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Newspaper
Dixon Telegraph
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1989
Page
2
Parliament overwhelmingly backs Prime Minister Mazowiecki's Solidarity cabinet in Poland's first peaceful transfer from communism. Lech Walesa hails the government as representative of the people while Mazowiecki, fatigued, returns to the floor. Sejm vote: 402 for, 13 abstentions, 0 against.
Typhoon Sarah struck Taiwan with gusts over 108 mph causing at least six deaths and eight missing. The Panamanian ship Lung Hao tore from moorings in Hualien Harbor with five crew swept overboard. An Australian teacher Jonathan Watts, 24, was swept from a harbor trip. a Canadian and two American teachers were rescued and hospitalized.
Buckingham Palace announced that Sarah Ferguson the duchess of York and Prince Andrew expect their second child in March. Queen Elizabeth is pleased. Princess Beatrice is just over 13 months old. The baby will be titled prince or princess of York with HRH status. Gynecologist Dr Anthony Kenny will again attend the birth.
The Bush administration plans to propose Congress admit 50,000 Soviet refugees next year, far below 100,000 to 150,000 expected in 1990. The Washington Post cites anonymous sources and a State Department memo as the plan faces White House approval and testimony by Thornburgh.
In Beijing armed troops and police patrol key districts ahead of Oct 1 National Day. Authorities warn Western and domestic forces may ignite turmoil while checkpoints and vehicle bans curb potential disturbances.
Authorities say John List, charged with 1971 family murders, cannot be D B Cooper. Union County official Frank Marranca noted List was in Denver at the time of the hijacking, making Cooper the likely jumper who vanished with $200,000. FBI meanwhile weighs tips and previous investigations.
Vietnam handed over three sets of remains believed to be American soldiers missing in action since the Vietnam War. The remains were delivered to a U.S. Joint Casualty Resolution Center representative in Hanoi and flown to Hawaii for identification efforts.
United Press International reports a massive Canadian cold front bringing cool conditions across the central United States. Snow fell in southeastern Wyoming with frost advisories for North Dakota South Dakota and parts of Minnesota. A truck pileup near Truckee California killed three as 13 were hospitalized after a heavy hailstorm. Temperatures ranged from 20s and 30s in the northern Rockies to 80s in southern Florida and the lower Rio Grande Valley.
CHICAGO UPI extended forecast for Illinois through Saturday calls for partly cloudy mild weather with highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Illinois Lottery numbers drawn include Daily Game 7 4 8, Pick Four 5 1 4 7, Little Lotto 3 5 7 11 17, and estimated Lotto grand prize of 6 million dollars for Saturday.
Noon commodity quotes list a range of futures across livestock grains and metals with bids for Live Beef Cattle Hog products Soybeans Corn Wheat and precious metals. Prices cover contracts for Oct through May maturities and include currencies like T-Bonds and Cotton with silver and cocoa futures also noted.
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