually and all centers nationwide report shortages.
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Ann McKenna
McKenna
Heartland
Elgin
Tinley Park
Joliet
Winfield
Aurora
Cook
de Kalb
du Page
Kane
Kendall
Grundy
Lake, McHenry
Will Counties
Illinois
1929 Chrysler Imperial Restored For Glidden Tour
Ray and Charlotte Zuend of Dixon revive a 1929 Chrysler Imperial to join the Glidden Tour starting Sept. 16 in Rockford and passing Dixon on Sept. 19. The nearly finished car has undergone full engine and chrome overhauls after 18 years of restoration work.
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Illinois
Antique Automobile Club of America
Rockford
Dixon
Imperial
Ray
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Reagan surgery on brain fluid ends in success
Ronald Reagan underwent a successful burr hole drainage to remove a small buildup of fluid on the right side of his brain at Saint Marys Hospital Mayo Clinic. Doctors say the subdural hematoma was caused by a July horse fall. he remains conscious, in good spirits, and recovering under Mayo Clinic care.
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Rochester
Minn
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Saint Marys Hospital
Mark Weinberg
Saint Marys
Mayo Clinic
Clinic
Chris Gade
Weinberg
Mexico
Arizona
Sonora
William Wilson
Washington
D.C
Norman Horwitz
George Washington University
Bush
Air Force One
New Orleans
White House
John Sununu
Keith Black
University of Southern California Medical Center
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Horwitz
Black
Subdural hematoma linked to Reagan fluid buildup
Neurosurgeons say older patients with head injuries commonly develop a subdural hematoma a fluid buildup between the brain and skull. Reagan’s small fluid collection was found at Mayo Clinic and explained as a risk of aging brain shrinking increasing vein tears during trauma.
Lee County weighs new yard waste disposal rules and recycling
Lee County faces state rules banning dumping brush grass limbs and yard waste in landfills by summer 1990. Ed Conroy urges stronger county role, promotes recycling composting and possible incineration though costly. Proposals include resident education salvage yards and grants via regional Economic Development District to extend landfill life and develop a county composting facility within years.
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Lee County
Dixon
Ed Conroy
the Telegraph
Conroy
Johnson Wrecking
Sink Hollow Road
Sinow & Wienman
Illinois
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Telegraph
Jerry Pauser
Aurora, Ill
Patty Gluntz
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