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Nation McHENRY PLAINDEALER Section A Friday,August9,1985 Pa«e7 Michigan's swell concerns scientists By United Press International Researchers who watch Lake Michigan say they are very con­ cerned the lake has swelled to a new high. The lake's water levels burst a 100-year-old high of more than 580 feet last month and researchers said things will get worse before they get better. "Those of us who watch the lake are very, very concerned," said Charles Collinson, coordinator of Lake Michigan research with the Illinois Geological Survey in Cham­ paign, 111. Water is flowing into the lakes and cannot flow out at a fast enough rate to keep water levels down, Col­ linson said. "It's certainly well within the realm of possibility that we'll be building dikes in the foreseeable fu­ ture," he said. The problem is that the ground­ water table in the Great Lakes ba­ sin is saturated, Collinson said, quoting a study by Frank Quinn, which was presented to the Interna­ tional Joint Commission last month. Quinn, a scientist with the Nation­ al Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin­ istration's Great Lakes Environ­ mental Research Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., has issued a report warning that next year, water lev­ els in all the Great Lakes will rise above this year's record-breaking highs. "The fuse has been lit for next year with all the rain we've been getting recently," Collinson said. With groundwater in the basin saturated, the water is flowing be­ neath the ground and over the sur­ face into the lakes at a rapid rate. But while Quinn and Collinson have sounded the warning for the next year, officials said it will take a couple centuries for the Lake Michigan water level to rise 3 to 5 feet. Hartigan says governor will sit this one out UPl Photo Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Jerry Whitworth, 45, as he arrives > at the Federal Building here on Thursday to enter a plea in an v afternoon court appearance to an ll-count indictment accusing him of spying for the Soviet Union and evading federal taxes. What a difference a single'S' makes I «£*• I , < United Press International & S ST, LOUIS - C.L. Whitt, a 65- ^ year-old widow, regretted her deci­ sion to accept a Sears Roebuck credit card after she looked at the piece of plastic and saw an "S" in her name where the "W" should * have been. The credit card arrived in the <^mail soon after Whitt said "yes" to Na call from a telephone solicitor. V "I really wasn't too interested, ^but she had a I>QK, spiel, so I said JR i '• I . -..v. whether she Shad used the card. C "They called me back and said >look at it, please," she said. "I ' looked at it, and instead of spelling ; my name with a 'W,' they had used an 'S.' The girl on the phone apolo- gized and said please don't use it -- -we'll send you another one." • But then catalogs, sale brochures, .offers to buy insurance and other adversting from Sears and its net­ work of businesss began arriving at Whitt's home. All were addressed to the name that sounds like a barn­ yard expression. "We sent them a legal letter say­ ing this i6 causing me mental an­ guish and everything," Whitt said. "Sometimes you have company and the mailman comes to the door and says, 'Mrs. Whitt, do you think this is for you?"' The woman said Sears officials at company headquarters in Chicago told heir they would try to stop the already havebeea sent. > ? Mary Lou Bilder of Sears' region­ al headquarters in Skokie, 111., said Wednesday the credit department had told its promotional agency to remove Whitt's misspelled name from its files. "We are very sorry for the er­ ror," Bilder said. "This should pre­ vent any future mailing in the mis­ taken name." United Press International i LOMAX, 111. -- State police joined Henderson County authorities Thursday in a search for the abduc­ tor of a 2-year-old girl, who was released, apparently without being injured. The child, who was abducted at about 6 p.m. Wednesday in Lomax and released just east of town, was examined at the Burlington, Iowa, Medical Center after her ordeal and released, authorities said. Information provided by local cit­ izens indicated the suspect in the abduction fled into a cornfield after releasing the child, a Henderson County sheriff's spokesman said. GET MONEY Call Your Bryant Air Conditioning Dealer. Shopping for a central air conditioning system or heat pump? Thai get a written bid on a deluxe Bryant 545, 544 heat pump, 569, 568 or 567 air conditioner. After you buy any equivalent unit (even a competitive brand), Bryant will give you a $50 savings bond. Free! 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Hartigan, the most likely Demo­ cratic candidate in the 1986 guber­ natorial election, also said the Re­ publican's failure to land the General Motors Corp. Saturn auto plant could be a factor in his politi­ cal plans. "The governor played jackpot economics, and didn't win," Harti­ gan said. "It was either a cruel hoax, or General Motors deliberate­ ly deceived Thompson." Thompson, who was to open the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, is expected to announce his decision within the next week. Most political observers, including the governor's associates, have indicated he proba­ bly will be a candidate. "One negative is the tradition in Illinois of governors wearing out their welcome after two terms, and the governor has already exceeded" that by one term," said Rep. Henry Hyde, R-m. Hyde also said Hartigan would be a formidable opponent for Thomp­ son. "Hartigan is politically astu- tue, a good speaker and an attrac­ tive young person," he said. Private polls taken by Thompson and Hartigan in recent months have shown them running virtually even. Three years ago Thompson squeaked though by less than a per­ centage point over former Adlai Stevenson III. Thompson's three most recent predecessors were de­ feated in their bids for a second Thompson's advisers have ac­ knowledged that the governor's po­ litical longevity is his major liabil­ ity in a possible bid for a fourth term. In a recent interview, Thomp­ son's former news secretary, Dave Gilbert, recommended that the gov­ ernor "hang it up" after three terms and begin a new career. 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