German exodus could reshape Europe and reunite Germany
The flight of East Germans through Hungary to West Germany signals a potential, lasting impact on Europe. If reform stalls, the east west exodus could swell, testing West German absorption and spurring talks of reunification under a neutral Germany, with wide geopolitical consequences.
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Europe
Washington
West Germany
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Berlin Wall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Erich Honecker
Honecker
East Berlin
Budapest
Moscow
East
Germany
Bonn
U.S
Vernon Walters
Walters
NATO
EEC
Voice of the people letter urges Dixon referendum on city government
Dixon letters urge residents to decide between city manager and commission forms. John P Califf calls for a spring referendum and petition drive to inform voters on the city manager form. Beth Barnhart thanks street department workers Ed Slain and Marilyn Coffey for clearing extensive trash pickups, including a piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Illinois
Kewanee
John P. Califf
Ed Slain
Marilyn Coffey
Beth Barnhart
Things Dixon talked about Ten Years Ago
A compressed roundup marks September 13 with notes on a Dixon stock broker Richard Long surprised by a lower harvest estimate, markets up, and earlier decades’ labor talks and footwear demonstrations. It recalls 1964 union bargaining at Swift and Co. and 1939 Conformal shoe demonstrations by H M Moore at a local store.
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Dixon
Richard Long
Heinold Commodities
R.E. Marsh
Swift and Co
United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers
Afl-Cio
UPNA
VFW
Homer Erzinger
H.M. Moore
International Shoe Company of St. Louis
Bush plan is a responsible one
Copley News Service reports President Bush outlines a $7.9 billion anti-drug program aimed at both casual users and pushers. The plan pairs enforcement with treatment and prevention, funds prisons, judges, and police, and is framed as a long war requiring broader support from state and local levels.
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Bush
Nancy Reagan
Congress
Thomas Foley
Minnie and Red: refreshing encounters with two stars
The writer meets Minnie Minoso in Dixon and sees Red Skelton at the Rockford Metro Centre. Minoso, 66, signs autographs generously and chats with fans, while Skelton, 73, delivers two hours of non stop comedy and greets media backstage. Both are lauded for humility and vitality, with life lessons about enjoying each day.
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Minnie Minoso
Dixon
Red Skelton
Rockford
Metro Centre
Sauk Valley Community College
Minnie
SVCC
Dixon Welding
White Sox
Clem Caddlehopper
America
Red
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Robert Wagman
Voice of
The
People
U.S. Air Force
Copley News Service
Sacramento, Calif
Union
FORCE
Orestes Minoso
Cuba
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Bill Shaw
Chicago
Ronald Reagan
Skelton
Mike Chapman
Dixon Telegraph
Alexis de Tocqueville
William E. Shaw
Jim Nelson
Menelling Edisons
C. A. Maronich
Ken Brown
Sandy Burke
Brian Olmsted
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Ellen Farias
Patty Glunt
Clark Kelly
Chip Marshall
Mark Sauer
Jerry Pauser
Ed Bushman
Laura Butler
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Mark Robins
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Rhonda Klavenga, Jane
Tracey L
Montgomery
Edwin E Smith Jr
Trina Aebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn
Stephanie Heather
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Dogwiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave J
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
Springfield
Calvin Schuneman
Washington St. Prophetstown
Harlan Rigney
P.O. Box
Freeport
Myron Olson
O. Box
First St
Richard A. Mautino
Webster Park Place
Spring Valley
Rep
Richard Mulcahey
Center St
Durand
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