Farm Progress Show draws 200000. crowds, sales highlight event
The Farm Progress Show in West Brooklyn wraps after three days with attendance topping 200000, including 40000 on Thursday and 95000 midweek. Organizers credit quality crowds and strong exhibitor interest, with visitors from the United States and international guests, and plans announce next year in Rochester Indiana.
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Brooklyn
Farm Progress Show
Mark Wilson
of Agriculture
Prairie Farmers Publications
Alleman
Iowa
Wilson
George Bush
Gary Ackland
Boone County
George Meier
Meier
Morton Building
Lloyd Verhoeks
John Deere Engine Works
Harold Cox
Norway
Italy
Brazil
Japan
Rochester
Ind
Local retail sales rise in August amid mixed statewide results
Area retailers report stronger August sales with a 30 percent rise at J.L. Allum Co. in Oregon and 15 percent at Pamida in Dixon, while Illinois retailers show a 1.92 percent statewide dip. IRMA cites heat waves as a factor, but expects September gains. Conover Furniture notes a 45 percent year-to-date increase as locals resume spending.
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Lee
Ogle
D. Dean Dye
Conover Furniture, Inc
Oregon
Dye
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
IRMA
Linois
Gary Rejebian
Irma Communications
Illinois
Rejebian
J.L. Allum Co
Pamida
Dixon
Conour Shoes
Rochelle
Wal-Mart Discount
Collins Gallery
Framing
Firebomb Attack on U S Base in Seoul Leaves Minor Damage
In Seoul radicals threw 14 Molotov cocktails at the 8th U S Army Motor Pool entrance at Yongsan base injuring no one and causing a small fire. U S Army spokesman Bill Fullerton said five young Koreans, possibly four women, were involved in the 11:30 a.m. attack.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
U.S
U.S. Army
Bill Fullerton
U.S. Yongsan
Yongsan
Olympic diver Greg Louganis hosts Improv Tonite in LA
Olympic champion Greg Louganis performs at a Los Angeles nightclub two days after earning two gold medals in Seoul. The diver, who aims for acting, hosts the new syndicated show Improv Tonite set to air November 11 before flying back to Seoul for a special awards presentation.
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UPI
Greg Louganis
Los Angeles
Seoul
Louganis
First post-Challenger shuttle Discovery orbits as lab
The five man crew of Discovery boosted the 4900 pound TDRS into orbit at 5 50 p m EDT after an 1137 a m blastoff marking the first American manned spaceflight in over two decades They then surveyed Mexico for damage from Hurricane Gilbert while a cooling system issue briefly raised cabin temperatures to 88 degrees Fahrenheit and the crew adjusted with more water.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Discovery
Orbital Laboratory
Mexico
Gilbert
Earth
Mission Control
Frederick Hauck
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Nelson
Houston
Kremlin Swears In Fresh Faces After Major Party Shakeup
In Moscow, President Andrei Gromyko retired from the Politburo and three other members were removed. Mikhail Solomentsev, Vladimir Dolgikh, and Petr Demichev left their posts while Anatoly Dobrynin retired as Central Committee secretary. Alexandra Biryukova and Anatoly Lukyanov were named alternate Politburo members and Vadim Medvedev became a full member. The reflects Gorbachev push for reform and party bureaucracy cuts amidBrezhnev era veterans.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Communist Party
Gromyko
Central Committee
Vadim Medvedev
Mikhail Solomentsev
Vladimir Dolgikh
Petr Demicheyv
Medvedev
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
Alexandra Biryukova
Anatoly Lukyanov
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Raynor
Roger Hill
NBC
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral, Fla
UPI Photo Discovery
Orbital Lab
Richard Covey
John
Mike
David Hilmers
George ‘Pinky
Covey
Robin Williams
NASA
Williams
Vietnam
Rick
Hauckster
Green Acres
Hauck
Yegor Ligachev
Gorbachev
Politburo
Solomontsev and
Leonid Brezhney
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