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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 5 Sep 1985, p. 2

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/T , * „ • * Page 1 McHENRY PLAINDEALER S>ctlonA Thursday, September 3, 1W5 4 ; Y Today W r a t h e r TEMPERATURE A PRECIPITATION ' 7OTS70 a 7 SHOWERS j. <Te Figures indicate maximum temperatures SHOWERS • v 90 FRONTAL SYSTEMS & AIR FLOW National Weather Service Forecast to 7 p.m. EST 9-5-85 UPI Weather Fotocast &> Forecast By Untied Preas International i: Partly sunny, very warm "wd humid Thursday. Highs mainly to the 80s. Partly cloudy and contin­ ued warm Thursday night. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Partly sunny, continued very warm and humid Friday. Highs in the mid 80s to low 90s. Southern Illinois: Partly sunny, very warm and humid Thursday. Highs in the upper 80s. South to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy and continued warm Thurs­ day night. Lows in the low or mid 70s. Partly sunny, continued very warm and humid Friday. Highs in the upper 80s or low 90s. Almanac By United Press International McHenry: Partly sunny, very warm and humid Thursday. Highs in the mid or or upper 80s. South to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy and continued warm Thurs­ day night. Lows around 70. Partly sunny, continued very warm and humid Friday. Highs near 90. Extended Illinois forecast Satur­ day through Monday: A chance of thunderstorms about Monday. Highs in the upper 80s north to mid 90s south. Lows in the upper 60s north to mid 70s south, but turning cooler Monday. Today48 Thursday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 1985 with 117 to follow. The moon is moving toward its last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. ̂ Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include French King Louis XIV in 1638, outlaw Jesse James in 1847, Hungarian-born author Arthur Koestier in 1905, comedian Bob Newhart in 1929 (age 56), Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker in 1927 (age 58), and actress Raquel Welch in 1942 (age 43). On this date in history: In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia. In 1882, 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New YorkCity. In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes and six other people were murdered by Palestinian terrorists who invaded the Olympic Village outside Munich, Germany. In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Mena- chem Begin and President Jimmy Carter began a Middle East peace, conference at Camp David in the Maryland mountains. In 1963, amid worldwide protest of the Soviet downing of a Korean jetliner, President Reagan demanded that Moscow apologize and pay reparations for the Incident. In 1964, the space shuttle Discovery ended a six-day inaugural flight. Hie crew of six included the second U.S. woman in space and the shuttle program's first commercial passenger, a scientist. A thought for the day: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) said, "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." Stock Market Report Ellen Freilich Business Writer NEW YORK -- Stocks lost more ground in light trading Wednesday as investors remained wary over the course of the economy and interest rates. Illinois temperatures Chicago O'Hare Decatur n u as n i 84 70 I •7 69 i Peoria Quincy Rockford Springfield 16 71 M 70 M 68 M 73 National temperatures BjrUaMatf City A Pest Albuquerque pc Anchorage I AaiwvUlepc Atlanta pc Billing* pc Birmingham pc Boston pc Brownsville Tex.pc Buffalo pc --- y Burlington Vt. pc \ Charleston S.C. sy Charlotte N.C. sy Chicago pc Cincinnati ts Cleveland U Columbus ts Dallas sy Denver cy Des Moines pc Detroit pc . Duluthpc El Paso pc Evansville pc Hartford sy Honolulu sy. Houston pc Indianapolis pc Jackson Miss, to Jacksonville pc HI Lo Pep 87 80 79 S3 78 87 83 75 102 81 •1 61 e>< Kansas City pc Las Vegas to Little Rock to Los Angeles pc Louisville ey ̂ Memphis sh Miami Bereft to Milwaukee pc Minneapolis pc Nashville sh New Orleans pc New York sy Oklahoma City sy Omaha pc Philadelphia sy Phoenix ( Pittsburgh pc Portland Me. cy Portland Ore. cy Louis cy Lake City pc, San Antonio pc San Diego cy San Francisco sy San Juan hz Seattle cy Spokane pc Tampa pc Washington sy Wichita sy 87 80 92 80 as as 91 87 100 87 71 75 79 90 87 83 100 73 72 96 87 75 9a 91 97 as .... 86 .... 70 S.9B 83 .... 72 .... 75 .01. 70 2.13 n\ 57 .01 as .... 74 .51 74 .... 72 70 .06 72 .... 78 .... 85 .... ao 80 .... 64 .... 68 .... 74 .... ao .... 75 .... 66 .... •59 .... 77 .... 52 .... 50 .... 71 4.42 72 .... 71 .... Temp Time > F C 12n 55 13 lpm 60 16 International temperatures By United Prsas international Temperature and weather from around the world at 1200 OMT Sept. 4,1985 City Aberdeen pc Amsterdam c ' Ankara c 2pm 82 28 Athens c » 2pm 87 31 Auckland r • 12a 55 13 Bei]lng * 8pm 76 25 Beirut c 2pm 82 28 Berlin cy lpm 64 18 Bonncy lpm 62 17 Brussels cy lpm 60 16 Cairoc 2pm 83 28 Casablanca pc I2n 69 21 Copenhagen pc lpm 61 16 Dakar I2n -- -- Dublin r I2n 52 11 Geneva c lpm 65 18 Helsinki r 2pm 58 15 Jerusalem c 3pm 79 26 Lisbon c l2n 82 28 London r i&j 59 15 Madrid c nam 83 29 Malta c lpm 86 30 Manila cy 8pm 75 24 Moscow c 3pm 70 21 Nairobi pc 3pm 74 23 Nassau c 7am •1 27 New Delhi pc 5pm 95 35 Nlcec lpm 78 26 Oslo cy lpm 60 15 Paris pc lpm 66 19 Pretoria cy 2pm 79 26 Riyadh pc Spm 101 39 Rome cy lpm 9pm 75 24 Seoul pc lpm 9pm 75 24 Sofia c 2pm 83 28 Stockholm cy lpm 60 15 Sydneyc 10pm •I? 13 Taipei c 8pm to 28 Tokyo pc 9pm 81 27 Tunis c lpm 96 36 Vienna c lpm 68 20 Warsaw pc lpm 62 17 . Latin America Buenos Aires c 9am 49 10 Caracas Sam -- -- Havana pc 7am 76 25 Umacy 7am 59 15 Santiago c 8am 36 02 . Canada Calffary pc 60 15 --inidSfccJTpc 61 15 Montreal cy \ ] 62 16 Ottawa cy \ 70 20 Reglnacy * | 72 22 Toronto cy I 86 30 Vancouver cy -- •9 20 West central Florida drenched by Elena Stocks opened mixed but turned lower in late morning trading. By early afternoon the Dow Jones in­ dustrial average was down about six points from its previous close but losses were gradually trimmed and the Dow finished down 2.47 to 1,326.72. By United Press International Showers and thunderstorms were scattered over much of the nation early today, while heavy rain and strong winds plowed into west-cen- tral Florida, inundating Tampa. Powerful thunderstorms devel­ oped over western Florida Tuesday evening, whipping up strong winds that downed power lines in Manatee County and damaged a roof on a home in St. Petersburg. Thunderstorm winds reached 50, mph at Safety Harbor, Fla., and 40 mph at Sarasota-Bradenton. Tampa was drenched with ex­ tremely heavy rain. Rainfall record­ ed at the Tampa International Air­ port in less than two hours Tuesday night was greater than the three-day rainfall total from Hurricane Elena. The airport was hit with more than 3 Vz inches in under two hours, while Elena dumped 3 inches of rain last weekend. Total rainfall at the Tampa airport Tuesday night was almost 4 Vz Inches. The storms flooded a number of streets in western sections of Tam­ pa, with water 1 to 3 feet deep in some places. ̂ Locally heavy rain Sso drenched portions of Arkansas, southeastern Texas, eastern Wisconsin and south­ eastern Utah. "We've been having high winds, heavy rains and lightning," Hot Springs, Ark., Police Sgt. Kenneth Billingsly said today. Parts of Hot Springs were flooded and a power line was struck by lightning, setting a utility pole on fire. The fire was put out, he said. "We've got water over some streets, but conditions aren't dan­ gerous," Billingsly said. Port Arthur, Texas, was hit with 1 xk inches o! rain In one hour, and almost an inch of rain fell in just 30 minutes at the Natural Bridges Na­ tional Monument in southeastern Utah. Thunderstorms also dumped more than an inch of rain Tuesday eve­ ning at Neenah, Wis. Early this morning, showers and thunderstorms were scattered over Maine, the upper Great Lakes, the lower Mississippi Valley, the west­ ern Plains and parts of the Rockies. Rain was also scattered over the Great Basin and along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida. Strong winds blew across the de­ sert Southwest Tuesday. Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph were clocked at Daggett, Calif., Imperial, Calif., Milford, Utah, and Cedar City, Utah. The gusty winds were expected to continue today across the region. Warm temperatures were com­ mon over the central and southern Plains. Early morning readings were in the upper 7bs and 80s from central Kansas to most of Oklahoma and Texas. Most of Texas sweltered Tuesday in another day of record-breaking heat. By late Tuesday afternoon, readings in the 90s were the rule, but temperatures in the 100s were noted in a swath from the Rio Grande to the Red River. fresh from the sea... SHRIMP f large & medium CRABMEAT, OYSTERS All fresh! Never frozen! Delicious! Look for our seafood truck! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 LimbaugH's Service Center 10 am - 2 pm 1206 S. RT. 47 WOODSTOCK Fick Insurance (Parking Lof) 3 pm- 7 pm 4307W. ELM (RT. 120) McHENRY Fabian Seafood# Galveston, Texas CUP & SAVE CARPET CLEANING PRE-FALL SPECIAL! OFFER EXPIRES SEPT.30,1985 DEEP JET EXTRACTION (STEAM) PER ROOM (MINIMUM 2) *35°° VALUE Lakeland Auto Parts 3 pm - 7 pm RT. 12 & GRAND FOX LAKE Julieann's Frozen ° Custard 10 am - 2 pm 4817 Northwest Hwy. 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PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Rita Lavelle, a former EPA official con­ victed of perjury in a probe of a 1963 scandal in the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program, was freed from federal prison Wednesday, charging she was used as a pawn of the White House in a confronta- with Congress. Lavelle, 37, served 4 lk months of a 6-month itence at the Federal Correctional Institution. Teachers on strike CHICAGO -- Chicago school board and teachers union negotiators held marathon talks Wednesday to end a walkout by 28,000 teachers while striking Seattle teachers walked picket lines delaying the first day of school for 43,500 students. Classes for more than half a million students nationwide have beerf disrupted by teachers strikes in five states. Elena's damage assessed GULFPORT, Miss. -- A Civil Defense official Wednesday estimat­ ed damage from Hurricane Elena, which raked four states in a destructive sweep along the Gulf coast, at more than a half-billion dollars in Mississippi alone. A public information officer for the Harrison County Civil Defense, indicated} the overall damage in four states could exceed $2 billion. I 1 ' % -v Execution ̂ decision reversed STARKE, Fla. -- The Supreme Court, in a rare reversal, cancelled the scheduled execution of Willie Jasper Darden Wednesday and granted a full review of his conviction for killing a businessman and molesting his wife in a $15 holdup. The court's decision in Washing­ ton came Tuesday, just seven hours before Darden was to die at dawn in "Ole Sparky," the Florida electric chair. Stalker evidence sought LOS ANGELES -- Sheriff's cadets with metal detectors hunted for a black pistol Wednesday ia an accc!cr"tci effort tc pir. rr.orc t&an two murders on the suspected Night Stalker, believed to have killed a dozen people. About 40 cadets searched for the weapon, believed to have been dropped in Richard Ramirez' frantic run through East Los Angeles just before his capture Saturday. Strikers fired in S. Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Mine owners fired some 1,500 black miners Wednesday for taking part in a strike that fell apart after two days as police in Cape Town whipped youths singing the African famine relief song, "We Are the World," outside a shopping YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OVERWEIGHT! Enjoy a guaranteed weight loss with • no group meetings • use regular foods • no exercise • Start losing the excess weight today! It's easy! Call today? • ~ SPECI I WEEKS LOSE 70-30 IBS GUARANTEED! * (OFFER VALID THRU 9 9 85) CALL 385-0500 H llllll! I SLENDER -CENTER. 1309 N. PM * McHENRY % n ®) If You Fail To Receive Your McHenry Plaindealer Before 7:00 a.m. Please Call Our Circulation Dept. Before 10:00 a.m. at 385-0178. We'll Bring One Right Out To You! 0 Plaindealer Circulation Dept. 385-0178

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